I have been a rather young animators apprentice back then and I remember videos from A|W and Softimage circulating about from the salesmen about their represent

I have been a rather young animators apprentice back then and I remember videos from A|W and Softimage circulating about from the salesmen about their representative software. I still remember A|W video they've sent us which showcased PowerAnimator 9.5 (Still miss it's OptiFX quality, not the same as in Maya!) and guys from Naughty dog working on something not yet released (Crash Bandicoot). I clearly remember watching that VHS sitting at my workstation (Indigo2 Maximum Impact) and looking at those guys also on Indigo2's (regular graphics, green ones) like they had a fun of their life, while I was preping color corrected shots for an alcohol drink commercial, sigh. There were big wars back then between A|W and softimage, there was even an alliance PR from Psygnosis, Konami and SEGA which stated they will use Softimage only for their games. SEGA later developed Animanium, which is a shame it never reached target audience - it went bust (Animanium, that is).