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3ds max to Softimage XSI
Transition Tips.

This article is aimed at users of Discreet's 3ds max who are transitioning to Softimage XSI and covers the fundamentals. When time allows there will be follow-up articles published which will take a closer and more in-depth look at the various aspects of Softimage XSI such as the Net View, Synoptic Editor, Scripting, and lots more.

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Hyperlinks collection
Animagic no longer maints the huge page with links to websites. Instead we have opted to jointly maintain the links page in collaboration with our colleagues of mantiCORE Labs. This will lighten the maintenance efforts for both parties.

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Old content removed
As you will notice, all the old content in the form of articles and tutorials have been removed from the site and a new clean space stands ready for fresh, modern, and more up to date content.

ANIMAGIC TO CANCEL SUPPORT FOR PRODUCTS BY DISCREET, INC.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands (September 25th, 2002) -- Effective immediately, Animagic and its subsidiaries have decided to cancel all support and development services regarding products of Discreet, Inc. [Discreet] (a division of Autodesk, Inc. [Autodesk])

This decision is a direct result of a situation that has caused a conflict between Animagic, its founder, and Discreet. Details regarding this situation and what influenced this decision will be disclosed at a later date. The confidence and faith in Discreet, its direction and its products, is no longer sufficient for Animagic to sustain any involvement or to continue to render services based upon that.

It is well known that Animagic Development has diversified its business activities in areas that include products that compete directly with products from Discreet. As part of its business strategy it has, as always, been serving customers with timely and cost-effective solutions and custom add-ons for a wide range of products. We understand that this does not always result in preferential treatment towards Discreet's products, and in fact should not result in such seeing as Animagic and its subsidiaries are not and have never been, part of the sales channel of Autodesk. With many of our customers transitioning between Discreet's products, that we have supported, to competing products, we have consistently been able to provide these customers with our excellent services.

For customers of Animagic that have not yet transitioned towards new, more effective and/or efficient products but have expressed their interest in such alternatives based on their individual requirements and preferences we will be offering our services at a substantially reduced cost. While many customers rely on our custom solutions that have been developed and maintained over the past years we would like to extend this service by providing a satisfactory transition path that is highly cost-effective and will offer security and retention on the investments that have already been made as a result of having solutions developed by Animagic.

In the meantime we will continue minimal support and maintenance of various Animagic solutions and products based on Discreet's products while working towards other excellent solutions in collaboration with our customers and partners. In the near future Animagic will also offer the first mantiCORE based services and solutions in close collaboration with mantiCORE Labs, which will be providing various technologies, such as Intelligent-Images Processing Technology, that are applicable to a specific range of solutions for our valued customers.

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Long time veterans and experts at developing 2D & 3D software solutions and tools including third party plugins, add-ons, and customized or proprietary extensions.
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