A bit OT but is anyone giving akeytsu a go? I played with it yesterday, and feels simple and fast!!
On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 at 21:38, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote: > I will suggest, like it has been mentioned, that you take a hard cold look > at what it is at stake… your family? Your company? > > Make sure you don’t get run over by the competition.. > > And good luck > jb > > > > On 25 Oct 2017, at 20:10, Sven Constable <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > 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 compete in a jobmarket with outdated tools.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. 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? 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