Re: humanize maya, SOFT top 5

2014-03-25 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: humanize maya, SOFT top 5

2014-03-25 Thread Octavian Ureche
On 25.03.2014, at 17:40, Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com wrote: 1. Text based everything - I hate the shelf in Softimage as well as the UV editor. Get rid of icons entirely. -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) CG VFX www.okto.ro

Re: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5

2014-03-25 Thread Octavian Ureche
Oh yes, i seem to remember that one, but doesn't it just give you horrible visual results, where nothing is separated and it's all a long character spaghetti? My brain must be partially fried from so much app switching.

Re: Softimage transition comparison aid

2014-03-24 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Ancient lurker's response to the current developments

2014-03-19 Thread Octavian Ureche
://www.stefandidak.com/2014/03/autodesk-the-metastasizing-cancer-of-the-3d-world/ Cheers, Stefan. -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Animation Visual Effects www.okto.ro

Re: Maya render region!

2014-03-19 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Re[2]: [OT] Autodesk announces 2015 3D product updates.

2014-03-18 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Re[2]: [OT] Autodesk announces 2015 3D product updates.

2014-03-18 Thread Octavian Ureche
Except viewport 2.0. I'll admit...that's pretty good. So at least they got the viewport rightyay! On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: Bifrost... former 3rd-party sw (Naiiad), acquired... XGen... 3rd-party Disney plugin, licensed... Bullet Physics

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Listening

2014-03-08 Thread Octavian Ureche
. --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation. -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Animation Visual Effects www.okto.ro

Re: It was always about the people

2014-03-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
of people that defined Softimage. From the people who make it to those that use it. If there was one wish I have, it's that somehow, some way, this community carries on. Hope to see everyone on the other side my friends. Cheers -marc -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774

Re: Save Softimage on Facebook and Reddit

2014-03-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
?! ;) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Octavian Ureche Sent: 5 mars 2014 08:34 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Save Softimage on Facebook and Reddit or this one taken straight from nick

Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list

2014-03-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement

2014-03-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
is new in Softimage 2015. Maurice Patel Autodesk -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Animation Visual Effects www.okto.ro

Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list

2014-03-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
Redshift over into Modo...I think that's going somewhere. It would be easier to develop Modo going forward then to backwards engineer HoudiniI think. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: I like modo, i really do, but i just can't wrap my head around

Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement

2014-03-04 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Redshift3D Render

2014-02-17 Thread Octavian Ureche
strands or just xsi hair? On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.comwrote: Latest release of redshift with hair. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/49626349/hair_01.jpg -- -- Andreas Byström Weta Digital -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2

Re: Photogrammetry - what do you use?

2014-01-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
? Which software? Best practices? Thank you for any info! MAC [image: cid:image002.jpg@01CDBD94.314AAF40]https://mdc-web-tomcat17.ubisoft.org/confluence/display/technologygroup/Home+Passenger *Marc-André Carbonneau* Product Specialist -- Octavian Ureche +40 732

Re: Lens Flares in Softimage

2013-09-20 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Lens Flares in Softimage

2013-09-20 Thread Octavian Ureche
September 2013 10:20, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.frwrote: Same advice, but with optical flare from Video Copilot in After Effects. Le 20/09/2013 11:16, Octavian Ureche a écrit : Adrian, About the only thing you can do with softimage to help with the flares, is to put nulls where

Autodesk 2014 Extensions Released - Softimage Left Out

2013-09-20 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey guys, A couple of days ago, autodesk officially released its 2014 app extensions. Softimage is missing from that list along with motionbuilder (which is being ported to maya anyway). I don't think i am adding any fuel to the fire. I believe autodesk is doing that. Please don't blame me for

Re: Autodesk 2014 Extensions Released - Softimage Left Out

2013-09-20 Thread Octavian Ureche
joining 6+ years ago and having had the pleasure to meet with many of its talented contributors. Which one should I go for? On 20 September 2013 16:44, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, A couple of days ago, autodesk officially released its 2014 app extensions. Softimage

Re: Article on Bifrost

2013-09-11 Thread Octavian Ureche
more than ICE is now. On September-11-13 12:23:46 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: Or is that an incorrect observation? -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Animation Visual Effects www.okto.ro

Re: Übertage travel?

2013-09-10 Thread Octavian Ureche
€ a night. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.comwrote: Heya, I am currently pondering over train / airplane / motorcycle. Haven't made up my mind yet. Will probably leave motorcycle out cuz it's a 4000 km round trip from bucharest to siegen. And i have knobbies

Re: Übertage travel?

2013-09-10 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: Would you like to recover your scene?

2013-09-07 Thread Octavian Ureche
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Re: softimage.tv - Hello World!

2013-09-04 Thread Octavian Ureche
about it, and how we can move things foward. Best, Cris -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Animation Visual Effects www.okto.ro

Re: GEAR_mc a fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR project

2013-08-27 Thread Octavian Ureche
Big thanks to you, jeremie, and the crew at shed for this. It will save lives :)

Re: Showreel 2013

2013-08-01 Thread Octavian Ureche
I would just slow down the technical breakdown part - it's a bit too fast to really appreciate what's going on. Been thinking about that, just didn't want to bore people. Should probably redo it at a slower pace. I hope you're wrong about this list not being around for long - I've been on it

Showreel 2013

2013-07-31 Thread Octavian Ureche
. Wish i could use it more in commercial projects. PS. It's funny how i've probably met 5 of you in person, but it feels like i've known everyone for a long time. That's what mailing lists do i guess. Cheers and really looking forward to your input, -Octav -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774

Re: Wacom tablet in Softimage

2013-07-11 Thread Octavian Ureche
things up in soft, or soft screwing up the wacom - whichever scenario you prefer. Granted, you don't get the urge to get the pen back on the tablet while you're at it. -Octav -- Octavian Ureche +40 732 774 313 (GMT+2) Visual Exploration www.okto.ro

Re: Mill 98% Human

2013-05-21 Thread Octavian Ureche
Amazing stuff. Kudos to the mill team. O

OTish: Neil Blomkamp ELYSIUM trailer

2013-04-10 Thread Octavian Ureche
Here is the official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ-bYOyQ46Yfeature=youtu.be Don't know what to say. Mixed feelings about it. On one hand i am very much looking forward to it, on the other hand it feels like a mix between Deponia, Halo and District 9. And the whole low class hero that

Re: Softimage 2014

2013-04-08 Thread Octavian Ureche
This is actually interesting. Modo seems to resemble a lynch movie...you either love it or hate it. For example, i hate it's selection tools, and the whole workflow seems alien to me. I tried and tried to get the hang of it, but just as i never got along with lightwave, i don't know if i'll ever

Is there a new version of GEAR being planned?

2013-04-07 Thread Octavian Ureche
This is mostly aimed at Jeremie, but i thought i'd just send it to the whole list because i'm sure a ton of people are interested in what has been happening to it. I am just curios to know if there is a timeframe for 2.0, and if it will ever be released. Just fiddled around with the system some

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
:13 AM, Christopher christop...@thecreativesheep.ca wrote: I like your keyboard graphic on your web site, very appealing :) Christopher Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com Thursday, April 04, 2013 11:58 AM Can't say anything about Octane because i just toyed with it. But i really enjoyed

Re: Star Wars demise

2013-04-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
Maniac mansion, zak mckraken (which i'm currently playing on the phone), loom, monkey island, day of tentacle, sam max, indiana jones, full throttle, the dig (one of my old time favs) and even the newer ones like grim fandango. Loved them all. That company was a major part of my childhood and one

Re: Pinnochio 3D characters

2013-04-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
When the buzzwork project pinnochio was doing the rounds a couple of years back, everyone thought it was going to be this new revolutionary modular rigging tech. And this is what it turned out to be. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Adam Sale adamfs...@gmail.com wrote: I will say though,

Re: Pinnochio 3D characters

2013-04-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey Tim, I was simply stating the difference between expectations and final product when it comes to autodesk. For example, taking a look at the kinekt - pinnochio integration, the guy is really excited about it, but looking at the output, i couldn't use that animation in any kind of production,

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-04 Thread Octavian Ureche
scene ? Le 03/04/2013 20:59, Octavian Ureche a écrit : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/**2109634/classroom_sunsky_**animation.movhttps://dl.dropbox.com/u/2109634/classroom_sunsky_animation.mov So here's another test with that classroom scene. This time without dof and moblur but with an abruptly

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-04 Thread Octavian Ureche
Here you go: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-4000-us.html http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications The last one is what i currently have. as you can see, the quadro's memory bandwith, cuda cores and memory interface are below the gtx. But you have

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-04 Thread Octavian Ureche
256... They are supposed to be stronger when working though... Le 04/04/2013 09:13, Octavian Ureche a écrit : Here you go: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-quadro-4000-us.html http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-470/specifications The last one is what i currently

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-03 Thread Octavian Ureche
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/2109634/classroom_sunsky_animation.mov So here's another test with that classroom scene. This time without dof and moblur but with an abruptly animated physical sun. Looking at the overall render, i think it looks good. I know some will jump and say it's too fast, which

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-03 Thread Octavian Ureche
I've had this much fun lighting and rendering is with modo (Preview is awesome!). To be able to iterate over high-quality renders in a matter of minutes with RS is just liberating. And I'm using a lowly GTX 470! -Tim On 4/3/2013 1:59 PM, Octavian Ureche wrote: Can't remember when

Re: Vray vs Arnold Displacement

2013-04-02 Thread Octavian Ureche
Looking at the mem usage graph it went from 4.03 Gb to 4.53 at the end of the render and then back. Which means around 500 megs. On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Gene Crucean emailgeneonthel...@gmail.comwrote: Here's a quick render with no secondary bounces. 9.87 seconds. Which is closer to

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-02 Thread Octavian Ureche
, tim On 01.04.2013 23:37, Octavian Ureche wrote: yap, i have some time to kill tomorrow so i'll give it a go. see know how it turns out On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Andreas Bystrom andreas.byst...@gmail.com**wrote: octavian, could you render a small animation with that exact

Re: Announcing Redshift - Biased GPU Renderer

2013-04-02 Thread Octavian Ureche
bauero...@gmx.de wrote: Very nice. I want to use Redshift3d now, too. mental ray has already wasted too much of my life time. Cheers, tim On 02.04.2013 20:37, Octavian Ureche wrote: Speaking of the wolf Was just getting ready to post it. So here it is: https://dl.dropbox.com/u

Re: [OT] Anyone got a working Realflow bin exporter?

2013-04-02 Thread Octavian Ureche
Just tried it for a pitch job here. The 2012-2013 addon fails, but the 7.0 one works. Try that one. It will still add all the ice nodes, but i'm not sure what is changed in the newer one. I got the exact same errors with the new one, so my only conclusion is, they haven't tested it enough.

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
You do know vray is also available for softimage and it's pretty well integrated and production proven. Cheers, Octav On Mar 29, 2013 6:20 AM, Christopher christop...@thecreativesheep.ca wrote: How much is it going to cost ? My arm and leg, which are in good condition :) Christopher Emilio

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Price wise, last i checked, vray was just about under 1k and came with 10 render nodes. But i'm also looking forward to an official price for redshift. Might be quite tempting if it's in the right ballpark. On Mar 29, 2013 9:20 AM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: You do know vray is also

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
. (we do not recommend rendering animated sequences with DR, except for brute force GI) Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com Friday, March 29, 2013 4:23 AM Price wise, last i checked, vray was just about under 1k and came with 10 render nodes. But i'm also looking forward to an official price

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey Steven, No i have not directly. But having looked at arnold videos on the net, with computer specs given, i can state that from what i have seen, arnold is close to mantra in terms of displacement speed (which i have used). So it is close to a reyes renderer in that sense. Again, this is

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey Christopher, I think i can give my 2 cents on maxwell, as i have been on its beta as well a few years back. This is from what was going on then. I cannot say anything about the current state of the engine as i have not touched it since. Purely from a rendering standpoint, maxwell felt slow,

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey Steven, You are right. Arnold is pretty much looked upon as the magical solution to everyone's rendering problems (i know because i certainly think it too when sh hits the fan with what i use), which tends to become annoying. But i'd love to see a displacement test of both. Unfortunately

Re: Softimage 2013/2014 Irradiance Particles - IP Optimize still single threaded?

2013-03-29 Thread Octavian Ureche
Well, i thought i made it pretty obvious given the vray preaching i just did. If not here it is: vray. Also, if you're not into animation, and more on the still render side, you should definitely check out keyshot. Modo has a very good renderer as well, but unfortunately i still haven't managed to

Re: 2014 New feature list... minor corrections list... you decide

2013-03-16 Thread Octavian Ureche
I couldn't help noticing one of the main features on that 2014 list: Realigned Help Menu. This has to be a joke. Otherwise, it's beyond what words can describe. Seriously, is that one of the features after 1 year of development?

Re: Octane render

2013-02-18 Thread Octavian Ureche
Hey Tim, To be honest, i think it's because i was lazy, and tried to do the setup as quickly as possible, and instead of tweaking the exposure on the hdri dome, i just cranked up the primary bounce rate to a level that technically yields unrealistic results, physically speaking. I used a 3x

Re: Octane render

2013-02-16 Thread Octavian Ureche
alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com wrote: Looks very nice. The light shades seems wierdly transparent though and the LCD are too green, maybe you changed the colour. But I like the more contrast. Sent from my iPhone On 2013-02-16, at 10:51 AM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: Hey guys, Here's my

Re: Semi OT : Charging the modelling

2012-11-19 Thread Octavian Ureche
wrote: Ah thank's, that helps. Well, the clients seems rather new in the 3d field. (nothing like Lionsgate, or big studio) So I'm not sure how they'll react to the range of price. Thank's a lot for your examples :) Le 17/11/2012 14:58, Octavian Ureche a écrit : I remember doing

Re: Semi OT : Charging the modelling

2012-11-19 Thread Octavian Ureche
[mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Octavian Ureche *Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2012 1:34 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Semi OT : Charging the modelling ** ** Yap, forgot about tax expenses (they changed the legislation here

Re: Semi OT : Charging the modelling

2012-11-17 Thread Octavian Ureche
I remember doing a commercial for a studio here (eastern europe), and we outsourced a horse model to a friend of mine who now happens to work at lionhead. Point was, it took him 3 days, i recall, to do it, and it cost 1000 euros. And that was 4 or 5 years ago, and it wasn't considered that

Re: Semi OT : Charging the modelling

2012-11-17 Thread Octavian Ureche
PS. the horse was fairly realistic and had a lot of zbrush love put into it. On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: I remember doing a commercial for a studio here (eastern europe), and we outsourced a horse model to a friend of mine who now happens to work

Re: Creating a dual polyhedron

2012-07-11 Thread Octavian Ureche
you might also want to take a look at this: http://lesterbanks.com/2010/12/creating-a-golf-ball-in-maya-using-geosphere/ cheers

Re: WHATTA HELL???????

2012-07-05 Thread Octavian Ureche
So why would anyone care about xsi having ascii scene file description? Wellthis is why. I feel your pain, though trying to recover a scene in this situation, has more to do with luck than anything else.

Re: Softimage sim stop and Wacom

2012-06-08 Thread Octavian Ureche
Since 2012 sp1 tablet support has been disabled by default, to fix the annoying lag bug. For earlier versions, you should edit setenv.bat and add this string after @echo off : set XSI_ENABLE_WINTAB_SUPPORT=0 You should also make sure, you have pen cursor feedback disabled in win 7 (use “gpedit” in

Re: SiC London last night

2012-05-31 Thread Octavian Ureche
Heya, Had a hell of a great time. Initially i thought there were going to be only a handful of people...boy was i wrong. Glad i took the time off work to hop on the plane and get to see everyone i knew but never met in real life. Was well worth it. Also that shot andy gave me...well, it started

Re: mail...

2012-05-27 Thread Octavian Ureche
finally, it's working again...