Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Matt Lowery
As a colleague of mine pointed out this morning, Autodesk should have told it's Softimage users what it needs to keep Softimage going. Admittedly that could be a bitter pill... We need to double the cost of maintenance to keep softimage going! Or We need to double the price of new license

Softimage interaction n Maya?

2014-03-04 Thread Matt Lowery
Is there a Softimage interaction mode in Maya? (like the Maya interaction mode in Soft) If not, Autodesk needs to sort that out for those of us who are going to have to switch. m@

Re: Carlsberg finally online

2013-09-25 Thread Matt Lowery
One of those jobs where you need to do a VFX break down of the job, as I can't tell what's 3D and what's shot. Top work, as always. m@ On 25/09/2013 17:25, Jordi Bares wrote: Finally our little project is online, hope you guys enjoy it http://www.youtube.com/embed/P47eLknD0qo Jordi Bares

Re: Softimage 2014

2013-03-26 Thread Matt Lowery
Yeah but I'm disappointed that the third party render crashing the f-curve editor bug isn't in the fixed bug list. Or did I miss it? On 26/03/2013 16:13, Eric Cosky wrote: I was impressed by the number of crash fixes. Nice job there. *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

Re: Fcurve editor crashing soft

2013-01-31 Thread Matt Lowery
Blair wrote: What renderer are you using? On 31/01/2013 7:35 AM, Matt Lowery wrote: Any attempt to enter a numeric value for anything in the editor freezes soft. -- Matt Lowery Senior 3D Artist GLASSWORKS 33/34 Great Pulteney Street London W1F 9NP T:+44 (0)20 74341182 F:+44 (0)20

Re: Broken spine with new scene

2012-10-03 Thread Matt Lowery
mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lowery Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:15 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Broken spine with new scene Hi all, I've rigged up a character using very

Re: Broken spine with new scene

2012-10-02 Thread Matt Lowery
that rig. Sorry I can't give you a fix, but at least you know you're not alone.. All people from South Africa gets this problem ;) G On 2012/10/02 11:14 AM, Matt Lowery wrote: Hi all, I've rigged up a character using very traditional XSI tools, no plug-ins, and I've discovered a very strange

Re: Broken spine with new scene

2012-10-02 Thread Matt Lowery
this problem ;) G On 2012/10/02 11:14 AM, Matt Lowery wrote: Hi all, I've rigged up a character using very traditional XSI tools, no plug-ins, and I've discovered a very strange problem. If I launch xsi and import

Re: Broken spine with new scene

2012-10-02 Thread Matt Lowery
nesting models in models. What I do seem to remember is it seems to loose some kind of connection with the scripted op (on the default rig). Also, it might be worth checking your scene for stadiums. D On 2012/10/02 01:24 PM, Matt Lowery wrote: I feel a support group coming on. Hi my name's

CLSID error and XSI base

2012-09-14 Thread Matt Lowery
Hi all, I have this error when I try and open an old scene CLSID\{9AFA7C59-35C8-4FEO-A23A-B3FA2A177614} So I google the error and I get a hit from xsi base. A tantilizing hit as it hints at knowing which shader/ plug in is missing, bit of course I can't got to xsi base becasue of the stupid

Re: Small Annoying Things

2012-08-17 Thread Matt Lowery
:48, Matt Lowery wrote: I find the fact that Softimage often makes me doubt my own sanity by saying that the scene I'm about to close has never been saved, even though I saved it just two clicks earlier. Also having just launched Softimage, and gone to the file menu to open a scene, I find

Re: ICE modeling

2012-07-18 Thread Matt Lowery
Two thumbs up for this suggestion the documentation has become a bit embarrassing to be honest. On 18/07/2012 10:32, adrian wyer wrote: i think this underlines a much wider problem; the docs are woefully inadequate! for example;