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
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
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