Enjoy the leave, Im returning from mine on Tuesday. Hope there's some lovely weather.
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Sandy Sutherland < sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> wrote: > Hi Simon - no password protect - so not sure why you cannot see it. Yep > guys are all good - starting to wind down on Khumba - holy camoly dude the > renders are looking so sweet! Arnold is the bees knees by a long shot! > > Off on leave now - about to drive to Sedgefield. > > > Cheers > > S. > > _____________________________ > Sandy Sutherland > Technical Supervisor > sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za > _____________________________ > > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Simon Anderson [ > simonbenandersonl...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 29 September 2012 02:49 > > *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > *Subject:* Re: Adventures in Zambezia feature film > > Hey Sandy, > > looking good ;) hehe.. was trying to view the video you posted and it says > i don't have permission...? is it password protected or region set? > > Hope the teams all going well :) looking forward to seeing khumba. > > Cheers > Si > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 5:13 AM, <pete...@skynet.be> wrote: > >> Looking good. >> less of a spoiler than the previous featurette. >> >> ooh, and you got Mr Spock, how cool is that! >> >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Sutherland >> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 2:12 PM >> >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: RE: Adventures in Zambezia feature film >> >> New trailer been posted - >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=YwVcjdEe0c8<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwVcjdEe0c8> >> >> S. >> >> _____________________________ >> Sandy Sutherland >> Technical Supervisor >> sandy.sutherland@triggerfish.**co.za <sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >> _____________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**__________ >> From: >> softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>[ >> softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] >> on behalf of ma...@glassworks.co.uk [ma...@glassworks.co.uk] >> Sent: 21 September 2012 11:08 >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >> Subject: RE: Adventures in Zambezia feature film >> >> Hey Sandy. >> >> Huge congrats on getting Zambezia out the door! And on getting it to look >> pretty damn good too! Nice to finally see some top quality features coming >> out of good old SA. Kudos to the whole team. Khumba looks amazing by the >> way! Can't wait to see both films. >> >> m@ >> >> >> >> Hi all - thanks for the kudos - will pass it on to the guys here. >>> >>> To answer your question peter - MB was done in post, using motion vector >>> pass and Reelsmart in Nuke. Rendering JUST squeezed in in time, pretty >>> much to the suprise of everyone here, we thought it would be way over as >>> there were some pretty big sets and all the leaves and stuff in the tree. >>> >>> Yep simply amazing what one can do with a particle system these days, >>> especially the particle bones and control setups! >>> >>> It is currently on screen in Russia, Germany and Israel - there is a page >>> somewhere showing release dates - I will try and find it. >>> >>> If you go to the Triggerfish site, there are links to both movies - with >>> a >>> few renders from Khumba, unfortunatley they are not anywhere near the >>> 'Knock your socks off' level that we do have now, but it is being held >>> under wraps. >>> >>> Will try and come up with some numbers to do with Zam - will post them in >>> this thread. >>> >>> http://triggerfish.co.za/en/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> S. >>> >>> _____________________________ >>> Sandy Sutherland >>> Technical Supervisor >>> sandy.sutherland@triggerfish.**co.za<sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >>> _____________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**__ >>> From: >>> softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> [softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] >>> on behalf of pete...@skynet.be >>> [pete...@skynet.be] >>> Sent: 20 September 2012 19:55 >>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> Subject: Re: Adventures in Zambezia feature film >>> >>> Hey Sandy - >>> its always good to see a softimage based movie completed – and another >>> one >>> in progress? cool! >>> >>> Based on all you squeezed out of that particle plugin, perhaps Autodesk >>> should make a case study of your production: “ Want to boost your overall >>> 3dsmax or Maya workflow? With the Softimage Universal Plugin you can >>> replace your complete workflow, and enjoy improvements on all fronts! “ >>> >>> Sorry to derail the thread – I’m certainly looking forward to seeing both >>> movies – on the screen or DVD – whichever way they make it to Europe. >>> >>> >>> Silly question (or not?) – was motion in post or rendered? >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Sandy >>> Sutherland<mailto:Sandy.**sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za<sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >>> > >>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 1:32 PM >>> To: r...@casema.nl<mailto:robw@**casema.nl <r...@casema.nl>> ; >>> softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> <mailto:softimage@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> > >>> Subject: RE: Adventures in Zambezia feature film >>> >>> Hi Rob, >>> >>> Zam was done in MR - Khumba is being rendered with Arnold - still busy >>> with that one. Night and day though - we did sweat somewhat with MR. >>> >>> S. >>> >>> _____________________________ >>> Sandy Sutherland >>> Technical Supervisor >>> sandy.sutherland@triggerfish.**co.za<sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >>> _____________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**__ >>> From: >>> softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> [softimage-bounces@listproc.**autodesk.com<softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] >>> on behalf of Rob Wuijster >>> [r...@casema.nl] >>> Sent: 20 September 2012 12:34 >>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.**com <softimage@listproc.autodesk.com> >>> Subject: Re: Adventures in Zambezia feature film >>> >>> Hi Sandy, >>> >>> it looks great! Nice to see our beloved particle plugin can pull this off >>> ;-) >>> >>> I was under the impression though you rendered this with Arnold? >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> Rob Wuijster >>> E r...@casema.nl<mailto:robw@**casema.nl <r...@casema.nl>> >>> >>> \/-------------\/-------------**---\/ >>> >>> On 20-9-2012 10:45, Sandy Sutherland wrote: >>> Just letting you all know there was a small featurette released on vimeo >>> - >>> http://vimeo.com/49767597 >>> >>> We finished the movie completely in Softimage rendered with Mental Ray, >>> it >>> was a huge learning experience but given the size of Triggerfish, it >>> would >>> not have been possible to have done this in any other software. ICE is >>> used extensively to create various assets and effects AND to fix stuff - >>> it certainly was a Swiss Army Knife for us. >>> >>> Oh - the dust and smoke stuff was rendered with Fury from Exocortex - >>> feathers for Zam were done with MB_feathers which we built a pipeline >>> around to do caching to geometry for rendering. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> S. >>> >>> _____________________________ >>> Sandy Sutherland >>> Technical Supervisor >>> sandy.sutherland@triggerfish.**co.za<sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >>> <mailto:sandy.sutherland@**triggerfish.co.za<sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za> >>> > >>> _____________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com**> >>> Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5278 - Release Date: 09/19/12 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > ------------------- > Simon Ben Anderson > blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/ > > -- ------------------- Simon Ben Anderson blog: http://vinyldevelopment.wordpress.com/
