Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Angus Davidson
Firstly it was definitely worth waking up at 3:45am to see. Brad doing a captain america live action improv while waiting for the screen to be sorted out was great. For me the two things of interest are time spacing bar. That is such an amazing teaching tool right there. One of my bugbears in

Re: [OT] : Automated green screen removal / keying

2014-04-25 Thread Thomas Volkmann
Sounds like a fun project! You could take a look at Cortex-vfx and Gaffer as well. https://code.google.com/p/cortex-vfx/ http://imageengine.github.io/gaffer/ O even TuttleOFX: http://opensource.mikrosimage.eu/tuttle.html I didn't have the chance to do anything with these, but maybe it's even a

Re: [OT] : Automated green screen removal / keying

2014-04-25 Thread Alok Gandhi
Sure! thanks! On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Thomas Volkmann li...@thomasvolkmann.comwrote: Sounds like a fun project! You could take a look at Cortex-vfx and Gaffer as well. https://code.google.com/p/cortex-vfx/ http://imageengine.github.io/gaffer/ O even TuttleOFX:

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Jon Swindells
Stream is on replay for those that missed it - needs a foundry login [1]http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/modo801live/stream/ -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm On Fri, Apr 25, 2014, at 09:03 AM, Angus Davidson wrote: Firstly it was definitely worth waking up at 3:45am to see. Brad

C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Pingo van der Brinkloev
So long folks. I've severed my subscription with Autodesk and received my Houdini FX license yesterday. I've got Cinema4d in my pipeline so latest news about HE was the best news ever. Cheers everyone who's been so helpful here on the list. It's been a pleasure. Good luck to Autodesk. Pingo

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Eric Mootz
Take care, Pingo!

RE: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Andi Farhall
I would say don't go. The Softimage community in all its forms has been an excellent place for a long time, and even though AD may have curtailed soft all the people will still be around and we will probably be learning something new. I guess the list will become more software agnostic (to

Re[2]: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Eugen Sares
I would say don't go. The Softimage community in all its forms has been an excellent place for a long time, and even though AD may have curtailed soft all the people will still be around and we will probably be learning something new. I guess the list will become more software agnostic (to

Editing fcurves slowdowns

2014-04-25 Thread Morten Bartholdy
On one specific machine I am experiencing extreme slowdowns when performing certain fcurve editing (Softimage 2013 SP1 win7). Manually editing keys and handles is totally interactive but if I edit values or use curve tools, it takes ages to perform the task. I am suspecting graphics glitch and

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread olivier jeannel
Stay ! I'm in the C4D Houdini boat too. I'd hate the list becoming a how do you do that in Maya list only. Le 25/04/2014 11:02, Eugen Sares a écrit : I would say don't go. The Softimage community in all its forms has been an excellent place for a long time, and even though AD may have

Re: Syflex cloth Zipper

2014-04-25 Thread olivier jeannel
As long as it has already disconnected edges where you want the cut to happen, it should work. I can share the scene if you want. It's verlet based, the concept is from NikaRagua. Le 25/04/2014 08:35, Szabolcs Matefy a écrit : Yepp...but I have a constraint that the original topology cannot

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Angus Davidson
There needs to be Balance in the force. So a few C4d/Modo/Houdini threads will help balance out the Maya ones ;) From: olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.frmailto:olivier.jean...@noos.fr Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-04-25 Thread Cristobal Infante
By the way, If anyone in London is interested in short Houdini evening course, I've managed to get a 5% discount from Escape via http://softimage.tv/ for all softy users. for more info: http://softimage.tv/introduction-to-houdini-evening-course-escape-studios/ On 24 April 2014 15:48, Jon

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Eric Turman
It is truly criminal what Autodesk has done--maybe not to the letter of the law, but flagrantly reprehensible none the less--, but it would be a waste and a shame to have this community unravel because of the insectoid behavior and venomous act of a soulless entity. This is much more than an

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
While I am definitively not really qualified to suggest this: as there would seem to be an exodus of sorts starting it might be an idea to look into the idea of severing this list from Autodesk to make it future-proof (with room for all the old people and all the new apps). Greetz Leendert

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Pingo van der Brinkloev
I'll let you all know how it goes for sure. Cheers On 25/04/2014, at 13.20, Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com wrote: It is truly criminal what Autodesk has done--maybe not to the letter of the law, but flagrantly reprehensible none the less--, but it would be a waste and a shame to have

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Pingo van der Brinkloev
good idea! On 25/04/2014, at 13.42, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nl wrote: While I am definitively not really qualified to suggest this: as there would seem to be an exodus of sorts starting it might be an idea to look into the idea of severing this list from Autodesk to make it

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Ognjen Vukovic
There is a linkedIn softimage mailing list user backup group, there was also a thread about it posted earlier, should be back a page or two. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Pingo van der Brinkloev xsil...@comxnet.dk wrote: good idea! On 25/04/2014, at 13.42, Leendert A. Hartog

Re: Syflex cloth Zipper

2014-04-25 Thread olivier jeannel
Here : https://www.dropbox.com/s/qg4ipgn8dkuswdc/PeelBall_Complete%20setup.scn Shater Ice Tree you won't need if you already cuted your polymesh. Peel Ice Tree is where things happen. It's not fully documented. I had once the fantasm to publish it, but I'm always busy away. It's forces and

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Ognjen Vukovic schreef op 25-4-2014 14:05: There is a linkedIn softimage mailing list user backup group, there was also a thread about it posted earlier, should be back a page or two Oh, don't get me wrong: I don't claim to have had this brilliant idea myself. I'm just saying now might be

RE: Syflex cloth Zipper

2014-04-25 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
Thanks Olivier! I'll dissect it :) If I come up with something I'll tell you From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of olivier jeannel Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 2:09 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Syflex

RE: Syflex cloth Zipper

2014-04-25 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
I can't open the file...It's 26.4 kbyte. Could you send me to my mail address, please? We are not allowed to use dropbox links :( From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Szabolcs Matefy Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 2:22 PM To:

Re: Syflex cloth Zipper

2014-04-25 Thread olivier jeannel
Sent ! Tell me if it is ok. Le 25/04/2014 14:24, Szabolcs Matefy a écrit : I can't open the file...It's 26.4 kbyte. Could you send me to my mail address, please? We are not allowed to use dropbox links L *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Harriss
Ditto! We are currently testing Cinema4D at the moment. It would be good to have others around to bounce questions/ideas off of. Please stay. (This request goes out to anyone adding any software to their pipeline, not just C4D or Houdini) Thanks! Ed From:

Re: [OT] : Automated green screen removal / keying

2014-04-25 Thread Stephen Davidson
I use Primatte Keyer http://www.redgiant.com/products/all/primatte-keyer/ within After Effects, for all my green screen work. Although not a totally automated process, nor would you want it to be, it is one of the easiest that I have used. It is also excellent about removing green spill from the

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Francois Lord
Exactly. I don't think it's necessary to launch a new list for the new and old people. Just stay here and share your knowledge of new tools and methods. This list will eventually morph into something far greater that just a single-software-mailing-list-community. It has already begun. Pretty

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
AWESOME. I am very impressed with what I have seen so far. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:04 AM, Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote: Stream is on replay for those that missed it - needs a foundry login http://t.co/J3KnIXOXjmhttp://www.thefoundry.co.uk/modo801live/stream/ --

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Sergio Mucino
The new feature videos are up at TF's website. There's so much that was not shown, due to time restrictions... Oh, well... Enjoy! Sergio Muciño. Sent from my iPad. On Apr 25, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: AWESOME. I am very impressed with what I have seen so

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Some of your trust in the willingness of Autodesk to keep this List alive in the long(er) run, once many, if not most, of its discussions start to have no bearing on Autodesk products whatsoever (and when ending it, doing so in a non-abrupt manner, allowingfor a gentle “transition” to any kind

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Jordi Bares
Me too, I have been blown away by the new animation tools.. FINALLY someone cracked how to animated the right way The new animation chart is amazing… truly amazing. On top of that the UV tools, the modelling, shaders… WOW, that is a major upgrade like I haven't seen before !!! Jordi Bares

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Brad: We're not saying we're going ME ... (WINK!)... On 25 April 2014 15:25, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: Me too, I have been blown away by the new animation tools.. FINALLY someone cracked how to animated the right way The new animation chart is amazing… truly amazing. On

Cloth and skinned geo question

2014-04-25 Thread Szabolcs Matefy
So guys, The question is, how can I create a cloth tearing on an enveloped geometry. I have a game character with a long coat, and I have to somehow tear the cloth, realistically. I was considering zipper, but it's not really working an jagged edges. Olivier sent me a scene, it's awesome

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
Good timing to repost my invitation to this LinkedIn group. But yes, this group is not a mailing list and I'm not sure one can make it work that way. Anyway it's a good place to gather people. The XSI Mailing List Contacts backup Linked In group is for all of us to share contacts and keep in

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
So what does that extremely rare breed of people do who aren't on LinkedIn? Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Ognjen Vukovic
Open an account :) On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Leendert A. Hartog hirazib...@live.nlwrote: So what does that extremely rare breed of people do who aren't on LinkedIn? Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Ha ha... Greetz Leendert PS - I can't for undisclosed reasons... -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Francois Lord
That's why I keep repeating it in different threads. If anything happens abruptly to this list, you all know what to do. Just go to the Google group, it will be converted to a mailing list. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list Autodesk doesn't control it. But yeah, I might but too

Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread David Rivera
Hi, I recorded some of the webinar launch. Around minute 7 you´ll see the new animation worflow in Modo 801. IMHO, this is what I´ve always wanted as 2D/3D animator. Anyone thinking south park 2D and regular 3D animation with this workflow? Modo801 - New Animation worflow ps: video is just

RE: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Sven Constable
I personally would prefer an old school mailing list attempt rather than linkedIn groups. Forums are even worse. I think the reason for the low noise ratio of the list was because it was not so well known by everybody. It was and is a place for (softimage) professionals. Students and starters

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Jordi Bares
I would say this is a game changer, just give it to a _real_ character animator (traditionally trained) and I would bet you the output will be amazing. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 25 Apr 2014, at 17:43, David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I recorded some of the

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Norbert Kiehne
Hmmm, maybe I am missing something here, but what is the difference to selecting all your controls and using the dopesheet or meta curve region/ animation editor to change the timing and spacing of your animation? On 25.04.2014 18:56, Jordi Bares wrote: I would say this is a game changer,

Rendering... IN SPACE !!! With Arnold.

2014-04-25 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Hello list just wondered if anyone out there had ever rendered a space scene with stars planets with Arnold. Am trying to help out a friend. who is moving from max to Maya and Arnold, but also as a general inquiry I'd love to here how people approach rendering a space scene. any input welcome.

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Angus Davidson
From my part as an educator its much easier for students to relate the something they have seen in all their 2d / Principles of animation texts. Its visually very easy for them to relate the one to the other. Even besides that stuff that was in 701 like being able to select a control and drag a

Re: Rendering... IN SPACE !!! With Arnold.

2014-04-25 Thread Cristobal Infante
you mean like gravity ;) On 25 April 2014 18:35, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.comwrote: Hello list just wondered if anyone out there had ever rendered a space scene with stars planets with Arnold. Am trying to help out a friend. who is moving from max to Maya and Arnold, but

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Jordi Bares
The difference imho is equivalent to modelling pulling vertices to zbrush sculpting. It is the state of mind in which you start thinking about poses, blocking, refinement of animation as a sequence of clear steps rather than a soup of keyframes. In the sense that an animator does not need to

RE: Rendering... IN SPACE !!! With Arnold.

2014-04-25 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
..haha, was going to say the same...maybe some framestore folks are around here :) IMDB | Portfolio | Vimeo | Linkedin From: cgc...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 18:38:42 +0100 Subject: Re: Rendering... IN SPACE !!! With Arnold. To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com you mean like gravity ;)

Re: Rendering... IN SPACE !!! With Arnold.

2014-04-25 Thread Steven Caron
like any application your precision is going to be a consideration, arnold actually isn't double precision so you will need to model things to favor the scale you intend to show. ie. always from outer space or will you zoom into a planet? On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Sebastien Sterling

RE: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
Haven't got the time to see the event yet, but lurking though your comments and the features on the foundry website it looks stunning!! ... I am yet thinking if there is any future arnold and/or vray implementation in the works...that will really be great. I ll definetly take a look at the new

softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
perhaps it has been discussed before.. but someone please tell me why softimage changed so i have to constantly bang around my keyboard aimlessly to try and go between tools in soft... modes are staying active after i release the tools... like O.. P... Z... i let go and they stay active... or

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Sebastien Sterling
But is it a completely parallel system to curves ? or can you tweak curves later ? not sure how this would work with gimble otherwise, unless you keyframe it into the ground. On 25 April 2014 18:40, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: The difference imho is equivalent to modelling pulling

RE: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Matt Lind
What version of Softimage? I’ve experienced a bunch of that in 2013 SP1 and earlier, but I think it’s cleared up in 2014 SP2 and later. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of todd peleg Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Bradley Gabe
Oh great, now you've done it! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25, 2014, at 1:15 PM, todd peleg toddape...@gmail.com wrote: if they dont fix this.. they should consider shutting down the developement of softimage.. (just a suggestion) todd

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
Brad... it was just a suggestion.. Matt... i am on 2013 sp1 now.. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Bradley Gabe witha...@gmail.com wrote: Oh great, now you've done it! Sent from my iPhone On Apr 25, 2014, at 1:15 PM, todd peleg toddape...@gmail.com wrote: if they dont fix this..

RE: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Matt Lind
Yep. Same problems here. We’ve had issues with the timeline failing to update after ‘x’ amount of time in a session. Also reproduced the problem doing certain types of FCurve edits in the animation editor. Haven’t been able to come up with exact repro steps, unfortunately. We haven’t

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
horrible... thanks for verifying matt.. brad.. i have a pain when i move my arm side to side...any suggestions? On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Yep. Same problems here. We’ve had issues with the timeline failing to update after ‘x’ amount of

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
Maybe someone played around with your sticky key time out settings. Reset those to defaults (RMB on the preference page name in the explorer in the preference window) On Apr 25, 2014 2:15 PM, todd peleg toddape...@gmail.com wrote: perhaps it has been discussed before.. but someone please tell

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
maybe... though not likely.. ive gone so far as to turn them off completely with no luck.. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.comwrote: Maybe someone played around with your sticky key time out settings. Reset those to defaults (RMB on the preference page

RE: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Matt Lind
It’s not sticky key settings. We’ve had a ton of problems related to this. It seems users migrating preference from earlier versions of softimage are affected more, but nobody is immune. Creating new user profiles helps, but it’s only a matter of time before the problem shows up again.

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Bradley Gabe
Stop doing that? brad.. i have a pain when i move my arm side to side...any suggestions?

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Eric Thivierge
Switch to Maya, then your arm won't hurt, just your head. Eric T. On 4/25/2014 2:35 PM, todd peleg wrote: ...i have a pain when i move my arm side to side...any suggestions?

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
totally worth it. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Bradley Gabe witha...@gmail.com wrote: Stop doing that? brad.. i have a pain when i move my arm side to side...any suggestions?

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread john clausing
brad, i have this problem. everytime i open up maya i blurt out curses. is that something you can diagnose? On Friday, April 25, 2014 3:06 PM, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Switch to Maya, then your arm won't hurt, just your head. Eric T. On 4/25/2014 2:35 PM, todd peleg

RE: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Harriss
I have no idea how to set up a mailing list on my server. I also don't know what (if any) the cost would be. If anyone has insight into how this would work/cost or has run a mailing list before, feel free to send me info. I make no promises, but I will be happy to look into it. Ed

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Serch Mucino
Hey Manuel! The nodal shading in Modo works great, but it's not a full replacement of the Shader Tree. They work great together though. I guess the best parallel to this I've seen was how Combustion works... you can do all your effects work in the schematic, and then just order layers in their

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Artur Woźniak
I am just watching the event and first of all, The Foundry shows how it's done. Damn. Then you see Brad (as he said too Ballmer to me but whatever) and the features. How come it is no as popular as it should, I have no idea. Actually I know, but I hope it'll change soon. You lazy Autodesk

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Artur Woźniak
..., I forgot. I just bought Octane renderer, which is also developed for Modo. Please, Solidangle, move your ass on the Modo ship. Please. Artur 2014-04-25 21:19 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com: I am just watching the event and first of all, The Foundry shows how it's done.

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
I am assuming you can off set keys afterward? If not, it would be too limiting. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: But is it a completely parallel system to curves ? or can you tweak curves later ? not sure how this would work with gimble

Softimage blocking and crashing all SCENES!

2014-04-25 Thread David Rivera
Hello, basically I´ve encountered this problem today when I open my machine (see atachment) I´ve been away for 3 days on my machine. I believe someone crashed XSI before, now I get this error when opening ANY scene. Anyone has had an issue like this? Please help. Thanks.   David Rivera 3D

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread David Rivera
Yes you can. Basically anyone comming from the 2d animation world would be glad with this. I keep saying: Southpark with revamp worflow for 3D.   David Rivera 3D Compositor/Animator LinkedIN Behance VFX Reel On Friday, April 25, 2014 2:23 PM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: I am

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
I hear a lot of requests for 3rd party rendering in modo, what are the limitations of modo's render engine that have people looking for other render engines? Does it not scale well? I would love to know its drawbacks. I have seen nothing but impressive images and demos from modo, but the only

Re: Editing fcurves slowdowns

2014-04-25 Thread phil harbath
wasn’t there a bug in Softimage when using an external renderer that caused slowdowns when dealing with fcurves, I know I had issues when dealing with an object with lots of children and fcurves, I think it was fixed in one of the 2014 service packs. From: Morten Bartholdy Sent: Friday,

Free Student version of Softimage - Doesn't allow batch render - Any workarounds

2014-04-25 Thread Jon Hunt
Hi all, I put this on the Royal render mailing list with no response. I have a simple render farm setup using Royal Render at the University I work at using the idle workstations. I have come across an issue where Royal Render aborts the render because my students files have at some point been

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
Matt, you don't know if your problem is the same as this. There is no obvious link between some elusive notification system, timeline or whatever and O/P/Z tools. Btw, what's with the until I hit escape bit? I'm not aware of anything linked to the ESC key in Softimage and getting in and out of

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Sergio Mucino
I haven't put it through its paces, but I do know the Modo renderer is more than capable. I think most requests of this kind come from familiarity. VRay users want to keep using VRay, because they're familiar with it, and want to hit the ground up and running. I totally understand that.

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Mirko Jankovic
actually that happened to me couple times as well, you get stuck in some of the tools and you can;t get back to selection until you hit ESC key. Can be really frustrating sometimes when you pick up the speed and that happens.. like getting branch into bicycle wheels.. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Perry Harovas
Hey Greg, Honestly, from my (limited) experience with modo, I have not seen a major drawback to the renderer. The AOV's are extensive and well thought out, it has a pass system that is right up there with Soft, better in some ways, almost as good in others. It is VERY fast, and has great

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
yeah.. i wasnt aware of that as a means to function in soft.. till i did it and it worked.. usually spacebar gets me in and out in a pinch cause it switches to select mode.. but.. even that fails to work at times.. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Eric Turman
I have to disagree. The reason that people would want to use Arnold it that it pretty mush renders beautiful without doing anything. In fact you have to put forth an effort if you want an Arnold render to look bad. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Sergio Mucino sergio.muc...@gmail.comwrote: I

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Artur Woźniak
I'd like to have Arnold in Modo, because it's a beast and I love the look characteristics it produces. Basically everyone I work with loves how Arnold renders, but It is also less suitable for smaller jobs where Modo would shine. Modo is very fast for whipping quick and beautiful imagery. Artur

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Personal
Lol. Try the interactive mode toggle in the preferences, had my keys stick cause I changed that preference by accident once, and if not, try clean out you si settings and reset or (back up and delete) in the /user/autodesk/softimage folder That also fixed my buggy keys once. --- Original

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
wheres the interactive mode toggle t On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Personal drais...@outlook.com wrote: Lol. Try the interactive mode toggle in the preferences, had my keys stick cause I changed that preference by accident once, and if not, try clean out you si settings and reset or

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Francisco Criado
Would love to see redshift in modo! i got used to the speed of the renderer... F.

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Gideon Klindt
You can always render to final size with Preview if you want to just let it cook at X amount of time per frame and walk away from it. Obviously not a total solution given Preview doesn't run on a network (yet), but it's an option. I think comparing the MODO render engine to Arnold is kind of

RE: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Matt Lind
When I 'deselect all using filter', it often doesn't deselect all using filter. It does nothing. When I switch between translate, rotate, scale, and other tools, I experience the same problem as Todd reports. Others here at Carbine have had the same issues in sporadic fashion, and when

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Perry Harovas
Hi Eric, I wasn't implying that Arnold (which I have also used) isn't something to want in modo (in fact, just the opposite, I think it would be great to have in modo). I was just guessing that people wanting more renderers didn't necessarily mean that the modo renderer isn't good. On Fri, Apr

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Rob Chapman
usually a spacebar, escape click mouse button frenzy gets me out. *some* of the times indeed it does get truly stuck in an undesired mode. the icon often gets wrong for the mode its meant to be in as well. have not ever associated it with a particular version of SI , normally I would pass the

RE: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread Manuel Huertas Marchena
Hey Sergio, Glad to see you around! thanks for the help. I actually am ultra new to modo, although I remember hearing great stuff from you in the rigging area. I am glad its actually shaping itself as a full featured packagein all cg areas. My needs are mostly lookdev lighting, so from what I

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Andres Stephens
Ah sorry, Interaction Mode is located in FileInteraction Mode. You can then choose “softimage” or “maya” or “SI3D” etc. I found one of them had me loose my temporary sticky keys. “Softimage” should have the sticky toggle function enabled. Also, if you got PreferencesInteraction(toggle)Sticky

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread todd peleg
that SEEMS to fix it.. i went to SI3d mode with the sticky keys on.. and the default tool set to slection/SRT seems to at least be closer to what i was expecting...rather.. what i am used to.. thank you! On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:59 PM, Andres Stephens drais...@outlook.comwrote: Ah sorry,

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Eric Turman
Hi Perry, I apologize for for the misunderstanding you then. I'm trying to scrape together some $$ for copy of Modo; it looks really great. Cheers, -=Eric On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Perry Harovas perryharo...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Eric, I wasn't implying that Arnold (which I have also

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
If it can be converted to a list then it has my vote. On 2014-04-25 18:43, Francois Lord wrote: That's why I keep repeating it in different threads. If anything happens abruptly to this list, you all know what to do. Just go to the Google group, it will be converted to a mailing list.

Re: C y'all

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
The main goal of the XSI Mailing List Contacts backup LinkedIn group is not the creation of a new forum, it's just so we can stay in contact as a group, share our emails, etc. By the way, only 70 people registered. Come on! Fill this Excel file! : ) As for a new mailing list running on a small

Re: Softimage blocking and crashing all SCENES!

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
Try to move your preference file elsewhere and see if it fixes things.

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat
I've used both in production and Arnold's ceiling is exponentially higher than Modos. I find a lot of people say all renderers are similar before ever really testing them in a heavy production. I love Modo but it is not capable of lifting anything close to what Arnold can. Arnold is also far

Re: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Steven Caron
escape for sure exits scale, rotate, and translate tools. i use this all the time when my navigation tool get stuck. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.comwrote: Btw, what's with the until I hit escape bit? I'm not aware of anything linked to the ESC key in

RE: softimage interaction

2014-04-25 Thread Matt Lind
Pressing ESC kills the current 'mode' and is your back door when things go bad. It's a holdover from Softimage|3D, but is not universally integrated like it was in Softimage|3D. Example: You're in a pick session and pick the wrong object by accident but the tool doesn't provide a

Re: Modo 801 Reveal

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
Yes it's true, these videos are very interesting. Modo? Houdini? I don't which one to choose. Can't they just merge the 2 apps!! On 2014-04-25 16:25, Jordi Bares wrote: Me too, I have been blown away by the new animation tools.. FINALLY someone cracked how to animated the right way The new

Re: Softimage to Modo - Modo 801 global Launch

2014-04-25 Thread David Saber
I'd like to know that as well, because so far it reminds me of how Max's Biped works. On 2014-04-25 20:17, Sebastien Sterling wrote: But is it a completely parallel system to curves ? or can you tweak curves later ? not sure how this would work with gimble otherwise, unless you keyframe it

Re: SDK: Envelope weight locking

2014-04-25 Thread Christopher Crouzet
Guillaume had a creative—but not so robust, no offence—solution for that one. It's in a thread from this list named Retrieving the lock flag of envelope weights and dating from 27/05/2009. Good times :) On 25 April 2014 19:27, Jeremie Passerin gerem@gmail.com wrote: Yep, I've asked the

Re: Softimage blocking and crashing all SCENES!

2014-04-25 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
running runonce.bat usually clears up this problem. On Friday, April 25, 2014, David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, basically I´ve encountered this problem today when I open my machine (see atachment) I´ve been away for 3 days on my machine. I believe someone crashed XSI

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