Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Christian Keller
So there is one final question to ask: what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow ? -- Christian Keller Visual effects|direction m +49 179 69 36 248 chris3...@me.com Vimeo.com/channels/96149 Am 16.12.2014 um 05:58 schrieb John Richard Sanchez youngupstar...@gmail.com: Lets

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Rob Wuijster
What do you mean? An African or European swallow? Rob \/-\/\/ On 16-12-2014 9:05, Christian Keller wrote: So there is one final question to ask: what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow ? -- Christian Keller Visual effects|direction m +49 179 69 36

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Stefan Kubicek
LOL, exactly what I was thinking :-) Swallows? We Softies are the black knights, don't you see? Arms and feet chopped off by Autodesk and only considering it a flesh wound. But we can still spit, can't we? Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! They can EOL Nuke/ Mari in a few years. The

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread David Saber
Why is it sold? I thought Modo was going well... ?

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Rob Wuijster
from the article: Owners of The Foundry, US private equity giant Carlyle Group, has appointed advisers Arma Partners to find new investors. They just want to cash in I guess. Rob \/-\/\/ On 16-12-2014 10:31, David Saber wrote: Why is it sold? I thought Modo

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Let me make a deliberately bold statement here: I indeed do hope Autodesk acquires the Foundry (although realistically I do not really see it happen, but that's another story): the more mass Autodesk acquires, the bigger the chance of it finally collapsing in on itself, which undoubtedly would

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Simon Reeves
Not sure if I could commit to agreeing with that Simon Reeves London, UK *si...@simonreeves.com si...@simonreeves.com* *www.simonreeves.com http://www.simonreeves.com* *www.analogstudio.co.uk http://www.analogstudio.co.uk* On 16 December 2014 at 09:45, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl

Maya 2015 and image sequences ? (sorry....)

2014-12-16 Thread Fabrice Altman
Hello, Sorry in advance for the M... noise here... We're having this weird and really annoying issue with Maya 2015 and image sequences and was wondering if anyone seen this : In Maya 2015 Ext1 SP5 image sequences located on a server share are very slow to update when scrubbing / playing :

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread paul
Its starting to feel that the safest thing to use, with the most predictable future is XSI. -Original Message- From: Leendert A. Hartog Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:13 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! Like I said:

RE: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Angus Davidson
The group that owns the Foundry is a private equity firm, so a change of ownership every few years is a given. However its bought and sold as any investment. Its how a lot of private firms increase their money base. On the plus side if it was ever sold to Autodesk it would then be accessible

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Wouldn't it make sense for Disney to buy it ? now that they own the planet... On 16 December 2014 at 11:45, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: The group that owns the Foundry is a private equity firm, so a change of ownership every few years is a given. However its bought and

RE: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Angus Davidson
well take the make mischief engine, add and 2 animation element to it and Wow ;) From: Sebastien Sterling [sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com] Sent: 16 December 2014 02:09 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! Wouldn't

RE: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Angus Davidson
ugg so much for touch typing. that should read, add an animation element to it and Wow ;) From: Angus Davidson [angus.david...@wits.ac.za] Sent: 16 December 2014 02:12 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry! well

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Stephan Hempel
Best thing would be if the community i.e. some big and small studios would unite to a cooperative, throw in their money and would buy the whole thing. Very unlikely though that this happens. Stephan. am Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2014 um 12:37 schrieben Sie: pbc Its starting to feel that the safest

RE: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Sofronis Efstathiou
Someone call SideFX Sofronis (Saf) Efstathiou Postgraduate Framework Leader and BFX Competition Festival Director Computer Animation Academic Group National Centre for Computer Animation Email: sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.ukmailto:sefstath...@bournemouth.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1202 965805

Re: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Jens Lindgren
Merry Christmas all! /Jens On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 1:29 AM, Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com wrote: Merry Christmas all, albeit a bit early :) but never-the less, i wish you all a joy full relaxing holiday. On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com

RE: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Andi Farhall
Wyer Off! ... http://www.hackneyeffects.com/https://vimeo.com/user4174293http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ http://spylon.tumblr.com/ This email and any

OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Gerbrand Nel
Hey guys I decided to get into houdini as I might be dead by the time bifrost is mature. Right of the bat I got a real show stopper. I lovingly call it mickymousemode My cursor turns into the mickymose hand, normal associated with panning a window, and stays like that. No keyboard short cuts

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Nour Almasri
Yes , that is happend with me when starting with houdini , just right mouse click on the network view and everything will be fine .

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Cristobal Infante
It's a test. If you a real Houdini guy, you should be able to escape this one ;) On 16 December 2014 at 16:20, Nour Almasri mr.nour.alma...@gmail.com wrote: Yes , that is happend with me when starting with houdini , just right mouse click on the network view and everything will be fine .

RE: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Jill Ramsay (Contractor)
Hey guys, wishing you all the best for the festive season and just to let you know my contract here at the Desk is done as of this week. Daniel Tutino will be taking over Softimage transition matters from a PM point of view – he’s a former Softimage PM and is now looking after the Project

Re: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Eric Thivierge
Thanks Jill! Good luck, I appreciate your assistance during your time in our little community. Best, Eric T. On 12/16/2014 12:07 PM, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) wrote: Hey guys, wishing you all the best for the festive season and just to let you know my contract here at the Desk is done as of

Re: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Dan Yargici
Is he the sweaty one that was PM for something like 5 days? Great! Massive dose of sarcasm aside, merry Christmas and good luck with your future endeavors Jill. DAN On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) jill.ram...@autodesk.com wrote: Hey guys, wishing you all the best

RE: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-16 Thread Angus Davidson
He the one who reminds me of Ted from how I met your mother ;) To Jill. Thanks for all your time. We might not have always heard what we wanted to hear , but you always helped out where you could and is hugely appreciated. Kind regards and Safe travels. Angus

great xmas anim from Glassworks

2014-12-16 Thread adrian wyer
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Offtopic: Thoughts about The Foundry´s selling....

2014-12-16 Thread David Rivera
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2014/12/15/special-effects-company-foundry-expected-sell-200m People who went from softimage to modo, dejavú¿? Thoughts please? David Rivera 3D Compositor/Animator LinkedIN Behance VFX Reel

Re: great xmas anim from Glassworks

2014-12-16 Thread Jason S
Lol! :) Hand over your nuts! All mine! Gnahahah like a little Scrooge ;] On 12/16/14 12:32, adrian wyer wrote:

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

2014-12-16 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
It's owned by an investment group. They sell in a particular hurry ESPECIALLY when something is going well. You sell at peak value shortly after a round of re-valuing purchases and hype, when cash value is high for returns, and earnings prospects are high to entice buyers. As for who'll be

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Jordi Bares Dominguez
I have experienced the icon behaviour changing a handful times in Windows when I switch to another application and back, the trick I use is to ControTab and back, things get back to normal. I never experienced that in Mac or Linux so it may be related to Windows and hot it manages the window

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Sam Cuttriss
hahaha, im in the same boat, i asked about it on the houdini list, not a peep from anyone. it behaves like a modal window is open somewhere off screen. On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Jordi Bares Dominguez jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: I have experienced the icon behaviour changing a handful

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat
Ya I've had some oddities on Windows when it comes to dual monitors i.e. the mplay window keeps popping over to the wrong screen and I've had the cursor one as well. I think the worst is the crashing I've been having with GL volumes but this is on v12. I'm holding off on being too critical until

Re: OT: houdini mickymouse mode

2014-12-16 Thread Gerbrand Nel
Well I've played with houdini before, but found it a bit strange Then I started learning Maya and I believe I gave it a fair chance. Almost 6 months now. Houdini doesn't seem so strange now :) Maya is shitty in my opinion. It is going to be a big part of my future as a freelancer, but it's