AFAIK you can purchase new licenses of Softimage until next year when you won't be able to purchase anything, only rent. Maybe if you are big enough and want to buy lot of licenses Autodesk may do an exception, I don't know.
We purchased a few Maya and Softimage bundles last month because we still have some projects that are being done in Softimage and we will probably still have Softimage projects at least a couple of years. About Maya 2016 modeling tools, I can't really talk about it. In games, we usually work in 3+ years old versions and Maya 2014 modeling still sucks (better than before though). MTK looked promising but since you can't use it with skinned objects, it isn't very useful for characters. How easy you can model and edit a weighted character's polygons and deformers without breaking everything is something I haven't found anywhere yet. Martin On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Tim Leydecker <bauero...@gmx.de> wrote: > For modeling, you may actually want to have a look at Maya 2016. > > Yes, I´m saying that. I´m in the process of learning new tools and > workflows > and am positively surprised about Maya 2016 and the MTK (modeling tool > kit). > > In my specific case, using lot´s of boxes for dimensions and snapping and > generally > trying (and failing) to work to accurate scale, Maya´s 2016 tools prove > good enough. > > Things like sliding components around their surface are sometimes less > convenient than > in Softimage but a lot has happened and there´s multiple ways and options > to set to taste. > > There ´s also a Maya LT version, I´m not sure about the licensing > intricacies or other limitations > of the Maya LT version but from how it´s advertised, it sounds a bit like > XSI Foundation: > > http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya-lt/features/all/gallery-view > > Starting at 30 bucks a month. > > Cheers, > > > tim > > > > > > Am 13.05.2015 um 23:44 schrieb Scott Parrish: > >> Asking a question for a friend, I still have a seat of Softimage from my >> 2015 bundle stuff.. >> >> I know some people who like modeling in Softimage and at least in a game >> pipeline it's still pretty easy to model in whatever package and then push >> through to the mainline pipeline in Maya or Max or whatever. >> We were wondering is there NO way at all to obtain new licenses for >> Softimage now? I.e. if someone goes to a new employer and wants to obtain a >> seat of Softimage, is that impossible? >> >> I wondered how that works since Animal Logic is still working in Soft and >> must grow their license pool as shows ramp up, right? >> Or do they have a special deal with AD? >> >> Thanks >> >> scott >> > >
