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The rumor was that Autodesk, Dassault Systems and Adobe bid for Softimage when Avid was selling it. Too bad that the worst possible buyer got it.

Im still using Softimage and every time i open another 3d app, i get very sad how bad they all are ux wise compared to Softimage. It is so logical built up and fast to use, and Im sure most AE would have loved it if Adobe bought it, maybe even forced to give AE to get some of the very nice UX features from Softimage :-)
All text based, no stupid icon hell like Maya and Cinema, and this way before the current typography based UI trend :-D

But I can also understand why Adobe didnt buy it, with the codebase of SI so tightly connected to Windows from the time when Microsoft owned them, making a osx port very hard.

Den 10/03/2014 23.15 skrev <brian@totaltraining.com>:

Considering how tightly integrated AE and C4D are becoming, it's starting to feel like they're owned by the same company as it is (and that being a good thing).

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On Mar 10, 2014, at 6:15 PM, brian@totaltraining.com wrote:

I thought it was a shame that Adobe never purchased SketchUp., even as a modeler for Photoshop and AE. Instead Google bought it, and then subsequently dumped it.

It's a great modeler (for simple things anyway).

B

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From: "Teddy Gage" <teddygage@gmail.com>

To: "After Effects Mail List" <AE-List@media-motion.tv>

Sent: 3/10/2014 6:11:23 PM

Subject: Re: [AE] Autodesk is killing off Softimage XSI & C4D Sale at toolfarm

> -tho a bit of a shame that Adobe never acquired a 3d app of their own, ya know?

People said that is why AD originally bought SI - to keep it from Adobe.

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Gary Reisman <garyreisman@mac.com> wrote:

I almost forgot it existed!
Can't recall the last time I read about it being used in any of the trade mags or online.

But makes perfect sense considering Autodesk has so many other 3d apps, and I'm sure they'll offer owners the opportunity to up/side-grade to Maya.

-tho a bit of a shame that Adobe never acquired a 3d app of their own, ya know?

On Mar 10, 2014, at 2:06 PM, rendernyc <rendernyc@gmail.com> wrote:

i dont think anyone who uses, develops for or has built there pipeline around Soft is surprised.
disappointed im sure but the writing has been on the wall for years.

On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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