That’s beginning to make no sence… 2 apps under one hood is ok, but three drives all competition out of the market… well it makes sense for AD… but not for the market.
i just extended my subscription with a price raise of 30%.
Well… we will see what the future will bring. I expect no good.
It is possible to bring together 2 applications to one i.e. a combined “mayax” but 3 is almost impossible… like someone said … .i feel sorry for the XSi users. :eek:
Interesting. I wonder how CS and CAT will get along, not to forget MotionBuilder.
A Biped riding a CAT rig, exported out to MotionBuilder?
You do realize Softimage has been around for ages and XSI was virtual vaporware for many years, right? I still think Sumatra was a better name than XSI 
Throughout the years Softimage has been purchased by companies who really had no stake in marketing and elevating the Softimage name (Microsoft? Avid?). Avid probably bought it to kill off Eddie?
I thought he was already dead, and what’s Iron Maiden got to do with this anyway?
Hey that’s nice, FAIL. Are you ****ing kidding me? Try again when you’ve moved out of your parents basement, and stop trying to con and morally blackmail others out of the value of what they do so you can sponge off their work. Either that or stop charging for the work that you do and get yourself a nice dayjob (macdonalds sound good to you?) to support your family and pay your rent and get nowhere with your life for all the work you do sometime. If you had any experience of real work, skilled labor the real world and the real cost of living or trying to get out of a slum in any field you wouldn’t be suggesting that.
Comparativly xsi is far younger than maya or max, that makes it leaner, and easier to adapt.
p.s, does anyone think blur studios has a crystal ball or somthing. 
Well guys take your last look at the Softimage homepage before it gets pulled down and directed to some corporate looking shite. Bit like the old Alias site… I’m sure Softimage products get a nice little placement on the Autowreck site sometime.
At least this way the Autowreck can closely make sure none of these 3 main 3d apps get similar tools and feature improvements now, at least none of the better ones, I mean you wouldn’t want the best workflow and customization all into your favourite 3d app would you, when you can get the wonderful ‘CHOICE’ of other product selections to help.
And seamless interoperability without hassles will remain a joke… as it has done with Maya and 3Dsmax since they became inmates under the Desk, but don’t worry, now you’ll all get to experience great features like the ‘Shitcube’
I have to admit I laughed when I read this. It’s not entirely unexpected, but still surprising.
It’s kind of weird though, I mean, with Max and Maya at least they could have Max for game development and Maya for movies, but with XSI coming in they’re just going to be in competition with themselves. They’re all too equal to continue them this way.
I dont know guys…a company doesn’t just up and sell it’s flagship product unless they were in trouble.
And Likewise, how the same Marketing people(assuming they still have their jobs) talking about how REVOLUTIONARY and trailblazing XSI is, now has eat some Crow knowing they just got pwnd…hard.
The XSI and Maya codebases are about the same age, give or take a couple of years. Don’t look at the first release date, look at the date when development started, and remember that both products had extremely long drawn out gestation periods.
I bought XSI Foundation 4 back in the day but started to doubt if Softimage would survive so I started all over in the decisionmakingprogress of deciding for which application I would go put the time and effort in to learn. It would be either Maya or XSI for me and from a software standpoint I just liked XSI better. It just appeared to be superior in workflow and the (no destructive) concept behind it. But getting education and jobs with Maya would be a lot easier.
I just saw so much approvement every release in comparision with Maya and after 3 releases they were still around so when Softimage offered Foundation users an upgrade at halfprice to the Essentials version I made up my mind and went for XSI.
I’m not sure if the takeover is all bad. Like another poster said, it might be easier for XSI-users to be integrated into a Maya-pipeline within studios. Furthermore I am hoping that Autodesk training facilities will also offer XSI courses. I don’t have the fear of Softimage just going out of business leaving me with obsolete skills, I rather live with the fear that it is getting incorporated in the long run into an industry standard 3D application.
I agree that new features in XSI might be more limited than when it was with SI but just getting some of the current stuff from other packages like the nParticles/nCloth/fluidstuff from Maya would be nice along with better integration of other products of theirs like Mudbox and Motionbuilder. At least the chance of getting that into XSI has increased.
I really think XSI users should look at the bigger picture here; I’m afraid it’s more a question of survival than it is of having a choice and in that light I think Autodesk is the best candidate to be taking over SI.
The only thing I’m worried about is the 2 year subscription I took. Very curious how that will work out.
Just in case, some background;
Ken Pimentel is the Director of Visual Communication Solutions within Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment division, responsible for guiding 3ds Max, Project Newport, Mudbox, ImageModeler, Stitcher and FBX solutions.
And his blog on it is here;
(Sorry! Pardon if this has already been posted)
Edit/P.S. And Thank You Ken!
Just to be clear:
Adobe and Nvidia are MUCH larger companies than Autodesk. Those of use with our heads in 3D land forget that very few people use 3D apps esp. compared to graphics chipsets, flash, and photoshop.
Also- it’s much harder to buy a private company, or one that is located in countries with strong anti-trust laws etc. This makes Maxon, Newtek, Pixologic VERY different companies to try and aquire.
As far as this goes- I fear I had my last coversation with a softimage support staff today. They were vey helpful as always, and I wish them the best of luck finding a new job in todays economic climate. Those are the real “losers” today by far. I am not happy about this.
From autodesk site :
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=12022457&siteID=123112
Both will help us accelerate the work of our Games Technology Group, as we build the next-generation of real-time, interactive 3D authoring tools for games, film and television.
hmmm next generation ? Interesting.
When I first saw the title I thought it was a joke.
Then I nearly fell out of my chair when I found out it wasn’t
I just made the switch from Max to XSI.
wow, just wow, never would have thought that could happen.
Could you be any less of a dick? I was kidding. I work freelance out of my apartment and make a sad living at it since most of the jobs I try to get are being outsourced. Before that, I was a bartender and before that, a construction worker. So take your ass failed rant somewhere its wanted. I know what work is.
Well, technically, MAXON is owned by Nemetschek which IS public…DUN DUN DUN!!! 3D Studio MAXONyaSI…Wave of the future. Better grab a board.