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Shakeup at Autodesk
Cherish those copies of 3DSMax, you might not be getting them forever.
Rumor has it that there's a major shakeup underway at Discreet, the Autodesk digital video division. Discreet makes 3DSMax as well as the industry standard encoding software Cleaner and other software. Rumor has it that Autodesk is going to sell Cleaner, Combustion and 3DSMax to Apple and spin off the remaining product lines. Apple's been devouring video companies recently, they bought Nothing Real, Logic (an audio company) and a few others. What does this mean for FIRST? I don't know. FileMaker is also owned by Apple and they distribute their software to every team. |
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Well there is a couple things that could happen...
Hopefully they don't go evil and make newer versions have to be on MACs. |
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I REALLY doubt Apple would ever do that. But then again, it's Apple. So it's a possibility :) If that fails, there are other companies that make 3D animation software. There's Maya, Litewave, and Blender (hurray for OSS).
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Hey, don't forget Anim8or. ;)
(It's not OSS, it's FREE! Legally!!!!) I do get the felling we won't get max this season. It's not arrived yet. Is not it supposed to come in a pre-season delivery? |
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3ds MAX 6 has shipped to all paid teams. We got ours about 2 weeks ago, it rules.
See this email blast for more info: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22547 |
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So watch the mail. :) Wetzel |
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We have had ours for a few weeks now... They send upon payments recieved. -Greg The Great |
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Anyway, I think that FIRST had stated in a late-summer e-mail blast that all the teams would be receiving the full suite of Autodesk software that we usually get, to be shipped when the registration payments are made. The above information seems to confirm that is what is happening. -dave ----------------------- 23 days to go!!!! |
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Apple is only interested in only Cleaner 6, not Combustion or 3d Studio Max.
Cleaner 6 is an essential app for professional video editing people. However ever since Discreet bought it out they let the Mac version somewhat rot. They omit features in the Mac version compared in their windows version, and so on. Since Apple wants to maintain their market share in the video editing community, they would probably purchase this app and integrate it into Compressor. Compressor is apple version of transcoder, but it is much less sophisticated than Cleaner is. This rumor started at Apple Insider http://www.appleinsider.com/news.php?id=264 While they have a pretty good track record, I believe that they are wrong about this. Why would Discreet sell its best selling product, unless they were near bankruptcy (which I highly doubt). However I have heard that they are in a restructure phase though. Even if there was the slightest chance that Apple bought 3d Studio Max, I believe that they would still donate it to FIRST. They donated File Maker Pro last year. |
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We're still waiting for the ok to install 3DS Max 6 :mad: The System... :rolleyes:
Hope Apple doesn't buy 3DS Max... or it might turn into something like this... somehow... http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/ :eek: |
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Apples mistake was making the battery non-replaceable. The only spec I found about the battery is this "Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery (630 mAh)" Perhaps Al Skierkiewicz could stop by and explain the how and why the battery does this, and how to figure out the projected life of a battery. Wetzel |
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Some ideas can been seen here and here. |
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Personally I never liked Discreet. Their user licenses are very strict and makes you feel like a criminal. Apple doesn't have those strict user licenses. However like I said I believe that Apple is just wants to purchase Cleaner and nothing else. |
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