Re: Opinion gathering

On 02/16/2017 01:12 PM, Jonathan Moore wrote: > For me, Houdini's future is indeed bright. aw man... you wrote such an uplifting feel-good mail... just to crush us in the end - brutal. ;) Chris -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to

Re: Wiki EOL soon

...me too, more than ever. Cheers, Chris On 08/22/2016 06:13 PM, Fabian Schnuer Gohde wrote: > Still Softimage all the way here. > -Fabian > > On 22 August 2016 at 14:42, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > >> So you would like a showing of hands who still uses Softimage in >>

Re: OT:Gear vr question

On 02/22/2016 09:05 AM, Gerbrand Nel wrote: > I do allot of my work in unreal, and with the dk2 its as simple as > do I need to build and > publish every time I want to test my project like you do for cardboard? afaik, yes.. :/ We're working with UE4, too and we've got all kinds of headsets

Re: Need old Softimage app icon

On 10/27/2015 09:08 PM, Schoenberger wrote: > And for a larger difference to other AD apps and for a faster/better > recognition off the app, I would like to use the icon before AD made it > rounded/shady and green. Hehe, I attended a VR hackathon over the last weekend. At two occasions artists

Re: Downloading Entertainment Creation Suite

On 09/29/2015 11:37 PM, Bradley Gabe wrote:> I'm wondering if there is a link I can use to directly download the > Entertainment suite, without relying on this software middleman app? ...try downloading it from a Linux machine or use a more obscure browser under Windows. When the site thinks that

Re: Continued use of Softimage question

hey thanks for the tip - I will try that out right away! Cheers! Chris On 08/20/2015 09:59 PM, toonafish wrote: I stopped using Modo as much as I did for different reasons, and it doesn’t work as reliable as it does in Softimage, but you can keep your tool active while selecting other

Re: Continued use of Softimage question

+1 to that. We're still almost a 100% on Softimage over at Glare Productions. I took a long look at Cinema and its userbase but what I saw was not convincing. Then I bought a Modo 801 license but don't use it anymore because the core modelling workflow with it's first select element, then the

Re: Friday Flashback #223

Don't worry, you are not the only one! I started with XSI 1.0, too! I've been with Softimage since Soft|3D 3.7 :) Cheers! Chris On 05/08/2015 11:42 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: Am I the only one here, left, that started with 1.0? I think Joey did too, but I'm not sure. On Fri, May 8, 2015

Re: OT: Hypershade changes in Maya 2016

Not sure if I can agree here.. I add tools to my collection only when they save me time or give me an advantage. And I only replace old tools when they either don't run anymore or the competition is _much_ better..(think _at least_ 50-80% faster to goal). I bought a Modo seat solely because of

Re: Best graphic card for Softimage?

I'd stay clear of the ATI/AMD consumer cards if I were you. From our experience Soft becomes generally less stable (crashing a lot more), and the raycast selection is going haywire sometimes. Chris On 11/12/14 04:44, phil harbath wrote: I went Redshift and have been very pleased. I can get by

Re: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop?

...haha, probably the best conversation of the year! :D On 13/11/14 11:27, Graham Bell wrote: 5 minutes? So that means that, that if we can improve that, we reduce the time for your replies. Damn, tricky dilemma. Hard to know what to do for the best here. Lol ☺ G From:

Re: EOL and using older Softimages

+1 On 09/08/14 22:26, Jordi Bares wrote: If Autodesk management think this is a fair way to treat your clients I would suggest to think again, nothing positive will come out of it. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 9 Aug 2014, at 21:00, Eric Turman i.anima...@gmail.com wrote: Thank

Re: OT: Now that the grief over softimage, how did you get over your it on your daily basis?

I saved the maintenance fee and used it to add Meshfusion ( Modo) to my current Softimage + Redshift pipeline. FINALLY the maintenance money got me some kick-ass new modelling tools! ;D \o/ Chris

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

On 02/04/14 17:25, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: Is that always true in your scenarios? Moving center in Softimage is like moving all the points of the geometry. (What brent calls transforming the geometry) Knowing that it does that, wouldn't the simplest work-around for your specific scenario in

Re: March 28, 2014

https://twitter.com/chris_muetze/status/440923956242309120/photo/1 ;( On 28/03/14 19:06, Leendert A. Hartog wrote: As of March 28, 2014, customers will no longer be able to purchase new standalone licenses. In a commercial sense the product would seem to be absolutely dead now. A moment of

Re: An Open Letter to Carl Bass

On 25/03/14 19:44, phil harbath wrote: I don’t doubt that people were letting their subscriptions lapse, ...at Glare we let our two Maya Entertainment Creation Suite subs lapse just yesterday. I've been reading this mailing list carefully to find a reason to continue our business

Re: An Open Letter to Carl Bass

On 24/03/14 19:59, Emilio Hernandez wrote: Ok. Don't sell Softimage seats perse, but package Softimage like Toxic. Let the user decide what tool he wants to work with. +1 i'd be really interested in an answer from Maurice why we can't have Soft in the future the way we have Toxic right now.

Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop

we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects are online @ http://www.glare-productions.com (shameless plug) Cheers! Chris On 21/03/14 16:39, Ben Houston wrote:

Re: Thoughts on Snow Drop

17:09 GMT+01:00 Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de mailto:c...@glarestudios.de: we use real-time engines exclusively for all our work ranging from broadcast to events... Most of our stuff is under NDA, so we can't show that much, but a few demos/projects

Re: I'm still really PO'd and it's not getting better

On 20/03/14 18:33, Michael Clarke wrote: If by December I don't see a coherent roadmap for Maya that suits me, I guess ADSK will lose a paying customer. They already lost me. And I was on subscription from Softimage|3d days on (over 16 years).. but I'm so fed up with all this $+%! that my

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

Stream died here too right after their maya commercial... (currently with a client in italy), and now even the videolink is gone from the site. Chris On 17/03/14 17:34, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote: Broke here in Serbia. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com

Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *******

so who will be here waiting for an imaginary maybe-product? I think i won't continue my subscription (i have until the 24th to decide) and instead would like to take Brad up on his offer (if it is still valid)... I've seen Meshfusion in action and I know, matter-of-factly it will be a useful

Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *******

will not depend on them with any future purchases. Dan On 3/17/2014 1:26 PM, Christoph Muetze wrote: so who will be here waiting for an imaginary maybe-product? I think i won't continue my subscription (i have until the 24th to decide) and instead would like to take Brad up on his offer

Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *******

as a company and I know definitively I will not depend on them with any future purchases. Dan On 3/17/2014 1:26 PM, Christoph Muetze wrote: so who will be here waiting for an imaginary maybe-product? I think i won't continue my subscription (i have until the 24th to decide

Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *******

...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Christoph Muetze *Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 6:29 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: ** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *** same here.. the only reason i'm worried about not continuing the sub one last time is that i will miss

Re: ****** MAYA BETTER NOT SUCK *******

Hey Sven, ..buying another year of subscription would cost less than half of that afair... Still i'm not sure if it's worth it :/ Chris On 17/03/14 19:23, Sven Constable wrote: Of course I'm talking about the regular upgrade. Currently it's EUR 2,750 for the 2014 upgrade, available to

Re: Idea- Just keep Mental Ray and FBX support - Softimage free w/Maya or Max or any Suite

First you beat us up and now you try to convince us that is was for our own good and that you are actually really nice people... ? Cancer research. really? You are pulling this card here and now? I'm speechless. Chris On 15/03/14 14:37, Chris Vienneau wrote: Hi guys, Your math is a

Re: Idea- Just keep Mental Ray and FBX support - Softimage free w/Maya or Max or any Suite.

On 15/03/14 17:24, Greg Punchatz wrote: I want to use the best out of the box 3d DCC app in the world, if one day that is Maya, I am all aboard. Right now it is not, its kinda just a fact. I'm so with you on this.. We did take Autodesks offer a while back and upgraded two of our groups

Re: Idea- Just keep Mental Ray and FBX support - Softimage free w/Maya or Max or any Suite.

that around and apply that to a Maya/Max guy/studio talking about Softimage. In fact more often than not, they did. From: Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.demailto:c...@glarestudios.de Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage

Re: YOUR TOP 5

Here is my top 5: 1) workflow speed efficiency 2) ability to overcome most problems without scripting or plugins 3) non destructive workflow: there are almost no point of no returns in Softimage 4) text based buttons (huge plus if you suffer from certain forms of visual agnosia) 5) ICE

Re: Idea- Just keep Mental Ray and FBX support - Softimage free w/Maya or Max or any Suite.

/03/2014 17:34, Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de wrote: Not preaching a religion here... In the 15+ years i've been using Softimage products i've converted more hardcore Max and Maya users by just outrunning them time and time again than i can count. Admittedly realtime graphics is a very

Re: YOUR TOP 5

[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:27 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: YOUR TOP 5 Here is my top

Did the offer really change? (was: Open letter to Autodesk)

On 10/03/14 12:42, Alastair Hearsum wrote: I've taken out the sentence referring to the threat of discontinuing Softimage licenses if the Maya offer is taken up. They didn't change their position on this afaik. They just rephrased it imho. Read carefully what Maurice wrote: -- 1.

Re: Did the offer really change?

I've just been told that accessing prior versions might mean that softimage 2015 will stay in all future license files of the MYECS. is that true? Can somebody please confirm this to me? Thanks! Chris On 10/03/14 13:08, Christoph Muetze wrote: On 10/03/14 12:42, Alastair Hearsum wrote

Re: Did the offer really change?

On 10/03/14 13:47, Chris Vienneau wrote: In the new plan Softimage 2015 will stay on in those licenses so if you are on Maya or ECS 2018 and on subscription it will start up Softimage 2015 and so on. This will allow people to keep working with Soft or use it to open old setups. That's indeed

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

...looking forward to spending some time with Modo... c...@glarestudios.de On 08/03/14 23:36, Eugen Sares wrote: Looking into it as well now... m...@eugensares.at mailto:m...@eugensares.at

Re: Listening

Autodesk turns passionate loyal customers into passionate competitors. I doubt that they know that among the Softimage user base is a tremendous amount of tool developers who merely chose to do something else so far. And i'm sure Autodesk won't see or understand any connection between their

Re: Good point well put

..my point, exactly. On 08/03/14 13:20, Angus Davidson wrote: Forgot to add the more important thing is that what AD didnt expect with this shitstorm is that all of the other communities are now talking, there are knowledge transfers and people are understanding that their perceptions of

Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list - A new word from Brad Peebler

a Modo webinar? Count me in! Chris On 06/03/14 22:46, David Rivera wrote: Yes, please I´m into the webinar. I recently saw this: https://vimeo.com/76876920 and I´m picturing myself adding more modo mentality asap :) Thanks. David R. On Thursday, March 6, 2014 2:01 PM, Nic Sievers

Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement

On 04/03/14 21:54, Maurice Patel wrote: - Softimage 2015 will be delivered to all customers who have purchased Softimage prior to that date and who are on Subscription. - After March 28th, existing customers who are not on Subscription, will be able to upgrade their Softimage

Re: Friday Flashback #160

...ooh the lack of polygon tools in 1.0 was such a pain... And coming from Power Animator doubly so... (Just like the author wrote: I had to learn Soft|3D AND XSI at the same time...) luckily, though later on XSI became such an amazing polymodeller... Imho still unbeaten to this very day.

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

On 04/01/14 23:40, Stephen Blair wrote: Softimage doesn't support Python 3.x ain't that a good sign? :)

Re: Friday Flashback #133

...He didn't just do the skin but also the functional design of the user interface, right? I was always under the impression that he was the designer behind the UI. Am i wrong about this? I always have a hard time explaining people that i do interface design - and that sometimes includes (but

Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey

hey miquel, you are not alone. whenever people see me using softimage on my fedora-booted macbook air 11 they go like: wow, how is that even possible?, followed by: can i do that, too? :) imho it is just great to use softimage inside a modern desktop with spaces and everything. i've got

Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey

...you do realize that i can make the exact same statement with a search and replace for linux vs windows, do you? just sayin'... but joking aside: for me switching to linux brought a lot more advantages than staying with good old windows. first i don't miss any tools. i have softimage,

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is always-on-top?

On 07/27/2013 12:04 PM, Chris Chia wrote: It's not because it is fragile in Linux but there are so many flavours of Linux and the system lib versions differ in these flavours. that is true.. and yet just an excuse. so many other developers manage it quite well to redistribute their software

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is always-on-top?

in the window manager at all. Not sure why, but I'm betting it's Mainwin. :( On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.demailto:c...@glarestudios.de wrote: Hi, i can relate, i'm experiencing exactly the same problem :( Softimage 2014 ignores the windowmanager completely

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is always-on-top?

...@gmail.commailto:alan.fregt...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, exact same symptoms... it doesn't register in the window manager at all. Not sure why, but I'm betting it's Mainwin. :( On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.demailto:c...@glarestudios.de wrote: Hi, i can relate, i'm experiencing

Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is always-on-top?

Hi, i can relate, i'm experiencing exactly the same problem :( Softimage 2014 ignores the windowmanager completely, when maximized it goes beyond the usual borders (almost like fullscreen), it doesn't show up in taskbar either and when minimized then it becomes a little icon-like square that

Re: In case you missed it..

i don't buy the research-story - instead i believe softimage ended up in the particles corner because they had to visually balance the bonus-tools of the suites in a chart with a given set of buzzwords. chris -- --- Christoph Mütze http://www.glarestudios.de

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

.**autodesk.comsoftimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com[mailto: softimage-bounces@**listproc.autodesk.comsoftimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:50 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**comsoftimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

yes, i have... On 05/23/2012 05:36 PM, Sean Donnelly wrote: Have you disabled selinux? -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:13 AM To: softimage

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

performance problems. So this should not be used as a permanent solution to your problem. Sean -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Christoph Muetze Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:50 AM To: softimage

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

Hi Stephen, thanks for the help! On 05/22/2012 04:17 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: The libcustomdisplayhost.so error will not prevent Softimage from running. I get the same error here, and I can run Softimage 2013. too bad.. it was the only error i could find... Also important for FC14:

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

Hi Stephen, thanks a lot for helping me out on this! On 05/22/2012 06:18 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: Hanging while drawing the viewports often indicates a problem with the graphic card display driver. If you modify the default layout to hide the OpenGL viewports, does Softimage start up?

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

On 05/22/2012 07:12 PM, Sandy Sutherland wrote: I built one workstation with Nvidia driver a while ago - otherwise we crank out render nodes all on FC14 - and all work 100% - I will check tomorrow if we can remember how we did the one WS, which Nvidia driver etc... - BTW one thing I HAVE

Re: Softimage and Fedora14 - help please!

Hi Thomas, thanks for pointing this out! i'm painfully aware of the segmentation fault when you don't have the hostname in /etc/hosts. in my case: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4) - segfault 127.0.0.1 localhost wireframe localhost.localdomain