=20
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. :)=20
=20
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.=20
=20
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.=20
=20
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'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.=20
=20
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" second.=20
=20
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
DS(at)softimage.com. Softimage. DS.
=20
So to all of you on the list who know me and who don't know me...
Godspeed...
=20
Signing off...
=20
Lucas Wilson
=20
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>[Whew!] I thought you were telling =
us
about your newest job. </span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue =
face=3DWingdings><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:blue'>J</span></fon=
t><font
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Nicely said, Lucas, and thanks for =
the
reconnect. I know you understand, however, that only the address is =
changing –
the community is still here. Different than eight years ago, but then, =
what isn’t?
I hope you’ll lurk on the new list as =
well.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:
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style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3DTahoma><span =
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Heiser</span></font></st1:PersonName><font color=3Dblue><span =
style=3D'color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dblue face=3DTahoma><span =
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Black"><span
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color=3Dblue
face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>, <st1:State
w:st=3D"on">Alabama</st1:State>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">USA</st1:country-region></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p>=
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><b><font size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
size=3D2
face=3DTahoma><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> =
owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM
[mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] <b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On =
Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName
w:st=3D"on">Lucas Wilson</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January =
25, 2006
10:46 PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ds(at)Softimage.COM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Alas my =
friend.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>From my personal e-mail address... <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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 -- <st1:place =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Huntsville</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Alabama</st1:State></st1:place>
-- 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 =
<st1:place
w:st=3D"on"><st1:City w:st=3D"on">Huntsville</st1:City>, <st1:State =
w:st=3D"on">Alabama</st1:State></st1:place>.
:) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
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style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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. =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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'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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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" second. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>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">DS(at)softimage.com</a>.
Softimage. DS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>So to all of you on the list who know me and who don't know =
me...
Godspeed...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>Signing off...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st=3D"on"><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Lucas =
Wilson</span></font></st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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</div>
<div>
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