that's the best advert i have seen for the foundry so far.... On 9 July 2015 at 11:13, Stephan Haitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I asume it will probably work for Autodesk as it is a similar story with > Adobe. Nobody liked the renting thing but now most of the people play the > game. > > Little difference: there are a few 3D-Apps around, which are not Audodesk > to which one can take a sidestep... > > Welcome in the club of Betatesters, where you can´t be sure something´s > working this month will also work in the next month/softwareversion. So my > Adobe experience. > > Am 09.07.2015 um 11:46 schrieb Simon Reeves: > >> That chap looked confused after waking up on the sofa >> >> >> >> Simon Reeves >> London, UK >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>* >> *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>* >> >> On 9 July 2015 at 09:08, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> industry standard 3d software – that’s so mental ray. >>> right about when they started promoting it as industry standard, >>> development froze in it’s tracks. >>> perhaps if every marketeer at Adsk was replaced with a developer, they >>> might have a future. >>> >>> and what’s with all the guitars? >>> >>> oh my, this is wrong on so many levels – whoever commissioned and >>> approved >>> this should get flayed. >>> >>> *From:* Nicolas Esposito <[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 9:19 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! >>> >>> >>> Agree with Mirko, >>> This is an experiment to see if they can get away with it... >>> If the hipster guy had a shirt with XSI logo that video would be >>> absolutely perfect. >>> >>> Not sure what is the situation in your countries, but I rarely see >>> freelancers this calm, cool, with the headphones and smelly t-shirt...did >>> they watch How I met your Mother and saw that the high five is what the >>> cool kids do nowdays? >>> Or they hired Richard Linklater to really see what the youth is all >>> about? >>> >>> Jesus ADSK Jesus! >>> >>> 2015-07-09 7:22 GMT+02:00 Stephen Davidson <[email protected]>: >>> >>> I find it amazing that marketing is so out of touch with their target >>>> audience ... >>>> "$125 / month ... that's maybe an hour of your time?" >>>> >>>> Are there any freelance 3D animators out there that get >>>> $125 / hour? Maybe I'm out of touch...maybe 10 years ago. >>>> >>>> I will be using Softimage, with Redshift 3D, till I change careers. >>>> >>>> Not buying , or renting, anything else. Sorry. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:32 AM Mirko Jankovic < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> This all is just big social experiment... let's see how much ppl can >>>>> take.. how stupid they are, how much we can shovel down the throat >>>>> without >>>>> rebelling. >>>>> >>>>> Stop buying AD crap, lets see how long will they keep Maya and Max >>>>> then,, what is the limit of income they are willing to "push 3d >>>>> industry >>>>> forward, be innovative and help artists give us their mo.. *cough* do >>>>> their >>>>> job"... >>>>> Fing marketing ppl that has no idea about target audience at all. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 6:00 AM, Scott Parrish <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "Sell one seat to a company for lets say 1500$ per year with a chance >>>>>> to update of 50%. Or sell twelve seats for 125$ each to freelancers >>>>>> and the >>>>>> probability of selling updates is much higher." >>>>>> >>>>>> Starting next year companies will no longer be able to obtain new >>>>>> permanent licenses either. >>>>>> It will all be subscription based. Count on the incentives showing up >>>>>> to swap your permanent licenses to monthly or annual subscriptions, >>>>>> and >>>>>> more than likely for support of permanent licenses to go away. >>>>>> >>>>>> I find the ad insulting on many levels. There is the fact that it may >>>>>> as well be a marketing campaign for mens casual clothing. It is a >>>>>> generic >>>>>> ad campaign for Product as Lifestyle. All of the imagery is of people >>>>>> doing >>>>>> cool stuff that cool people do.. no 3d.. no work. The video following >>>>>> the >>>>>> guy with vacant bloodshot eyes (arguably the only authentic part of >>>>>> the >>>>>> video) around his day being a cool guy involves about 5% of him >>>>>> tumbling >>>>>> and pondering a mesh before getting back to his cool guy duties like >>>>>> being >>>>>> dressed good for the MUNI bus and the club. >>>>>> >>>>>> This feels very idiocracy-like and I think strongly reflects on the >>>>>> people making decisions at Autodesk. I do not want to give these >>>>>> people >>>>>> money and this is one of the bigger motivations I've had to pursue >>>>>> Fabric, >>>>>> Houdini and Modo and transition away from Maya. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Sven Constable < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This video insists that freelancers should take the cost of >>>>>>> software >>>>>>> licensing instead of the companies they are working for. To me it >>>>>>> looks >>>>>>> like ADSK starts to shift business to starving freelancers because >>>>>>> they >>>>>>> didn’t succeed on forcing companies to go subscription. Makes sense >>>>>>> busines >>>>>>> wise, because freelancers want to stay current with the software >>>>>>> even it >>>>>>> has no real production value. Freelancers want to stay current >>>>>>> because they >>>>>>> think no one will here them otherwise. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sell one seat to a company for lets say 1500$ per year with a chance >>>>>>> to update of 50%. Or sell twelve seats for 125$ each to freelancers >>>>>>> and the >>>>>>> probability of selling updates is much higher. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> sven >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* [email protected] [ >>>>>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>>>>> <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Scott >>>>>>> Parrish >>>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 09, 2015 12:35 AM >>>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>>> *Subject:* Get rid of your flip phone and get current on maya! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anybody see this today? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Barf! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/your-life-maya >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >
