I think that you might be overestimating the big houses software mobility. During the unfortunate ownership of Soft by Microsoft, the Big houses all developed pipelines based on maya, but heavily customized........after all, if there is a "pro" side to maya for the big houses, it is that there pipeline is their own, no longer "maya out of the box".
I heard a rumour a few years back that blue sky was going to shift to Soft from maya, because it was after all a legacy Soft house, but their pipeline e was so heavily customized as to make that impossible. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 13, 2014, at 8:53 PM, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> > wrote: > > I gotta say, I know the theory proposed here isn't entirely serious, but if > it had validity, I think it would only demonstrate a failing on the part of > the 'big houses' as you call them, to properly assess the reasons for success > among smaller facilities. Non-AD, 3rd party products, and pure ingenuity are > the main reasons smaller facilities succeed. > > -Tim > > >> On 3/13/2014 7:23 PM, Doeke Wartena wrote: >> I like your theory. But if the "big houses" with maya and max seats realised >> softimage could do so much. Then why wouldn't those "big houses" move to >> softimage as well. >> >> >> 2014-03-13 19:57 GMT+01:00 Stephen Davidson <magic...@bellsouth.net>: >>> In all my readings of the posts, one theme keeps popping to the surface... >>> The fact that small animation houses, and even sole freelancers were able >>> to compete with the "big houses" because of the exceptional tools within >>> Softimage. >>> >>> Could it be that the "big houses", with many seats of Maya and/or 3D Studio >>> MAX, >>> put pressure on AD to dissolve Softimage rather than having to retrain >>> their artists and >>> TD's on a new platform? That would make sense considering there are more >>> seats >>> of Max and Maya out there. That would also explain why the Creative Suite of >>> Max, Maya, and Softimage along with Mudbox and Motion Builder was >>> discontinued... >>> >>> or was it? >>> >>> http://www.autodesk.com/suites/entertainment-creation-suite/overview >>> >>> Seems an unsuspecting customer might sign up for this, not knowing >>> Softimage is >>> on the copping block >>> >>> OK, this does sound a bit paranoid, but ... >>> >>> "Although this decision is a difficult one, we do believe that by focusing >>> our development efforts, we can better serve the needs of the media and >>> entertainment industry and provide customers with better products, faster." >>> >>> Really? That is an explanation for the discontinuance of Softimage? Really? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Stephen P. Davidson >>> (954) 552-7956 >>> sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com >>> >>> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic >>> >>> >>> - Arthur C. Clarke >>> >>> > >
