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Subject: Re: [AE] Autodesk is killing off Softimage XSI & C4D Sale at toolfarm
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that's why blender is so great !

it won't disappear, code is open !

btw , are there good opensource alternatives to after effects ?

2014-03-11 10:07 GMT+01:00 mylenium@mylenium.de <mylenium@mylenium.de>:
> That is doubtful. The way I remember it, XSI was meant to replace MAX one
> day because at the time MAX was really in shambles and seemed to have
> unresolvable issues that didn't allow it to evolve as would have been
> necessary. As it turned out, AD turned the tide and changed their plans.
> Anyway, there have long been rumours that they were heavily reworking May=
a
> down to the underlying nodal architecture and if you add 1 and 1 together=
,
> that may be happening now with not only Naiad/Bifr=F6st, but on a more ge=
neral
> level by inheriting some of what ICE was in XSI. In this scenario it woul=
d
> only be logical to let go of one redundant program...
>
> Mylenium
>
> [Pour Myl=E8ne, ange sur terre]
> -----------------------------------------
> www.mylenium.de
>
>
> Teddy Gage <teddygage@gmail.com> hat am 10. M=E4rz 2014 um 23:11 geschrie=
ben:
>
>>  -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.