RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Grahame Fuller 
You’re not incorrect — it was indeed heavily dependent on mental ray. 
“Interactive mental ray” was how marketing phrased it. It had shader presets 
and “phenomena”, render passes, etc.

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

You're sure? To my knowledge, Twister originally was codename for the 
interactive version of mental ray combined with node-based shader workflow, 
planned for SI|3D as well as Sumatra/XSI. Focused on the latter of course 
because of the shader tree idea, what later became the render tree.
I'm probably wrong. I find this really interesting. Tell me more,please :)

Sven

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

Twister was the codename for a product that was going to allow you to import 
files from SOFTIMAGE|3D, override/add materials, lights, etc., and then render 
on a farm. It was meant to fill the gap before the release of Rayflex, the 
first codename for SI3D’s replacement.

But Twister stole resources from Rayflex, making it even later. Twister itself 
ran late. At some point, Rayflex morphed into Sumatra (XSI v1). The requirement 
to make Twister compatible with Sumatra too meant that it couldn’t be ready 
before Sumatra itself.

Twister was never released as a product, but bits of it made it into XSI. 
However, the render farm component was never implemented. It was nothing more 
than a UI panel with blinking lights.

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to 
a predecessor to UniversalBatch?

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Subject: Friday Flashback #326

Graphic rough for the Twister render farm
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un=DwIGaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=9FbESRoP3bHQXfG9zX74Fxdjd2X8IVAtP14IUgLX7fA=3Fmxfru_bW8H-FQiGrF0TPaKmPSv6LtucJsHgoZHAiE=
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RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Sven Constable 
You're sure? To my knowledge, Twister originally was codename for the 
interactive version of mental ray combined with node-based shader workflow, 
planned for SI|3D as well as Sumatra/XSI. Focused on the latter of course 
because of the shader tree idea, what later became the render tree.

I'm probably wrong. I find this really interesting. Tell me more,please :)

 

Sven  

 

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

 

Twister was the codename for a product that was going to allow you to import 
files from SOFTIMAGE|3D, override/add materials, lights, etc., and then render 
on a farm. It was meant to fill the gap before the release of Rayflex, the 
first codename for SI3D’s replacement.

 

But Twister stole resources from Rayflex, making it even later. Twister itself 
ran late. At some point, Rayflex morphed into Sumatra (XSI v1). The requirement 
to make Twister compatible with Sumatra too meant that it couldn’t be ready 
before Sumatra itself.

 

Twister was never released as a product, but bits of it made it into XSI. 
However, the render farm component was never implemented. It was nothing more 
than a UI panel with blinking lights.

 

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

 

first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to 
a predecessor to UniversalBatch?

 

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Subject: Friday Flashback #326

 

Graphic rough for the Twister render farm

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un=DwIFaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=JIyqBGRHxfQK79BC6TZ79AZqivoNF4wVRRfioB_51jc=50IDcWiyAb8n3TnVNTW5HO77s5GFjDCOUuyLXjMoaBE=
 

 

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RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Grahame Fuller 
Twister was the codename for a product that was going to allow you to import 
files from SOFTIMAGE|3D, override/add materials, lights, etc., and then render 
on a farm. It was meant to fill the gap before the release of Rayflex, the 
first codename for SI3D’s replacement.

But Twister stole resources from Rayflex, making it even later. Twister itself 
ran late. At some point, Rayflex morphed into Sumatra (XSI v1). The requirement 
to make Twister compatible with Sumatra too meant that it couldn’t be ready 
before Sumatra itself.

Twister was never released as a product, but bits of it made it into XSI. 
However, the render farm component was never implemented. It was nothing more 
than a UI panel with blinking lights.

gray

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Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #326

first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to 
a predecessor to UniversalBatch?

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Subject: Friday Flashback #326

Graphic rough for the Twister render farm
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un=DwIGaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=gJzXMHZ7_e_QlmdBrRI2QJoeGO8q__pzto0E3Cl8rBU=1OvES3qGd1LWa_F07Yqi8U3YVBxTGQD9H7Odk24u3PI=
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RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Sven Constable 
first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to 
a predecessor to UniversalBatch?

 

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Subject: Friday Flashback #326

 

Graphic rough for the Twister render farm

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un=DwIFaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=wgAIWqEZEfw9yVQMfAThnBmm51eoHI6nG9eUg28Frzc=otNpsPDE6nfzMrQpJaAEuplKjswjSkZcotWXVdAUOeU=
 

 

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Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Stephen Blair 
Graphic rough for the Twister render farm
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__wp.me_powV4-2D3un=DwIBaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=BrU0rGU-nfnUI4DCd-HZGPv2Zw4C2KjERdOECvScZOY=4WXjN8oSsSL__9RGdAYKfWTESVHPmWDXSR3exgO7LOw=
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