Sometime after a few years there, Intergraph's hardware group got involved
in video I/O and launched the first WinNT system to puncture SGI dominance
in that world. It was a good time. And around then, the relationship with
Softimage was born and to make a very long story short -- the Intergraph
TDZ-400 became the first shipping, purchasable hardware system for DS. I
worked down the hall from the engineers designing, building, and testing th=
e
StudioZ cards. I was one of the first people in the world to do production
on the TDZ-based DS.
When I first saw DS -- I thought.. holy sh**! This is the product I need. I
was so tired of doing the Media Composer/Photoshop/After Effects loop and
managing all the versions and other crap you have to manage with that
workflow. So there was born my initial passion and love for DS. And
besides... I had the same gap in my teeth that Daniel did. It was karma. An=
d
DS and Softimage (and later Avid) were very very good to me. DS took me man=
y
cool places and I worked on a ton of cool projects.
And in that time, the DS forum was born. At first, we were a pretty ragtag
bunch. I remember Scott Witthaus's first setup... dangerously close to
collapsing at all times, and wildly cutting edge at the time. We all stared
in awe at realtime uncompressed NTSC dissolves. That was some hot stuff. Th=
e
early passion was shared by all the users and the Softimage crew -- Michel,
Sylvain, Pascale (yeow!,) Lynn, Phillipe, Janick, Wojtek, Dominic, Sheasby,
Stojda, and all the devs who never posted but were always there.... we were
all truly "on a mission from Gawd." (we'll ignore Taliesn Jones and Sam
Small) I've done professional demos for a long time, and I still feel
reverential awe when I think of how Dean and Tony would hold early demos
together with cheeks puckered hoping to hell that nothing exploded --
because when DSv1 exploded, it did so fairly dramatically.
I have made good lifelong friends via this list. When my wife and I had our
first child, the e-mails and warmth both on- and off-list from my friends o=
n
the forum brought joy to our lives. I always thought it was amazing that
this new life had people all over the world who were aware of her
introduction and wished her Godspeed. The list was always a community first
and a "product list" second.
Even after I left the DS fold, I couldn't bring myself to unsubscribe. The
people and spirit here was something special. For those of you that have
been active on the list since I "left" -- I have vicariously enjoyed your
posts and spirit and felt somehow a part of it. What Avid has or hasn't don=
e
with DS is a discussion for boardrooms and barrooms. But the closing of thi=
s
list is a closing of a chapter in my life. Is that weird? Maybe... but it's
how I feel. I'm sure the list will continue at Google or Yahoo or
wherever... but it won't be DS(at)softimage.com. Softimage. DS.
So to all of you on the list who know me and who don't know me...
Godspeed...
Signing off...
Lucas Wilson
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<span class=3D"gmail_quote"></span>From my personal e-mail address...
<div> </div>
<div>I was fortunate. After a weird, substance-laden period in my life
as a Front of House Engineer for several rock and punk acts in the
mid-90s, I realized I needed a change. You think ad execs are crazy and
unpredictable? Try the average guitar tech for a punk band. Takes
unpredictable to an entirely new level. So my change led me back to my
hometown -- Huntsville, Alabama -- and working for Intergraph
Corporation in their beautiful in-house corporate media facility.
Intergraph made serious serious bucks in the 80s and spent several
million of it on a state-of-the-art in-house studio. At one time, we
had the largest bluescreen and floating stage in the southeast. When it
was first built, it was the kind of place that popped eyes. Especially
in Huntsville, Alabama. :)
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Sometime after a few years there, Intergraph's hardware group got
involved in video I/O and launched the first WinNT system to
puncture SGI dominance in that world. It was a good time. And around
then, the relationship with Softimage was born and to make a very
long story short -- the Intergraph TDZ-400 became the first shipping,
purchasable hardware system for DS. I worked down the hall from
the engineers designing, building, and testing the StudioZ cards. I was
one of the first people in the world to do production on the TDZ-based
DS.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>When I first saw DS -- I thought.. holy sh**! This is the product
I need. I was so tired of doing the Media Composer/Photoshop/After
Effects loop and managing all the versions and other crap you have to
manage with that workflow. So there was born my initial passion and
love for DS. And besides... I had the same gap in my teeth
that Daniel did. It was karma. And DS and Softimage (and later
Avid) were very very good to me. DS took me many cool places and I
worked on a ton of cool projects.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>And in that time, the DS forum was born. At first, we were a
pretty ragtag bunch. I remember Scott Witthaus's first setup...
dangerously close to collapsing at all times, and wildly cutting edge
at the time. We all stared in awe at realtime uncompressed NTSC
dissolves. That was some hot stuff. The early passion
was shared by all the users and the Softimage crew -- Michel,
Sylvain, Pascale (yeow!,) Lynn, Phillipe, Janick, Wojtek, Dominic,
Sheasby, Stojda, and all the devs who never posted but were always
there.... we were all truly "on a mission from Gawd." (we'l=
l
ignore Taliesn Jones and Sam Small) I've done professional demos for a
long time, and I still feel reverential awe when I think of how Dean
and Tony would hold early demos together with cheeks puckered hoping to
hell that nothing exploded -- because when DSv1 exploded, it did so
fairly dramatically.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>I have made good lifelong friends via this list. When my wife and
I had our first child, the e-mails and warmth both on- and off-list
from my friends on the forum brought joy to our lives.
I always thought it was amazing that this new life had people
all over the world who were aware of her introduction and wished her
Godspeed. The list was always a community first and a "product list&qu=
ot;
second.
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Even after I left the DS fold, I couldn't bring myself to
unsubscribe. The people and spirit here was something special. For
those of you that have been active on the list since I "left" -- =
I have
vicariously enjoyed your posts and spirit and felt somehow a part of
it. What Avid has or hasn't done with DS is a discussion for boardrooms
and barrooms. But the closing of this list is a closing of a chapter in
my life. Is that weird? Maybe... but it's how I feel. I'm sure the list
will continue at Google or Yahoo or wherever... but it won't be <a href=3D"=
mailto:DS(at)softimage.com" target=3D"_blank" onclick=3D"return top.js.OpenExt=
Link(window,event,this)">DS(at)softimage.com</a>. Softimage. DS.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>So to all of you on the list who know me and who don't know me... Gods=
peed...</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Signing off...</div><span class=3D"sg">
<div> </div>
<div>Lucas Wilson</div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
</span>
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