RE: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

I’m still here. Don’t use XSI much anymore though… I’m not dead! I don’t want to go on the cart! -Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Rui Santos Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 9:20 AM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing

RE: Friday Flashback #319

It’s amazing how much the interface changed from concept to product. -Ed

RE: test

E: test You just invoked a timemachine Ed, going straight back to good times :) "How to make a cube" is an alltime favorite. > Den 1. august 2017 klokken 20:38 skrev Ed Harriss <ed.harr...@sas.com>: > > > Porl > > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.co

RE: test

Porl From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2017 12:06 PM To: r...@casema.nl; Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list

RE: Friday Flashback #303

Nice one. I always thought Foundation was a great idea. I wonder how much it boosted the user base back then? -Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, May 19, 2017 2:31 PM To: Official

RE: Softimage mailing 2016 year in review

corner of the internet... the black fog clears from his eyes > and a grin slowly spreads across his face...* > > ...or something > > > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Ed Harriss <ed.harr...@sas.com> wrote: > > > Where’s Porl when you need him? > > &

RE: Softimage mailing 2016 year in review

Where’s Porl when you need him? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:53 AM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list

RE: Softimage mailing 2016 year in review

ficial Softimage Users MailingList. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list' Subject: RE: Softimage mailing 2016 year in review The last post is already reserved by Ed Harriss. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mail

RE: Friday Flashback #275

Pong… From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mike Donovan Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 2:26 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #275 Ping …. From:

RE: Convert PIC files

Softimage also comes with a couple of command line tools that might work for you: imf_copy.exe and imgconv.exe Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Turman Sent: Monday, June 20, 2016 8:13 AM To:

RE: Friday Flashback #274

Is this what you were talking about? http://imgur.com/9fnxNAa Ran across it today while searching for some batteries. Can’t believe I still have it. 13 years ago? Was it really that long? Amazing. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]

RE: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle

“If we reduce AD's behaviors to 'corporate greed' like this forum tends to do, then alienating thousands of users is illogical.” Didn’t they do that already? ;) This is the Softimage list, isn’t it? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]

RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...)

...and Monkeys! Where's Porl? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Scott Lange Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 1:24 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...) Cheese! From:

RE: this is the end......

It is a black-letter day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEx5W4P6Vs

RE: Happy New Year list

Yes, happy new year. And… I’m not dead yet! From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of pedro santos Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 8:56 AM To: Softimage Mailing List Subject: Re: Happy New Year

RE: Friday Flashback #249

: Friday Flashback #249 haha, touche! On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:40 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <luceri...@gmail.com<mailto:luceri...@gmail.com>> wrote: well, you guys like text buttons and hate icons, so it would have been a lonely job. On 4 December 2015 at 14:25, Ed Harriss <ed.

RE: Friday Flashback #249

A DCC app being developed without a graphic designer on staff? Simply stunning. - There are no words. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 2:07 PM

RE: Friday Flashback #243

My Email stripped the link out. What about yours? http://xsisupport.com/2015/10/02/friday-flashback-243/ Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 1:57 PM To:

RE: Friday Flashback #239

#239 photo looks familiar to me. Isn't that from Ed Harriss at his home? :) Nice weekend all. sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, Septem

RE: Maxon sets up shop in Montreal

Maxon… as in Maxon Cinema4D? If so, exciting! I’ve been using C4D and it’s got some really, really great stuff but there are a few areas that could use some Softimage style love. ;) Regardless, we are working on integrating it into our pipeline. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Maya thinks they're clever....and that's the problem

You know all those “cool” names? Well, it’s Brad’s fault. (Isn’t it always?) Long live Outliner Cheese and Directed Acyclic Monkeys! Ed

RE: test

Davidson Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: test bah -- Angus Davidson 074 580 3744 On 28 January 2015 at 3:57:41 PM, Ed Harriss (ed.harr...@sas.commailto:ed.harr...@sas.com) wrote: foo From

RE: test

foo From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Artur Wozniak Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 8:45 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: test ding dong 2015-01-28 14:20 GMT+01:00 Sebastien Sterling

RE: Friday Flashback #199

Memories… Good times. Thanks for that. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 12:15 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Friday Flashback #199 Friday Flashback #199

RE: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop?

It comes in a white box. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 5:22 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop? What does

RE: Mouse

...and if you really want to get into battery recharging, the LaCrosse Alpha Power Battery Charger is one of the best (if not overpriced) battery chargers I've ever owned. All my mice use batteries. All my batteries use this charger. For the battery geek it's perfect.

RE: EOL showreel (again)

Or this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBJ3B8iqHp8 Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:17 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: EOL showreel

RE: Softimage user landing page from Maxon

Perfect! Definitely going to take a look at the Digital Tutors Softimage to C4D video. Thanks for pointing this out. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sebastien Sterling Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:27 PM To:

RE: OT: Now that the grief over softimage, how did you get over your it on your daily basis?

Most of the time I feel like Charlie Brown. ;) http://bit.ly/1nhac5C ...or the guy referenced in the infamous Talking Heads song - Once in a Lifetime. And you may tell yourself This is not my beautiful software? And you may ask yourself Well...How did I get here? Same as it ever was...

RE: Torn

I don’t know what we’ll go to when Softimage is eventually phased out of our pipeline. (more than one app, that's for sure) But we’ve been evaluating C4D and its far better than I thought it was going to be. (Based on its perception in the industry) There is some really cool stuff in there. I’m

RE: Torn

I addition to what Perry listed, I found a few very small things in C4D that are nice. (Keep in mind, I have limited experience with C4D) A preference that changes icons in the interface from pictures to text. ☺ An “increment and save” option. You can have more than one scene open at a time.

RE: C y'all

Ditto! We are currently testing Cinema4D at the moment. It would be good to have others around to bounce questions/ideas off of. Please stay. (This request goes out to anyone adding any software to their pipeline, not just C4D or Houdini) Thanks! Ed From:

RE: C y'all

I have no idea how to set up a mailing list on my server. I also don't know what (if any) the cost would be. If anyone has insight into how this would work/cost or has run a mailing list before, feel free to send me info. I make no promises, but I will be happy to look into it. Ed

RE: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

Thanks PSYOP! This is very a nice tool. Ed On 4 April 2014 02:43, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.commailto:etmth...@gmail.com wrote: An excellent timesaver that I've missed when at shops other than PSYOP. Thanks, Jonah, and Andy! -- and the management beings who signed off on releasing it into

RE: YOUR TOP 5

1. Render Workflow – Passes, Partitions, Overrides, Etc… 2. Render Region toolset. 3. “Text Buttons” option. Less Icons please. 4. Explorer, Explorer, Explorer, Explorer, Explorer, Explorer. 5. Selections. The way you select things in XSI is awesome. Object based, component based, whatever. It

RE: MAYA community

One of the things I liked about XSIBase was that you could subscribe to it just like you could subscribe to this list. All the posts came to your inbox the instant they were posted to the forum. You read what you wanted when you had time and you never missed anything. Each email had a link at

RE: Cinema 4D an option?

and roadmap. On 13 March 2014 11:18, mark jones markjonescont...@gmail.commailto:markjonescont...@gmail.com wrote: the free CC version doesnt have all the mograph features you'd want to be using. On 13 March 2014 15:16, Ed Harriss ed.harr...@sas.commailto:ed.harr...@sas.com wrote: I found this line

RE: Cinema 4D an option?

As the lite version comes free with After Effects, I'll at least give it a good look. If it works well enough, I plan on using it as a supplement. Not a replacement. (Don't know what that will be yet.) Ed -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Cinema 4D an option?

You are not the first to ask me that question, and a doubt that you will be the last. ;) Once I decide which way I’m going, I’ll be sure to let you (and everyone else) know. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Recent Work - Chick-Fil-A: Celebrating 50 Years

That was fantastic. Great work in such a short timeframe! Redshift looks amazing and those render times are awesome. Next time you have to do 80's, just watch a few episodes of Miami Vice. ;) Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On

RE: Friday Flashback #159

Windows-CE... Awesome. Your posts are like having an appointment with a time machine every Friday. Thanks, Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 1:10 PM To:

RE: Friday Flashback #159

...using Phoenix Tools ParticleSuite. ;) -Original Message- From: Eric Thivierge [mailto:ethivie...@hybride.com] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 3:10 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Cc: Ed Harriss Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #159 I think next week's flash back should involve

RE: Friday Flashback #159

...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ed Harriss Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 9:35 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #159 ...using Phoenix Tools ParticleSuite. ;) -Original Message- From: Eric Thivierge [mailto:ethivie

RE: Blast from the past

Wow, same here. Secrets of Softimage was such a great video. Thanks for the link. I feel old too! ;) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:09 PM To:

RE: Mailing list year in review

It's all about quality not quantity. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 1:49 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Mailing list year in review 382 posts and I'm

RE: positivity

Subject: Re: positivity Ha ha yeah Ed, you're old. But dang, so am I. Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE exclusively from Sprint - Reply message - From: Ed Harriss ed.harr...@sas.commailto:ed.harr...@sas.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage

RE: positivity

...@turbulenceffects.commailto:sc...@turbulenceffects.com Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:24 PM To: softimage@listproc. autodesk. com Subject: Re: positivity Ha ha yeah Ed, you're old. But dang, so am I. Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE exclusively from Sprint - Reply message - From: Ed Harriss ed.harr

RE: positivity

Maybe we need to go back to a multi-address list system like we had in the old days. There was the discussion list, which was all fun/monkeys/cheese/Porl and there was the Softimage list, which is pretty much what we are using now. There were even other lists like eddie, particle, etc.. (Yea,

RE: Friday Flashback #141

Would have loved during those times just to have enough ram to hold a file that was 4gb! :p Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Robert Cole Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 11:23 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: OT: what my mum thinks we do

This site makes me think of... http://www.jackals-forge.com/abom.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alan Fregtman Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:43 PM To: XSI Mailing List Subject: Re: OT: what my mum thinks we

RE: Friday Flashback #137

Maybe it is blocked on our end for some reason, but I cannot see the file: http://xsisupport.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/xsi_standup_banner.png Can anyone else? Ed -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On

RE: Friday Flashback #137

...@magneticdreams.commailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com So weird to think of something in 2006 as a flashback, but I guess that really was 7 years ago jeez -Tim On 9/13/2013 10:29 AM, Sven Constable wrote: Something related to softimage is not available to Ed Harriss? Dark times... very

RE: Hiding background partitions etc

I could not agree more. Like many others I do leave the default pass alone for modeling and other misc. tasks though. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andi Farhall Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:38 AM To:

RE: Friday Flashback #115

Bah, who needs pretty manuals when you have this! ;) http://www.erimez.com/misc/Softimage/tutorials/si_help/si_uk_frames.htm I know, I know... it is not the same, but at the time it was a very good idea. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed mauals , you could write all over them and when your hard

RE: Softimage promo

Email is rarely misunderstood however here is a good example. http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html I like cats. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Bradley Gabe Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 6:34 PM To:

RE: Softimage promo

No, I like them all. Not simultaneously though. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 10:56 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE:

RE: Softimage promo

The list was too short, so they didn't bother. ;) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:59 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage promo Where is the

RE: Softimage promo

I was joking... Notice the ;) at the end. I don't think that there is any piece of software on this planet that doesn't have at least 1 annoying thing in it. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Sent: Thursday,

RE: Softimage promo

No problem. As we all know, emails can be easily misunderstood. =) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:04 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage promo I

RE: test

...pinging From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Scott Lange Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 12:33 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: test yeasting

RE: Difference between power and acceleration ?

It is true: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQljzQ_FpUE From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leonard Koch Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 3:40 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Difference between power and

RE: Friday Flashback #101

1985. It was a good year. ;) Ed -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 3:36 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Friday Flashback #101 Friday

RE: Friday Flashback

I don't understand how this could have happened. How did they pick the 7%? Did they blindfold themselves and throw darts at a an employee chart? No disrespect to the good people that weren't part of the 7%, but from a user's viewpoint it seems like they let go some people who were more valuable

RE: Trying out backburner

+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: Wayback Archives

I've got archives from 2002 on. If your email is earlier than that... it's probably pushing up the daisies. (Unless someone nailed the email down somewhere else.) If not, let me know what you are looking for and I can do a search. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Wayback Archives

Notlob From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Bradley Gabe Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 2:36 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Wayback Archives Yes!!! You fell right into my Dead Parrot trap. It was