On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Ivan Busquets <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the kind words, Paolo. > > I do know that AtomKraft supports Alembic (which is great), and just to > clarify, I didn't meant to undermine AtomKraft in any way by posting this > here.
Ivan, I did not perceive it as undermining at all, so everything is peachy! > Likewise, I imagine Nuke will support it natively soon too, and I do > look forward to that. Yep, with next major release it will come apparently. > > I just thought that, with Alembic being an open-source framework, it would > be a good idea to have an open-source implementation for Nuke as well, > hoping that this will help Alembic get more popular amongst the Nuke > community. Absolutely agree. > That said, I do have a couple of questions I'd like to bounce off you with > regards to the Alembic support in AtomKraft, but I'll do that in private to > avoid clobbering the list, if that's cool. > Cheers, > Ivan Fire in our direction: [email protected] (usually for customers but you can contact us there :) ) Best! P. > > > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Paolo Berto <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Very nice work Ivan. Congrats. >> >> I like the idea of selectively load a child object, we'll add that too. >> >> I'd like to point out again that our AtomReadGeo node which reads ABC, >> Houdini (B)GEO) and OBJ (we decided not to read FBX) does not check >> out a license, meaning you can just dload AK, plug & play! Happy Nuke >> Year :) >> >> >> Paolo >> >> ps - docs (not updated to 1.0) here: >> http://www.jupiter-jazz.com/docs/atomkraft/AtomReadGeo/index.html >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 3:13 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 >> >> >> >> -- >> paolo berto durante >> ex-galactic president, etc. >> /*jupiter jazz*/ visual research — hong kong >> www.jupiter-jazz.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 -- paolo berto durante ex-galactic president, etc. /*jupiter jazz*/ visual research — hong kong www.jupiter-jazz.com _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
