Aren't we past being precious about the usage of this list since the EOL. Things here have pretty much ground to a halt on the list and there are plenty of threads discussing alternatives.
Hell, people are even posting direct questions about Maya. I say lighten up... My 2 cents. DAN On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 10:10 PM, Sven Constable <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Chris, we have some problem if people want to promote their software > in a inappropriate way. ADSK did this this on the list. Newtek an SideFX > did it as well. It's alright. But please keep in mind, this is the > softimage mailing list. > > If I want to model with hobbyist software, controlled by hobbyists I will > choose Blender. If you want to promote a software for hobbyists, you should > use the appropiate forums. > > > > sven > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Chris Johnson > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:52 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible? > > > > Apparently Blender has some great modelling tools. Just to preface...this > is not the off the shelf Blender. You need to dig around and install a > bunch of scripts and plugins to get it there. A guy at my office has been > using it for some time and swears by it. He has the whole thing, plugins > and scripts wrapped together in a zip that he's willing to hand off...he's > giving me a demo on Monday. The really nice thing about it is that you can > run the software from the archive/zip. no install needed. So you can work > literally anywhere on any computer as long as you have access to import the > folder from usb or the cloud. Don't think you'd even need admin rights to > run it. > > > > I'd be happy to give a review after my demo and supply people with the zip > if they want it. The stuff is free and this artist is trying to promote it. > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Scott Parrish <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks Stephen, I'll pass this along! > > > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:49 AM, Stephen Blair <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Until April 2016: > > > > Customers who wish to purchase new or additional seats of Softimage 2015 > can do so by purchasing either the Maya with Softimage or 3ds Max with > Softimage transition offering. These offerings are available via their > local reseller and cannot be purchased through the Autodesk e-store. > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Scott Parrish <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > >
