Two or three years back I considered another software as a replacement for XSI. You can do that and be on the safe side, because everyone else will use something else than Softimage. If you have to rely on a career as an employed artist you should do it instantly. Don't waste time. No one can compete in a jobmarket with outdated tools. If you are independent, it's an entirely different story.
You can work with XSI now, be productive and went further for many years to come. The success to use XSI in the future for us ppl will depend strongly how we will able to manage our pipeline. Can you fix problems with licensing or OS related things without TDs and IT? If you're non-tech, can you fix problems without help from developers? I can handle that and I chose to stick with XSI. I think the difficult part of using it is not to work with something rare or exotic like Softimage is nowadays. It's still superior to Maya and 3dsmax, so there is no problem in my daily work. But you will need to keep it working together: applications, OS, hardware, network, licensing. Those problems will perhaps become harder to solve. Sven -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mathieu Leclaire Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:17 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist&d=DwIFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=Gb_Emr-HzoGjo5ki4TWNZ69vBhKhDEZTSDucMra7Qtk&s=UWI2gpHt4EfUs71Vjr7YUWpAylTHY1Scp10j8Dw5y30&e= Subject: Re: Softimage - not going away... 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=D > wIDaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ52 > 9RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=QlldJiBL18aXEJ17DNGup4yl49-idQLqvaXfTwQe > JQ0&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. 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