This pretty much sums me up also, and I've found myself asking the very same questions!
I've also been keenly following the development of FE but I'm not sure I have the chops to put it to proper use... Really looking forward to your response! DAN On 10 Nov 2012 01:12, "Andy Moorer" <andymoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Helge, I find the creation platform both really exciting, and from what > I've seen as it grows its learning curve intimidating. > > I'm an artist-turned-TD and a script monkey largely educated by watching > your jscript videos and lectures at Barnyard, and later taking Raffaele's > workshop... plus self training, bothering folks like you, Graham and Brad, > and a (nasty) year spent in Mel. > > In other words, I'm (I think) a pretty typical non-developer technical > artist. > > Is the Creation Platform something for folks like me, who spends about 40% > of my time scripting and the rest in creating assets and reasonably complex > stuff in ICE? Or is it targeted squarely at TDs who spend the bulk of their > time scripting, ie more for those at the developer end of the scale? > > Not that I'm not willing to always be stretching my capabilities to grow > as a TD and artist. I'm just trying to figure out who you see as the > typical Fabric Creation Platform user. > > Kudos to the regular outreach and amazingly fast and production-targeted > development of Fabric, it's been really awesome to watch it come to life. > > On Nov 9, 2012, at 2:53 AM, Helge Mathee <helge.mat...@gmx.net> wrote: > > yes - the CreationPlatformCAPI will be shipped working on all three > operating systems. > > On 08.11.2012 23:01, Xavier Lapointe wrote: > > Had the same question on my mind actually. > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> So the integration with Softimage is working on Linux? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Eric Thivierge >> http://www.ethivierge.com >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:40 AM, Helge Mathee <helge.mat...@gmx.net>wrote: >> >>> Linux is fully supported for everything. As is OSX. >>> >>> >>> On 08.11.2012 15:01, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: >>> >>> Hey Helge, >>> This might be of enough general interest to post here rather than in >>> private. >>> How are you guys faring on the linux front these days? >>> On Nov 8, 2012 8:08 PM, "Helge Mathee" <helge.mat...@gmx.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks guys! >>>> >>>> Now, I've stated that on the Creation Platform mailing list already: >>>> >>>> I am aware that people are impressed by the videos we publish and >>>> interested in Creation >>>> Platform generally. We are doing workshops and user group both in >>>> Montreal and London >>>> this month, but aside from that I would like to encourage people to >>>> start evaluating >>>> Creation Platform for production scenarios. I realize that there's a >>>> learning curve attached to >>>> that, so I am willing to provide as much help as necessary and lead the >>>> way for anybody >>>> interested in seriously evaluating CP. At this stage I am looking for >>>> production references >>>> for certain features, so please mail me privately if you are interested >>>> in collaborating. >>>> >>>> Best! >>>> >>>> -H >>>> >>>> On 08.11.2012 09:17, Andreas Böinghoff wrote: >>>> >>>> wow! this is getting more and more exciting! >>>> >>>> On 11/7/2012 9:06 PM, Paul Doyle wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi guys – this is a preview of the work that Helge is doing on the >>>> Creation Platform API: https://vimeo.com/groups/fabric/videos/53026583 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The new API provides full access to all CP features in C++. 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