Re: How do you guys make sure XSI files and Softimage 7.5+ files will open in 2016?

2014-12-31 Thread Tim Leydecker
Update: Softimage 7.5 32bit on win7 x64 works. Thanks for making me give it another try, Luc-Eric. I re-installed Softimage 7.5 32 bit using the web installer on xin7 x64: Autodesk_Softimage_7.5_English_Japanese_WIN_32bit.exe I updated my License File with the new file provided by Autodesk

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread olivier jeannel
Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the complete surface of the screen ? Or are 2880 pixels making too tiny buttons ? For the battery, well we have french electricity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oxEM2uWuts ;) Le 31/12/2014 04:41, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit : But the windows and xsi

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:18 AM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the complete surface of the screen ? Or are 2880 pixels making too tiny buttons ? Windows on a high DPI display is a nightmare. Most apps don't scale so the buttons are a 4

Softimage mailing list year in review

2014-12-31 Thread Stephen Blair
2014 year in review http://wp.me/powV4-38U

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread olivier jeannel
Ok, so Graham said it works very well and Luc Eric describes the worst nightmare... I'm having hard time to figure... Le 31/12/2014 15:37, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit : On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:18 AM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: Tiny ? Tiny how ? Ain't SI able to use the

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Cristobal Infante
Hi Oliver, Not sure exactly what your needs are, but have you looked at the latest Alienware 13? It has the advantage that you can plug an external GPU amplifier. Have a great new year everyone! On Wednesday, 31 December 2014, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: Ok, so Graham said

Re: Softimage mailing list year in review

2014-12-31 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Brace yourselves ? :P On 31 December 2014 at 16:28, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: 2014 year in review http://wp.me/powV4-38U

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Jason S
Thanks Graham for sharing your experience! In Parallels, you can set your VM rez and scale-up.. ... the screen will still shrink while the VM is "booting up," but once I log in to Windows, Parallels Tools kick in, and I can

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
There is a hack you can do make Windows 8.1 scale up an application, it's described here http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/ That same problem exists on the Microsoft Surface, btw. which also has a high DPI display On a mac, you'll be paying for a copy of

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Graham D. Clark
My apologies Olivier, I should have mentioned the tiny text IF you run Windows at full retina rez or don't set the text display size correctly. Also should have mentioned the settings that I'm ok with, as Jason wrote, is to just run at 1920x1200 or 1680x1050 in boot camp, or parallels full screen

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Jason S
There is a hack you can do make Windows 8.1 scale up an application, it's described here http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/ your'e referring to using windows in High DPI but.. You would never turn down the screen resolution of the

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
I've been using a macbook pro for three years, although mostly in OSX mode obviously. You can go ask a friend with one and check it out before paying 2,500$ if running the screen in 1.5 scaling works for you.I've suggested using an external monitor instead. On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:35 PM,

RE: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

2014-12-31 Thread Angus Davidson
Will sadly no longer need to run Softimage from this year , but in the past have done so using bootcamp. I dont use it on the battery , Only at Home or at work. In both cases its plugged into 1080p monitors where there are no scaling issues and no perceptible performance issues Will miss