Return-Path: Received: from mail-yk0-f176.google.com ([209.85.160.176] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5403597 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:53:26 +0100 Received: by mail-yk0-f176.google.com with SMTP id 19so20410205ykq.7 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:54:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=CIqzQc+paY1hq4hNStUYCu+v4a9KrkJ3FwEfnbbGvdU=; b=UzOJb1fEAssnrR0XiRql+sSmOqsYSGcBbNGqiClZhAvS2lSurufMhNlHbfYJ0+yNVA VlvGfH65ocyHTaHhVCTOOk2ZHDESXMlvlsZrloCd61ayUGP9zrtiT9cuETJrkBYM/g4y iYjKAI4SKMG++0dHdTaE6cuAPhqRfC+l0FNAHhtfQlFR6yw4CQpZ7XHSn51yqR7baTS4 LHjhsgQNFdY0YjDDSQnjWT/wxHaYsANwnXv2jnXy7AbSdZIzfTCK6DvWk+4Hivk+o59s 7ZscwlXQYpmWio1HhOO+ZjT9jp30fII/SKv1tFRb4DLkZZ7/3+9dNj68rkMBKInSsLdD hvfw== X-Received: by 10.236.60.68 with SMTP id t44mr46900397yhc.47.1394481245962; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:54:05 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.170.160.6 with HTTP; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:53:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Teddy Gage Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:53:25 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Autodesk is killing off Softimage XSI & C4D Sale at toolfarm To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec508238c4fd53004f445f772 --bcaec508238c4fd53004f445f772 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/autodesk-will-discontinue-softimage-software-685939 Great software, it will probably end up in Autodesk's basement somewhere, they have already stated they won't sell it off because it contains too many of their IPs or something. They just completed the LEGO movie using SI. It has a pretty fantastic node scripting language. I feel terrible for shops that built their whole pipelines on SI. Or plugin developers who wasted thousands. AD are pushing everyone to Max or Maya instead. For an interesting perspective there is a thread on cgsociety here http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=1160981 And probably not a coincidence, but a heads up if anyone was looking to upgrade, there is 10% off C4D upgrades at toolfarm this month, with added discount for your C4D lite licenses that come with AE CC. Not a shill, but it's good software, and definitely complements my Maya knowledge. People are saying they will jump ship to C4D, Houdini, Modo or even Blender instead of staying with Autodesk. -TG -- _____________________________ VFX & Motion Graphic Artist teddygage dot com --bcaec508238c4fd53004f445f772 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Great software, it will probably end up in Autodesk's ba= sement somewhere, they have already stated they won't sell it off becau= se it contains too many of their IPs or something. They just completed the = LEGO movie using SI. It has a pretty fantastic node scripting language. I f= eel terrible for shops that built their whole pipelines on SI. Or plugin de= velopers who wasted thousands. AD are pushing everyone to Max or Maya inste= ad. For an interesting perspective there is a thread on cgsociety here


And probably not a coinciden= ce, but a heads up if anyone was looking to upgrade, there is 10% off C4D u= pgrades at toolfarm this month, with added discount for your C4D lite licen= ses that come with AE CC. Not a shill, but it's good software, and defi= nitely complements my Maya knowledge. People are saying they will jump ship= to=A0
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