Better yet..... Softimage the Houdini UI ;-)
Rob
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On 22-9-2014 13:26, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
Maybe you can UX the shit out of maya :) some day...
On 22 September 2014 11:26, Dan Yargici <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I hope your new life treats you well Eric!
All the best.
DAN
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Leo Quensel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hey Eric,
let me say that you are definitely not alone with your decision.
I have been playing with the idea of leaving this industry
altogether before the demise of Softimage aswell, and the
announcement to kill it by Autodesk was the final nail in the
coffin.
Although my experience is abysmal to yours (3 years as a
professional, 6 years as a hobbyist before that) the decision
was not an easy one.
Luckily as a TD I was always more on the technical side of
things, and my education in computer science is allowing me to
switch to full-time software development right now
(not that you need to have studied to do this, but it sure
helps finding a job).
All I can say there are worlds in between the VFX industry and
any other field in terms of working conditions - everything so
far is *better*.
I wish you all the best on your new way, lets hope it turns
out well!
Best Regards,
Leo
*Gesendet:* Montag, 22. September 2014 um 10:46 Uhr
*Von:* "Morten Bartholdy" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*An:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Betreff:* Re: VFX->UX
I fully understand your reasoning and decision on this. It is
sad how this industry has evolved - only a few years back it
seemed like anyone knowing how to do what we do would have a
bright future, given how much demand there was and now is for
CG in so many media. I would say the business model has turned
sour for a great part of the industry, which all the recent
VFX company collapses have shown. This is sad since I still
love doing what I do, after having been at it for close to 30
years now.
Kudos to you for making the jump, and I wish you the best of
luck and hope for you that you find a place to be happy for
the future, and thank you for your input on this list too.
Cheers
Morten Bartholdy aka Pitcher
Den 22. september 2014 kl. 08:15 skrev Eric Lampi
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
Hi All,
I was getting off a plane in Austin on my way to SXSW when
I read the news about Soft being discontinued. Even
though, as I said for a long time, I expected it to
happen, it was still a shock. That was the day I
unsubscribed to this list.
For a variety of reasons and for quite some time, I had
been trying find something else to do. The state of the
industry is pretty awful compared to even just a few years
ago. Soft being killed was the last straw. I started using
Soft 3D in 1995 and next year would have been 20 years
since I began my 3D career in NYC.
So instead of continuing on and having to learn a whole
new set of tools, it was time to seriously evaluate my
future in VFX. I was at the point where if one more person
asked me to make a car out of smoke and turn it into 3
dragons made of water and one made out of fire, I was
going to shoot myself.
I decided to go in an entirely new direction and began
coursework to become a User Experience (UX) designer,
which I completed a short time ago.
I spent a great deal of time on this list and I have to
thank all of you who have pitched in over the years and
helped me out. You're a great group of people. I felt a
little bad having just signed off like I did, so on that
note...
So long and thanks for all the fish.
Eric
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