Burn a manikin with an xsi t-shirt next to a banner saying: New autodesk
Bifrost physics demo.


On 12 June 2014 18:32, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote:

> I would think organising these booth scenarios is very expensive and will
> imply people on the booth, etc...
>
> I would suggest give away tshirts or other paraphernalia (non-throw away)
> with a message to showcase the situation.
>
> The key will be the message to be sent to be show professional attitude.
> Something than any max or maya user will be happy to display and ask
> everybody to wear it at the Autodesk party.
>
> Hope it makes sense
>
> Job
>
>
> Typos courtesy of my big thumbs and an iPhone
>
> On 12 Jun 2014, at 17:53, Andres Stephens <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I think an unofficial booth showcasing things like that of Softimage.TV
> would be awesome, have some monitors, a playlist, and the SI paraphernalia
> - show people, and then have them spurred by the slogan “All this, the
> tools and the talen that made this, is at the brink of extinction” and do
> some kind of petition signing thing? It wouldn’t be hard to organize -
> print some banners - setup some booth reps - showcase work - games, movies
> (lego movie perhaps? Nike football? Things from blur, whiskeytree, etc)
>
> Or even maybe make it more of a VFX greenscreen protest event also,
> petition to save the software that helped movies like X who gave X people
> jobs - and now in 2016 they will possibly loose those jobs due to
> re-education and/or incapable software. Movies with scenes like X and X
> will not be possible if it were not for the dynamic non-destructive tools
> of SI.
>
> Just… A booth of a sort, not just for SI, but VFX artists worried of their
> future……….
>
> I’m far away, so I can’t really help, but I would. Just thoughts. SIGGRAPH
> is nearly opening up here, but I am not sure if I can set up a panel though
> - I should look into it.
> *Hmmmmmm…… *
> *Yeh, it’s a bit lame of an effort that probably won’t sway any masses ,
> but oh well, still in the bitter denial, wishful thinking stage….. *“Be
> progressive, keep developing and making what already has been built!
> Somehow!”* motivation.* * Millions of lines of code gone to the chops,
> sucks…. *
>
> -Draise
>
> Ph: +57 313 811 6821
>
> *From:* Sebastien Sterling <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* ‎Thursday‎, ‎June‎ ‎12‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎03‎ ‎
> *To:* [email protected]
>
> But in general it is agreed that something must happen.
>
>
> On 12 June 2014 16:32, Leendert A. Hartog <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> True, but voting with your wallet doesn't necessarily preclude making a
>> possibly very small symbolic gesture...
>> There are still people working with Softimage, even if the company has
>> quit the software.
>> The gesture would be FOR them, not against Autodesk IMHO.
>>
>>
>> Greetz
>> Leendert
>>
>> --
>>
>> Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue
>> Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
>>
>>
>

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