EUE 2014 list of presentations is up, Autodesk's Eddie Perlberg to hold closed session on 3DS Max development
May 28, 2014 by CGP Staff
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The full list of speakers for the best 3DS Max-related event, organized in The Netherlands by Joep van der Steen, is now up. The lineup includes Autodesk’s 3DS Max PM Eddie Perlberg and PD Martin Coven, who will be holding closed session talks on the development and future of 3DS Max, Rune Spaans, Ondra Karlik (Corona Renderer), Dave Baker, Hristo Velev, Paul Roberts, Artur Leao, Neil Hazzard, John o’Connell, Eric de Broche, Michael McCarthy, Ted Boardman and many more. Presentations will also be held by Platige Image, Chaos Group, NVidia ARC, Itoo Software, etc.
The End User Event will be held Thursday and Friday next week (June 5-6) at the Florin Pub in Utrecht. Definitely recommended if you get the chance to attend. More on the End User Event’s website.
The End User Event will be held Thursday and Friday next week (June 5-6) at the Florin Pub in Utrecht. Definitely recommended if you get the chance to attend. More on the End User Event’s website.
What good are closed session talks?
From: softimage-bounces@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-bounces@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason Brynford-Jones
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:13 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: A Softimage message
I thought the last time I wrote something like this, would be the last time.
I am beginning to sound like a broken record; a record no-one obviously likes listening to. So perhaps this really is the last time I will play this message as it seems to make no difference.
Marketing
It seems now the Softimage community is only focusing on Autodesk’s marketing as the barometer for Soft’s future. Not “no marketing” but “less marketing” than 3ds Max and Maya. Or that the new Max and Maya products WITH Softimage means no more Softimage? This does not make sense.
New Max and Maya Suites
From all our interviews Max and Maya customers want Softimage (not just ICE, but ICE is often a big reason) in their toolsets. At an affordable price, that interops well. OK let’s give it to them, in the way they want it.
There are many more Max and Maya customers than Softimage. Having product suites branded with the name 3ds Max or Maya are obviously targeted at selling to them. This represents a massive potential for Softimage. You might not agree with the naming, but you can’t argue the logic.
Softimage as a standalone product is of course continuing as before (with some very exciting stuff in the works) and having the standalone product available to all Max and Maya users is a huge endorsement of Softimage and commitment by Autodesk..
Development
Since the acquisition there has been repeated fear-mongering about Soft’s future. Even though in that time, we have had two major releases (3 in the last two years) and one minor (check what others have done in this time) and of course there is more to come.
Even though we have exceeded revenue expectations, even though we are expanding our development. Even though fundamentally NOTHING HAS CHANGED, people choose to focus simply on a lack of marketing and not Autodesk Softimage’s track record.
We still manage our own roadmap, with the exception of working well with other Autodesk apps. Something everyone has asked for repeatedly, especially ICE interop.
Our philosophy will continue around ICE as the architecture on which to build – that includes one day moving into modeling. We have not abandoned other parts of the Software (see the list at the end of this mail) far from it – we have a very well defined focus and future.
Final thoughts – for this is the last time I will do this.
If you take one thing away from this mail, it is this.
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
The future of Softimage is bright… click
It really is…
http://xsisupport.com/2010/07/27/softimage-lagoa-premium-suites-and-autodesk-marketing/#comment-15905
they lie when the lips move.
There are reasons why it’s closed doors, but the copied post above isn’t it.
Martin
@Coven, what are these reasons? If it’s “closed door”, then why tell us about it? I don’t understand what this is achieving.
I agree. What in the world has that to do with anything? And please don’t turn this thread in to another killing ground.
@Dizzy. Being a publicly traded company forces what we can and can’t say publicly. The information is up on the EUE site for people going to the event, and that information ended up here. We didn’t post it here.
I was at the closed session a couple of years agi. It was actually quite nice, and good to hear the developers talking honestly (my impression) about 3ds Max. Anybody can sign up to the closed session, so please do if you are curious.
Been preparing my presentation the past week. Looking forward to see you all there!
@Coven, thanks for the explanation, much appreciated.
I wish I could attend, hope you all have a great time.
Yay, that means more bloated features you never wanted or use and more bugs that are never fixed, Still at least we`ll get a brand new loading screen and some different icons.
Time to move back to 3ds4, darnit, why stop there. I`m going back to UDG`s on the ZX Spectrum. That`s the photoreal right there. Vray for ZX81.
I digress.
Theres one happening at 3DS London in June as well. Closed door session with the developers that is.
Can’t wait to here about your exciting stuff! See you there!
Hmm.
I remember the last time Autodesk had similar in London, signing an NDA to have an audience with Frank Delise, who turned out that he was on a Skype call and not there in the flesh.
Why so much doom and gloom? I’m pretty sure this happens with every software that’s ever existed at a small and large scale.
@Dizzy – Sorry you can’t attend. There will be other events throughout the year. I hope you can make one!
@daniel tegeland – See you there!