Below >> Putting aside the fact we have to move out of Softimage sooner or later >> (hardware, OS, drivers, freelancers, support, etc… will eventually force us >> out) > > Indeed 'sooner or later' > ... 10+ years? when sampling the freshly released hypothetical 2070 Nvidias > running on Win 12? when we could then fully switch with our feet already wet > in a number of camps, also being at a point when favored alternatives would > have *very progressively* matured in a number of areas, or not just in 1 area > such as modeling. > (I think our transition should be just as proportionately proportional to > that inevitably *very gradual* progression)
It is really up to you, specially if you are a one man band or a tiny creative studio with no intention of growing of course… ultimately if it works for you to carry on until you are 90 years old ;-) then you should be fine, but I wouldn’t bet either hardware, drivers, OS manufacturers will be trying to stay compatible with Softimage. >> I would like to focus on those day to day scenarios you feel are not easy in >> Houdini, after all we could submit this input to Side Effects. >> >> Is there any particular scenario you feel strongly Softimage is much more >> comfortable/easy/convenient? >> >> :-) >> >> jb > Actually, the first email in this thread wasn't just for here, but also with > the intent of posting on Sesi forums ( for the ICE part ) > while also feeling very compelled to do the same for other parts (probably as > progressively as I would dive deeper in other sections). As you get comfortable things will fall in to place and believe me, you will look back and thing… wow… that was not as great as I remembered it…. :-) > I was very impressed and encouraged by the the reaction / openness from > staff, and later by the results of McNistor's initiative around modeling. > > And I (along with many others I'm sure) would not want that to end there! > > Cheers!, > -J cheers jb ------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
