The interesting thing is that the M&E industry is full of custom and specialized tech created to solve specific production problems. That is not going to change any time soon because people are always trying to do push boundaries (whether in games or VFX) and so build interesting solutions to their problems. Taking proven technology and productizing it, whether as individual products, (like the Foundry) or as features (like Autodesk) is not really a bad thing a-priori - you could argue it is actually a very good thing as it benefits a lot more people if you do (assuming you do it well).
Now you may question our execution, but it is incorrect to think that (1) this is not an effective thing to do to ensure the best production technology can be accessed by more people or (2) to think that only Autodesk is interested in acquiring and productizing proven production solutions and (3) to think that Autodesk is only interested in acquiring technology. We develop a lot of features in-house including major architectural work which is complex, difficult to do and doesn't always reward you with a new 'shiny feature' that is easy to demo. We also acquire tech, redesign and re-engineer it, even rewrite it entirely, to fit into our products and workflows and yes, if it is more efficient to do so, we just integrate it. But that is not all we do and there seem to be some popular misconceptions - such as the fact that the 'plug-ins' that referred to in the links are nothing to do with the features that were being described in 3ds Max 2015. Not that 3ds Max is Softimage - but it is not just a bunch of plug-ins either. maurice Maurice Patel Autodesk : Tél: 514 954-7134 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 8:40 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Why MAX is not option for me. "That's why I call 3DMax a "Plugin Container"" That not really the issue, maya is pretty much wall to wall third party as well by nature. This is AD not being arsed with developing content, so it looks around for pre existing solutions, snaps them up, adds them in, Then they market them as "New" features... It's not so much that they buy pre-made solutions, there are some really smart third party people out there, its the fact they through them in with minimal integration and little regard for workflow, that and having a 30 euros operator, being your highlight... In all fairness the max people walked right into that one, they presented AD with the easy option. , minimal effort required. I mean what the hell can the AD dev's do, do they just re-purpose and integrate all day ? On 20 March 2014 10:33, Daniel Kim <danielki...@gmail.com<mailto:danielki...@gmail.com>> wrote: That's why I call 3DMax as a "Plugin Container", not a 3D package. ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Kim Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist http://www.danielkim3d.com -------------------------------------------------------------------
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