Re: end of another era

2017-11-21 Thread Olivier Jeannel
tal ray. It was also not documented very >> well in the advanced areas. You had to really figure it out on your own. >> While the documentation was accurate, a lot of it didn't make sense until >> you already know how the renderer worked. But once you did, you had a lot >>

H16 Constraint behavior

2017-11-02 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hi there, I'm "discovering" the constraint behaviour in Houdini (never used it before whatever version). So, I'm using that new "LookAt" in the Constraint shelf and it builds that Chop constraint. Where I'm confused, is that while the geometry is aligned at SOP level (ie : faces prims are

Re: H16 Constraint behavior

2017-11-02 Thread Olivier Jeannel
_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=PYzfW3IPj66xA_eMIVqDWM23dj0QZfHa62cLHUWbJJ4=gHZGmBMLjoUFojxbv0S6mgmhf_4NxeS9jkwjUC-A_5o=> > > On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 2:57 AM, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I'm "discovering" the constraint beha

Re: H16 Constraint behavior

2017-11-02 Thread Olivier Jeannel
The worst beeing if I middle clic on the object constrained, I can read some r(x,y,z) values that are the correct local rotation, I just don't know how to copy them back to the rx ry rz at object level :/ 2017-11-02 7:57 GMT+01:00 Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com>: > Hi there

Re: H16 Constraint behavior

2017-11-02 Thread Olivier Jeannel
hings seem to > change so much, and sometimes things do work. > > -- > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com < > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> on behalf of Olivier Jeannel < > facialdel...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* 02 Novemb

Re: rigging in houdini

2017-12-08 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Ah cool, thank you ! 2017-12-08 12:06 GMT+01:00 Cristobal Infante : > A nice rigging introduction series created by sidefx. > Hopefully we will start seeing more resources like this in the future! > >

Houdini |world position in expression

2017-12-11 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hi, For a Camera that renders with DOF, I'm using an expression in the "Focus Distance" field of the camera object. distance(ch("../null_focus/tx"),ch("../null_focus/ty"),ch("../null_focus/tz"),ch("../Real_DOF_cam/tx"),ch("../Real_DOF_cam/ty"),ch("../Real_DOF_cam/tz")) Where "null_focus" is where

Re: Softimage - not going away...

2017-10-25 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Go Houdini ! 16.5 anounced btw https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__vimeo.com_239828144=DwIFaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=N2Vb-j_1yEG1T7iLmOyceqou2RUR5O3T-54diimY1bs=aqjODiL6tOfYklM1tlalzeu6S3ti1FGkrL2LYitI4-w=

H16.5

2017-10-25 Thread Olivier Jeannel
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__vimeo.com_239828144=DwIBaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=xtNOPMc7CIvsMRC12GasVDnF3DJgI5AoI-yF_BE8Brs=LMP7dObCPNc32YJCv8R-C0fv1DYOh-uAu7iP2TnTfhY= -- Softimage Mailing List. To

Re: Houdini : non VFX jobs?

2018-05-07 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Funny you found vex convenient and vops cumbersome :) I'm the opposite ;) 2018-05-06 19:28 GMT+02:00 Jordi Bares : > > On 5 May 2018, at 17:52, Laurence Dodd wrote: > > Hi Jordi, > PS. I am thinking… would it be of interest for you guys if I talk to >

Re: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

2018-05-14 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Fossilization, fossilisation everywhere ! Joke asside, this list rocks, each time someone is lost in a migrating software this place is still one of the best place to ask. 2018-05-14 19:41 GMT+02:00 Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES II] < j.ponthi...@nasa.gov>: > Speaking of jurassic, I was

Re: Houdini : non VFX jobs?

2018-05-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Eeeer actually there are a lot of guys working on H in Paris. Checkout some french Houdini discord

Re: Houdini : non VFX jobs?

2018-05-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
is this better ? https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__discord.gg_WeSFNAR=DwIFaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=exUWHOX5ZN30hhAiFWdVhdcuYDSFa31L66r9OPK34ls=TijrNwfEo70KySWqPgFY2D_auNmmSARhsKYRIDigbBk= 2018-05-09 16:35

Re: Houdini : non VFX jobs?

2018-05-10 Thread Olivier Jeannel
I'm from an old fine art degree. Proceduralism and other math / vector thingy are the best creative things that happened to me :) 2018-05-10 21:32 GMT+02:00 Graham D. Clark : > > On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 4:54 AM, Alastair Hearsum < > alast...@glassworks.co.uk> wrote: >

Re: Facial rigging.

2018-05-17 Thread Olivier Jeannel
I'm still in contact with Halim, Cyril and François who worked on Monster. What do you need ? 2018-05-18 5:56 GMT+02:00 Jeremie Passerin : > I worked on a Monster in a Paris, though I wasn't a facial rigger but I > worked with them. > I also do facial rigging at Blur. It's

Re: Set Driven Key Copy/Paste in Maya

2018-04-30 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Paul is learning Maya ? What world are we living in ? 2018-04-30 14:55 GMT+02:00 Matt Morris : > > Commiserations :( Its why I'm girding myself to learn python finally. > > You can avoid set driven keys pretty much with utility nodes in maya, > something like remap values

Re: Houdini : non VFX jobs?

2018-05-03 Thread Olivier Jeannel
For the motion work I believe Houdini is far superior to C4D. Last C4D user I talked to told me the normals aren't exposed in Maxxon's software... 2018-05-03 15:17 GMT+02:00 Jordi Bares : > Is it realistic assuming anyone at all (except someone with a brain the > size of a

Re: Friday Flashback #317

2017-10-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Tekkon kinkreet was a shock ! 2017-10-20 16:09 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Moore : > Ta, really enjoyed that. > > On 20 October 2017 at 14:23, Stephen Blair > wrote: > >> 2003 xsibase interview with Michael Arias >>

Re: H16.5

2017-10-26 Thread Olivier Jeannel
nt really need plugins with > houdini since it's so modular and formulaic, so I guess that leaves it to > like renderers? > > On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Jonathan Moore < > jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Love that Cryptomatte could only make the end credits! Sid

Fabric engine is gone

2017-10-28 Thread Olivier Jeannel
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fabricengine.com=DwIBaQ=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA=NGIA25JXPveaf5MIyjSYphp-EdBdUfzUWDPJRUxHmAc=7kg20PfKIhjC7adrNpSQ_8q1HKu7LJUyPif5TKQJYh8= -- Softimage Mailing List. To

Re: Friday Flashback #325

2017-12-29 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hell yeah ! 2017-12-29 17:00 GMT+01:00 Stephen Blair : > Dec 2003 > *3995 bucks says you're going to want to call your reseller* >

Houdini.env and external otl folder

2018-01-25 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hi there, I'm trying to put all my personnal HDA into an external folder, something like : D:\otls I tried to modify the HOUDINI_PATH in the houdini.env text file, but no luck. I already have HOUDINI_DSO_ERROR = 2 PATH = "C:/ProgramData/Redshift/bin;$PATH" HOUDINI_PATH =

Re: Friday Flashback #330

2018-02-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Fascinating era ! Phil Tippet said it almost killed him to switch from hand animated stop motion to CGI. 2018-02-09 20:34 GMT+01:00 Stephen Blair : > Real Troopers, 1997 >

Re: Maya's reassign locally?

2018-02-12 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Maya : File/Quit Open Softimage Reassign localy Just kidding ;) 2018-02-12 18:17 GMT+01:00 David Saber : > How can I select a bunch of vertex in Maya and tell him they should be > assigned to one bone only? > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a

Re: Friday Flashback #330

2018-02-11 Thread Olivier Jeannel
I think it's in that documentary, how Phil Tippet handled the transition :

Re: Softimage to Arnold going open source

2018-02-22 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Vous êtes chics les gars, merci Kick ! 2018-02-22 11:51 GMT+01:00 Lee Hallett : > Open source XSI... Oh... if only... > > > > > On 21 February 2018 at 16:00, Gregor Punchatz wrote: > >> Amazing!!! Thanks! >> >> Now if they would just open source xsi >>

Re: Softimage to Arnold going open source

2018-02-22 Thread Olivier Jeannel
apologies :) 2018-02-22 14:14 GMT+01:00 Frederic Servant <frederic.serv...@gmail.com>: > It's *kik* :) > > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 11:16 AM, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Vous êtes chics les gars, merci Kick ! >> >> 2018-

Re: MMEEERRRYYY CHRISTMASSS EVERYONE!!!!

2017-12-28 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Sorry late, Merry Christmas to all survivors ! 2017-12-25 17:07 GMT+01:00 Pierre Schiller : > Thank you!!! > Cheers to all of the members! > Happy hollidays. > > > On Dec 24, 2017 4:41 PM, "Jason S" wrote: > >> Like the title says :D >>

Re: All MOOTZOID plugins are for free now! Thanks, Eric!

2017-12-22 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Yeah Thank you ! But please, come around say hello and give some new ;) 2017-12-22 17:07 GMT+01:00 Ed Manning : > Wow, Eric. Thank-you! And Merry Christmas. > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 2:42 AM, Vincent Langer > wrote: > >> Thank you, Eric!!! >> >> I

Re: A question about the Houdini list

2018-07-25 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Q-UqBL6nxPjg57otK-Cb54QP0tQ0ePveeLto=0mSjM2nEQHqRLJEsDuZ_kFiHsPtzBvrTfytR5wD0_18=> > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Graham D. Clark < > mailgrahamdcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It’s still going afaik as I still get them. Last one jul 5th. They are >> just infrequent. >> >> On Fri, Jul

Re: A question about the Houdini list

2018-07-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
ord>Think Procedural? > That list is quite active. > > > > Rob > > > > \/-\/----\/ > > On 20-7-2018 11:16, Olivier Jeannel wrote: > > Noo please no. > > I asked on FB, but nobody gave answer. > > John, could y

Re: A question about the Houdini list

2018-07-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
prised if SideFX had retired it. > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 at 08:06, Olivier Jeannel > wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> A bit weird to ask this here, but since some of you are registred to the >> sidefx-houdini-l...@sidefx.com >> Is this list still working ? Al

A question about the Houdini list

2018-07-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hi guys, A bit weird to ask this here, but since some of you are registred to the sidefx-houdini-l...@sidefx.com Is this list still working ? All my mails are returned with an error message. Thank you :) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to

Re: A question about the Houdini list

2018-07-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
e email list was July 5th, which feels > about right for the level of activity there. > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 5:27 AM, Olivier Jeannel > wrote: > >> Yeah maybe, but this is not the same service imho. >> Maybe I'm old fashion, but I really like the way private mailling l

Re: Softimage/Maya 2105 worth?

2018-04-04 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hey Ed, could you expand your answer a bit ? Just curious, Touch Designer ? 2018-04-04 20:25 GMT+02:00 Ed Manning : > On Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Chris Marshall > wrote: > >> How does ICE get phased out? >> > > Slowly. > > But actually --

Re: Softimage/Maya 2105 worth?

2018-04-04 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Dbiq9xjKeuKKdUEoDmBlGUHU=CoOXDIM8Eh19bcQ5px1W3GDdlV7ppIFavNMDwvQfaLU=> > > > On 4 April 2018 at 19:58, Olivier Jeannel <facialdel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Ed, could you expand your answer a bit ? Just curious, Touch Designer >> ? >> >> 2018-04-04 20:25 GMT+02:00

Re: Bifrost ICE ? Verdict ?

2019-08-13 Thread Olivier Jeannel
@Chris, join the force, switch to H ! Le mar. 13 août 2019 à 14:17, Chris Marshall a écrit : > As I'm still on ICE this looks very interesting to me. One hurdle for > switching to Houdini, for us as a very small all round shop, is the cost. > Simple as that. > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 at 12:29,

Re: The Softimage mailing list

2019-11-12 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Although I rarely open SI nowadays, it remained alive through this list. If the list moves somewhere else, just drop an address, would love to stay in touch. Le mar. 12 nov. 2019 à 08:51, Royston Michaels a écrit : > Thank you to you all in this awesome community. From every single post, I >

Re: vbd file

2019-11-26 Thread Olivier Jeannel
found this, just in case :

Re: Bifrost graph - Really trying but it's not happening

2020-02-24 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hahaha these "limitations" are easily circumvented... Le lun. 24 févr. 2020 à 19:09, Matt Lind a écrit : > Meanwhile with Houdini the files get saved in a proprietary file format > which are not compatible with other Houdini licenses. You only get a > single > opportunity (lifetime) to convert

Re: The Softimage mailing list

2020-02-18 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Hahaha Le mar. 18 févr. 2020 à 12:02, Chris Marshall a écrit : > currently animating maggots. > > On Tue, 18 Feb 2020 at 10:44, Chris Marshall > wrote: > >> Still here and still using it daily. >> >> >> On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 16:54, Kris Rivel wrote: >> >>> Great thread, trying to catch up on

Re: Bifrost graph - Really trying but it's not happening

2020-02-20 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Nobody of you tried Houdini ? Le jeu. 20 févr. 2020 à 16:12, adrian wyer a écrit : > i second that, i'd be more inclined to dip into bifrost if i could watch > Paul learning it on my behalf! > > > > a > > > > Adrian Wyer > Fluid Pictures > 4th Floor > 4 Bath Place > Rivington Street > London >

Re: Softimage and Houdini work flow

2020-04-21 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Yeah, well probably Softimage is laking a few things nowaday, but just try importing a pointcloud from Houdini to Maya. Here, we gave up, we ended up relying on Vray proxies ^^ Le mar. 21 avr. 2020 à 07:05, Mirko Jankovic a écrit : > And why not looking option for other way around, modeling and

Re: Is there a mail list for Ex or Current XSI peeps who use Houdini ?

2020-05-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Sent a msg to the administrator ;) Le sam. 9 mai 2020 à 23:28, Olivier Jeannel a écrit : > Uuuh weird to be blocked for that. > I myself posted meme once and never got annoyed. > > Le sam. 9 mai 2020 à 23:20, J R Sanchez a > écrit : > >> I was on a facebook Houdini arti

Re: Is there a mail list for Ex or Current XSI peeps who use Houdini ?

2020-05-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Uuuh weird to be blocked for that. I myself posted meme once and never got annoyed. Le sam. 9 mai 2020 à 23:20, J R Sanchez a écrit : > I was on a facebook Houdini artists group and got kicked out all of a > sudden for posting "How do you Uninstall anxiety" meme as a joke. I was > blocked. So

Re: Is there a mail list for Ex or Current XSI peeps who use Houdini ?

2020-05-09 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Ok so sebastian should unblock you, but you'll have to subscribe again. Le sam. 9 mai 2020 à 23:32, Olivier Jeannel a écrit : > Sent a msg to the administrator ;) > > Le sam. 9 mai 2020 à 23:28, Olivier Jeannel a > écrit : > >> Uuuh weird to be blocked for that. >>

Re: Softimage|XSI 20th anniversary

2020-03-24 Thread Olivier Jeannel
Happy Birthdead ! Le mar. 24 mars 2020 à 11:45, Nuno Conceicao a écrit : > Unfortunately he got killed on an Autodesk accident. RIP XSI > > On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 2:46 PM Sven Constable > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >> >> today I was reading in an old printed 3D-Magazine about the launch of XSI >>

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