An interesting thread, so here’s my 2ps worth based what I had seen, up to relatively recently. So, naming no names and not stirring up the retirement debate…..
>From what I’d seen, hardly anyone has dumped Soft from their pipeline >entirely. It’s still being used in some shape or form. Most of (if not) all >people, if they hadn’t already started to think about transitioning away from >Soft, they were about to. Some were further along already because they’d been running hybrid pipeline for some time, with the likes of Houdini, Fabric being the most common. Others had merely dabbled and were now putting serious plans together. A Maya+Houdini+Fabric was a common discussion though. It’s fair to say that many haven’t found a direct replacement for Soft (and ICE), and probably won’t, but there are some good things out there. The downside is that they’re not in one place like Soft. Maya might not have a lot of love from some, but it does have many positives, although the render layer/pass system and no real non-linear animation system has stopped many from fully adopting. Both of which, I believe, are on AD’s radar. This was very common to see, many decent alternatives out there, but not many had mature enough features to match some of Soft’s. So, I don’t see Soft going away soon, but there will be a tipping point where people might have to jump, painful as it might be. In terms of renderers, am seeing a lot of Redshift now, especially in Maya studios who are doing shorter turnaround stuff like commercials or tv work. The speed and quality has been too good ignore. Some now use it as their default instead of Arnold or Vray. G From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Sutherland Sent: 19 August 2015 11:08 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Continued use of Softimage question Hi all, After a stint out of the Softimage fold - mainly in setting up a Houdini rendering and VFX pipeline somewhere, and now I am at Axis animation, doing pipeline tools and setup - I wanted to get a feel for this - Who in the world is continuing to use Softimage? Who might still be on the lookout for high end Soft Riggers, pipeline, tools etc...? Just wondering, as I consider the future for myself and family. Thanks Sandy
