[Sidefx-houdini-list] importing/exporting flame camera moves to Houdini...

[Michael Goldfarb]

my bet is this >
autodesk bought Alias for Studio Tools.
max is old and no one wants to clean it up (can you imagine the linux 
port..shudder...)
maya has lost steam in the past 3-4 years, nothing new going on at all...
Autodesk will kill off both in favor of a whole new app...possibly with 
hooks into their 'collaboration tools' stuff they're building for Toxic 
etc...
4 years from now there will not be a max or maya.


Andrew D Lyons wrote:
> Another speculation suggests that Autodesk will now re-direct Maya R+D 
> efforts back to cinematic effects instead of duplicating games efforts 
> with MAX - which is where all their R+D efforts have been for a few 
> years purportedly. (Possibly not good for Houdini or XSI.)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Simpson wrote:
> 
>>
>> Oh my.  Scanned the message boards:
>>
>> - max users are over the moon
>> - maya users are all very (understandibly) depressed
>>
>> Looks like this will be good news for houdini and xsi...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rangi Sutton wrote:
>>
>>> Paul Simpson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Are there any utilities out there that can read/write flame camera 
>>>> moves?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Strangely, the very first speculation on the autodesk buys alias 
>>> whammy was on this very topic:
>>>
>>> from www.fxguide.com...
>>>
>>> After the market close today, Autodesk announced an agreement to 
>>> acquire Alias® for $182 million dollars in cash. Obviously, there are 
>>> a ton more questions than answers right now, but the fact that Maya 
>>> is going to be a part of the same company that produces 3DS Max is 
>>> quite interesting. *And now maybe we'll see Maya camera import in 
>>> flame....*
>>>
>>> eh..
>>>
>>> Anyone using fbx with houdini for anything yet? Scripts to share?
>>>
>>> r.
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