Not to forget 5D Cyborg!
Combustion and ...
John Morgan 24/10/2008
Not to fuel any fears, because this is regarding (Autodesk) Discreet
Edit*
but I still keep my "End of Life (EOL) Notification Letter" as grim
reminder. It reads:
________
Dear edit* Customer,
We are writing to inform you that, regretfully, Discreet will be
discontinuing the edit* NT-based nonlinear editing system effective June
30, 2002.
This is one of the most difficult decision in Discreet's history. Our
decision to discontinue edit* was reached only after considering and
number
of options and factors, particularly the investment that our customers
have
made in their edit* systems, and the commitment to Discreet that this
represents. This was balanced with the challenge of providing customers
with a competitively featured and priced solution, in the face of
increasing market polarization in the editing market.The conclusion,
from our evaluation, was to discontinue the product.
You, and other edit* customers, have been true ambassadors and
evangelists
of this product, and we recognize the levels of concern and
disappointment
that may result from our action. Please understand that we are committed
providing you with the information and guidance you may require. If you
have any questions, or would like to discuss any outstanding issues, feel
free to contact your local Discreet representative.
_________
They basically killed edit* because it was getting too close in features
to
their much higher-priced Smoke/Flame package.
Three 3D apps with overlapping features!? Brace yourselves.
John
From Wiki..
Some of Autodesk's "retired" products are listed here:
Lightscape 3.2 Was the worlds only radiosity rendering package at the
time (1991) developed from work done by Donald >Greenberg at the Cornell
University Department of Computer Graphics. (coining the term "Cornell
Box") The problem with this part of Autodesk's history is that it was a
time of discovery in computer graphics, and Cornell was one >of the
birthplaces for the technology.In this sense Lightscape was more than
just another product, it was an essential part of the development of
rendering >technology generally, and part of its evolution.Additionally
the software came from a university research department and represented
the start of a development cycle that >users the world over were
watching closely.
Regardless, Autodesk purchased rights to the software and promptly
discontinued its sale.A very primitive version of the radiosity renderer
was incorporated into the companies 3d Studio Max product, whilst
>existing Lightscape customers and the product were simply dropped.The
most likely reason for this was that Lightscape offered a number of
features that were simply too ahead of its time and >therefore did not
offer the optimum economic return for the company.
[...]
Softimage Was discontinued after the release of Softimage 2015 in April
14, 2014.
On 02/07/16 16:16, Phil Harbath wrote:
I still use combustion, what I find difficult with after effects is
every input is soooo small.
From: Nono
Sent: 2/7/2016 4:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: "Trouble in paradise"
Yes they screwed that too, combustion was very good and well in place
too, that's even sad.
Le dim. 7 févr. 2016 à 21:40, Laurence Dodd <[email protected]> a
écrit :
Interesting reading the comments, it's not just us Softies that are
jumping ship. I was a Combustion user for years, I have a knack >>>of
championing the underdog.
On 6 February 2016 at 17:35, Sebastien Sterling
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hehe :)
On 6 February 2016 at 15:25, Emilio Hernández <[email protected]>
wrote:
If they sticked with Sofitmage… instead of “the other”….
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>>Behalf Of
Ognjen Vukovic
Sent: sábado, 6 de febrero de 2016 09:20 a. m.
To: softimage <[email protected]>
Subject: OT: "Trouble in paradise"
http://cgpress.org/archives/autodesk-announces-restructuring-925-layoffs-planned.html
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