Re: mail...

2012-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Testing. test test. On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Matt Morris matt...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah!! All good. Receiving loud and clear again! On Sunday, 27 May 2012, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: Finally some mail. Tumbleweeds be gone! :D On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM,

Re: In case you missed it..

2012-09-13 Thread Jeffrey Dates
The one thing I take from reading this thread is the Soft community at large is generally upset and concerned. Whether the individual concerns are real or perceived, I would think Autodesk would hear the frustration and appreciate where it's coming from. Even speak to how to resolve it perhaps.

Re: In case you missed it..

2012-09-18 Thread Jeffrey Dates
and, to bring the thread full-circle and kick a dead horse... saw this today. http://cgmemes.blogspot.com/2012/09/best-particles-system-ever.html

Enabling CIP in Softimage

2012-09-19 Thread Jeffrey Dates
I just saw this article posted on the Soft Facebook page, but I'm posting it here because I know most of you are hard at work, and don't have time to check pages like Facebook. ;-) http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/cory/enabling-cip-in-softimage It doesn't seem to be an option in my Linux build,

Re: ObjectID channel in After Effects

2012-10-19 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Yeah, I'd say generally, most AE ops don't know what to do with them, What I usually do is 'hue-key' the color, and multiply the Pixel Coverage back over to get your aliased edges. I think there is a 3rd party plug-in that does it too.. On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Eric Lampi

Re: Softimage rental?

2013-03-04 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Isn't Soft free with Maya now!? Isn't a rental of Maya, in effect, a Rental of Soft!? On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Byron Nash byronn...@gmail.com wrote: I discovered the other day that Maya has a 90 day rental for $199. Do they offer the same thing for Softimage if you install the

Re: Softimage Jedi Training

2013-03-28 Thread Jeffrey Dates
I was hoping you'd come to my apartment, and lecture me from the couch.

Re: congrats to the Embassy for Iron Man commercial

2013-04-08 Thread Jeffrey Dates
It looks like a Pre-viz though ;) Probably not, looks like he's animating a rigged animation-model on the backplate. It's probably a proxy-geo for faster feedback for the animator. ;-) Fun stuff.

Re: Mill 98% Human

2013-05-20 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Actually, That's false. Hairs are strands in ICE. Source: Jimmy Gass sits across from me. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Christopher christop...@thecreativesheep.ca wrote: Nice work. The Hairs are old school XSI Hair system. ::Christopher Kris Rivel wrote: Just wanted to say

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

2013-08-01 Thread Jeffrey Dates
http://mommys-timeout.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wookie-monster.jpg On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.zawrote: taste of Wookie. My brain is going to hurt for weeks just getting over the mental image of that ;) Let alone New Wookie!

Re: ICE Shape Node expressions linked to Custom Property Parms breaking on reload

2013-10-08 Thread Jeffrey Dates
an expression. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Jeffrey Dates jda...@kungfukoi.comwrote: Hiya guys, I'm running into something I don't remember coming across before and was hoping you guys can point out what I'm doing wrong. I have an ICE Shape mixer controlled by a Custom Property Params

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

2014-01-02 Thread Jeffrey Dates
I'd think whomever makes the suite of scripts and plugins for Maya for the Softimage refugees soon to be converting over would certainly have a built-in base of users. I also think there is an opportunity for a Fabric Engine Developer to capture some of the refugees with the same thinking...

Re: Survey - how would you do this?

2014-02-12 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Hmm.. I don't know why.. I must not understand the challenge. How I'd do it is: 1) duplicate your astroid(s) ( in this case not instances for art-direction ) # of times you want. 2) select all, and path constrain to a Circle Curve. ( roughly 40 units ) 3) Multi-select their constraint, and

Re: I'm sure this is one of many...

2014-03-04 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Yeah, I expect tons of these... http://cgmemes.blogspot.com/2014/03/autodesk-you-c.html and http://cgmemes.blogspot.com/2014/03/softimage-sniffle.html On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: What use is ICE really?

2014-03-21 Thread Jeffrey Dates
I think it would be an amusing exercise to do a comparison of technique and workflow for these projects. What would it take to do the SAME effect in Maya!? Side by side. It would show how one framework is capable of so much more than 'just particles'. Maya will have to tap every corner of

Re: What use is ICE really?

2014-03-21 Thread Jeffrey Dates
Agreed Ed. The fact ICE is accessible to generalists to do advanced technical FX without a TD, or scripting, is lost on Autodesk I'm afraid. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Jeffrey Dates jda...@kungfukoi.comwrote: I

Re: Softimage to Maya rendering requests

2014-03-22 Thread Jeffrey Dates
As someone who uses both packages... I think Soft users underestimate Render Layers in Maya. Granted, the horror stories would turn anyone off... but like anything there are the workarounds to the minefield. #1 being, don't put materials on polygon faces. ( hey, in soft you don't put them on