Hey guys and gals, I stayed subscribed to the list over these last few years since I moved over to Houdini (haven't touched Softimage in 2 years now!) as occasionally a little nugget of useful, non-Softimage specific information would still surface through the Autodesk-hating noise (I should add that I also massively dislike Autodesk, I just don't see any point in expending as much energy in stating it as some people).
I think the time has now come to pull the plug and sign off. Not trying to be dramatic, just felt I should acknowledge the last 18 years that I've been on the list interacting with so many people I respect so much who generously took the time to share so much of their knowledge with a 'bye and thanks for the memories!' post. So, bye and thanks for the memories! It's been a great pleasure. Good luck with whatever the future holds! DAN On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain < arc.ann...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i don't understand why so many users of softimage have , it seems from > your posts here, > turned to Maya, which, if less easy to understand, is yet positively > evolving it's tools, that's why i say AD is good > > AD is something like a gentle farmer of the 3d tools. > > yet it is a US farmer, which means it is an industry. > > if users turn to Maya, it's from being 'encouraged' to do so by their > bosses in the 3d industry > > now why has the industry faltered during the years 2000 between XSI and > Maya, and finally chosen Maya, > i might be given counter-argument to that, but I think ''Disney'' (who > creates the standards, who is the most creative, being a big industrial > farmer) > got threatened by the upheaval from the underground which came along with > non-''Disney'' actors, like the music video scenes and popularisation of > nodes and mudboxes > all over the planet, just in a time where it has been decided the Marvel > DC comic should change the way Hollywood targets the whole planet. > > about Nasa, the Nazi scientists from defeated Germany went hired by Nasa > in the rocket launchers competition against Stalin etc. > > (there is a famous underground cult-book by Thomas Pynchon who elaborates > on the tight (sexual?) relation between US and Nazi, 'Gravity Rainbow. > Laurie Anderson wanted to turn this book into an opera) > > given the destruction in Syria at this time, or for example in Vietnam > before, and the industrial farms, and the roles of narratives and images in > advertising and colonization of non-US realities, and arts, > i think it is fair to say that i, poor individual, alone, not charismatic > leader not wanting to influence anyone into my views, think that AD is a > mix of good, and evil. > > it is good, because they can be helpful, and can be innovative, if your on > the right side of their story, and even if not, because, at least up to > this moment, > Maya can be rented by middle class directors doing research in digital > painting and 3D. yet, if nothing changes, if Trump gets re-elected in 2020, > soon the best tools will only be available for those hired by the "Disney" > farms, > while poor individuals, non charismatic, will be given a text-to-speech > processor and a facebook page to post memes. > > > > > > 2018-03-15 10:55 GMT+01:00 Morten Bartholdy <x...@colorshopvfx.dk>: > >> How is Nasa evil? >> >> AD is US corporate greed, perhaps not at its worst, but bad as they come. >> >> Morten >> >> >> >> > Den 14. marts 2018 klokken 12:47 skrev Nicole Beeckmans-Jacqmain < >> arc.ann...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > >> > I see AD a bit like the Nasa, it's a mix of good, and evil >> > >> > 2018-03-14 10:13 GMT+01:00 Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com>: >> > >> > > well once they take your money and lock you up in subscription and >> push >> > > you to buy software that they think you need, then sure support is >> there to >> > > help you. >> > > but just you try resisting.. ;) >> > > >> > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:11 AM, Morten Bartholdy < >> x...@colorshopvfx.dk> >> > > wrote: >> > > >> > >> I have absolutely!! no love for AD but I will chime in on this. We >> had >> > >> stupid issues with getting our new Maya licenses working after >> upgrading >> > >> FlexLM (the pile of crap) which was required for running newer Maya >> > >> versions. >> > >> >> > >> I reported the issue and the next day a AD license support person >> > >> actually called me on the phone and resolved the issue via remote >> support. >> > >> >> > >> The solution was horribly stupid and involved fixing windows >> files(!) but >> > >> eventually it worked. A negative sideeffect was that now Softimage >> takes >> > >> ages to start up (probably because it takes a long time to get licens >> > >> granted) Grrrr >> > >> >> > >> I was surprised and pleased about the call, and it goes to show that >> not >> > >> everything is bad at AD. It doesn't change my dislike of their >> corporate >> > >> policies and software offerings though. Maya is still crap. >> > >> >> > >> Morten >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > Den 12. marts 2018 klokken 20:02 skrev Sven Constable < >> > >> sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > just contacted ADSK support about the issue, that an old network >> license >> > >> > (softimage 2011) was not listed in my account. It was not listed >> for >> > >> > several years btw and I didn't care but since I plan to move even >> the >> > >> old >> > >> > licenses to a new server, I contacted them via the online chat. >> > >> > >> > >> > Problem solved in minutes. 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