Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-03-01 Thread Rob Chapman
or if it has been your main application into daily work life for 15+ years.. of course its personal! :) On 1 March 2013 08:28, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com wrote: When people love Softimage this much than it is completely normal that everything about it is received a lot more

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-03-01 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Sylvain Lebeau s...@shedmtl.com wrote: yeah good explaination Steven... thanks for your insights. We are so used here to just capture each cameras individualy and then go on a final cut pro editing station to do ... editing. The maya camera sequencer has FCP

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread peter_b
Oh I see – they improved on 3dsmax’s Dancing baby? It now has an additional wardrobe item and one facial expression! From: Gerbrand Nel Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:53 AM To: ron...@toonafish.nl ; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek That's right!! On 2013

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Michal Doniec
And the animatic part counts for about 1% of the work for most studios There are many studios which use Softimage for games, especially in Japan, I don't have exact numbers, but I would risk saying that majority of Softimage seats are used to create games, not adverts or film. This sort of

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread jo benayoun
I am still amazed by seeing what big studios with a few software developers can produce as amazing technologies in a year and what is released every year for 3d packages by AD... I can clearly say that the status of technologies last time I checked were ten times more exciting (in rigging,

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
, February 28, 2013 10:35 AM To: softimage Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek And the animatic part counts for about 1% of the work for most studios There are many studios which use Softimage for games, especially in Japan, I don't have exact numbers, but I would risk saying that majority

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Wuijster
So maybe this event title is wrong then? ;-P http://www.autodesk.co.uk/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=17144365siteID=452932mktvar001=539514mktvar002=539514 ducks... Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 28-2-2013 7:26, Steven Caron wrote: woah woah. say what?

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Ciaran Moloney
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes they had one, or had to write one

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Eric Lampi
] On Behalf Of Greg Punchatz Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:33 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Cc: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek I for one am VERY happy to get a sequencer That is the very first thing I ever did with the mixer while testing the alpha

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Dan Yargici
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Guillaume Laforge
, 2013 2:33 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Cc: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek I for one am VERY happy to get a sequencer That is the very first thing I ever did with the mixer while testing the alpha versions of Sumatra , but always wanted more

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Greg Punchatz
: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes they had one, or had to write one. Handles have nothing to do with it, multishot workflow

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread olivier jeannel
@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek I for one am VERY happy to get a sequencer That is the very first thing I ever did with the mixer while testing the alpha versions of Sumatra , but always wanted more

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Paul Griswold
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes they had one, or had

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Greg Punchatz
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Film and commercial 3D artists that will do the editing in the 3D scene beside the director got all my deepest sympathy. For game it is an other story (that I don't know). On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Eric Lampi ericla

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Adam Seeley
From: Chris Chia chris.c...@autodesk.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Sent: Thursday, 28 February 2013, 6:35 Subject: RE: SI 2014 sneak peek Hi Greg, Thanks for your input. It will be nice to hear what you meant by handles

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Sylvain Lebeau
Of Greg Punchatz Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:33 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Cc: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek I for one am VERY happy to get a sequencer That is the very first thing I ever did with the mixer while testing the alpha

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Christian Gotzinger
I don't quite follow the concept of you don't edit in 3d. Editing real life footage is a different story since you usually have tons and tons of footage. But where I come from, we don't animate and render tons and tons of footage unnecessarily, just so we can cut it all out later. We only model,

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Steven Caron
'editing' is only one aspect of this tool. the idea is you can now view time in the scene out of sequence from which you are normally used to. you have two people in a car, driving, arguing. you have 2 cameras, which you cut back and forth from. sometimes you want to show the reaction of the

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Daryl Dunlap
Best explanation of this tool yet. Thanks Steven. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Steven Caron car...@gmail.com wrote: 'editing' is only one aspect of this tool. the idea is you can now view time in the scene out of sequence from which you are normally used to. you have two people in a

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
my guess is that it isn't much a question if this sequencer is useful.. but more if it is the best that 2014 will offer :) seeing a lot fo 2014 wishes, as with any other versions.. I don't recall a single sequencer wish, beside other things that people are crying for for years now My bet sis that

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Steven Caron
i don't remember anyone asking for GATOR, but i get your point. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.comwrote: my guess is that it isn't much a question if this sequencer is useful.. but more if it is the best that 2014 will offer :) seeing a lot fo 2014

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
it is not point that it is not great, like GATOR is (in your face maya max and everyone rest that needs programmers to do 1 click things hehe), just no expected and really it is still early for these kind of attacks :) On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Steven Caron car...@gmail.com wrote: i

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Eric Thivierge
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.comwrote: I don't recall a single sequencer wish True but from what I've heard the Euro / North American users aren't the only ones asking for features and we might not see the requests from the Asian users.

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread olivier jeannel
Agree, if the asian market is what is keeping SI development alive, then I happily go for it ! Le 28/02/2013 20:23, Eric Thivierge a écrit : On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com mailto:mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com wrote: I don't recall a single

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat
But AD opens themselves up to these attacks frequently. If they'd just release all the information at once people wouldn't engage in rampant speculation, instead someone thinks it's a great 'marketing' idea to string people along.I get why AD thinks it's a neat idea, it lets them show things

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking to are not standard product buying target audience and using let's build interest and give piece by piece marketing strategy really seems wrong :) it more looks like scam:see we have this nice goodies here, and a lot more if you buy now!

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Rob Chapman
wait.. shawn hendricks is a celebrity..? what movie has he been in? sorry , never herad of him. :) On 28 February 2013 20:50, Mirko Jankovic mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com wrote: looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking to are not standard product buying target audience and using

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Sven Constable
. sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 20:50 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
haha not talking about him, just example of some other marketing strategy ;) On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com wrote: wait.. shawn hendricks is a celebrity..? what movie has he been in? sorry , never herad of him. :) On 28 February 2013 20:50, Mirko

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic *Sent:* Thursday, February 28, 2013 20:50 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: SI 2014 sneak peek ** ** looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking to are not standard product buying target audience and using let's build interest

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Mirko Jankovic *Sent:* Thursday, February 28, 2013 20:50 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: SI 2014 sneak peek ** ** looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking to are not standard

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: SI 2014 sneak peek ** ** looks like marketing mistake is that people AD is talking to are not standard product buying target audience and using let's build interest and give piece by piece marketing strategy really seems wrong :) it more

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Stephen Davidson
Editing includes transitions like cross fades, wipes, cuts, etc. This looks like a cuts only tool, or what I call primitive editing. On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Christian Gotzinger cgo...@googlemail.comwrote: I don't quite follow the concept of you don't edit in 3d. Editing real life

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-28 Thread Sven Constable
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 21:41 To: mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: SI 2014 sneak peek it does create a lot of opportunities for anger and complaints, not compensated by excitement. you get sneak

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Alok
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Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Steven Caron
yes! if you do previs or if you are animating a shot with one action but multiple cameras and you want to see it in the context of the 'edit'. On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: SI ok the sequencer does look usefull i guess ?

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Jason S
I personally would have liked to see the viewport performance improvements on SI, but the camera sequencer does look neat, anxious to see the rest! On 28/02/2013 12:06 AM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Seriously these better not be what they called BIG features in the press release, its getting

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Sylvain lebeau
Who is going To use this really? In My World of Advertising, we Always Provide 12 frames handles Head And tail for each shot I dont dont see any use of this really Who Here Can Say they edit in 3d Cmmon, with rendertimes And all Maybe okay for animatic works?? Even there we use

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Matt Lind
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sylvain lebeau Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:22 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com; Jason S Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Who is going To use this really? In My World of Advertising, we Always Provide 12 frames handles Head And tail for each shot I dont

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes they had one, or had to write one. Handles have nothing to do with it, multishot workflow is about inter-shot consistency. We had to invest considerable amounts of time here for the multishot

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Serguei Kalentchouk
...@listproc.autodesk.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com');] *On Behalf Of *Sylvain lebeau *Sent:* Wednesday, February 27, 2013 9:22 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'softimage@listproc.autodesk.com');; Jason S *Subject:* Re: SI 2014 sneak

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Chia
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek Practically anybody who's not working with edits where each shot is a sequence on its own wishes they had one, or had to write one. Handles have nothing to do with it, multishot workflow is about inter-shot consistency. We had to invest

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Steven Caron
woah woah. say what? they are bringing is a tighter integrated version and from the looks no established studio could replicate this. i know we are all moved by our industry's current situation but why you dragging autodesk into it like this? On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, joshxsi

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
-viz or studio who does a lot of animatic and film adjustments. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:38 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Chia
Punchatz Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 2:33 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Cc: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek I for one am VERY happy to get a sequencer That is the very first thing I ever did with the mixer while testing the alpha versions of Sumatra

RE: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Chia
, February 28, 2013 2:26 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: SI 2014 sneak peek woah woah. say what? they are bringing is a tighter integrated version and from the looks no established studio could replicate this. i know we are all moved by our industry's current situation

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Stefan Andersson
ok this was probably the dumbest sneak preview to date. I can't comment on the 3dsmax preview as I don't use 3dsmax *Maya*: Great, but there already is a grease pencil plugin (free) out there. Though it's nice that it now comes out of the box. Added value: None *Softimage: *A good addition,

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Simon Anderson
I think for a sneak peek at one of its main attraction for 2014 its a pretty insignificant addition. If your are a small company or an individual this may seem awesome, but if you are a few people or a studio most have already writen such tools, and the time to write such a tool really isn't that

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Toonafish
On 2/27/2013 23:08, Ahmidou Lyazidi wrote: http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/shawn/sneak-peek-time Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos

Re: SI 2014 sneak peek

2013-02-27 Thread Gerbrand Nel
That's right!! On 2013/02/28 09:36 AM, Toonafish wrote: On 2/27/2013 23:08, Ahmidou Lyazidi wrote: http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/shawn/sneak-peek-time Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist