RE: Friday Flashback #413

2020-07-13 Thread Sven Constable
well, at least you're using a proper font ;) Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Monday, July 13, 2020 4:27 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing

RE: May 30th, 2010: 20th Anniversary of XSI 1.0

2020-06-09 Thread Sven Constable
Hey Luc-Eric, just because the FXTree was mentioned… when it was introduced and for some years after that, it cached frames on playback correctly. I remember because I used it succesfully on several projects). Years later for some reason, caching of frames didn't work anymore on my side.

RE: Friday Flashback #408

2020-04-27 Thread Sven Constable
Yeah, the animation is top notch. The weight, the balance was so carefully animated. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 8:08 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

RE: rigging XSI IK-finger !!!SOLVED!!!

2020-03-19 Thread Sven Constable
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Softimage|XSI 20th anniversary

2020-03-17 Thread Sven Constable
Hi, today I was reading in an old printed 3D-Magazine about the launch of XSI 1.0 and that was (very coincidentally) yesterday on March 16th 2000 . According to the article at least. A quick google search showed that the customer release was two month later on May 30th. So. happy birthday,

RE: Midterm Exam

2020-03-12 Thread Sven Constable
and a million apologies for the bad etiquette. Michael On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:22 AM Sven Constable wrote: When I worked as a tutor for Softimage we had text answers as well. Later the school switched to multiple choice, what I didn't like even it meant we had less work correcting

RE: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers

2020-01-11 Thread Sven Constable
I'm still using it as the main 3D software and I do it for a living. A few years ago, I decided to stay with it. Probably for the rest of my professional career. I'm kinda lucky in a way that I have a solid and quite professional production pipeline I can manage entirely by myself. I have the

RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2020-01-05 Thread Sven Constable
n the main release. Matt Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 00:07:22 +0100 From: “Sven Constable” sixsi_l...@imagefront.de Subject: RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. 20 gigs of texture data? As a siden

RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2020-01-04 Thread Sven Constable
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RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2020-01-04 Thread Sven Constable
from 2015 because the cards are pretty comparable. From: Sven Constable Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 12:36 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing"List. https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNchiLG9o7ECJ

RE: Last Install of XSI ( I think) Should I use 2014 sp2 or 2015

2019-12-31 Thread Sven Constable
Personally I don't see a reason not to use the latest version if you can. I attached the official lists of bugfixes and known issues from both versions. Both have some more issues than that but it might be of help. Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Midterm Exam

2019-12-31 Thread Sven Constable
When I worked as a tutor for Softimage we had text answers as well. Later the school switched to multiple choice, what I didn't like even it meant we had less work correcting them. I don't have the exams anymore, but the questions for my students were much easier for sure. :) It was a basic

RE: The Softimage mailing list

2019-11-20 Thread Sven Constable
There are no buttons yet because the google group works in archive mode, as I understand it. I never used google groups but I think it will be accessible the same way as a regular mail server. So you can use your email client as well? Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Something to try if FBX files are crashing XSI

2019-10-19 Thread Sven Constable
btw I got help "by" the developer. Maybe "from"? Either way not "of" the developer. :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Friday, October 18, 2019 7:47 PM To: 'Officia

RE: Something to try if FBX files are crashing XSI

2019-10-18 Thread Sven Constable
-2FUcgWjIol6Dd8J6eKybp4yay7ehF-2BDjvHdNC4L8F4wbM-3D Subject: Re: Something to try if FBX files are crashing XSI Odd, I was under the impression unsupported characters would be converted to underscores. Do you have access to Maya and scripting knowledge there? On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:42 AM Sven

RE: Something to try if FBX files are crashing XSI

2019-10-17 Thread Sven Constable
Hey Fabian, I currently have the same problem with fbx files having special characters in it. I can import them in 3dsmax (it complains about the names but will import it at least). The datasets includes thousands of objects and unfortunatly my knowledge in 3dsmax is too limited to change

RE: Friday Flashback #387

2019-10-15 Thread Sven Constable
That scene with the snow storm? I remember it vaguely from a presentation of XSI 2.0. Or perhaps it was version 3 because the FX Tree was also featured. But Manta was in it, walking against the snow (old particle system) :) Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Max freeze objects

2019-09-23 Thread Sven Constable
have you tried selecting the modifiers in the stack and right click -> Collapse All? Don't know what it does to the texture projections though. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: Monday, September

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-03 Thread Sven Constable
and… I said something don't made sense instead of doesn't. God, I'm used to make mistakes in almost every mail and realize it afterwards. But that was violent. lol From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-03 Thread Sven Constable
it handy is if it could display which click will crash the application. There were plenty of those opportunities. Matt Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 00:44:52 +0200 From: “Sven Constable” Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #384 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. So a consistent, logical sol

RE: render tree mixer/texture limit

2019-09-03 Thread Sven Constable
it into pieces. Stinks cause it was the one great feature that made this project really only possible in Soft..ha ha. Oh well...still couldn't have done it without Soft so I can't complain too much. On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 12:56 PM Sven Constable wrote: I did some tests and it seems to me

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Sven Constable
shade mode will be disorienting. Matt Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:44:33 +0200 From: “Sven Constable” Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #384 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. Alright, maybe the word quirk is appropiate, however I'd rather call it “unusual but useful”. :) I think the init

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-09-01 Thread Sven Constable
t touch viewport A, then both will display WIRE as the mode, but for different reasons. That's the problem. The bug is the initial value is WIRE when it should be something else, OR, change the logic to show the current mode instead of the toggled mode. Matt Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:46:28 +0200 Fr

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-08-30 Thread Sven Constable
bar shows the shading mode that will be activated when clicked, not the current shade mode. SI3D had a lot of those quirks. Matt Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:32:11 +0200 From: “Sven Constable” Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #384 To: "'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. IIRC it was always t

RE: render tree mixer/texture limit

2019-08-30 Thread Sven Constable
I did some tests and it seems to me that there is a limitation regarding the maximum amount of texture sets per object which is 64 apparently. More than 64 image clips per objects seemed to be ok as well as a lot of mix8color nodes (I had ten of them and 72 image clips on that object). As soon as

RE: Friday Flashback #384

2019-08-30 Thread Sven Constable
IIRC it was always that way in SI3D and in a few versions of XSI too. Indicating which view mode was used before the current mode, so when you middle click to switch it will revert to that view mode. Actually quite handy. Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Friday Flashback #382

2019-08-16 Thread Sven Constable
used the MR toon shading just yesterday. What a coincidence :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 7:10 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

RE: Friday Flashback #345

2018-07-27 Thread Sven Constable
Nice read. The features were amazing at the time (many of them are still by today). However, two features were not accomplished I think :) User Interface "Tesselation Control: Display of tesselated geometry used in rendering (e.g. for displacement mapping)" Maybe they referred to subdees. If

RE: Looking for a 3D-scanner

2018-06-20 Thread Sven Constable
mmetry is no good? Photoscan. On 15 June 2018 at 10:37, Sven Constable wrote: Well, all kinds of things. Food products for example. Maybe these will not work very well, because I probably cannot flip a fancy cake upside down for a second scan run :) Also not every object will work with spray

RE: Friday Flashback #342

2018-06-15 Thread Sven Constable
David Braben has some connections to Softimage? Wow. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, 15 June 2018 14:23 To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

RE: Looking for a 3D-scanner

2018-06-15 Thread Sven Constable
et us know how you get on. i assume photogrammetry is no good? Photoscan. On 15 June 2018 at 10:37, Sven Constable wrote: Well, all kinds of things. Food products for example. Maybe these will not work very well, because I probably cannot flip a fancy cake upside down for a second scan r

RE: Looking for a 3D-scanner

2018-06-15 Thread Sven Constable
=bNMBdl1UKO5z_IwbPhLDY9bAABqwL9rP47uFttAOwu4=G96e-UwRzsH0bdWqqFDzDo0eXfV0JU1nxrWOopF65Ms= Subject: Re: Looking for a 3D-scanner What type of things are you thinking of scanning? On 14 June 2018 at 22:55, Sven Constable wrote: Thanks Andy for the vids. Nice reviews of the Einscans. I think

RE: Looking for a 3D-scanner

2018-06-14 Thread Sven Constable
14, 2018, at 5:51 PM, Sven Constable wrote: Hey list, as I did a lot of product renderings lately, I was thinking about buying a 3D scanner to reduce modeling time. Doesn't need to be top notch but should be a professional and good scanner so I think in the range of maybe 1 to 2k dollars

Looking for a 3D-scanner

2018-06-14 Thread Sven Constable
Hey list, as I did a lot of product renderings lately, I was thinking about buying a 3D scanner to reduce modeling time. Doesn't need to be top notch but should be a professional and good scanner so I think in the range of maybe 1 to 2k dollars/euros? I checked out a few from low budget (couple

Fix for window border gap in XSI with Win10

2018-06-11 Thread Sven Constable
Hey list, last week I switched from Win7 to 10 (kinda forced, because the new workstation has a AMD Ryzen CPU that is incompatible with Windows7). When I tested Win10 a year or two ago, I noticed a few little issues with XSI. One thing is that there are small gaps left and right hand side of

RE: Friday Flashback #336

2018-04-06 Thread Sven Constable
I remember the mascot, it was to promote subdees in XSI. :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 10:13 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

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

2018-03-29 Thread Sven Constable
Ok, no teeths but decent knowledge of marketing. That guy is so spot on, it's kinda terrifiyng. lol From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Anto Matkovic Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2018 10:47 AM To: Official Softimage Users

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

2018-03-28 Thread Sven Constable
Hahaha! :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of balazs kiss Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 3:53 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-26 Thread Sven Constable
ed for it on C:. MB > Den 26. marts 2018 klokken 15:01 skrev Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: > > > BTW: any installation above Softimage 2011 did not configure MR > distributed rendering within the installation process, like it was > with earlier version (

RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-26 Thread Sven Constable
a # in front of the machine names. Sven -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Monday, March 26, 2018 2:39 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https

RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-26 Thread Sven Constable
=d6w1XCIJRBqnBLsnMcrx4CP5qCrsZTCAHLVxbWKr-Qo=tIopkdH8Yc3m6o98tqCo8WDrBubhokbOfLIPjgzGbzg= Subject: RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :) I am guessing on the server where we run FlexLM!? MB > Den 26. marts 2018 klokken 13:46 skrev Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: > > > just check if there are any entries

RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-26 Thread Sven Constable
e not used it except for the occasional texturebaking in years (5+) I have no idea where to set it up nor unset it. I guess it is time for some doc reading. Morten > Den 26. marts 2018 klokken 13:08 skrev Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: > > > Regarding the long

RE: ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-26 Thread Sven Constable
12. marts 2018 klokken 20:02 skrev Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: > > > just contacted ADSK support about the issue, that an old network > license (softimage 2011) was not listed in my account. It was not > listed for several years btw and I didn't care but sinc

ADSK *can* be very helpful :)

2018-03-12 Thread Sven Constable
just contacted ADSK support about the issue, that an old network license (softimage 2011) was not listed in my account. It was not listed for several years btw and I didn't care but since I plan to move even the old licenses to a new server, I contacted them via the online chat. Problem solved

RE: OT not so OT: Blender 2.8 (new release) will have Softimage

2018-03-08 Thread Sven Constable
-Ftdb8maPjlxLHQsqrZ664L9bvUxoHrPM= Subject: Re: OT not so OT: Blender 2.8 (new release) will have Softimage Seriously 4 years!!??! On 5 March 2018 at 20:50, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: oh, didn't realise this special day. I was thinking my tummy ache was because of the 250 grams of prunes

RE: OT not so OT: Blender 2.8 (new release) will have Softimage

2018-03-05 Thread Sven Constable
oh, didn't realise this special day. I was thinking my tummy ache was because of the 250 grams of prunes I had, but maybe it was the date. Or both. Sven -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind

RE: Friday Flashback #333

2018-03-03 Thread Sven Constable
in a file cabinet at AD? May I ask if the cabinet was labelled "Dangerous technology to us. Do not open!" Locked with a chain, no? :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 2:26

RE: old XSI versions (1-3)

2018-02-26 Thread Sven Constable
- which have since expired. So even though you paid for lifetime use, you only got 12 years...which didn't make me happy. Only Softimage|3D and XSI v1.x had an IRIX version. Matt Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 00:35:50 +0100 From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Subject: old X

old XSI versions (1-3)

2018-02-24 Thread Sven Constable
Hey list, can anyone point me to downloads of XSI versions 1,2 and 3? It's really just of personal interest. Not talking about pirated software and no cracks. Just the straight versions of the XSI installer from Softimage at that time. For Windows and IRIX. Any versions between these are also

RE: Friday Flashback #330

2018-02-10 Thread Sven Constable
likely using company equipment in the off hours. So, you either did the work, or you didn't work at all. Matt Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 02:39:58 +0100 From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Subject: RE: Friday Flashback #330 To: "'Official Softimage User

RE: Friday Flashback #330

2018-02-10 Thread Sven Constable
No, it didn't kill anybody. It gave me a thrill watching the bugs every second they moved with the gravity and weight. The animations are still awesome. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind

RE: Friday Flashback #330

2018-02-10 Thread Sven Constable
I wonder if they designed the bugs *a bit* with NURBS modeling in mind. I once modelled and rigged that bug in XSI as kind of a training session when I switched from SI3D to XSI. Except for the lower part of the torso maybe, there are no parts with singularities or other patch modeling

RE: grain tickling in render

2018-02-06 Thread Sven Constable
Assuming you're rendering with mental ray. Open up the render tree. Double click the image node of that texture and turn on 'Elliptical Filtering". Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nicole

RE: Render tokens with hardware renderer

2018-02-01 Thread Sven Constable
:13 +0100 From: "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Subject: Render tokens with hardware renderer To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" Hi list, sometimes I have passes already set up, still beeing in animatic stage. Render tokens seems to not work wit

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

2018-02-01 Thread Sven Constable
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2018 6:00 PM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist=DwIFaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA

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

2018-02-01 Thread Sven Constable
If its worth the price is another thing, but I would say quadros are more reliable in those cases especially when selecting stuff and all kinds of 2D operations. Basically what Matt said. No idea if the problem here is caused by the geforce card, maya itself, drivers, windows version or any

Render tokens with hardware renderer

2018-01-29 Thread Sven Constable
Hi list, sometimes I have passes already set up, still beeing in animatic stage. Render tokens seems to not work with hardware rendering. Only with software rendering or when capturing the viewport directly. Is there any way to use render tokens with hardware rendering (shaded,hidden line

RE: I am more thinking of the 4k monitor for as an animator's

2018-01-25 Thread Sven Constable
Maybe considering also the screen size and format. Most 4k displays are at least 16:9 or even wider (21:10?) For my taste far too wide and doesn't match the way I work. For animating I prefer to have Fcurves/dopesheet/mixer below my viewport so I'd need more height than width. Of course we can

RE: the end.....again

2018-01-18 Thread Sven Constable
oun...@listproc.autodesk.com> on behalf of Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:58:26 AM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_forum_-23-21forum_xsi-5Flist=DwI

RE: the end.....again

2018-01-18 Thread Sven Constable
downloadable and still viewable online here: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/search-result/caas/downloads/content/autodesk -softimage-documentation.html sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andres Stephens Sent:

RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Sven Constable
as a product, but bits of it made it into XSI. However, the render farm component was never implemented. It was nothing more than a UI panel with blinking lights. gray From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent

RE: Friday Flashback #326

2018-01-12 Thread Sven Constable
first friday flashback, I quite didn't understand. Was this somehow related to a predecessor to UniversalBatch? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 10:29 PM To: Official

RE: Meshing of large CAD data with MoI now possible (still in beta)

2017-12-31 Thread Sven Constable
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RE: All MOOTZOID plugins are for free now! Thanks, Eric!

2017-12-21 Thread Sven Constable
Wow, that is one christmas gift. Thanks, Eric. Im a bit surprised that he also quit the Cinema, Maya, Modo part of the plugin development. I would have thought there are some costumers. Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]

RE: rendering help

2017-12-21 Thread Sven Constable
Usually I do not offer rendering service. We have a small 8 node cpu based render farm, not doing work atm. Problem is holiday is around the corner and we are having slow internet connection until January. So I'm not sure if this a good idea. You would get a FTP account for uploading the

Meshing of large CAD data with MoI now possible (still in beta)

2017-12-19 Thread Sven Constable
Hey list, I was waiting for a 64bit version of MoI for several years and since I know other people here used it for converting CAD data, I may spread the info: MoI4 beta is now 64bit. Finally! :) quote: .V4 is a major rewrite with changes on many levels so please be on the lookout for any

RE: Safe to delete the default pass?

2017-12-19 Thread Sven Constable
-21forum_xsi-5Flist=DwICAg=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=bdA6Yin6xWDG3ZaiABwpGu9hC0XJor1o-TKO6HbTnTM=Up6HE0w-p2TvJ6MSbOmr6icW8j0E24c7geAGIaHSy7k=; Sven Constable Subject: Re: Safe to delete the default pass? If you are in the habit of using

RE: Safe to delete the default pass?

2017-12-15 Thread Sven Constable
to delete the default pass? Indeed, I too have had issues renaming or deleting the default pass. That, or also renaming the "Scene_Root". On 12/15/17 11:54, Sven Constable wrote: > Thanks guys. I think I'll keep it safe then. > > Sven > > -Original Message---

RE: Safe to delete the default pass?

2017-12-15 Thread Sven Constable
t; geometry or lights in the scene. Last time I worked with a scene > without the passes would randomly not show any contents, and for lack > of anything else to blame... > > > > > On 13 Dec 2017 7:28 pm, "Sven Constable" <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>

Safe to delete the default pass?

2017-12-13 Thread Sven Constable
Hey List, back in the days it was troublesome to delete the default pass AFAIK. Is it still a problem? Did anyone encounter problems doing it? Thanks Sven -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in

RE: Friday Flashback #321

2017-11-24 Thread Sven Constable
I don’t think anyone in the nineties would have expect that graphics cards could do complex raytracing. :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Davidson Sent: Friday, November 24, 2017 7:28 PM To: Official

RE: end of another era

2017-11-22 Thread Sven Constable
I agree almost completely, Matt. I know MR became some attention by its developers lately with the GI-Next stuff and some other things. I also knew that XSI's implementation of MR wasn't ideal and probably the reason for the instability in many cases. Whats sad, because once softimage was famous

RE: maya DASH

2017-11-22 Thread Sven Constable
suppose On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: I bet this was suggested/demanded by ex softimage users :) When was this introduced to XSI btw…. 15 years ago maybe? -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimag

RE: maya DASH

2017-11-22 Thread Sven Constable
I bet this was suggested/demanded by ex softimage users :) When was this introduced to XSI btw…. 15 years ago maybe? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eugene Flormata Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2017 9:12 PM To:

RE: end of another era

2017-11-20 Thread Sven Constable
based rendering', NPR shading has seen no real attention from the majority of the new players. On 20 November 2017 at 12:02, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: Well, it was a long time. Goodbye my old, slow, buggy, picky, delicate and crash prone friend. :) On the oth

RE: end of another era

2017-11-20 Thread Sven Constable
Well, it was a long time. Goodbye my old, slow, buggy, picky, delicate and crash prone friend. :) On the other side, I'm working with MR at the moment. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Monday, November

RE: Friday Flashback #319

2017-11-03 Thread Sven Constable
I wonder what that Ctrl Tree button was supposed to do. Well, obviously to control a tree, but that means there were shader trees inside ppgs. Unlike the later solution with the render tree, unifying the shading from start to end in one editor. Sven From:

RE: Friday Flashback #319

2017-11-03 Thread Sven Constable
hey, this is confidential! :) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair Sent: Friday, November 03, 2017 4:43 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List.

RE: Softimage - not going away...

2017-10-25 Thread Sven Constable
The thing is, you don't have to be freaking amazing to be competitive with XSI. In fact you can easily compete, taking a break and playing banjo while doing the work. Maybe not in vfx but with usual 3d. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Softimage - not going away...

2017-10-25 Thread Sven Constable
Two or three years back I considered another software as a replacement for XSI. You can do that and be on the safe side, because everyone else will use something else than Softimage. If you have to rely on a career as an employed artist you should do it instantly. Don't waste time. No one can

RE: I'm lost / Which Software fills the void / help!?

2017-10-07 Thread Sven Constable
I heard positive things about Cinema4D from ex-SI users, regarding usability and speed. I never used it and never will but as I was told, it has a fast learning curve and is very well suited for standard tasks. Especially motion graphics and such. But, if you already have a Softimage license

RE: mTextureEditor

2017-10-05 Thread Sven Constable
Looks like a very effective and clean gui to work with. Thanks for sharing. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 12:57 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject:

RE: Can the Softimage/Maya from SP2 to SP6

2017-09-21 Thread Sven Constable
, September 22, 2017 1:52 AM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Can the Softimage/Maya from SP2 to SP6 On 09/21/17 17:15, Sven Constable wrote: > AFAIK any version always included any updates within its version. I

RE: Can the Softimage/Maya from SP2 to SP6

2017-09-21 Thread Sven Constable
AFAIK any version always included any updates within its version. It's not an upgrade, its an update. -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leoung O'Young Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2017 11:09 PM

RE: Animated booleans now and then

2017-09-12 Thread Sven Constable
t 7:03 PM, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote: FYI: seems to me the standard boolean operator in XSI 2015 creates a memory leak. Create a simple animation(sphere cutted by a box, animated as a cycle) do a flipbook over a few hundred frames and watch the memory consumption. Eve

RE: Animated booleans now and then

2017-09-11 Thread Sven Constable
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:50 AM To: 'Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list' Subject: RE: Animated booleans now

RE: Animated booleans now and then

2017-08-30 Thread Sven Constable
; sricptedOp vie the PulldownMenu > > > > Am 8/28/2017 um 11:28 PM schrieb Sven Constable: > > > > ,, > > > > > Hi list, > > > > I had several projects lately that involved animated booleans with > > CAD data, which is problematic sometim

Animated booleans now and then

2017-08-28 Thread Sven Constable
Hi list, I had several projects lately that involved animated booleans with CAD data, which is problematic sometimes. I used the old BoolTrace shader by Alan Jones but it has its drawbacks: With many objects, using different materials, it's hard to keep track of the shaders. Another problem

RE: inevitable misery...

2017-08-04 Thread Sven Constable
its'friday but calm down, dude. :) Do you really thought, AD would not go the rental/subscription way with arnold? -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: Friday, August 04,

RE: test

2017-08-02 Thread Sven Constable
speaking of cubes and jobs.. let's not forget this masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BMtWFkF3EM -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ed Harriss Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 3:57 PM

RE: Alembic file from Maya to Softimage 2015

2017-07-27 Thread Sven Constable
remembers the relative path to the Alembic file? It doesn’t show in the External File manager, which is where we’d expect to fix it if it was the link to a texture image or something. Anyone know if Crate can be use in Maya 2017? Thanks, Leoung On 7/27/2017 10:11 AM, Sven Constable wrote: if it on

RE: Alembic file from Maya to Softimage 2015

2017-07-27 Thread Sven Constable
if it only crashes on other workstations it is probably not that XSI can't remember the path, because then it would crash on the same workstation on re-opening as well. I suspect a mistake in the file path. The abc file might be accessible from the animators workstation but not from yours. Or

RE: Alembic file from Maya to Softimage 2015

2017-07-26 Thread Sven Constable
I remember crashes when using the built-in ABC importer or the Exocortex one (Exocortex Crate addon). Can't remember which. Did you try both? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Pierre Schiller Sent: Wednesday, July 26,

RE: OT: Maya 2018 "What's New" Help Page

2017-07-25 Thread Sven Constable
The autokey button got a new color! From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Artur W Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:41 PM To: Official Softimage Users Mailing List. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject:

RE: Redshift_plugged_into_XSI

2017-07-21 Thread Sven Constable
google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Subject: Re: Redshift_plugged_into_XSI do you know by chance a good vimeo on pluralsight or others on a use of redshift's volume shaders? ty 2017-07-11 4:41 GMT+02:00 Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: Redshift has very good integration into

RE: softimage/windows10/dualscreen

2017-07-13 Thread Sven Constable
Don't think you can easily tell if the driver originally installed was not suitable. I would deinstall all nvidia related stuff including nView. Don't forget to restart after the cleanup an install the latest driver for the your quadro. There is not so much crap actually. I just noticed, nView

RE: softimage/windows10/dualscreen

2017-07-12 Thread Sven Constable
softimage offered as a profile for a long time, but i'll have a look at whatever other options are there.. cheers, Andi _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com <softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> on behalf of Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> S

RE: softimage/windows10/dualscreen

2017-07-12 Thread Sven Constable
Just a quick thought: Do you have the monitor on the right hand side running as the primary monitor? And maybe check the nVidia settings for using the Softimage profile. Doesn't look like a driver issue, but who knows. Sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Redshift_plugged_into_XSI

2017-07-10 Thread Sven Constable
GMT+02:00 Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>: just answering one of your many questions. The Glow property in XSI is mental ray only. To my knowledge there is no equivalent in redshift (a 2D glow). Redshift does "glows" in a physical way, meaning with volume shaders. Th

RE: Friday Flashback #308

2017-07-07 Thread Sven Constable
I still have two SGI Indigos with Softimage|3D installed and they won't go away. So he was right in some way ;) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Rob Wuijster Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 7:04 PM To:

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