I like to use the shape manager with multiple shapes hooked to controllers, or parameter sliders (blend two shapes with a parameter slider left to right, eg.) to later be saved with stored animations in clips in the mixer. I then play with clip animation later only, with layered expression/parameter key frames, not touching the shape manager... Another example, link teeth to a lip shape for a mouth phoneme expression. Once I have that, save that as an animation clip and do the lipsync with that clip in the mixer. I extensively use the animation mixer. I have little idea how ICE works, but I need more time to study it. I’ve only been in Softimage like 2 year, mostly self taught... but being a bit OCD with how you program your clips and shape information in expressions then animation clips certainly helps. I usually save my clips externally and use Windows explorer to call them when I need them.
I’m here to learn though, still a noob in these things I think. -Draise From: Cesar Saez Sent: Friday, June 7, 2013 10:53 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com All the shape work on Justin was done in mixer (lots of shapes), we hadn't enough time to refine ICE workflows for nontechnical artist and not everyone on the team had a solid softimage background (this was 3 - 4 years ago). Mixer tends to be a bit messy, but with some tools to cleanup and serialize some of the shape stuff we didn't have too many problems. On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Eric Thivierge <ethivie...@hybride.com> wrote: Well, talking overall workflow too. I can't stand using the shape manager as it breaks easily and the feature set just isn't there or is super clunky. Eric Thivierge =============== Character TD / RnD Hybride Technologies On 05/06/2013 12:08 PM, Simon Reeves wrote: (I never do character stuff really) But are we talking about still using the shape manager to make shapes? But do all the animation etc. In ICE? That's what I think I would do now.. Simon Reeves London, UK si...@simonreeves.com www.simonreeves.com On 5 June 2013 16:56, Miquel Campos <miquel.cam...@gmail.com> wrote: ICE here. On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Matt Morris wrote: I still use the shape manager to create and preview shapes/combinations quickly, its a good tool while in character development. But yeah, destroying all evidence of the mixer before transferring it to ICE for the final rig. I'd like to see the funcionality improved on, for example if the shape tools that came with GEAR ever became incompatible with soft it would destroy my workflow! -- ---------------------------------------------------- Miquel Campos www.akaosaru.com
