Comments on: Autodesk Acquires Softimage

By: doh4

doh4 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:09:39 +0000

I bought foundations and on sale from softimage still cost quite a bit, just before the buy out (I dind't know this was coming) by auto desk. Now I can't run it becuase the licencing server web site no longer exists. I wanted to be working on a project right now but intead I'm waiting…and waiting …and waiting for Autodesk to give me a way to run my expensive soft ware they don't want to support. I had backed up my Key files but oh no they are encryted with random data every time you install and having the license key , my e-mail and softimage account , the key files and the original installation disc I can't use it.

Dear user you are not connected to the internet , please connect…or perhaps our company is defunct/bought out in which case please use a time machine to travel back to when server was on line and somone gave a crap about this version of software you paid thousands of dollars for.

By: Zyan

Zyan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:18:45 +0000

The end of the dinosaur era begun has

By: the_ghost

the_ghost — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:51:31 +0000

*And i am sure blender will become a great software.

By: the_ghost

the_ghost — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:43:15 +0000

I'am maya/3dsmax and i earn my living with them, =) since 2years i am blender too! (and i'am fan)

And I am blender will become a great software.

By: 247wkman

247wkman — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:12:58 +0000

i agree that xsi is a awesome app, i would have bought foundation if it hadn't been killed off (no dought by autodesk) xsi is new and fresh' i would give anything to have it but i'm just a hobbiest and too plain poor. gigapolygon core and can render anything you can imagine throwing at it (if everything was for free no one would make a living in this world, but that is why foundation was justifiable, it was a hair/fur, rigid body disabled cut down, that you would only buy if it was all you could afford- but if it was all you could buy, at least it would have been another sale for avid that would not have been had there been no option. with this sort of thing you want it all, so you can't say a pro would cheat avid and buy cut down foundation. foundation was a foot in the door for hobbyists and students that would have weaned them into life long customers. that is gone now, and shame on them. leaning 3d apps is too tiring, you want to find something that can solve all your problems with no switch overs- that is probably what autodesk will eventually do, xsi would not go wrong with 3ds max's shell modifier or excellent cloth and sim tools. (max could take xsi skeleton building tools!)

but naa, i'll take this free app with weak polygon cutting tools and no incidence(xsi)/fall off mapping (3ds max).

blender dose have something great about it though-it can simulate inter-colliding soft/cloth/rigid bodies-xsi can't! it has a cloth simulator that works- xsi doesn't (drop a cloth on a cube and see how much work you got to do before the cube stops peaking through) it can simulate water and har/fur, blender's game engine can enable you to control characters or objects and record the actions for a movie- like drive a car in a chase- xsi can do that but only with rigid bodies, blender can do it with soft/cloth/ and rigid bodies and even enable you to make your own games! if further releases refined these features- as they will obviously do you could make professional games even if you are no good at scripting (maybe). what ever weak points blender has- they are always going to improve like any othor app. its creaters are global heroes for anyone using blender but i wouldn't say i wouldn't want a copy of xsi if i was asked!

By: grifter

grifter — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:05:45 +0000

Im not sure what all the fuss is about. Avid could not afford to develop XSI any further as it represented less than 1% of Avid's turnover, yet it ate into avid's coffers. what would you rather happen? that the product is killed of or a strong company takes it over and keeps it going? Maya is kept going and is cheaper now than it ever was. Max is still going strong and so will XSI. XSI now has a future. You should be happy that Autodeks purchased it, saved it and will keep it going! Yes autodesk buys companuies, i dont see anyone shouting at adobe for filling the web market with the purchase of dreamweaver and all of macromedias assets!

Blender is great as a free application but come on guys lets get real here

By: untn

untn — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:10:18 +0000

Softimage XSI showed real competition for 3Ds Max in the Game industry, as I know games like Assassins Creed, Project Gotham 4 were utilizing XSI, and you could see how those games looks fantastic no doubt Autodesk thought Max is slipping slowly if they let XSI move right along, after all this is Autodesk it's world biggest CGI solution supplier noway it's gonna let XSI get over MAX.
Guys let's be realistic I like Blender but I guess for big projects that require VFX the big names comes first, Blender sure powerful but too much work to be done, but sure if I work in a studio I would use both Max and Blender simply because the way blender bevel and extrude is super fast ;)

By: Jake and Snakes

Jake and Snakes — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:36:17 +0000

Yep, capitalism sure is bad. Darn that Autodesk for making any kind of move that will benefit them. Now I won't be able to do ART anymore :( .

By: john anderson

john anderson — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:16:42 +0000

Blender users, you suck! what the fuck is wrong with you? Blender is the worst 3d app out there, everyone nows this, and the only reason it has some popularity is because its free! but it sucks nonetheless!!!!

begin using maya/3ds/softimage instead of this crappy blender shit!!!
u assholes!

By: funlw65

funlw65 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:24:34 +0000

Will see how good will be in 2.5x … how easy to model… because now, is just "possible".
I'm afraid 2.5x will come also with few "surprises"…