Weeeell - I know something about that. My opinion is that the low cost
of the software and hardware, along with the availability of free
tutorial info on the internet and video, killed off organized (for
profit) training.
People just can't see spending more on the training than they do on the
software.
Of course training is no less necessary, so the burden is moving to the
production facilities to provide entry training and ongoing tool
training to the staff.
I expect that more and more production facilities will have permanent
training departments, and those that are not large enough will have
ongoing relationships with freelance trainers.
At the Barnyard, one thing we got right was providing training to all
the people who came in (at least, after I showed up there). I think
the classes could have been longer.
I'd recommend something like one week of solid training for ALL new
hires to a production, covering not just the software tool use, but
also the current production pipeline, and of course the
plot/characters/ and stuff like the organizational hierarchy of the
production company, etc. etc.
Training should be considered PART of the pipeline, just as staff
should.
ATR
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:21:37 +0100, kim aldis wrote:
> So here's a question. If there were XSI trainging courses available, would
> people take them and what sort of course would they expect, both in terms of
> content and attendability? When I say would people take them I mean is there
> enough interest in XSI amongst people who don't use it to make them take
> courses and add to their skillset?
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On
>> Behalf Of Stefan Andersson
>> Sent: 04 September 2006 10:15
>> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
>> Subject: Re: XSI Hiring
>>
>> Same here, lots of things I miss from XSI... I wish more would switch
>> over to XSI but it seems almost a impossible task. Here is sweden you
>> cant find any XSI users almost. There are a few, but not enough users
>> in one place to have a company :) And no schools here are offering any
>> kind of XSI support, thay are using Maya or MAX. Here Avid has left us
>> Softimage users out in the cold. And fewer and fewer are seeing XSI as
>> their main choice. At the moment there are only two studios here in
>> Stockholm using XSI. One where I previously worked and made them
>> switch, but they are only two 3D people. And Filmtecknarna, which is
>> looking into switching over to Maya because they just cant find anyone
>> at all that has XSI experience.
>>
>> Anyhoo...
>>
>> I hope it will change one day and that I will be back in the shiny
>> glowing XSI land again.
>>
>> regards
>> stefan
>>
>>
>> On 9/4/06, Meng-Yang Lu <ntmonkey(at)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Some of us are bidding our time and watching for what happens in the
>> future.
>>> I'm glad my first production experience was with XSI as it has some
>>> incredible tools that I really miss now that I'm in Maya. I thought
>>> it was a huge waste not preserving the knowledge with some sort of
>>> side project to keep skills sharp so XSI could have another launching
>>> platform. To go back with the same team and address the wouldas,
>>> couldas, and shouldas might have yielded even more discoveries. As a
>>> user, I'll say I miss the XSI experience in production, and I wish
>>> there were opportunities nearby to return to it.
>>>
>>> Guess it could be worse. I'd could be stuck in Lightwave or
>>> something. :P **friendly jab to those that have moved on**
>>>
>>> --
>>> Meng Yang Lu
>>> Rigging/FX TD
>>> Sony Cinematic Solutions Group
>>>
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