Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Andersson
I gave up. Didn't even work with maya, Linux permission swamp. So anyone using tractor? We are about to switch to a new dispatcher since rush is... Let's just say that it hasn't changed much the last 5 years. So we are testing everything out there. Best regards Stefan On Wednesday, August 29,

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Andreas Bystrom
alfred On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Stefan Andersson sander...@gmail.comwrote: I gave up. Didn't even work with maya, Linux permission swamp. So anyone using tractor? We are about to switch to a new dispatcher since rush is... Let's just say that it hasn't changed much the last 5

Re: 2 things about bullet particles

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Kubicek
There were two threads very recently regarding Bullet and, among other issues, about exactly this one. The thing is that the bullet exporter interprets the grid as a solid box, and that has a minimum thickness as it seems. Give your grid some thickness, or make a box in the first place and

Re: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread Eric Thivierge
Proportional settings not persistant across sessions. Consider Neighborhood not on by default. Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: 54) When working in the text editor

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Andersson
No, Tractor. Alfred is the old crappy stuff, Tractor is the new shiny thing with a Python API :) Are you guys using it? Regards Stefan On Thursday, August 30, 2012, Andreas Bystrom wrote: alfred On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Stefan Andersson sander...@gmail.comwrote: I gave up.

RE: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
Cough .RR..cough.. _ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]

Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon v1.14:fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu)

2012-08-30 Thread piotrek marczak
Thanks guys, im just installing it One more question if you don’t mind, all Qt applications look the same, maya, nuke, mari, sometimes is hard to tell which one you’re seeing in screenshot does that mean you cannot ‘skin’ Qt window? Give it abit of SI look for example is not possible? From:

Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon v1.14:fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu)

2012-08-30 Thread Eric Thivierge
Please don't give it a bit of SI look. Blah! Its so old school and needs some updating IMO. :) You can skin the UI using CSS (Style sheets). See Ana's message above. You can change it according to some variable which determines which app you're in.

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Andersson
I did take RR for a quick test a few years back. How is the linux integration these days? Also, how much can you customize it? We use quite a lot of python scripts for pre-render and post-render. regards stefan andersson On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Sandy Sutherland

RE: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
We use it on a Mix of Win 7 and FC 15 here - our whole farm apart from some caching nodes are all LX - works 100% We have also developed a bunch of tools around it to do caching and submission - it is pretty cusomizable. A recent version had a whole bunch of new python stuff integrated to get

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Andersson
years ago I tested it... though. Last Update: 2008-02-22 :) On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Andreas Bystrom andreas.byst...@gmail.comwrote: yes I was being ironic about alfred, it looks like it was made during the toystory 1 days and hasn't been touched since.. but no, not using tractor

RE: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon v1.14: fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu)

2012-08-30 Thread Nick Angus
+1 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Simon Anderson Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012 9:47 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon v1.14: fixesbutton size and

Re: 2 things about bullet particles

2012-08-30 Thread Chris Chia
It has already been reported... Give us some time to work on existing tasks first. Chris On 30 Aug, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.com wrote: There were two threads very recently regarding Bullet and, among other issues, about exactly this one. The thing is that the

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Eric Turman
We do not run linux, but we have customized RR pre-and-post-render quite a bit. We are able to have RR automatically reconnect to different workgroups that contain different releases of third party renderers associated with a project per render job. And Holger has always been responsive to our

Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Arvid Björn
Hey list =) Just wanted to show off the latest spot! Directed by Traktor, graded by MPC, vfx by us - your friendly post house, Stopp! Softimage + Nuke Story context for the Swedishly impaired: Despite trying 14 times, our guy failed to get a drivers license, however, when he won the lottery,

Re: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Ben Houston
That is a fun commercial. I like the concept and the visual execution is perfect. -ben On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Arvid Björn arvidbj...@gmail.com wrote: Hey list =) Just wanted to show off the latest spot! Directed by Traktor, graded by MPC, vfx by us - your friendly post house,

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread ThomasV
+1 ! Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com hat am 30. August 2012 um 15:29 geschrieben: We do not run linux, but we have customized RR pre-and-post-render quite a bit. We are able to have RR automatically reconnect to different workgroups that contain different releases of third party renderers

Re: Some more questions about PyQt in Softimage (addon v1.14: fixesbutton size and adds command to Soft menu)

2012-08-30 Thread Tim Crowson
+100 As for Qt apps looking the 'same', I think that's just because certain conventions work really well for 3D DCC apps (dark gray, lots of controls on the screen). Honestly, you can make apps look just about any way you like. -Tim On 8/30/2012 5:34 AM, Nick Angus wrote: +1

RE: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
LOL - that is so awesome - nice idea too, and very nicely executed - well done! S. _ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _ From:

Re: Particle simualtions and time-warping?

2012-08-30 Thread Oleg Bliznuk
I guess you need to make your own simulation node to replace the factory one and output deltaTime parameter which is directly influences on simulation time. I have builded something like that a while ago and there are possible some glitches with usage of SimulateFrameFraction attribute, but for my

RE: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Ed Harriss
+11 for RR. Ed Harriss http://www.EdHarriss.com Do you need a CG job? http://www.GetA3DJob.com From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of ThomasV Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 10:00 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Leoung O'Young
We are using RR too and are very happy with the software. Holger is always very responsive with our inquiries On 8/30/2012 10:29 AM, Ed Harriss wrote: +11 for RR. Ed Harriss http://www.EdHarriss.com Do you need a CG job? http://www.GetA3DJob.com

Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
Hi all, Thought I would pop this amazing pic done by our super duper Fur lead - she took Fur and developed it into feathers, we used MB feathers on Zambezia - which are super cool, but as we had to do a whole bunch of fur anyway, Sue took it further and did the birds as well! [X]

Re: Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread ThomasV
Pic or it didn't happen! Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za hat am 30. August 2012 um 16:22 geschrieben: Hi all, Thought I would pop this amazing pic done by our super duper Fur lead - she took Fur and developed it into feathers, we used MB feathers on Zambezia - which

Re: Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread Rob Chapman
pic or it didnt happen :) On 30 August 2012 15:22, Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za wrote: Hi all, Thought I would pop this amazing pic done by our super duper Fur lead - she took Fur and developed it into feathers, we used MB feathers on Zambezia - which are

RE: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Juan Brockhaus
:-) Love it! Great idea and excellent execution! Well done! - - - Juan Brockhaus | Head of CG Studio Prime Focus London Commercials T: +44 (0)20 7565 1000 | M: +44 (0)7944 720 557 A: 37 Dean Street, London, W1D 4PT, UK www.primefocusgroup.com

Re: Particle simualtions and time-warping?

2012-08-30 Thread Leonard Koch
Sorry for the rather shameless self-promotion, but LK Lightning handles stuff like that like a charm. No caching needed whatsoever. If you are already locked into something else, I found that using an average of the last and current cached frame can allow you to get away with a lot less simulated

RE: Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
LOL - yeah yeah - on it's way - was pasted nicely into the email when I sent it - admired it as it went - but obviously pasting into emails does not work - so it is coming (hopefully) attached to another one. S. _ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor

RE: Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread Sandy Sutherland
Don't tell me the pic that I pasted into the mail did not come through trying again - S _ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _ From:

Re: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread Chris Chia
I don't understand. You can't get Linux Python to work? Chris On 30 Aug, 2012, at 11:50 PM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.commailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: Not being able to use the system Python is a little annoying too. In Linux we're stuck in Py2.5 because only the built-in

RE: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Marc-Andre Carbonneau
A boy's dream. ;) But not slowing down in the curves and seeing the car take off and crash in the wall is what made my brother and I chuckle most of the time. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Arvid Björn Sent: Thursday,

Re: Python/pywin constants broken?

2012-08-30 Thread Stephen Blair
Hi iirc, the constants are defined in the gen_py cache: C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\win32com\gen_py You can force it to regenerate by deleting the gen_py folder. But if you reinstalled, wouldn't that have zapped the cache anyways? Steve On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Nic Groot Bluemink

Re: Trying out backburner

2012-08-30 Thread Eric Turman
Yes, we use it for Nuke, Arnold and After Effects and are very happy with it. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Stefan Andersson sander...@gmail.comwrote: This also goes for using RR with Maya,Nuke and standalone Arnold? Everyone is happy? regards stefan On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 4:34

Re: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Kubicek
Nice concept, perfectly executed - Bravo! Hey list =) Just wanted to show off the latest spot! Directed by Traktor, graded by MPC, vfx by us - your friendly post house, Stopp! Softimage + Nuke Story context for the Swedishly impaired: Despite trying 14 times, our guy failed to get a drivers

Re: Python/pywin constants broken?

2012-08-30 Thread Nic Groot Bluemink
Hey, That seems to have done it, thanks! I tried the uninstall again, it didn't delete the cache. It may have to do with the dodgy readme.txt file in site-packages that gave me crap about permissions. Either way, clearing gen_py out manually seems to have fixed it. Nic On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at

ICE nodes resetting values to zero

2012-08-30 Thread Simon Van de Lagemaat
We've had an issue with 2012 sap where some of our scenes are resetting all of our ICE node values to zero. Has anyone ever had this problem?

Re: ICE nodes resetting values to zero

2012-08-30 Thread Alok
Not sure if this is the case with you, but ICE resets values to defaults if not specified explicitly. For example if you have a node or a compound that takes a int or scalar value as input and you set it directly to some value then on a refresh the tree will be

RE: ICE nodes resetting values to zero

2012-08-30 Thread Simon Van de Lagemaat
It seems like we may have corrupt nodes. i.e. an emit from null node is now missing parameters that were there previously... le sigh. The odd thing is that the scenes sometimes load up and work and sometimes don't. This isn't a permission thing either, everything else seems fine. From:

Re: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Jens Lindgren
I just love this spot and I smile every time I see it on TV :) Riktigt bra gjort Arvid! /Jens On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.comwrote: Nice concept, perfectly executed - Bravo! Hey list =) Just wanted to show off the latest spot! Directed by Traktor,

Re: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread Xavier Lapointe
So Luc-Eric, that means that we are stuck pretty much for ever and ever on Python2.5 unless the new team rewrite Soft and get rid of Mainwin (... seems unlikely.)?

RE: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread Sven Constable
hm, MR does uses all cores and all CPUs for FG at least for standard rendering. Only the old photon mapping GI/caustics) is single threaded, if I rember correctly (the newer irridiance particles uses always all cores and cpus, even sattelite CPUs). In terms of FG only: In some cases ( or

Re: Feathers done with ICE, developed from our development based on Melena.

2012-08-30 Thread Simon Anderson
looking good! Sue is awesome!! :D you can tell her that from me lol looking forward to seeing how everything turned out :D On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za wrote: Hi David - nope the quills are done with strands - and the the veins as it

Re: Some work of ours! (shameless plug)

2012-08-30 Thread Simon Anderson
Really nicely don! :D On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Jens Lindgren jens.lindgren@gmail.comwrote: I just love this spot and I smile every time I see it on TV :) Riktigt bra gjort Arvid! /Jens On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.comwrote: Nice concept,

Re: 2 things about bullet particles

2012-08-30 Thread Stefan Kubicek
Sorry if that came across impatient, it wasn't meant to be ;-) It has already been reported... Give us some time to work on existing tasks first. Chris On 30 Aug, 2012, at 2:22 PM, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.com wrote: There were two threads very recently regarding Bullet and,

RE: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread James De Colling
I will have a look at the refinement passed. In general rendermap is extremely slow compared to a normal render and as far as I know there is no progress or completion info for it either On Aug 31, 2012 8:13 AM, Sven Constable sixsi_l...@imagefront.de wrote: hm, MR does uses all cores and all

RE: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-30 Thread Matt Lind
Rendermap is a plugin if I'm not mistaken. It doesn't run through the same pipe as regular mental ray renders. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of James De Colling Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 5:49 PM To: