Re: The Softimage mailing list

I think this is the same for a lot of us, virtual people becoming real friends and having meet-ups during user groups and XSI presentations. Some form of Google groups would be best I guess, despite my aversion to anything Google. Discord

automated FBX scene(s) export?

Hi all, Sorry if this already arrived in someones mailbox yesterday, but I can't see my previous email arriving on the list... So it's been a while since I opened up SI, and I'm looking into a simple way to convert a couple of projects/scene(s) to FBX without too much manual labor ;)

automated FBX scene(s) export?

Hi all, It's been a while since I opened up SI, but I'm looking into a simple way to convert a couple of projects/scene(s) to FBX without too much manual labor ;) Someone still has some tricks to share to do this with some scripting inside SI or otherwise? cheers! -- Rob --

Re: A question about the Houdini list

Maybe they moved it to Discord>Think Procedural? That list is quite active. Rob \/-\/\/ On 20-7-2018 11:16, Olivier Jeannel wrote: Noo please no. I asked on FB, but nobody gave answer. John, could  you try to send a message in the H list, see if it

Re: Material change crashes XSI

Yup! Don't do it that way ;-) Soft is prone to crashing with any renderer, if you change too much stuff with the region open. Just close the region down, do some major changes and fire it up again. I sometimes forget as well, and you're almost always have to force quit and restart SI.

SitoA/Arnold 5.1 and Softimage....?

Hi all, Is there someone out here that has a working version of SitoA based on the latest Arnold release 5.1? I need to upgrade an old project, and could use some of the new features of 5.1(0.1). But don't want to move it into Maya due to all kinds of constraints and/or rebuilts. cheers!

Re: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

Still lurking as well, here and on si-community. Started fiddling with SI|3D NT (up to 3.9), after that moved on to XSI 3.0 and beyond. Mostly Maya these days for the generic stuff, but still using XSI for my own jobs. Also doing a bit of Unity-Unreal / real-time stuff lately, and keeping

Re: The Maya Chronicles - or how retarded that software is...

AD at GDC: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DBvO8TvezsAk=DwIDaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=HZPIcNfNiTm6JnRe5uEtLwVu6Vo2_TOIoovg0-jif_k=eZDyleQldHB6JNpNuK2SSFCV6BtBmlFpWDcx8epu1Zg= So...

Re: old XSI versions (1-3)

with respect to polygon modeling and particles. Once those holes were filled, XSI shipped on it's own and the price was raised. Matt Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:12:26 +0100 From: Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl> Subject: Re: old XSI versions (1-3) To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Wasn't v3 the

Re: old XSI versions (1-3)

Wasn't v3 the first real Windows version? I can recall that v1 and 2 were a 'complement' to the Irix SI|3D installers. My archive goes back to v.3.5.1 for the first Windows version. Rob \/-\/\/ On 26-2-2018 10:58, Sven Constable wrote: There were IRIX versions at

Re: Friday Flashback #329

We had the greatest software!! The best! It's true! Sad. Rob \/-\/\/ On 6-2-2018 10:01, Morten Bartholdy wrote: Better times - sadly Morten Den 2. februar 2018 klokken 19:25 skrev Stephen Blair : What's Cool This Week ! (Feb

Re: OTish - todays Maya rant and Q - selecting items

Well... There's much to complain about with Maya, but this doesn't ring a bell. I never had selection issues in Maya, maybe it's a driver issue? Rob \/-\/\/ On 1-2-2018 11:19, Morten Bartholdy wrote: Am I the only one being seriously annoyed by the seeming

Re: friday flashback #328

Not just that, you had to get a loan to pay for the damn machine ;) Rob \/-\/\/ On 27-1-2018 23:53, Stephen Blair wrote: In 1997, we were working with 128MB of RAM? seems inconceivable now

retrieving renderer/version from a scene?

Hi all, Just a quick question, but is there a way to figure out what renderer/version was used for a scene? I have some older scenes that need to be re-rendered, but I don't want to run into issues due to more recent versions and depreciated options It looks like the .scntoc doesn't have any

some very useful tools for the "maya converts" out here....

For everyone who have missed these tools:

Houdini 16.5

It's official: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.sidefx.com_products_whats-2Dnew-2D165_=DwIDaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=k7xudKFE4iNJ2tVG8r9JvHFSxFA-NVpnwH_x5I0_gBI=gbODoR1cwyBnffAKMcgOKb1PxDOhIxdGEOdCb4WeDsk=  

Re: M "Paddington & The Christmas Visitor

Loved it! Absolute top notch work, and kudos to everybody involved! I can only hope you got a decent time schedule to do all this in ;) Would love to hear more on the production side of things, as it sounds very interesting. :) Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-11-2017 0:20,

Re: Q: texture sequence 'script'?

may not be supported. - TIFF LZW compression --> causes load in memory uncompressed when rendering. Matt Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2017 10:37:03 +0100 From: Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl> Subject: Q: texture sequence 'script'? Hi all, Having a bit of a brain freeze atm. I'm pretty sure the

Q: texture sequence 'script'?

Hi all, Having a bit of a brain freeze atm. I'm pretty sure there was a way to texture a object with a textfile defining a sequence of images. Anyone can point me in the right direction, cannot seem to find it atm... -- vr.gr., Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl

Re: OT - Maya extrusion explained?

Also, have a look at the Bonus Tools. There are some additional extra's in there regarding extrusions. Rob \/-\/\/ On 1-11-2017 20:38, Eugene Flormata wrote:

Re: OT Maya Q - default cameras clipping planes

ally hidden by default and should remain that way. I do remember having issues when treating them in a non-typical way. But there is no obvious reason I can think of that would directly prevent their clipping planes from being edited. Joey From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:s

Re: OT Maya Q - default cameras clipping planes

Joey From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Rob Wuijster Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 10:40 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: OT Maya Q - default cameras clipping planes I ran into the same thing for my last project. H

Re: OT Maya Q - default cameras clipping planes

I ran into the same thing for my last project. Huge scenes that were clipped off in the default cameras, so a hard time selecting stuff in the viewport. Due to time limits I never had the chance to dive into this, so anyone who can answer the question please do. And scaling up stuff,

Thanks AD.....

I just want to thank AD to have me work with resellers again regarding Arnold licenses. In this day and age, with automated web-stores and all, I just don't see the need. How hard can it be for a software company to set up some automated sales system from within the license webpage...?

Re: Can the Softimage/Maya from SP2 to SP6

Service Packs on the main release can be found online at AD, and installed without any license changes. The Extension packs (and their SP's) need an active license to login and download afaik. A new release (e.g. 2015>2016) will include all of the above, and the new stuff. All this makes a

Re: Friday Flashback #315

Still have that CD(/DVD?) somewhere :-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-9-2017 17:05, Stephen Blair wrote: 1998 Bunny hops to fame http://wp.me/powV4-3sC -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in

Re: AD contract emails about Arnold

should just take you to the solidangle.com <http://solidangle.com> download page. There's no price for the new contract, it's just a migration of the existing contract. Renewing maintenance is 225USD per year. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl

Re: AD contract emails about Arnold

licensing system, yay! Rob \/-\/\/ On 5-9-2017 14:49, Olivier Jeannel wrote: Is it about their new rental thingy ? 2017-09-05 13:48 GMT+02:00 Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl <mailto:r...@casema.nl>>: Do other people on this list get emails from AD re

AD contract emails about Arnold

Do other people on this list get emails from AD regarding your Arnold contract? I got an account + login, but cannot anything related to my Arnold license when logged in. Also, the new license starts/end a month earlier than in previous years. I also cannot see any pricing regarding this new

Re: Animated booleans now and then

The hard mesh tool is very interesting, it looks like it also plays nice with MESH inside Maya. And a very reasonable price too. thanks for the heads-up on this one :-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 29-8-2017 13:53, Morten Bartholdy wrote: Implosia is a good bet. Remember to

Re: OTish - license issue with ECSU 2018

you gotta be kidding me.. That's a lot of hoop jumping for fixing a problem that shouldn't be there in the first place. :-\ Running your apps as administrator, and editing the security permissions... WGCW. ;-) Reminds me of the old Avid applications that only could run with a admin

Re: Otish - is there a Maya equivalent of XSI's Deform by Curve?

Just to add, pretty sure this was added in one of the later Extension packs of Maya 2016. It always amazes me how basic functionality like this is often not found in Maya. Rob \/-\/\/ On 22-8-2017 15:19, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] wrote: Maya has a

Re: test

By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged!! Rob \/-\/\/ On 27-7-2017 11:28, patrick nethercoat wrote: Never give up. Never surrender. On 27 July 2017 at 09:50, wavo > wrote: haha, i thought I was the

Re: Friday Flashback #308

Time is a fickle mistress "Wright sees Silicon Graphics remaining the superior platform for highend digital video and three-dimensional animation over Windows NT... Aldus and Adobe developed their applications first on Windows and second on Macintosh. But they realized over time

Re: Redshift_plugged_into_XSI

. And the render a bit lower and rescale/sharpen in PS tip from Morten will work most times, as 3D renders are very sharp by default. You can get away with a lot here. cheers! Rob Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 5-7-2017 10:56, Morten Bartholdy wrote: When

Re: XSI licenses

If you live in the EU, I think this still counts: http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=d1ff4369-afcc-4879-97fa-7a8afd8b3380 Rob \/-\/\/ On 5-7-2017 11:00, Morten Bartholdy wrote: Last time I heard you have not been able to sell/transfer licenses since

Re: super OT : unreal or unity

If you can stand Modo, v11.1 might be an interesting choice now they have a Modo<>Unreal bridge built in. Rob \/-\/\/ On 3-7-2017 10:57, Enter Reality wrote: The main difference for me is the very script-related workflow which comes with Unity...my knowledge of

Re: xsi wiki offline?

This one? http://softimage.wikia.com/wiki/Softimage_Wiki Rob \/-\/\/ On 4-7-2017 10:54, kenny wood wrote: Someone posted a site top a few months ago on si-community . I'll see if I can find it On 4 Jul 2017 10:36, "Patrick Neese"

Re: super OT : unreal or unity

This question is almost the same as Windows or OSX/Linux, iPhone or Android etc. The discussion can turn ugly very quickly ;-) Both engines deliver stunning work in the right hands, but for a less programming savvy person Unreal might be a better choice. But both have a very active community

Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay?

eir graphics marketing when they seem to be hated by graphics developers. On 7 June 2017 at 17:37, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl <mailto:r...@casema.nl>> wrote: One of the first reviews, and it's not really a glowing one: https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-still-doesnt-give

Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay?

One of the first reviews, and it's not really a glowing one: https://www.slashgear.com/imac-pro-still-doesnt-give-the-one-thing-pros-want-06487652/ Rob \/-\/\/ On 6-6-2017 21:50, Angus Davidson wrote: Unfortunately Apple has defined pro market to mean , FCP X and a

Re: New iMac Pro? Yay or Nay?

It has a bunch of impressive specs, but it's a closed box with a very difficult repair/replace curve. I rather spend that money on a nice HP workstation or alike, with the possibility of changing/adding parts once in a while. Rob \/-\/\/ On 6-6-2017 16:00, Mirko

Re: maya timeline

Welcome to Maya, where another scene can screw up your preferences. In your case 25-30 fps. It's not just 2017, it's there since 1.0. :-\ Rob \/-\/\/ On 27-3-2017 22:26, Eugene Flormata wrote: does anyone know why the time display would show fractional frame

Re: Random Thoughts about H.

Regarding options mentioned about rendering, I would appreciate it a lot if someone would set up some very basic examples of object merges and the wedge output node to organize renders. thanks! Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 23-3-2017 15:05, Andy

Re: Random Thoughts about H.

@Jordi and others: Besides all the new stuff to learn, where - as you said - some stuff is easier than others (VEX), my main gripe is rendering. I still try to get some workflow running where I can easily create Passes/Partitions/overrides like I did in Softimage. I know it's not the same

Re: houdini 16

Fake normals!! ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 24-2-2017 18:50, Laurence Dodd wrote: It's all alternative faces On 24 February 2017 at 15:04, Jonathan Moore > wrote: In an act of politician like flipping, I

Re: houdini 16

Terrain generation is going to be a lot of fun :-) And I like all the tweaks for the network view, very useful stuff there. Now I'm off to ruin my Wednesday ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 21-2-2017 18:04, Ed Schiffer wrote: IT HAS ARRIVED go grab yours!!

Re: Maya

LOL! Sorry about that.. I mean Maya ascii.. So yes... The .ma file format ;-) Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 17-2-2017 15:58, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] wrote: Do you mean Maya ASCII (.ma) or Maya Binary (.mb) ? Joey *From

Re: Maya

Never ever use RendeLayers and/or overrides in Reference Files. At some point it will screw up your final scenes for rendering. Also shading can mess up things at some point. Create a final 'render scene' and set things up in there. And be sure to never ever rename stuff that is referenced,

Re: houdini 16

Holy ! The H16 release is looking awesome! So much new stuff, and I really like the new nodal look and workflow. And radial menus for modeling and such :-) Also very curious about the new rigging tools. Looking forward to the (online) release presentation on Monday! Rob

Re: Meetup for those going to the Houdini 16 launch event

Same here, would have been nice to be able to make it for once But to all people on the list who can make it, have fun and virtual beers to all!!! ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 2-2-2017 1:39, Artur W wrote: I'll be with you mentally drinking real beer. and watching

Looking for character rigger!

Hi, I'm looking for a character rigger in the first -two or so- weeks in February. If there are freelance SI character riggers still out here, and have time let me know. You can work of-site if you want, but preferably be in the European time zone. Just drop me an email with all info, and

Re: No -seriously, why don´t we GUMROAD for Softimage?

features or even workflow improvements (scripts,etc) and that would add a lot more value do my work then switching DCC. So even most of you thing the thoughts behind it are admirable, but not worth it I think it is worth it. che

Re: No -seriously, why don´t we GUMROAD for Softimage?

Although I like what you're trying to do, it's not really a viable option imho. I know we're all (still) reluctant to move on, but at some point we have to admit Softimage is falling behind the curve. Despite it's great workflow and ease of use. Not to mention the rapid decline of Softimage

Re: mountains

Can you share the link? I cannot seem to find what you're talking about. thanks! Rob \/-\/\/ On 13-1-2017 17:33, Jonathan Moore wrote: With OpenVDB you could do some cool terrain stuff I am sure. There's a cool OTL on Orbolt for VDB booleans, which is ace

Re: mountains

Jordi will be releasing his "Softimage to Houdini16" ebook series as well... ;-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 13-1-2017 14:15, Morten Bartholdy wrote: You are such a tease Jordi! ;) I wish I could make it :/ Morten Den 13. januar 2017 klokken 10:57 skrev Jordi Bares

Re: Wacom Cintiq 13

Surface Studio?? ;) Rob \/-\/\/ On 25-12-2016 22:10, pete...@skynet.be wrote: A bit late to get one under the tree. If I had that kind of money, I’d much rather get a Surface Book. Cintiq keyboard options are underwhelming - that’s a dealbreaker for 3D I think.

Re: Maya Help (Legacy Particles)

Just do it in ICE, and forget about the Maya legacy stuff. It's a unworkable system, keen on afflicting massive headaches.. Or just grab Houdini ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 6-12-2016 14:03, Ben Beckett wrote: Hi all Easy to do in ice and any other software, but

Re: Babies

Well That escalated quickly... To all the us citizens on this list: Good luck the next 4 years. Hopefully it will not be as bad as people expect it's going to be :-| Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-11-2016 11:13, pete...@skynet.be wrote: just swap the animation and you’re

Re: Softimage 2014 SP2 - Crashing when opening material editor

Or, if that doesn't help, try to merge the scene into a new one. As it is crashing on another pc as well, it could be the scene itself. Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-11-2016 22:59, Tenshi Sama wrote: Exactly, turn off the thumbnail preview. I have the same issues a while ago,

Re: Friday Flashback #285

Wasn't the first rule...? ;-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 4-11-2016 17:31, Olivier Jeannel wrote: Fight Club / Pixel Liberation Front / BUF (1999) amen On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Stephen Blair > wrote:

Some Maya modeling/UV tools questions

First of all... Apologies ;-) I'm doing some modeling and UV stuff in Maya atm, but the scattered tools for modeling and UV'ing are slowly getting on my nerves here... Are there brave people out there, that created tools/menu's/windows that make this whole process more logical and

Re: OT: Anyone from Fabric engine on the list?

LOL! Rob \/-\/\/ On 28-10-2016 9:31, Gregor Punchatz wrote: That might be the funniest thing I have heard for a long time. For Thiverege's, sake I hope he is on top. Lol! On Thursday, October 27, 2016, Sebastien Sterling

Re: Cage deformer question

Now you're just being mean. ;-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 13-10-2016 14:17, Artur W wrote: now do that in Maya. Artur 2016-10-13 14:14 GMT+02:00 Morten Bartholdy >: Please ignore. I found that I needed to move

Re: Soft 2 Houdini acronyms

Hi Chris, Often in Houdini, things are split up between multiple setups. A bit like two ICE trees, one exporting data that you import in the next one for additional handling. It's more or less the samewith the fireworks example, see the 'output' and 'import_fireworks' nodes. cheers! Rob

Re: Soft 2 Houdini

things quite understandably and in detail: https://vimeo.com/user2030228 Andy On Oct 09, 2016, at 14:10, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl <mailto:r...@casema.nl>> wrot

Re: Soft 2 Houdini

I wonder if anyone already mentioned entagma.com There's very cool stuff there to watch! p.s. some Houdini basics are required ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-10-2016 10:53, Simon Reeves wrote: I found the sidefx vimeo videos really useful to begin with also. Also sitting

Re: Ping

nope :-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 4-10-2016 9:42, Thomas Volkmann wrote: anybody out there? -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. --

Re: OT Model shelf in Houdini missing

Hi Chris, Maybe it's turned off somehow? Click the + on the right side of the tabs, and see in the 'Shelves" dropdown if the 'Model' option is checked. Hope it helps, Rob \/-\/\/ On 30-9-2016 13:37, Chris Marshall wrote: Hi All, I'm just starting with Houdini,

Re: Render rates - or where to get a softimage farm?

https://us.rebusfarm.net/en/? Rob \/-\/\/ On 17-9-2016 14:13, Adam Seeley wrote: http://www.pixelplow.net/ .. simple, cheap, quick. You just need a little scene clean prep (delete roto image sources etc) Save to clean project & copy all External files on save.

Re: OT: Camera lens distortionmgrcvmmbgy bnbmb(5*?25:67'4%

I think he fell asleep on the keyboard, or had his pants sending an email ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 24-8-2016 10:48, Morten Bartholdy wrote: Are you alright Rob?? //MB Den 23. august 2016 klokken 18:19 skrev Rob Chapman : Chubs

Re: UeberTage|2016 in Siegen/Germany September 16th 2016 !Program online!

It's always a fun day, so yes, try to come over :-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 19-8-2016 10:21, Tim Bolland wrote: Thank you! Going to try and make it over for once. Tim *From:* Oliver Weingarten *Sent:* Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:36 AM *To:*

Re: Wiki EOL soon

I've used that one in the past, and is actually quite good. But most of these apps cannot deal with database driven websites though. Rob \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2016 10:38, Morten Bartholdy wrote: And there is this: http://www.httrack.com/ Morten Den 18. august 2016

Re: OT: Camera lens distortion

Haven't used it in a while, but SynthEyes can do some undistorting as well, when you have no grid while shooting. Rob \/-\/\/ On 3-8-2016 11:13, Waylon Winn wrote: You could try PTLens. It has been awhile since I used it but it might be useful.

Re: Motion Tracking

There's PFTrack, and SynthEyes is used a lot as well. SynthEyes has decent pricing too. Rob \/-\/\/ On 19-7-2016 16:18, Cristobal Infante wrote: I would recommend 3DEqualizer, it's probably the best one out there. You can now rent it. FXPHD have some good intro

Re: Soft to Maya Bridge

hehe... nope ;-) but there were some UI reworks done by SI users, to make some things less annoying. I 'think' you can still find some posts on this at si-community. Rob \/-\/\/ On 14-7-2016 12:26, Chris Marshall wrote: Excellent, I'll take a look. Any chance of

Re: Convert PIC files

PS or xnview/convert. The last one might be the fastest way to do this I guess. Rob \/-\/\/ On 20-6-2016 9:16, Thomas Volkmann wrote: XnConvert might be an option: http://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/ Martin Yara hat am 20. Juni 2016 um 09:07

Re: OT: Compositing app choice

Nuke is the most used, and it's not hard to find freelancers for it. It became the industry 'standard' at some point. But depending on your budget, I would have a look at Fusion as well. Both apps have their strengths and weaknesses I guess. Rob \/-\/\/ On

Re: New render layers in maya

In true Maya tradition, version 1 probably will be... well... temperament full ;-) Despite being Maya, this is a step forward render wise. Rob \/-\/\/ On 21-4-2016 11:39, Tom Kleinenberg wrote: Select Shaders in the Outliner, eh? I've missed that feature.

Re: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle

Yes, I can imagine Stephen was jumping with joy to be part of the AD family again... ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 20-4-2016 12:40, Srecko Micic wrote: Interesting thing is that Stephen Blair is again at AD :D -- *Micic Srecko* --- *Mail:*

Re: Autodesk acquires Solid Angle

first stage... grief second stage... acceptance third stage move to houdini ;-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 18-4-2016 14:27, Artur W wrote: I don't believe it. NO. I refuse t believe this. 2016-04-18 14:26 GMT+02:00 Artur W

Re: New render layers in maya

wrote: I am afraid it is too much to write on an email, may be when I get a bit of time free I will but invite you to think about it a bit more, just the layout itself is a massive step backwards from a Softimage user perspective. jb On 18 Apr 2016, at 10:09, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema

Re: New render layers in maya

Just glanced over it yesterday, but it looked a lot better than the current way of working. What's bugging you with this approach? Just curious ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 18-4-2016 10:50, Jordi Bares wrote: Oh dear… they got it all wrong… jb On 18 Apr 2016, at 09:14,

Re: New render layers in maya

in the behind at times. cheers! Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 18-4-2016 10:14, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: I presume you guys have all seen this... http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-9AB65955-9390-42F6-B293-EAF1A0AD0C3B -- Softimage

Re: XSI crashing

Files that are opened and actively accessed and saved are a main target for corruption in a power cut. But unless the cut physically damaged your drives, you -should- be fine. (fine print... mumble mumble not my fault... ;-) ) But if you want to be absolutely sure, reinstall Soft? Or start

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

has just made it's way to the houdini list, and it's somehow entertaining all the expert with his questions. I have to say people on the houdini list are

Re: Match moving newbie!

Hi, Just some quick thoughts If it's a static camera, work is slightly simpler as you don't have to track the camera back into 3D. So no markers needed for that. Not sure on the markers on the cloth, as that could be more work than it is worth. I can assume you want a matte object to

Re: Friday Flashback #265

And look... 10 years later it's still the best implementation of all 3D apps. The future is bright. :-| Rob \/-\/\/ On 4-3-2016 17:50, Stephen Blair wrote: xsibase 2004 interview with cg supe at Buzz Image http://wp.me/powV4-3ih /What is your favorite XSI

Re: modo 901 off topic

My feeling is that Modo is even worse than C4D when it comes to more complex rigging. It all starts to fall down very quickly after a certain point, and playback speed and interaction disappears. Rob \/-\/\/ On 26-2-2016 12:09, Busty kelp wrote: Modo is just

Re: City generator?

I can recall Eric Mootz released a ICE based road system (with cars?) once. Rob \/-\/\/ On 22-2-2016 11:07, Morten Bartholdy wrote: I thought I once saw an ICE based City Generator system for XSI, but I might be mistaken. I found two systems on rray.de/xsi which

Re: cad

what about Polytrans? If Rhino or Moi are 'just' a way to get files converted, Polytrans is a really good alternative. And I have very good experiences with Polytrans support as well. Rob \/-\/\/ On 10-2-2016 17:45, Graham Bell wrote: I’d definitely look into

Re: cad

stuff, but the few times I've had to deal with it MOI came to the rescue.. On 11 February 2016 at 09:06, Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl <mailto:r...@casema.nl>> wrote: what about Polytrans? If Rhino or Moi are 'just' a way to get files converted, Polytrans is a reall

Re: Softimage and CMYK

It's not possible, unless you have the exact profile for the printer it was finalized for. And it's weird that black is ultramarine blue in your files. Just have them give you RGB's, or give them a ton of mattes so they can color correct the shit out of it again. That's what normally happens

Re: Softimage and CMYK

CMYK is for print. Just work with RGB, and have the print peeps properly convert it from CMYK. Or enter a world of hurt ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-2-2016 19:12, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Hey list, am working on a job with package assets art in CMYK. Soft won't display

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

ssh. don't jinx it ;-P Rob \/-\/\/ On 6-2-2016 3:02, Adam Sale wrote: Whatever happened to Creative Sheep? or Luke? On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 3:06 PM, David Saber > wrote: You'll take my XSI list from my

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

And to add to that, si-community is more or less the one place on the web to go for us Softies. It has become a little bit more quiet after the EOL, but is still there and active. So, in addition to a possible new email list somewhere sometime, I would suggest to create an account at the

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

Now you suggest AD would actually care about the mailinglist of users of a dead software that also has reached EOL support... 'glass very empty' kind of thoughts Oh... Although the Trello thing is a nice idea, I would like to see a more 'standard' solution that all of us already use

Re: photoscan on peaople

If I'm correct, the guys at infinite realities (http://ir-ltd.net/) use Agisoft for their full body scans. Shooting for 3D models id a bit tedious at some points, but there's a lot of examples to be found on Youtube and Vimeo. To get really good 3D models, you need a LOT of photos from a LOT

Re: this is the end......

Across the channel, we're still lurking on this list ;-) But yes, freelancers are not as many as a year ago. Rob \/-\/\/ On 27-1-2016 14:46, adrian wyer wrote: well seeing as today is the final day you can purchase stand alone licenses of Softimage, i guess i'll

Re: AD licensing letter - no longer applicable for 'benefits'???

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