I wholeheartedly agree, Mathieu, which is why, as I mentioned, we also use Houdini and (alas) Maya here. Heck we even have a 3DSMax seat for the odd freelancer that chooses to use it..! We have to have a whole bunch of tools anyway (ZBrush, Modo, etc.) because any post-production environment needs the flexibility to use the best tool for the job. We’re even exploring Blender.
And yet for now our primary pipeline remains Softimage because we simply are so bloody efficient with it (despite it being undeveloped for the past 6 years) and we have so much accumulated knowledge and tools that are linked to it. Our plan is to gradually lay out a parallel Houdini workflow, and as we get more comfortable and productive, we will eventually migrate over to it. JL Jean-Louis Billard ----------------------------------------- Digital Golem BE: +32 (0) 484 263 563 [email protected] https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.digitalgolem.com_&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=jGzcZVMqPVkiwBiJAr8VBnHWy2LBY9c4vieaDAZEO3s&s=pExMpTnU5hd-mwkiyg-rUYyrcMLHttaCLDguKv1bCXA&e= 53 Rue Gustave Huberti 1030 Brussels ----------------------------------------- > On 25 Oct 2017, at 18:16, Mathieu Leclaire <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I don't want to crash your rant here and hope you guys don't take > offense to what I have to say. I'm sure you heard this a million times > by now, but if you would allow me to share my perspective: > > I highly recommend you guys move on and learn the other softwares. This > industry and it's technology is changing so fast. Sure Softimage now > still feels like the best option, but soon Softimage won't be able to > handle all the new file formats, new geometry features, latest renderers > will stop being supported, new hardware and operating systems won't > support it, etc. It will eventually become impossible to keep up with > current production needs using that software. If you guys don't evolve, > you will become dinosaurs and you'll have a long way to catch up before > you'll be able to get work again. We work in an industry that heavily > relies on new technologies so we have to evolve with it or you end up on > the outside looking in. > > I understand your frustration. I do. I have gone through it all myself. > But after going through a hard learning curve to become as comfortable > with Houdini as I was with Softimage (and I'm still learning), I now > love Houdini probably more then I ever loved Softimage. > > Trust me, it took me a long time to let it go. We still use Softimage a > lot here at Hybride, but we are slowly migrating out of it. We have to > with all the new requirements in our pipeline with other vendors. Now I > get pissed off when colleagues decide to use Softimage instead of doing > it directly in Houdini or in Maya. Like yourself, they are frustrated, > there's a lot of pressure to deliver in short timelines and so they > prefer not to get out of their comfort zone. But it already comes with a > price to pay. For example, we had a scene that took an hour to load in > Softimage where it loaded in a few seconds in Houdini. That means that > this artist takes about twice the time allocated per shot because he's > too hard headed to switch software. Trust me that supervision is putting > a lot of pressure on that guy to learn Houdini so they don't have to > overcharge for his shots anymore. > > This is just the beginning. It'll get worst and worst in the next few > years and eventually, you'll become like the guy who still types on an > old typewriter instead of using a computer. I know that switching feels > like taking a few steps backwards, but at least you'll be able to > eventually move forward where you are standing still in Softimage. I > hated having to go through all this, but eventually Houdini open my eyes > to a world of new possibilities that never would have been available in > Softimage and I couldn't be happier that I finally made that move. Don't > make the mistake of being too comfortable in your ways of working. It'll > become obsolete sooner then you think. There's a ton of new toys out > there waiting to be discovered. Your ex broke up with you. Accept it and > move on. Sure, you'll date a few girls that will underwhelm you at > first, but you just might find one that will blow your mind and change > your life for the better, but you have to take that leap first and give > it a fair chance. > > That's my rant/recommendation. Now it's on you to decide how you want to > manage your career. > > -Mathieu > > On 25/10/2017 10:46 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: >> There are only two kinds of CG artist in the world: Those who use >> Softimage, and those who never tried. >> >> S >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Morten Bartholdy <[email protected]> >> Reply-to: "Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIDaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=QlldJiBL18aXEJ17DNGup4yl49-idQLqvaXfTwQeJQ0&s=QE3ckC9GK7WPFXoMa4iFbvFLcjJpaa5u98JrEqLaEuw&e="; >> >> <[email protected]> >> To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google&d=DwIDaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=QlldJiBL18aXEJ17DNGup4yl49-idQLqvaXfTwQeJQ0&s=NxAaMqkq9iQETVUC7EXDQ2ptrv8PXk3QHLlJlEpq8VQ&e= >> .com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Softimage - not going away... >> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:20:56 +0200 (CEST) >> >> Amen to that!! >> >> If I knew the people who decided to EOL Soft I would make sure they had >> flat tires for a year. >> If I knew those who designed Maya I would strongly suggest they admit >> themselves to a mental facility. >> Oh, and the ones who decided to EOL Softimage I would also flog with >> wet newspapers for a year. >> >> I read the stories by people who had the bad fortune to have to learn >> Maya earlier and I have to say everything they wrote is true and then >> some. After 3 months+ of everyday Maya punishment I actually only like >> some modeling tools and being able to see layered textures in the >> viewport - the rest is a horrible mess. And our Maya artists are >> blissfully oblivious to how much easier their lives could have been if >> things had been different. >> >> >> Morten >> >> >> >> >>> Den 24. oktober 2017 klokken 21:59 skrev Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima >>> [email protected]>: >>> >>> >>> I do believe that there is still ton of Softimage people that are >>> pushed >>> into hell of maya that would give a leg to have a chance to work >>> again in >>> Softimage so.. :) >>> ᐧ >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:47 PM, David Gallagher Softimage < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Great work! >>>> >>>> Big high-five for using Softimage still. I do too! >>>> Curious though, how do you handle new employees? Do you only bring >>>> in >>>> people who know Softimage already? I'm just imagining a new >>>> employee >>>> learning your pipeline with EOL software and how they handle that. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/24/2017 7:16 AM, Jean-Louis wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi list, >>>> >>>> Softimage still alive and well over here at Digital Golem: >>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.digitalgole >>>> m.com_portfolio_range-2Drover-2Dfireflies_&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P >>>> 0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=zxoKUURPDY_p7pajTkkFnh2ByLCrbBLVKAszjFx6zOA&s=xNkb2 >>>> ahCYupFGKwPqnIZyYQ8bR_QW7V_uRaMaaQW44k&e= >>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.digitalgol >>>> em.com_portfolio_range-2Drover-2Dfireflies_&d=DwMFAg&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P >>>> 0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=zX2AFFJUH4U7HfKwQjxPRdohiYSqEOMJ8eEO- >>>> lBeIyA&s=WurWJJ6SCwAekkwmyOjODKH5Zz2HhLUn46A5Cd-uYjs&e=> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> JL >>>> >>>> >>>> Jean-Louis Billard >>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>> *Digital Golem* >>>> BE: +32 (0) 484 263 563 >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.digitalgole >>>> m.com_&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P >>>> 0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=zxoKUURPDY_p7pajTkkFnh2ByLCrbBLVKAszjFx6zOA&s=0_YH6 >>>> IZI7Lxy5elO-n3Ncs30aXU03EcGQdV8Tua6pek&e= >>>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.digitalgol >>>> em.com_&d=DwMFAg&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P >>>> 0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=zX2AFFJUH4U7HfKwQjxPRdohiYSqEOMJ8eEO- >>>> lBeIyA&s=Gq9YaxWiO1d-lilhxIivNgjNRmHGBXG5pCHGZKI47qE&e=> >>>> 53 Rue Gustave Huberti >>>> 1030 Brussels >>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected]. >>>> com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected]. >>>> com >>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mirko Jankovic >>> *https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cgfolio.com_ >>> mirko-2Djankovic&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0j >>> VMsrMw7PFsA&m=zxoKUURPDY_p7pajTkkFnh2ByLCrbBLVKAszjFx6zOA&s=0piQpz03S >>> cpiX79OmxIHjrJ70J7s7ykNjCF2qnro2oE&e= >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cgfolio.com_ >>> mirko-2Djankovic&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0j >>> VMsrMw7PFsA&m=zxoKUURPDY_p7pajTkkFnh2ByLCrbBLVKAszjFx6zOA&s=0piQpz03S >>> cpiX79OmxIHjrJ70J7s7ykNjCF2qnro2oE&e=>* >>> >>> Need to find freelancers fast? >>> www.cgfolio.com >>> >>> Need some help with rendering an Redshift project? >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gpuoven.com_&; >>> d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc- >>> t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0j >>> VMsrMw7PFsA&m=zxoKUURPDY_p7pajTkkFnh2ByLCrbBLVKAszjFx6zOA&s=Pu- >>> kgIKkMf1fEShFwepMhvIT78h3NW0NXO5gJpnPdmE&e= >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> m with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
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