Talk:Autodesk Media and Entertainment

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in the description there is a section "Discreet was established in 1999 after Autodesk acquired Discreet Logic, Inc., and merged its operations with Kinetix."

while on the Autodesk site there is: "Autodesk Media and Entertainment - based in Montreal, Quebec - was established in 1999 after Autodesk, Inc acquired Discreet Logic Inc. and merged its operations with Kinetix®"

(first word differs)

A question: why does "discreet" redirect here? --Kallerdis 11:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

This page is for Discreet, which was bought out by Autodesk and renamed to Autodesk Media and Entertainment. Unfortunately, this can be confusing since many people (like me) associate the company with the Discreet name. Perhaps there is some way of making it clear that we're actually look at the "Discreet" page, not the Autodesk conglomerate page. Glennchan 02:22, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Merging 2 Too many subjective claims, reads like an advertisement? 3 Removing portfolio section since it's pretty redundant. 4 Categories 5 Autodesk in Canada

[edit] Merging

Ack, I started a page on Discreet Inferno without reading this one first. Also, products like combustion may have their own wikipedia pages, so we should link to them.

[edit] Too many subjective claims, reads like an advertisement?

i.e. too many adjectives like powerful. or it's just phrased too much like an ad?

comments? Glennchan 08:06, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

"Editors benefit from ..." (reads like an ad to me)

The FFFIS line of products should all go on one page, like this one or a specific FFFIS page. Glennchan 23:07, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

"Academy Award® winning Autodesk® Maya® software is one of the world's most versatile..." If that's not from an ad I don't know what is. Alec 23:01, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing portfolio section since it's pretty redundant.

Glennchan 02:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

Autodesk Media and Entertainment is a division of Autodesk, which is based in San Rafael Californa and was founded in 1982. So none of the categories at the bottom of the page are correct. I don't know how to fix this.

[edit] Autodesk in Canada

Autodesk bought up everything in Canada and ran...(Alias Wavefront and Discreet Logic)

I dont think the discreet offices in Montreal exists anymore...This is all they have listed on their locations for U.S. and Canada. But I do know that the Alias wavefront on King st. in Toronto is still there (probably only research and development), but was converted to Autodesk a year or two ago.

Americas - 3D Animation & Desktop Video

US West The Landmark @ One Market, 5th floor San Francisco, CA 94105 USA Tel: 415-547-2000 / Fax: 415-547-2222

US East 12 W. 21st St., 12th Floor New York, NY 10010 USA Tel: 212-338-8000 / Fax: 212-973-9350

US Central & Canada 730 North Franklin Street, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60610 USA Tel. 312-440-1200 / Fax. 312-440-1219