I am really beginning to think Kim Aldis had the right idea. The perfect word that describes how I feel is "mukatsuku". It's Japanese and roughly translates to feeling sick, annoyed, offended, and generally unhappy with the situation.
Maybe I'll take the next 2 years to learn how to build iOS apps. FlappyDesk, AutoFlappy..... -Paul On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Chris Marshall <chrismarshal...@gmail.com>wrote: > Paul, > I'm totally with you on this 100% > > Chris > > > > On Thursday, 20 March 2014, Paul Griswold < > pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > >> >> I had some time away from the office today and while I was driving down >> the highway I started thinking about the situation and I'm no less pissed >> off today than I was when they made the announcement. >> >> I've been watching as many Modo and Houdini intro videos, tutorials, >> etc., that I can find and what I've discovered is, neither of them can >> replace Softimage today. >> >> If you're a TD, then Houdini is probably a great way to go, but I'm >> another one of those people who don't like to script and want to keep >> things simple. Everything in Houdini seems to involve writing at least a >> little script here and there. >> >> Modo on the other hand looks very simple and straightforward, but it's >> lacking a LOT of power. I noticed in some demos on things like instancing, >> the viewport REALLY slowed down. It doesn't look like it's ready for >> prime-time when it comes to dense scenes. The way everything you do is >> "frozen" is crazy these days. I can't believe if you extrude along a curve >> the geometry doesn't stay stuck to the curve. Until Modo makes some major >> moves, I just think it's a step up from Lightwave. >> >> I'm leaving Maya out of the picture because in all honesty, Autodesk is >> totally delusional if they think Maya will be a good fit for small shops >> working on tight deadlines. Maybe in 5-8 years Maya will finally hit its >> stride, but I'm assuming by then the entire M&E division will have been >> shut down in favor of just licensing patents & technology. (seriously - >> mark my words - I am confident the entire M&E division will be shut down) >> >> I started thinking about most of the jobs I've done over the past few >> years, and I can honestly say I don't think I could do 90-95% of them in >> either Houdini or Modo as easily as in Softimage - if at all. >> >> So where I stand now is - totally screwed. I either have to put faith in >> The Foundry that they'll bring Modo up to Softimage's level in the next 2 >> years or I have to spend the next 2 years really digging in to Houdini to >> get myself up to speed again. >> >> In either case, I don't see a positive outcome. I'm not young and I have >> a family. I can't work all day, then spend the evenings learning new >> software. This BS about artists not putting all their eggs in one basket >> just is a slap in my face. I put my faith in Autodesk when they said "the >> future of Sofitmage is bright!" When I was told over and over again I was >> being a conspiracy nut when I said Autodesk was intentionally trying to >> destroy Softimage. Well, look where we are now. >> >> Murdering Softimage without having ANYTHING remotely close to replace it >> is like peeing on my face and telling me it's liquid sunshine! >> >> Maybe Autodesk is right. Maybe the all-in-one approach of Softimage is >> dead. Maybe I'm out of touch with how the world of animation & VFX works >> these days. >> >> In any event. I'm a very unhappy paying Autodesk customer. I do not >> feel like my money has gone to anything I paid for. >> >> -Paul >> >> >> >> >> >> > > -- > > Chris Marshall > Mint Motion Limited > 029 20 37 27 57 > 07730 533 115 > www.mintmotion.co.uk > > >
