Having official educational material oriented to new artists doesn't
necessarily imply that the technical level and quality as a platform will have
to decrease.
You still need non technical average designers, artists, lots of them to
produce CG. From 10 SI users I know about 9 of them doesn't
There's a big gap between that and the piecemeal path cinema 4D has taken
:) QWERTY is also more used than the normal interaction model around here
BTW.
On 22 Jul 2013 19:43, Martin furik...@gmail.com wrote:
Having official educational material oriented to new artists doesn't
necessarily imply
If I can just chime in from an education point of view.
Firstly I will say they have been getting better, but in the 6 years we have
used Softimage the overall learning resources have been abysmal compared with
the likes of Maya and 3Dmax. Both from a visibility and just easily
availability.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Angus Davidson
angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote:
Softimage even used to ship with a free digital tutors CD in.
downloadable here?
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112id=15505750linkID=12544118
Just notice this book updated to 2014. Very basic but can help new students
and others transitioning to Softimage.
Autodesk Softimage 2014: A
Tutorial-Approachhttp://www.amazon.com/Autodesk-Softimage-2014-Tutorial-Approach/dp/1936646560
I wish they would update the Production Serie CDs. Learned
Hi Luceric
I am aware it still downloadable ;) There are still many places where that is
still not a viable option(one of the reasons your still able to request the
subscriptions on actual media instead of download) It would be nice if they
could update it from the 7.5 version as well.
Kind
I think Cinema4D is a great example of the effectiveness of spoon-feeding
newbies on basic techniques that give them results. C4D has very capable
artists flocking to it, these are people who are intimidated by DCCs and yet
who have a lot to offer... Designers and other creatives, Zbrush
Not so long ago XSI was known because you could be up and running quickly.
But ice is another story...
Le 21/07/2013 20:42, Andy Moorer a écrit :
I think Cinema4D is a great example of the effectiveness of
spoon-feeding newbies on basic techniques that give them results. C4D
has very capable
When Softimage became XSI, I thought the learning curve went from
easy to hard, but once I gritted my teeth, and decided to learn XSI,
I was convinced it was worth the extra effort to learn a new package.
Now that ICE has been added, What little ICE I have learned has
made my 3D work easier.
I
In all honesty, if Soft was to go down the route C4D went in the last four
years I'd move away from it in a hurry.
This isn't some kind of mis-placed elitism, it's more that the appeal to
the MCD of the app becomes more apparent each version, and while it's very
fast and practical at doing many
Whoa, hold on. I'm not suggesting Softimage try to become C4D... I'm just
pointing out that they have done a great job of gaining new users by
eliminating the fear of the learning curve and by putting effort into smoothing
the barriers for new untechnical artists.
But not hobbyists, artists,
I wasn't imply you suggested Soft becomes C4D :)
I'm suggesting that if you drag in the MCD by its heels and it becomes the
majority of your user base, then the development will have to cater to
those and gradually lose the more technical userbase, in an infinite cycle
that leaves you with C4D and
They do have a YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SoftimageHowTos
-Paul
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:43 AM, Daniel Kim danielki...@gmail.com wrote:
Softimage in NZ is almost $7k including subscription, but I can't believe
they don't give any tutorials to customer.
I've been using
There are two fairly decent youtube channels by Autodesk.
One focussed entirely on softimage with a lot of ICE:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SoftimageHowTos
And one looking at more technical aspects of all the Autodesk softwares:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ScriptingSDKHowTos
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013
I know its not from Autodesk, but i think this is a great collection for
anyone looking to get into ice,
http://vimeo.com/channels/softimageice
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Leonard Koch leonardkoch...@gmail.comwrote:
There are two fairly decent youtube channels by Autodesk.
One
Hi Daniel,
What Softimage areas are you looking at?
Regards,
Chris
Sent from my iPhone
On 18 Jul, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Daniel Kim danielki...@gmail.com wrote:
Softimage in NZ is almost $7k including subscription, but I can't believe
they don't give any tutorials to customer.
I've been using
Best place for tuts is here :
https://vimeo.com/groups/ice
Its not tuts only, but all your friends are there :-)
Le 18/07/2013 14:18, Chris Chia a écrit :
Hi Daniel,
What Softimage areas are you looking at?
Regards,
Chris
Sent from my iPhone
On 18 Jul, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Daniel Kim
Also Eric Thivierge runs a tutorials-only vimeo group:
https://vimeo.com/groups/softimagetutorials/videos
And (shameless plug) I record short'ish tutorials with my friend Miquel at:
https://vimeo.com/tdsurvival/videos
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 8:26 AM, olivier jeannel
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:43 AM, Daniel Kim danielki...@gmail.com wrote:
Softimage in NZ is almost $7k including subscription, but I can't believe
they don't give any tutorials to customer.
[...]
AD seriously need to consider put some tutorials on their website or nicely
run Softimage channel
I think that new peoples learning softimage, expect the same amount, that
for example 3dmax tutorials, But i think there is enough softimage
tutorials in order to get a high level in the use of the software. Maybe
its necesary one space to point them all. My two cents
2013/7/18 Luc-Eric Rousseau
btw, every time you start Softimage, a little window pops up that says
Important Information and contains a link to the softimage youtube
channel.
It's on the Help menu too, along with a link to the learning path and more.
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And a cool tutorial site on face robot:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL551AE1C29578EAE9
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013
a bit OT but mentioning face robot.. what is happening with it? left on the
side to die slow death or?
from like a king of facial animation it is dropped to footnote inside SI,
no one mentioning while there is a lot of real time facial capture
solutions emerging all over the place.
On Thu, Jul
When you first open up Softimage a window opens up called Netview.
In that Netview window, there are two links listed:
Essential Skills Videos - Getting Started (this is a good place to start)
and Softimage YouTube Learning Channel
If you left click on Essential Skills Videos - Getting Started,
Paul Smith excellent video series as well:
http://vimeo.com/pooby
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Davidson
magic...@bellsouth.netwrote:
When you first open up Softimage a window opens up called Netview.
In that Netview window, there are two links listed:
Essential Skills Videos -
Don't forget about http://www.redi-vivus.com - where you can find tons of
older Softimage training.
Even though it's dated, the majority of it is still very useful and can
help you get up to speed.
-Paul
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Davidson
magic...@bellsouth.netwrote:
When you
I learned a lot by recreating Stephen Blair's examples from
http://xsisupport.com (I believe they are on Vimeo here
https://vimeo.com/user595557 also). Plus recreate stuff posted here on the
list and over at http://www.si-community.com/community/index.php. I did one or
two a day for about a
Thank you guys for sharing all tutorial links.
Many tutorials are good for intermediate or advanced but basic stuff, such
as interface or how to start. Those are hard to find (Digital tutors or
YouTube movies have outdated one) And detailed tutorials for great tools
such as ICE, Face Robot,
Since this thread has turned into a defacto follection of latest softimage
learning resources... some already mentioned but for completeness I'll add
them as a single post...
retail learning resources -
http://www.fxphd.com/
http://cmivfx.com/store/
http://www.digitaltutors.com
Communities
Vimeo
Again... the beginner stuff like interface, and how to start, are located in
the Netview window that pops up when you first start Softimage.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Kim danielki...@gmail.com wrote:
Thank you guys for sharing all tutorial links.
Many tutorials are good for
Or for basic stuff they could, you know read the manuals? Shocking, I know.
We also train a large number of people every year from Maya to Soft, and
we've never had an issue with content availability, sure not enough of one
to have to produce our own material in those regards, or pointing them to
What's missing is the tutorials from AD covering the usage of the application.
There are introductory tutorials for really, really basic stuff. There is
reference for properties and such, which is often vague and sparse, or
self-referential. However, there is a big void in the middle on how
The middle part of the learning curve is very, very badly serviced across
the board, comparatively speaking Soft, largely thanks to who and why ICE
and OOP Python appealed to, is probably above average, but that only
implies needing to past a smidge above zero.
Houdini sort of almost kind of makes
in addition to looking at the front page of the user guide, and
area.autodesk.com, which is where all the tutorials are,
http://www.autodesk.com/softimage-tutorials for the collection of
first party and third party stuff
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Andy Moorer andymoo...@gmail.com wrote:
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