RE: Torn

2014-05-03 Thread Sam Bowling
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Torn Hi Sam. In the spirit of fairness, I just wanted to add some info to your observations regarding Modo. You can snap your rotations by holding down the CTRL key. This should help you achieve precise values. Snaps are turned on and off using F11

Re: Torn

2014-05-03 Thread Angus Davidson
@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Torn RANT WARNING! This started out as a reply to Sergio about Modo, but quickly turns into a rant as I keep running across absolutely moronic issues with this stupid program. If you

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2014-05-03 Thread Sergio Mucino
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sergio Mucino Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 6:58 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Torn Hi Sam. In the spirit of fairness, I just wanted to add some info to your observations regarding Modo. You can snap

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2014-05-03 Thread Perry Harovas
...@listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Sergio Mucino *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2014 6:58 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Torn Hi Sam. In the spirit of fairness, I just wanted to add some info to your observations regarding Modo

Re: Torn

2014-05-02 Thread Sergio Mucino
like Autodesk is going to be missing out on any future money from me. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Torn

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2014-05-01 Thread Cristobal Infante
Difficult one I guess ;) Forget the software, where do you want to be in 2 years? When you go on a trip you first pick your destination and then figure out how to get there right? just some thoughts... On 1 May 2014 10:41, Tony Naqvi i...@tonynaqvi.co.uk wrote: Hi All, Not sure if a

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2014-05-01 Thread Chris Marshall
I'm still struggling. There's a lot to take on board.

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2014-05-01 Thread Mirko Jankovic
the question is what is your area of expretese what do you wanna do, are you cahracter animator, effects guy, simulations cloth, lighting rendering.. al full generalist and wanna deliver final product from modeling to final rendering. that can help out choosing On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 1:07 PM,

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2014-05-01 Thread Jon Swindells
I've gone for a blender-houdini-nuke thing adding modo to the pipe as soon as resources become less scarce :) i would keep on with blender, you'd be surprised where you can fit it into your pipeline. currently, it's my main modeller, idea/face shape sculpter (skin mesh + dyna-topo is

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2014-05-01 Thread Chris Marshall
Complete generalist, working in tv, corporate, architecture, medical, FX, simulations etc etc. It's probably easier to say what I don't do, which is any character stuff, though I've done a bit of that too. Everything else is included. So software of choice in this scenario.Softimage. Obvious

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2014-05-01 Thread olivier jeannel
You should go toward C4D since it's the one I'm planning to get into :) (and some houdini too) Read that message and obey. Le 01/05/2014 14:49, Chris Marshall a écrit : Complete generalist, working in tv, corporate, architecture, medical, FX, simulations etc etc. It's probably easier to say

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2014-05-01 Thread Ed Harriss
looking forward to testing it a bit more once my current project is wrapped up. Ed From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re

Re: Torn

2014-05-01 Thread Perry Harovas
Jankovic *Sent:* Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:06 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Torn Or stay with softimage till there is actualy something like it.. maybe next. Couple years On May 1, 2014 3:02 PM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: You should go toward

Re: Torn

2014-05-01 Thread Chris Marshall
-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic *Sent:* Thursday, May 01, 2014 9:06 AM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Torn Or stay with softimage till there is actualy something like it.. maybe next. Couple

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2014-05-01 Thread Sergio Mucino
This is quite true. Depending on what you actually intend to achieve, it may affect your decision. Even though I lean a lot more towards the technical side of things, I needed a software package that would be able to do pretty much everything. I jumped on Modo several months ago, and I've been

RE: Torn

2014-05-01 Thread Ed Harriss
I addition to what Perry listed, I found a few very small things in C4D that are nice. (Keep in mind, I have limited experience with C4D) A preference that changes icons in the interface from pictures to text. ☺ An “increment and save” option. You can have more than one scene open at a time.

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2014-05-01 Thread Andres Stephens
Torn is the right word I think! I am sticking to SI till it no-longer has any juice left for the industry, like a dried up squeezed lemon. I still see that it is quite future proof in many areas, even without it’s advanced “viewport” so even after 2 years of updates and bugfixes, it should

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2014-05-01 Thread Sven Constable
PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Torn Torn is the right word I think! I am sticking to SI till it no-longer has any juice left for the industry, like a dried up squeezed lemon. I still see that it is quite future proof in many areas, even without it’s advanced “viewport

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2014-05-01 Thread Greg Punchatz
Its a tough one for sure, Modo looks very nice, I really really like the UI. Great hand on tools... some very quick and slick (but non-liniar) modeling tools.. Painting and sculpting... Nodes that look like they are getting more powerful by the day.. very nice default render engine. Consistency

RE: Torn

2014-05-01 Thread Sam Bowling
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 6:06 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Torn Or stay with softimage till there is actualy something like it.. maybe next. Couple years On May 1, 2014 3:02 PM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: You