I would prefer a bit more openness for the future.
As much as I like working in Softimage, to make a living, I am
(re)adopting other solutions.
Maybe that´s a special case but nevertheless, one could describe trying
to transfer existing
knowledge to a new realm something common sense should flag desireable.
That as a given, I appreciate info on Houdini, Blender, Cinema, Zbrush,
Maya, 3DsMax, etc
here, because generally, it´s shared in a context of comparison to
Softimage/XSI or at least
as information that can be regarded valueable anyway.
I really appreciate people sharing their experience while transitioning
themselves or simply
sharing workflows or tips.
The way I see it, there won´t be much news on Softimage development, be
happy to get any news
from the community at all and grateful that the people on this list
still share and contribute.
Cheers,
tim
I would have actually expected more posts on the latest 3DSMax stuff for
example, as it seems
it´s something an ICE person would find easy enough to pick up and work
with?
Am 16.05.2015 um 07:38 schrieb Mirko Jankovic:
Again no need to police or something just common sense, If there is
need mention solution in maya nd point to right discussion or forum
but there is absolutely no need to start lengthy discussion how to do
1 click operation in SI with 20 scripts in maya...
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Mirko Jankovic
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I can only agree. Move other software things to other threads, it
is one thing to mention something if it is solution to specific
problem but to dedicate next bunch of emails to maya and others it
is no place or that. There are maya and other software threads to
discus that in debt.
If someone asks for help with something in SI, and this is still
best way and great pool of talented SI ppl, he hardly wanna hear,
oh do that in maya on blender. f*** that I don;t care about crap
of the maya or blender. If I wanted or liked to work on them would
get them and go to maya and other forums.
God thing about si mailing list is that even when not looking for
some answers topics arise that are interesting to read and learn
something new from them.
But with all other software noise that is increasingly hard. And
some filtering really is in order.
Need maya, blender max help and details? Find maya and other
forums and mailing lists. With little time most ppl have in day
last thing I wanna spend it is reading about those...
On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Tenshi S. <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
A valid point, and one that i support entirely. I enter here a
while ago, because of Softimage, not because of Maya or
Blender, if i would like to hear about those app i would go to
the proper forums/mailing list, etc.
Everytime i come to gmail and verifiy my forums section, i
encounter a few topics about other things that are not
Softimage related. What it's the meaning of this mailing list,
then?
One thing i support too it's a thread dedicated only to people
who are migrating or finding solutions, but one thread only,
not 20 of them saying "Maya it's better because of this, and
Blender do amazing cycle renders" and blabla.
Another thing it's threads dedicated only to
Maya/Blender/3Dmax <> Softimage interaction, that's something
you really want to learn about it and deserves their own thread.
C'mon guys, we know Softimage it's EOL, but that doesn't mean
we need to keep killing it.
You know that maybe this mailing list it's the only place
aside from a few forums to talk and keep learning about
Softimage?
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Matt Lind
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I side with Sven on the matter.
People seem to have confused the concept of forum with
mailing list. If you want to discuss anything and
everything, go to a forum as it's designed for that sort
of thing. people can view only what they desire to view
and easily ignore what they don't care about. Migration,
plugins, tutorials for product X, and whatever will surely
be welcomed there.
A mailing list is intended for narrow on-topic discussion
and not much else because any content submitted is
distributed to the entire community intended or not.
Having a lot of non-topic discussion on a mailing list is
synonymous to being loud and rude in a library while
people are trying to read and study. While some tangents
are OK to keep things interesting, let's try to keep the
balance in favor of on topic discussion. Lately the noise
has been higher than the signal.
Softimage may be EOL, but some of us must continue using
it for an indefinite period of time. When trying to find
solutions to problems in a timely manner using the
archives or direct help from the user base, we don't need
our few remaining channels of support clogged with noise
causing a potential solution to be missed in sea of false
positives.
Matt
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:17:30 +0200
From: "Sven Constable" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: RE: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?
Then I'd like change "we"with "me" in my statement if you
feel more comfortable with it. I do respect you the same
way as I respect the list. This list is the most
proficient source of information in a same way a platform
for professionals is meant to discuss even everything
else. That?s my point. This is the softimage mailing
list. I read maya topics all the time. 3Dsmax, for gods
sake and will tolerate it. And Houdini? Well, it's very
welcome and Modo for sure. But discusing freeware? C'mon!
Well the problem I had was not actually arguing with
specific modeling in Blender but the promotion of it in
this list. I do not think this is the right place to
promote software.
sven
From: <mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
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mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] On
Behalf Of Eric Thivierge
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 11:19 PM
To: <mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Is purchasing a new softimage license impossible?
Hey Sven,
I'm not sure you have the right to police this list like
that. I don't mind if this kind of stuff is posted here.
So when you use the word "we" I'm not sure who you're
speaking for but it certainly isn't the whole of this list.
Anyone wanting to share new ways of working and tools
should be able to. This wasn't forbidden before the EOL
for Softimage so it shouldn't be now. Especially since the
EOL.
Eric T.
On 5/14/2015 5:10 PM, Sven Constable 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
