Autodesk Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Alias

[HammerChugoh]

So seems we will lose at least one of our 3D package section in this forum...

[EricLo]

咁Autodesk就是Adobe的翻版了

[stantang]

So seems we will lose at least one of our 3D package section in this forum...

I don't think so, Autodesk would have to be extremly stupid to give up either max or maya. They will placed maya at the high-end and have max kill all the mid to low-end market. I actually think both package will benefit on this deal.

[CraZ3D]

大多只系改動叫 "Autodesk Maya"

[HONG KONGer]

介面會唔會改?

[HammerChugoh]

film and game may be, MAX for game, which is already having quite a bit of market share. And Maya for film, which is pretty much the same situation as well.
I won't be surpriced if maya eventually give up their modeling or texturing module to aviod conflict with MAX.
Of course there are always possible that they merge both together in a few years.

[CraZ3D]

我諗唔會以film同game分, 做film好多用max, 家下做game好多用maya,以做game個勢我諗用maya會越黎越多,因為畫質同動態要求越來越高tim.以價錢黎計 3ds max 仲遺過 maya(complete).所以遠睇呢條線3ds max好難做.

[陳根]

除非autodesk 唔想maya 繼續玩落去，否則家下最頭痕o既，應該系....XSI

[bbkill]

simply amazing news in CG field~~~~~~
lets have some expectations on the next generation 3D package, have some interesting guessing on the name of it~~~

AMAZING!!~~~~~

[stantang]

film and game may be, MAX for game, which is already having quite a bit of market share. And Maya for film, which is pretty much the same situation as well.
I won't be surpriced if maya eventually give up their modeling or texturing module to aviod conflict with MAX.
Of course there are always possible that they merge both together in a few years.

Again, I have to disagree... Autodesk surely have the money to support both packages. Take a look at flame, inferno, combustion and Toxik. Why the hell Autodesk would have four different level of compositing softwares? Because they want to take over the whole market, so that there's always a piece of Autodesk for everyone. As for the giving up modeling and texture part in Maya, there's not possible at all. I mean why would they do that? I would say there's bigger choice to kill Maya all together than cutting off it's arms and legs and let the blood dry out...

If anyone have used both packages, you will understand that there simply isn't a way to merge them together. They are structurely so different. Autodesk might as well write a brand new program if they try to do that...

[stantang]

介面會唔會改?

Hmm, you can pretty much change the whole interface with the existing Maya API, so a simply answer is YES, they can do that. But the question is why would they want to do that when every maya user already familiar with it. Unless they want to kill the program. If so, they can just stop the program development which they already stated they will not cut any product line for a while.

[stantang]

除非autodesk 唔想maya 繼續玩落去，否則家下最頭痕o既，應該系....XSI

That's why they come up with a maya-like interface for maya user in the latest 5.0 version...

I think Avid will buy lightwave or Cinema4d to fight with Autodesk

[stantang]

Autodesk Alias FAQ
http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/A ... al_FAQ.pdf

[Vantage]

i think it could then solve the autoCAD import problem in Maya in the future

[xam]

An analogy:

Autodesk Revit Series and Autodesk Architectural Desktop....

if u don't know what they are, take a look at http://www.autodesk.com

I guess Maya and Max will be co-exsit (at least for more than a year). Let the market choose eventually, because the market will do the right choice and a win-win result will come.