As soon as I started looking at Maya, it just made me sad, but when I
delved into Houdini i felt quite at home and it always feels like they are
pushing it forward.
Also re Maya I never had that "ooh thats a good feature", but with Houdini
its all the time, I just need to up my coding skills.

On 2 May 2018 at 19:23, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I personally don't ever see Houdini filling the Softimage void. The
> engineering that powers the Houdini user experience very often requires a
> totally different mindset for solving the same end goals. I think Houdini
> fills an ICE void, but the rounded user experience of Softimage is so much
> harder to fill.
>
>
> I agree the elegant “no-frills" workflow in Softimage is not going to be
> replicated anytime soon but there have been some truly remarkable efforts
> to get closer while keeping Houdini true to its procedural roots (which
> obviously is the right thing to do)
>
> Plus I think there are parts of the Houdini community that don't want to
> see the user experience to become more artist friendly. If Houdini is
> easier to drive, they might see their hourly rates drop! ;)
>
>
> Unless there is a major breakthrough in education I doubt a 20 years
> experience Houdini FXTD will have his rates go down… if anything is going
> to be the total opposite.
>
> My 2 cents
> jb
>
>
>
> On 2 May 2018 at 17:07, Laurence Dodd <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Its something I've been wondering too. I have been learning Houdini for
>> the last year or more, and I really like it, but I am concerned I'm going
>> to spend my working days doing vfx sims, which isn't my favourite. Houdini
>> is still very much shoved into the vfx box.
>> I dread the thought of being forced into Maya, stick with it and hope
>> people start using it more generally, or start looking at C4D or something,
>> eek.
>>
>> Laurence
>>
>> On 2 May 2018 at 11:56, David Saber <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I'd like to know if Houdini is somewhere used as a generalist tool: not
>>> only simulations and FX but also modelling , texturing, , rigging,
>>> animation, lighting a scene, etc?
>>>
>>> Is there a company that uses Houdini this way?
>>>
>>> And if no, do you think a company will use Houdini this way someday?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> David
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