yes! alembic is going to ROCK!
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Michael Garrett <[email protected]>wrote: > Great! Thanks Ivan! Looking forward to checking this out, and comparing > to the AtomKraft implementation. Thanks for uploading compiled versions > too. > > Michael > > > On 31 December 2011 09:01, Ivan Busquets <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Happy holidays, Nukers! >> >> Sorry for the spam to both the users and dev lists, but I thought this >> might be of interest to people on both. >> >> Since Alembic seems to be gaining some traction amongst the Nuke >> community these days, I wanted to share the following: >> >> I've been working on a set of Alembic-related plugins in my spare time, >> and it's come to the point where I don't have the time (or the skills) to >> bring them much further, so I've decided to open source the project so >> anyone can use / modify / contribute as they please. >> >> The project is freely available here: >> >> http://github.com/ivanbusquets/ABCNuke/ >> >> And includes the following plugins: >> >> - ABCReadGeo >> - ABCAxis >> - ABCCamera >> >> But only ABCReadGeo is released so far (need to clean up the rest, but >> hopefully they will follow soon). >> >> If you want to try it out without the hassle of compiling it, here's a >> couple of links to pre-compiled versions for Mac and Linux, each with a >> version for Nuke 6.2 and 6.3. (again, only ABCReadGeo available so far). >> I'll try to upload them to Nukepedia as well, but the upload links were not >> working for me today. >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17836731/ABCNuke_plugins_macos.zip >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17836731/ABCNuke_plugins_linux.zip >> >> Also, here's a link with a few example scripts, along with the Alembic >> files and media required, to show some of the features of ABCReadGeo >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17836731/examples.zip >> >> And a couple of screenshots to know what to expect from the interface, >> etc. >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17836731/ABCReadGeo_screenshot1.png >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17836731/ABCReadGeo_screenshot2.png >> >> >> Here's some Key features of ABCReadGeo: >> - Selective reading of different objects in an Alembic archive. For >> example, you may read a single object from an archive that has multiple >> objects, without the speed penalty of reading through the whole archive. >> - Bbox mode for each object. (much faster if you don't need to load the >> full geometry) >> - Ability to interpolate between geometry samples >> - Retiming / offseting geometry animation >> >> >> Disclaimers: >> - It's the first time I have a go at a project of this size, and the >> first time I use Cmake, so I'll appreciate any comments / suggestions on >> improving both the code and the presentation. >> - Overall, I've tried to focus on performance, but I'm sure there will be >> cases where things break or are not handled properly. If you have an >> Alembic file that's not being interpreted correctly, I would very much like >> to know. :) >> >> And that's it. Hope people find it useful. >> >> Happy New Year everyone! >> >> Ivan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >
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