Re: Muscle system. Free/

2014-09-24 Thread Halim Negadi
Thank you Max! Awesome! On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Toonafish ron...@toonafish.nl wrote: Great ! Free muscles for Softies ! -Ronald On 9/24/2014 10:31, Max Evgrafov wrote: https://vimeo.com/106103487 plug https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptwaw35rfz2mutf/VorleXMuscleSystem2PRO.zip?dl=0

Re: Ftrack site license ?

2014-09-17 Thread Halim Negadi
11:52, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone. I was wondering if anyone uses an ftrack site license and could give some insights about pricing, quality of support and satisfaction. Thank you, Halim. -- -- Michal http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec

Re: python module doesn't load in softimage

2014-09-04 Thread Halim Negadi
http://www.ethivierge.com On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Alok Gandhi alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com wrote: Can you post some more details, which module and exact traceback? Sent from my iPhone On 01-Sep-2014, at 8:01 pm, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I have a module

Re: python module doesn't load in softimage

2014-09-04 Thread Halim Negadi
wrote: Are you sure that Softimage is set to use the system python and not the built in python? Not sure what to say after that. On Thursday, September 04, 2014 10:30:36 AM, Halim Negadi wrote: It's an autogenerated module by swagger codegen (https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen

python module doesn't load in softimage

2014-09-01 Thread Halim Negadi
Hello, I have a module that loads in standalone windows 2.7.8 python console but raises an invalid syntax error inside softimage. I use Softimage 2013 sp1 64 bits and made sure the scripting preferences are set not to use python shipped with softimage. Any idea ? Thank you. -H.

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Halim Negadi
Thanks Eric, I've been teaching rigging in the past and those hours of footage represent very valuable material. Even if the knowledge is generic and not tight to Soft, it will help newcommers figuring out how advanced and straight forward is the package AD just killed. I could for sure make a

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Halim Negadi
, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Alok Gandhi alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Halim, Although I think pyside is more actively developed but for more information please dig up an old thread for a similar discussion. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Halim Negadi hneg

PyQt or PySide

2014-06-09 Thread Halim Negadi
Hello All, I need to write a standalone client to deal with a web database through a rest API. The python CLI is done and I just need to wrap this up in a nice GUI. I will need the GUI to be working as a standalone application as well as embedded in softwares like Soft, Nuke or Maya. Both PySide

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-09 Thread Halim Negadi
for a similar discussion. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2014, at 10:09 AM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello All, I need to write a standalone client to deal with a web database through a rest API. The python CLI is done and I just need to wrap this up in a nice GUI. I will need

Re: Maya strengts (anyone?)

2014-05-22 Thread Halim Negadi
+6 Lu On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 7:11 PM, Meng-Yang Lu ntmon...@gmail.com wrote: I think the only failure of the node architecture was that it wasn't meant to be used by artists. Had they had that in consideration, we would've had something like ICE or close to it ages ago. There are still

Re: [OT] Regarding Blender

2014-05-05 Thread Halim Negadi
that the direction they went in interface revamp was to choose inspiration from 3Ds Max. Lots of icon tab deck and drilling down through menus...Max has one of the worst interfaces that I can think of shudder. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: The major issue is a non

Re: [OT] Regarding Blender

2014-05-04 Thread Halim Negadi
The major issue is a non-negociable Z-Up which makes it very difficult to integrate within any existing animation pipeline. On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:41 PM, Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.com wrote: It's strange, I heard that also but I've not really found that to be the case. It's different,

python 'print' in softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Halim Negadi
Hello Gang, print used to work in xsi back in version 4 or 5 but no longer does. I use a generic library that uses it massively for debug purposes. Is there any way to wrap it so Softimage logs python print messages ? Thanks in advance, -H.

Re: python 'print' in softimage

2014-04-02 Thread Halim Negadi
google just found the workaround: http://xsisupport.com/2012/05/02/python-print-statement-in-softimage-2013 This community rocks, please guys lets keep it alive no matter what. Cheers, -H. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Gang, print used to work

Re: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5

2014-03-26 Thread Halim Negadi
+10 Greg should be in every single drop down menu of every app. Are we safe AD is not going to claim patents ? Probably not, AD had no clue until very recently it had this in its catalogue :| On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com wrote: I will repeat, the middle

Re: Stand up and be counted

2014-03-17 Thread Halim Negadi
I agree Alastair, We're starting week #3 and I haven't heard of any other studio than glassworks making an official statement and standing up publicly for the sake of soft. There's no reason to surrender, there's nothing to loose standing up in front of AD. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:32 AM,

Re: Stand up and be counted

2014-03-17 Thread Halim Negadi
Alastair, how about starting the same thread on 3D pro ? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Michal Doniec doni...@gmail.com wrote: I meant he is not on the list On 17 March 2014 14:10, Michal Doniec doni...@gmail.com wrote: Dave is on the list. He's be thrown off the list 15 years ago :)

Re: Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

2014-03-17 Thread Halim Negadi
Shouldn't we setup an alternate mailing list in order not to give any heads up to AD about this ? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, even though there may potentially be some results out of a lawsuit, such measures can hardly be seen as all that much

Re: Autodesk response

2014-03-17 Thread Halim Negadi
The webinar just stopped and I cant' get it back.. It's all bullshit but am I the only one not accessing it anymore ? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Stephen Davidson magic...@bellsouth.netwrote: It is also quite clear that both the visual effects and games businesses are going through

Re: [OT] Some musings regarding Blender...

2014-03-10 Thread Halim Negadi
Blender has a next gen performance level. It opens up in half a sec and has no trouble running a full featured character at frame rates we couldn't imagine with a single envelope operator in any old fashionned classic dccs. It can load scenes 10x faster than xsi or maya. It has very powerfull

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-07 Thread Halim Negadi
Can't live wihout middle mouse button menus behaviour, I got this implemented in relight the first two weeks I spent at the Bakery. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:38 PM, Peter Agg peter@googlemail.com wrote: Nope, it's been the default behaviour for ages. Certainly in 2013. On 7 March 2014

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-07 Thread Halim Negadi
+1 I think there a way to do so using a mel command. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Dave Thomlison dthomli...@gmail.com wrote: Ability to open more than one outliner? On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Jeremie

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-07 Thread Halim Negadi
As for shapes, I've never felt good with soft workflow. A few years ago we asked stargrav to develop us a soft version of BCS. It now works on both platforms and I can't live without it: http://www.stargrav.com/bcs.php On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Raffaele Fragapane

Re: Softimage Has Been Killed, the Future of CG Softwares Is Now in TD's Hands

2014-03-07 Thread Halim Negadi
Your 2 cents will worth a few bitcoins quickly Christopher. I'm in. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Christopher Crouzet christopher.crou...@gmail.com wrote: My 2 cents on this:

Re: Save Softimage Petition

2014-03-04 Thread Halim Negadi
Signed. Just couldn't stand still watching this happening. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:38 PM, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.com wrote: Ditto. I'll sign just for support. Would be awesome but I doubt it will happen :-/ Kris On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Steven Caron

alembic question

2013-11-30 Thread Halim Negadi
I know it's a little out of topic and I should post on the exocortex list but I had no answer from exocortex so far and I'm hitting a wall. I am trying to get alembic pointcaches exported from softimage using crate working on references with namespaces in maya. Even tryed to hack the abc file

Re: alembic question

2013-11-30 Thread Halim Negadi
...@gmail.com wrote: i have went the other way, from maya to softimage. kept namespaces intact on export but stripped them on import and used model roots from a selection. what do the identifiers look like coming out of softimage? On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote

Re: alembic question

2013-11-30 Thread Halim Negadi
would continue to attempt to change the identifiers post export from softimage. i don't think there is an option like that in maya's importer. also, i don't fully understand maya's namespace stuff. sorry i can't be of more help On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com

event question

2013-09-05 Thread Halim Negadi
Hello List, I'm trying to write a simple event that would write metada in a text file upon scene save and model export. I RTFM the thing and couldn't find a way to catch the result full path of the exported model || saved scene after saving || export occurs. Any Idea ? Thank you, -H.

Re: event question

2013-09-05 Thread Halim Negadi
Application.ExportModel(**Building, C:\\Users\\SOLIDANGLE\\** Documents\\Projects\\Support\\**Models\\Building.emdl, , ) On 05/09/2013 6:26 AM, Halim Negadi wrote: Hello List, I'm trying to write a simple event that would write metada in a text file upon scene save and model export. I RTFM the thing

Re: GEAR_mc a fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR project

2013-08-27 Thread Halim Negadi
Thank you Miguel, couldn't dream of a better timing as we were planning to use gear for our first teaser over here. Glad to see you guys keeping our weapon alive. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: Yeah! Waiting anxiously for the videos! Thanks

Re: GEAR_mc a fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR project

2013-08-27 Thread Halim Negadi
? Miquel Campos www.miquelTD.com 2013/8/27 Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com Thank you Miguel, couldn't dream of a better timing as we were planning to use gear for our first teaser over here. Glad to see you guys keeping our weapon alive. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Emilio

Re: Hong Kong Softimage users

2013-06-01 Thread Halim Negadi
Hello Adam, TFilms is a Softimage house in Hong Kong. the website www.tfilmshk.com doesn't seem right though. thier address is: 3/F, Kodak House, Phase 1, 321 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Adam Seeley adam_see...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Folks, I'll be on a

Re: VM-Ware

2013-01-16 Thread Halim Negadi
graphics card) Softimage also works on in linux / VMWare :) -Ivan ivan@nospam.autodesk.com (please remove nospam) On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Well, it does support hardware 3d acceleration as well as virtual box On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 11:11

Re: VM-Ware

2013-01-14 Thread Halim Negadi
Softimage 2011/2012 2013 works like a charm over here on vmware workstation 9 running windows 7 workstation x64 sp1 under ubuntu 12.04 amd64. Except from a few harmless display bugs ( more often in the schematic than in actual viewports ), it's definitely workable and has decent performance. A

Re: VM-Ware

2013-01-14 Thread Halim Negadi
While working within linux environments, I personnally find more enjoyable using Softimage running in a windows VM than the linux version itself. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Halim Negadi hneg...@gmail.com wrote: Softimage 2011/2012 2013 works like a charm over here on vmware workstation

Re: In case you missed it..

2012-09-11 Thread Halim Negadi
Please AD, bring Soft back to a decent and fair exposure, at least closer to the one it deserves or sell it back if you're embarrassed. I'm sure there's a lot of interested and rich people who would buy it, you'll make money out of your 2008 deal and you'll make anger go down. That, I

Re: Bye Bye

2012-09-01 Thread Halim Negadi
Salut Guillaume, All my best wishes for the future, you will be missed on the list and I'm sure within our beloved software. May your force be fully transferred to the new platform you'll be involved with. Cheers, H. On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Guillaume Laforge

Re: Usergroup meeting?

2012-08-09 Thread Halim Negadi
I'm here till sunday. H. On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:49 AM, Bill Hinkson bill.hink...@gmail.com wrote: /Wave Trader Vic's was fun! Maybe I'll make it out to Siggraph next year. On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.comwrote: Most of the people who replied to my

Re: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox controller capture driver?

2012-07-22 Thread Halim Negadi
Highly interested as well ! On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Gmail arma...@gmail.com wrote: I'm also interested. On Jul 22, 2012, at 10:21 AM, michael johansson mich...@lowend.se wrote: I would be interested. /michael Johanson 2012/7/22 Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim

Re: loft instances on melena strands

2012-04-27 Thread Halim Negadi
. _ Sandy Sutherland Technical Supervisor sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za _ -- *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Halim Negadi

loft instances on melena strands

2012-04-23 Thread Halim Negadi
Hi List, We are trying to make feather instances loft along strands from melena, any chance any of you already went through this ? Another way would be to be able to feed a factory CreateStrandsFromCurves compound with subcurves to avoid having one single curve object per strand. Thank you, H.