autodesk tweet of interest
Matt Morris
Eric Thivierge
How many maya users have ever heard of soft? Not a lot. New edu suites are now including soft which will help get exposure too. Not sure why everyone always goes so damn negative with this stuff.
More exposure = more knowing about it.
Sent from Education summit@ siggraph.
David Barosin
Adrian Lopez
Steven Caron
Meng-Yang Lu
Still makes my stomach lurch a bit when I see things like this.
-Lu
John Richard Sanchez
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Eric Thivierge
Are you used to any other seat other than the back?
It seems like a lot of people want all or nothing. Careful what you wish for.
On Jul 26, 2010 5:12 PM, "Meng-Yang Lu" <ntmo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Can't say I'm happy about the move to sorta 'backseat' Softimage like this, but the good news is that no matter where I am, there's probably a seat of Soft there for me to utilize in a pinch.
Still makes my stomach lurch a bit when I see things like this.
-Lu
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Maya ICE? naw... why r...
Luc-Eric Rousseau
From: Adrian Lopez <vfx...@gmail.com>
Sent: July 26, 2010 4:51 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: autodesk tweet of interest
Adrian Lopez
Sent from the future, on my iPhone 9.
Raffaele Fragapane
What is somewhat ironic though is that no matter what, if you buy the suite you will have to have XSI sitting around. This part might sway a few users towards soft hopefully, and at least AD now includes Soft in their suite, which people were complaining they didn't before.
As long as XSI is still developed and thought out as a full 3D app, and doesn't become just a host for ICE and cache outputs, I don't care, might even be good in the long run.
Luc-Eric Rousseau
From: Raffaele Fragapane <raffsx...@googlemail.com>
Sent: July 26, 2010 5:35 PM
Adrian Lopez
Raffaele Fragapane
Andy Jones
that Autodesk is trying to slowly migrate Maya and Max users to the
more modern XSI architecture. Maybe it will become a self-fulfilling
prophecy.
Case in point, as I've gotten more and more concerned that XSI's days
could be numbered, I've started frantically trying to learn Maya.
(The Qt port of an already cross-platform app, while
non-cross-platform XSI remains in MainWin32.COM hell has made me
particularly jumpy). If we can trick enough people into thinking it's
the other way around, maybe the momentum will just magically shift as
the Maya/Max users start freaking out and learning XSI. Consider: if
someone tells you you're about to get punched in the nuts, even if you
know it's highly unlikely, you still keep your guard up. Er... down?
And if lying makes you feel bad, just tell yourself that the rumors
are based on your faith that Autodesk is a great company, which
nurtures all the technology it acquires and always makes decisions
with the users' best interest in mind. That way, at worst, we're only
lying to ourselves. (To be clear, that's meant as a slightly
distrustful challenge to AD, not an outright insult).
Long story short, does anyone have a crop duster we can use to drop
hotkey quick references on the big 5?
- Andy
Ciaran Moloney
So, what's the Softimage Entertainment Creation Suite? I can see it in my subscription center when I try to select my product in one of the numerous forms. Did I miss something?
Jeremie Passerin
See you all for the next big announcement ICE in Maya !
I would say 2 years left and we're done.
Szabolcs Mátéfy
I know it sounds pathetic, but to me the possibility of canceling Softimage sounds like the possibility to canceling pencils.
From:
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[mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jeremie
Passerin
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:31 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: autodesk tweet of interest
Bye bye Softimage, we loved you !
Jeremie Passerin
Autodesk Softimage software, featuring the Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) to help in the creation of more sophisticated effects that can be integrated into Maya and 3ds Max through new ICE interoperability technology, as well as Autodesk Face Robot technology to help in the creation of higher-quality facial animation
So now Softimage is officially just a plugin to get ICE in Maya and Max!
Steven Caron
Schoenberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Morris
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 1:12 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: autodesk tweet of interest
Raffaele Fragapane
Cheer up people, it's still being sold on its own as well.
Alex
also it appears Thiago Costa - Lagoa is to be bundled with it.
Eugen Sares
to draw attention.
Still: as long as there are things other apps do better than SI, they will
be favored.
Give us ICE Geometry, as soon as possible! Make it top priority.
Then there won't be many weak spots be left in SI. None, in fact.
The first and best way to convince is to offer a rock-solid product.
May AD marketing be ignorant - people will notice anyway if there's
something really interesting around.
Am 27.07.2010, 10:04 Uhr, schrieb Raffaele Fragapane
<raffsx...@googlemail.com>:
Graham Bell
With regarding the thread, guys it's just a suite and as Luc-Eric has said, it's the Maya (and imo, the Max users) that it's aimed at.
However, as Chinny has mentioned before, it's more likely that these users/studios will want to add Softimage to their pipeline, so the premium Suite sounds like a good option especially if you are already using some of the other packages, and if you're already a Suite customers and want to also use Soft, then it's a no brainer.
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Adrian Lopez
Sent: 27 July 2010 01:35
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: autodesk tweet of interest
But that's just it, they didn't redevelop matchmover, just bought it and renamed it Maya Live.
Sent from the future, on my iPhone 9.
On Jul 26, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com<mailto:car...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Maya ICE? naw... why redevelop and re implement what already works.
s
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Adrian Lopez <vfx...@gmail.com<mailto:vfx...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Trying hard not to see this in a negative light, but am I understanding that Softimage is going the way of Combustion and Matchmover? Just a part of the Maya Toolset? What are they going to call it, Maya Character? Maya ICE? Anyone know if there have been any real advances in Maya Live and Maya Composite since they were swallowed up and regurgitated?
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 6:33 PM, David Barosin <dbar...@gmail.com<mailto:dbar...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Well you could argue that the common package is Softimage. I don't think they're killing the elephant just for the ivory.
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Matt Morris <mat...@gmail.com<mailto:mat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
New #Autodesk<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Autodesk> Entertainment Suites adds #Softimage<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Softimage>, #Lagoa<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Lagoa>Multiphysics and #Turtle<http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Turtle>. http://bit.ly/co7fPS
The latest kick in the teeth then - softimage gets bundled with the premium editions of the max and maya creative suites. I can see that it will be a good way for mainly max or maya studios to get their hands on SI to play with it a bit, but can't help feel that their positioning of SI makes it more difficult to continue to run it as the main application in a studio, and makes it less attractive to those new to 3d. Why would any student want to learn SI when Autodesk makes it abundantly clear that maya or max are the preferred options.
The tweet does suggest a silver lining though - lagoa to be bundled with softimage? Hope so :)
Sorry about the rant, just had to get it off me chest!
Matt
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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ciaran Moloney
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:58 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: autodesk tweet of interest
So, what's the Softimage Entertainment Creation Suite? I can see it in my subscription center when I try to select my product in one of the numerous forms. Did I miss something?
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> On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <luce...@gmail.com<mailto:luce...@gmail.com>>
Sebastian Kowalski
Alex
http://area.autodesk.com/siggraph/areatv-productdemos
Rob Wuijster
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On 7/27/2010 01:48 PM, Alex wrote:
just my two pennys but why does it seem that every piece of creative Autodesk software seems to get marketing apart from softimage.
http://area.autodesk.com/siggraph/areatv-productdemos
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Does rather feel like being the last one to get picked last when your mates are choosing footy teams....
I'm sure there's a marvellous reason why Illuminate, Inventor, Revit Architecture and Civil 3D take a higher promotional place than Softimage on Autodesks front page. I'm sure ICE will ensure the survival of Soft (thank goodness it was in there).
Adam.
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Eric Lampi
Windows.
My caches go screwy on the farm, rendering nothing at all, or the cloud
disappears entirely from frame to frame. I tried using different sim modes,
caching them within the environment settings and locking the cache and also
plotting the geo-cache and using a cache on file node in an empty tree. I have
also found that that the attribute node in the render tree to apply the color to
the instances doesn't seem to be working either. I get black frames or
instances that haven't inherited the attribute color that works fine from my
preview.
Of course I haven't even mentioned that the entire particle cloud blinks on and
off periodically... Even locally.
Any tips?
Thanks,
Eric
Freelance 3-D Animator, F/X Artist
Fabrice Altman
their PR budget is in
relation to the amount of sales ?
I guess AD maybe thinks that :
1/ it is not making enough money on Soft to justify bundles/PR etc...
2/ it does not have a top sales guy behind it.
3/ or Soft is making enough money by itself without the need of PR push.
I'd go for 1 or 2 unfortunately.
F.
John Payne
but complain that the pool of freelancers and students is too small to justify buying seats, this AD bundle
is probably a good thing. I've found that once I start showing off ICE to virgin TD's their lust for something Soft
quickly makes them forget about that Maya chick who we all know is a high maintenance b*tch.
The future is probably going to be Soft 2012 = Maya 2012 once AD rolls out their new Uber 3D Mayaxsoft.
- John
John Payne
If this is not a buttoned down network pipe, Try saving the cache files local to the farm machines
and render large blocks of frames . It's a hack fix I know.
- John
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Sandy Sutherland
grad on particles here -very slow to render though - but did work - also
creating on Windoze machines, rendering on Linux farm - still worked!!
S.
adrian wyer
What would be nice is;
If AD were to treat us, the paying, subscribed customers, like adults….and let us know what the score is….
This list is where the user-base is, the people on this list LOVE their choice of software, and this list is the perfect conduit for the dissemination of FACTS from AD straight to us users….
Come on AD, let’s have some rumour control, we KNOW you’re reading this!
We don’t bite, and our bark is only an indication of how much we care [and spend ;o)]
a
Oscar Juarez
Siggraph site was done on Softimage.
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Robert Chapman
We have found that if you submit to the farm from the wrong pass sometimes the attributes don't kick in. Opening the scene, changing to the correct pass and resubmit sometimes can help
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On 27 Jul 2010 15:59, "Sandy Sutherland" <sa...@triggerfish.co.za> wrote:
All this stuff works better in 2011 - I use Attribute colour to get a grad on particles here -very slow to render though - but did work - also creating on Windoze machines, rendering on Linux farm - still worked!!
S.
On 2010/07/27 04:20 PM, Eric Lampi wrote:
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Martijn Verkuil
Sam Cuttriss
Kris Rivel
At first, I was confused and a bit pissed but now...I see the silver lining for sure. So anyone that goes along with this package (which financially makes a ton of sense) will get Softimage along with it. Fantastic..we just went from next to nothing seats of SI to seats of SI all over. So lets "infect" the masses shall we? Its available...people start to play and before you know it, more people maybe using it...and not just for doing particles in ICE but also modeling, animation, etc.
Kris
Steven Caron
Steve Pratt
It's a very effective way of getting Soft into artist's hands who otherwise would not get the oppourtunity if their pipeline is Maya/Max based.
I can't see a downside. It won't hurt Soft's market only expand it.
My AUD2 cents worth. So about 1.6 US cents.
Michal Doniec
I don't know about Max...
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Williams, Wayne
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Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:51 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
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Eric Thivierge
Are there that many studios that run solely on maya and nothing else? I didn't think that was possible. Thought most places needed other apps that are included in the suites as well.
On Jul 28, 2010 11:00 AM, "Xsi" <ahmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
This is only possible if the company you're working forbought the suite and not simple maya license as the price is not the sameRegardsA.
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