Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Sebastien Sterling]

Could only be cooler if it had tits and was on fire :)


On 4 April 2014 02:43, Ed Manning  wrote:

> An excellent timesaver that I've missed when at shops other than PSYOP.
>
> Thanks, Jonah, and Andy!  -- and the management beings who signed off on
> releasing it into the wild.
>
> Sanity check next?
>
> Pleez?
>
>

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Ed Manning]

An excellent timesaver that I've missed when at shops other than PSYOP.

Thanks, Jonah, and Andy!  -- and the management beings who signed off on
releasing it into the wild.

Sanity check next?

Pleez?

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Andy Jones]

I'm very biased of course, but I have to say I'm a huge fan of this tool
:)  Thanks for putting the release together, Jonah!


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:

> Thank you so much, this is an amazing tool.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Jason S  wrote:
>
>>  On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
>>
>> So if geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were
>> added,
>> your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups in the
>> assets up to date.
>>
>> Overall though, it's very simple to use and none of our lighters has had
>> any problems picking it up.
>> The Sort Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these can be
>> as simple or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all or nothing
>> proposition.
>> It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many years.
>>
>>
>>  Man.. can't count how many times this would have been invaluable..
>> Thank you!
>>
>>  On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
>>  By adding a layer of proceduralism to passes and partitions, the Sort
>> Controller puts Softimage passes another five years ahead of... well..
>> never mind!
>>
>>   That would come to ~..17 ..and counting
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Thank you so much, this is an amazing tool.


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:53 AM, Jason S  wrote:

>  On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
>
> So if geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were added,
> your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups in the
> assets up to date.
>
> Overall though, it's very simple to use and none of our lighters has had
> any problems picking it up.
> The Sort Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these can be
> as simple or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all or nothing
> proposition.
> It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many years.
>
>
>  Man.. can't count how many times this would have been invaluable.. Thank
> you!
>
>  On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
>  By adding a layer of proceduralism to passes and partitions, the Sort
> Controller puts Softimage passes another five years ahead of... well..
> never mind!
>
>   That would come to ~..17 ..and counting
>
>
>

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Jason S]

On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
  
  So if
geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were added, 
your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups in the
assets up to date. 
  
Overall though, it's very simple to use and none of our lighters has
had any problems picking it up. 
The Sort Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these
can be as simple or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all
or nothing proposition. 
It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many years. 





Man.. can't count how many times this would have been invaluable..
Thank you!

On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:
  
  
  
   By adding a layer of
proceduralism to passes and partitions, the
Sort Controller puts Softimage passes another five years ahead of...
well.. never mind!
  
  
  
  

That would come to ~..17 ..and counting

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Francisco Criado]

long live softimage! thanks a lot Jonah!

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[David Saber]

Amazing! Thanks Jonah!

Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Jonah Friedman]

Hello Softimage List,

I'm pleased to announce the release of one of my favorite tools we have at
Psyop- the Sort Controller!

The premise is simple: using a simple 'partition = group' markup language,
you write rules for procedurally sorting your passes. Groups are used as
something like metadata tagging, and the sort controller sorts your
partitions with it. By adding a layer of proceduralism to passes and
partitions, the Sort Controller puts Softimage passes another five years
ahead of... well.. never mind!

A simple example to show how this works:
Sort Code:

Background_Objects_Partitions = *

characters = sg_characters
set = sg_set


Result:

The first line puts everything into background objects to start clean.

All objects in group(s) named "sg_characters" are sorted into the
"characters" partition.
All objects in group(s) named "sg_set" are sorted into the "set" partition.

So if geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were added,
or you're using the same passes in a different shot with different
characters, your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups
in the assets up to date. Overall though, it's very simple to use and none
of our lighters has had any problems picking it up. The Sort
Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these can be as simple
or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all or nothing
proposition. It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many
years.

Full Documentation: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller/wiki

Repo: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller

Happy sorting!

RE: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Matt Lind]

b...@luxology.com



From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Johnson
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 5:06 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...

Is Brad's contact info available? Also is there a list somewhere for the next 
one...I missed this one...aught the last ten minutes

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:
The Edu Pricing is good. Not as good as the AD ARC licences. Then again, Modo, 
Mari, Heiro and NukeX all for $250 and less (depending on numbers) / year is 
good value. Who know maybe Flix will join that bundle in the future.





From: Sebastien Sterling 
[sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com]
Sent: 04 April 2014 12:05 AM

To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...

i bought a license for little old me too :)

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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Chris Johnson]

Is Brad's contact info available? Also is there a list somewhere for the
next one...I missed this one...aught the last ten minutes


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Angus Davidson wrote:

>  The Edu Pricing is good. Not as good as the AD ARC licences. Then again,
> Modo, Mari, Heiro and NukeX all for $250 and less (depending on numbers) /
> year is good value. Who know maybe Flix will join that bundle in the
> future.
>
>
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Sebastien Sterling [sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 04 April 2014 12:05 AM
>
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 -
> Register here...
>
>   i bought a license for little old me too :)
>
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RE: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Angus Davidson]

The Edu Pricing is good. Not as good as the AD ARC licences. Then again, Modo, 
Mari, Heiro and NukeX all for $250 and less (depending on numbers) / year is 
good value. Who know maybe Flix will join that bundle in the future.





From: Sebastien Sterling [sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com]
Sent: 04 April 2014 12:05 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...

i bought a license for little old me too :)





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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

i bought a license for little old me too :)


On 3 April 2014 22:57, Leoung O'Young  wrote:

> We bought 4 licenses, Brad is a great guy.
>
> Leoung
>
>
> On 03/04/2014 5:54 PM, Cristobal Infante wrote:
>
>> The only real support is to buy some licenses and therefore having some
>> influence in the development of a more VFX/Animation DCC.
>>
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Raffaele Fragapane]

That's been available for dog years in Maya, it's part of the tool settings
for several tools rather than an always manipulation object, but it's there.
If anything it's probably one of the rare things where I prefer Maya when
it comes to the actual rig, it's a lot easier, for transforms, to modulate
and persist changes to transform inheritance.


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> "Child Comp" would probably be another essential feature people take for
> granted, the ability to move objects independently of their hierarchies.
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 19:06, Steven Caron  wrote:
>
>> i am most 'proud' of your custom tool sdk... a great parting gift which
>> will give softimage some legs after it's demise.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Brent McPherson <
>> brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:
>>
>>> But I am most proud of bringing the view cube to Softimage. :-P
>>>
>>>
>


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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Leoung O'Young]

We bought 4 licenses, Brad is a great guy.

Leoung

On 03/04/2014 5:54 PM, Cristobal Infante wrote:
The only real support is to buy some licenses and therefore having 
some influence in the development of a more VFX/Animation DCC.

disabling tooltips

[Simon van de Lagemaat]

Is it possible to globally disable tooltips?

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Cristobal Infante]

The only real support is to buy some licenses and therefore having some
influence in the development of a more VFX/Animation DCC.

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Sebastien Sterling]

"Child Comp" would probably be another essential feature people take for
granted, the ability to move objects independently of their hierarchies.


On 3 April 2014 19:06, Steven Caron  wrote:

> i am most 'proud' of your custom tool sdk... a great parting gift which
> will give softimage some legs after it's demise.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Brent McPherson <
> brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:
>
>> But I am most proud of bringing the view cube to Softimage. :-P
>>
>>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

There was also a strong message of advocacy, if we want the package to go a
certain way, say animation or VFX. Generaly more M&E centric, then showing
are support is a good way of achieving that, breaking the myth that Modo is
just a modeling and rendering suite. spreading the word.


On 3 April 2014 22:34, Artur Woźniak  wrote:

> reference yes, Good? not yet
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 23:33 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Sterling <
> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com>:
>
> The rigging paradigm seemed particularly impressive, being able to modify
>> blendshape topology and uv's non destructively, that is a game changer in
>> its own right.
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2014 22:27, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>>
>>> In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of
>>> features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of
>>> the modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about
>>> pipeline, referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing
>>> how Modo can do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general
>>> notion of what Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone
>>> wanted to leave. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Sergio Muciño.
>>> Sent from my iPad.
>>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:
>>>
>>> Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so
>>> please honor it.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :
>>>
 Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
 will be expected but later on. Oh my.


 Artur


 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :

 After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably
> blast people out of their shoes.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak 
> wrote:
>
>> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>>
>> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>>>
>>>
>>> -=T=-
>>>
>>
>>
>

>>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Artur Woźniak]

reference yes, Good? not yet

Artur


2014-04-03 23:33 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Sterling 
:

> The rigging paradigm seemed particularly impressive, being able to modify
> blendshape topology and uv's non destructively, that is a game changer in
> its own right.
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 22:27, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>
>> In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of
>> features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of
>> the modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about
>> pipeline, referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing
>> how Modo can do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general
>> notion of what Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone
>> wanted to leave. :-)
>>
>>
>> Sergio Muciño.
>> Sent from my iPad.
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:
>>
>> Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so please
>> honor it.
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :
>>
>>> Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
>>> will be expected but later on. Oh my.
>>>
>>>
>>> Artur
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>>>
>>> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably
 blast people out of their shoes.


 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:

> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>
> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>>
>>
>> -=T=-
>>
>
>

>>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Perry Harovas]

Really great stuff.
Not to be a Net Nanny, but we all raised our hands and agreed to a
gentleman's NDA.
Can't tell you any of the stuff that we saw that wasn't already in 701, but
we will all find out when it is released and as
was said previously, there is another one they are planning on doing for
people in a different time zone.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote:

> In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of
> features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of
> the modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about
> pipeline, referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing
> how Modo can do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general
> notion of what Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone
> wanted to leave. :-)
>
>
> Sergio Muciño.
> Sent from my iPad.
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:
>
> Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so please
> honor it.
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :
>
>> Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
>> will be expected but later on. Oh my.
>>
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>>
>> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast
>>> people out of their shoes.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:
>>>
 Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.

 Artur


 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :

 Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>
>
> -=T=-
>


>>>
>>
>


-- 





Perry Harovas
Animation and Visual Effects

http://www.TheAfterImage.com 

-25 Years Experience
-Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES)

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

The rigging paradigm seemed particularly impressive, being able to modify
blendshape topology and uv's non destructively, that is a game changer in
its own right.


On 3 April 2014 22:27, Sergio Mucino  wrote:

> In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of
> features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of
> the modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about
> pipeline, referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing
> how Modo can do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general
> notion of what Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone
> wanted to leave. :-)
>
>
> Sergio Muciño.
> Sent from my iPad.
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:
>
> Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so please
> honor it.
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :
>
>> Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
>> will be expected but later on. Oh my.
>>
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>>
>> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast
>>> people out of their shoes.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:
>>>
 Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.

 Artur


 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :

 Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>
>
> -=T=-
>


>>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Steven Caron]

so you can reference in modo? how similar to softimage? and i don't mean
implementation just feature wise.

does their renderer have a deferred format? ie. vrscene, .mia, .ass, .rib

s


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote:

> In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of
> features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of
> the modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about
> pipeline, referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing
> how Modo can do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general
> notion of what Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone
> wanted to leave. :-)
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sergio Mucino]

In the spirit of not leaving the rest in the blank, Brad showed lots of 
features of Modo that a lot of people were not aware of. He demoed some of the 
modeling tools, Mesh Fusion, texturing, some rigging, talked about pipeline, 
referencing, particles, etc. It was an overview of Modo, showing how Modo can 
do a lot more than just model and render (which is the general notion of what 
Modo is). Long presentation too, but I don't think anyone wanted to leave. :-)

Sergio Muciño.
Sent from my iPad.

> On Apr 3, 2014, at 4:57 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:
> 
> Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so please 
> honor it.
> 
> 
> 2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :
>> Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs will 
>> be expected but later on. Oh my.
>> 
>> 
>> Artur
>> 
>> 
>> 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>> 
>>> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast 
>>> people out of their shoes. 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak  
 wrote:
 Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff. 
 
 Artur
 
 
 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
 
> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
> 
> 
> -=T=-
> 

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Artur Woźniak]

Ok, let's say this.
Modo is not a modeler. As Brad said, it is a packaged "module" of a bigger
and open platform called nexus. It has all the thing that pipeline tool
needs. So it is not rebuild from version to version, but rather repackaged.
Brad explained that they have a lot of deals with other companies and that
they made several tools for them depending on the needs. All based on Nexus
platform. So, rather that dropping a whole package bomb they decided to
make it in steps. They begun with modeling and rendering.
He is also aware of the weak spots, bottle necks of Modo that they are
working on it to make it more scalable and pipeline ready.

Just wait couple of weeks, maybe a month for a announcement (really don't
know when, I hope sooner than later). There should be some more things The
Foundry related on Monday not totally Modo free.

Artur



2014-04-03 23:10 GMT+02:00 Jason S :

> Fair enough :]
>
>
> On 04/03/14 17:08, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>
>> NEVEERRR !!! :) (but seriously we probably shouldn't)
>>
>> I suppose one thing to take away is that Modo was not built to be just a
>> modeller.
>>
>>
>

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

[David Saber]

for some reasons the following post never appears in the thread when I 
send it so here I try again:


A good friend of mine sometimes prints his creatures:
http://www.noisyknuckles.com/3dprints.php
He's an XSI fan and expert. You can write him on my behalf.
David

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

[David Saber]

Wasn't this posted just some days ago?

On 2014-04-03 22:56, Andres Stephens wrote:
I have been looking more and  more into Blender. I use it mainly for 
compositing and video editing - and UV’s and some basic texture 
painting. It’s a fun software once you get the hang of the interface, 
and yes, it is flexible but still lacking in the SI side of things...


But I have been following the progress of the Blendergraph and other 
node addon abilities that have been mentioned and are trying to be 
implemented into the software. With some focus and investment I am 
sure Blender will come up to par eventually. =)

-Draise

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Jason S]

Fair enough :]

On 04/03/14 17:08, Sebastien Sterling wrote:

NEVEERRR !!! :) (but seriously we probably shouldn't)

I suppose one thing to take away is that Modo was not built to be just 
a modeller.

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Artur Woźniak]

It is gonna be a next level. Worth waiting. But not a game changer.

Artur


2014-04-03 23:08 GMT+02:00 Sebastien Sterling 
:

> NEVEERRR !!! :) (but seriously we probably shouldn't)
>
> I suppose one thing to take away is that Modo was not built to be just a
> modeller.
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 22:06, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held
>>> in the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our
>>> gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies
>>> right?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:
>>>
 There will be another one next week for people from different time
 zones.

 Artur


 2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :

>  +1
>
>
> On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
>
>  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...
>
> -Draise
>
>
>

>>
>

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

NEVEERRR !!! :) (but seriously we probably shouldn't)

I suppose one thing to take away is that Modo was not built to be just a
modeller.


On 3 April 2014 22:06, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:

> +1
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney 
> wrote:
>
>> Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held
>> in the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our
>> gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies
>> right?
>>
>> Cheers
>> On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:
>>
>>> There will be another one next week for people from different time zones.
>>>
>>> Artur
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :
>>>
  +1


 On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:

  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...

 -Draise



>>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Andres Stephens]

Oh right, Thanks! I will look forward to the next one. I will be all ears 
either way - I have my eye on it. 😉 



-Draise



From: Jason S
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎3‎, ‎2014 ‎16‎:‎06‎ ‎
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Whithout going int any details whatsoever, how about saying what areas have 
been adressed ?


On 04/03/14 17:03, Daniel Sweeney wrote: 

Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held in the 
future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our gentlemen's 
agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies right? 

Cheers

On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:


There will be another one next week for people from different time zones. 



Artur

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Greg Punchatz]

Shame, I had to leave before it got interesting


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney wrote:

> Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held in
> the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our
> gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies
> right?
>
> Cheers
> On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:
>
>> There will be another one next week for people from different time zones.
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :
>>
>>>  +1
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...
>>>
>>> -Draise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

+1


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney wrote:

> Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held in
> the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our
> gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies
> right?
>
> Cheers
> On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:
>
>> There will be another one next week for people from different time zones.
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :
>>
>>>  +1
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...
>>>
>>> -Draise
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Jason S]

Whithout going int any details whatsoever, how about saying what areas
have been adressed ?


On 04/03/14 17:03, Daniel Sweeney wrote:

  Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and
what may be held in the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone
should stick to our gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all
gentlemen and gentleladies right? 
  Cheers
  On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak" 
wrote:
  
There will be another one next week for people from
different time zones.


Artur



2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :

  
+1
  
  
On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
  

Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it... 

 
-Draise



  
  
  
  




  
  

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Daniel Sweeney]

Very cool of brad to show us some workings of modo and what may be held in
the future! Very interesting!! And yes everyone should stick to our
gentlemen's agreement that brad said! We are all gentlemen and gentleladies
right?

Cheers
On 3 Apr 2014 21:58, "Artur Woźniak"  wrote:

> There will be another one next week for people from different time zones.
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :
>
>>  +1
>>
>>
>> On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
>>
>>  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...
>>
>> -Draise
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Andres Stephens]

I have had troubles trimming, I think every time I do the mail client I use 
starts a new thread. Sorry about that.. 



-Draise


>snip<

Re: Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Artur Woźniak]

There will be another one next week for people from different time zones.

Artur


2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S :

>  +1
>
>
> On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:
>
>  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it...
>
> -Draise
>
>
>

Another alternative to Softimage

[Andres Stephens]

I have been looking more and  more into Blender. I use it mainly for 
compositing and video editing - and UV’s and some basic texture painting. It’s 
a fun software once you get the hang of the interface, and yes, it is flexible 
but still lacking in the SI side of things... 

But I have been following the progress of the Blendergraph and other node addon 
abilities that have been mentioned and are trying to be implemented into the 
software. With some focus and investment I am sure Blender will come up to par 
eventually. =) 



-Draise

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Artur Woźniak]

Seriously, Brad asked to keep some of the things quiet for now, so please
honor it.


2014-04-03 22:56 GMT+02:00 Artur Woźniak :

> Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
> will be expected but later on. Oh my.
>
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>
> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast
>> people out of their shoes.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:
>>
>>> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>>>
>>> Artur
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>>>
>>> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)


 -=T=-

>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Re gister here...

[Jason S]

+1

On 04/03/14 16:55, Andres Stephens wrote:

  
  
  Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it... 
  
   
  -Draise
  
  
  

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Artur Woźniak]

Well, maybe not 801 cause it will be a feature installment so some bugs
will be expected but later on. Oh my.


Artur


2014-04-03 22:53 GMT+02:00 Ognjen Vukovic :

> After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast
> people out of their shoes.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:
>
>> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>>
>> Artur
>>
>>
>> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>>
>> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>>>
>>>
>>> -=T=-
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Cristobal Infante]

"I wish they already had all of this stuff."

For me this is about where things are going, not where they are today.

Today and for the next 2 years you still have Softimage.


On 3 April 2014 21:48, Artur Woźniak  wrote:

> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>
> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>>
>>
>> -=T=-
>>
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Andres Stephens]

Yes, please do elaborate! I could not watch it... 



-Draise



From: Ognjen Vukovic
Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎3‎, ‎2014 ‎15‎:‎53‎ ‎
To: softimage


After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast 
people out of their shoes.

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

After watching the webinar, im quite certain that 801 will probably blast
people out of their shoes.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:

> Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.
>
> Artur
>
>
> 2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :
>
> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>>
>>
>> -=T=-
>>
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Eugene Flormata]

can some kind people who watched the webinar
elaborate a little on what people who missed out on?!

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Artur Woźniak]

Brad is a great guy. I wish they already had all of this stuff.

Artur


2014-04-03 22:45 GMT+02:00 Eric Turman :

> Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
>
>
> -=T=-
>

RE: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Angus Davidson]

If you havent already its really worth catching up on the modcasts.



From: Eric Turman [i.anima...@gmail.com]
Sent: 03 April 2014 10:45 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...

Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)


-=T=-



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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Eric Turman]

Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)


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RE: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Angus Davidson]

Very interesting indeed.

From: Marco Peixoto [mpe...@gmail.com]
Sent: 03 April 2014 10:40 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...

Interesting ;)


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Sebastien Sterling 
mailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Yay :)


On 3 April 2014 18:53, Jon Swindells 
mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm>> wrote:
started early

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:44 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap called 
GotoWebinar, it will take you through it


On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic 
mailto:ognj...@gmail.com>> wrote:

ok, Thanks.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells 
mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm>> wrote:

9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.


--
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jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm>> wrote:

an hour to go yet surely ?

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.











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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

That was awesome. Some really interesting stuff going on.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yay :)
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 18:53, Jon Swindells  wrote:
>
>>  started early
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:44 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>>
>> hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap called
>> GotoWebinar, it will take you through it
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>>
>>
>> ok, Thanks.
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells > > wrote:
>>
>>
>>  9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Marco Peixoto]

Interesting ;)


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:36 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yay :)
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 18:53, Jon Swindells  wrote:
>
>>  started early
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:44 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>>
>> hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap called
>> GotoWebinar, it will take you through it
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>>
>>
>> ok, Thanks.
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells > > wrote:
>>
>>
>>  9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

Yay :)


On 3 April 2014 18:53, Jon Swindells  wrote:

>  started early
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:44 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>
> hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap called
> GotoWebinar, it will take you through it
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>
>
> ok, Thanks.
>
>
>  On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells 
> wrote:
>
>
>  9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.
>
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>
> I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
> wrote:
>
>
>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>
> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[John Richard Sanchez]

I hate threads about trimming posts.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Jason S  wrote:

>  Lol!  Rite ;)
>
>
> On 04/03/14 15:29, Leendert A. Hartog wrote:
>
> Considering the mangled posts coming from mobile phones these days,
> "autocorrect" should be avoided at all cost IMHO.
> ;)
>
> Greetz
> Leendert
>
>
>


-- 
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Re: Another alternative to Softimage

[Paulo César Duarte]

Very nice works with Blender by "Christophe SEUX":

http://vimeo.com/90280028


2014-04-01 13:15 GMT-03:00 philipp.oeser :

>   I also think the interface is
>  (a) quite usable as vanilla blender [ i really think so :) even though I
> do some tweaks as well...]
>  (b) easily customizable to your needs, have a look at these guys
> (stripping away anything but the stuff they need for their interior
> designer)
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW0Ac2cK1Ss
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s6Sl7og7xY
>
>  Greetz
>  Philipp
>
>
>
>
> Paulo César Duarte  hat am 1. April 2014 um 17:51
> geschrieben:
>
>  Bevel, select edge and Ctrl + B or use the object modifier.
>
>  About the interface ,  each new  version has  an implementation , I
> think the editing speed of the object can still improve,  but it is much
> more  customizable  than  Softimage ,  in  positioning of  tools layout
> and  colors .  Just  take a fast look at these  two  videos :
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaqos_D_rxw
>
>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-MKZTvJIrQ
>
>
>
>  2014-04-01 12:35 GMT-03:00 Sebastien Sterling <
> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com>:
>
>   It does tend to bloat its own interface, lot of panels opening up,
> similar to maya.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ob8F3sJQ
>  This may be an older version of Blender but it's the version i tried,
> have they fixed this ?
> i mean they can pretty much take the package where ever they want,
> something i feel autodesk
> can't do for fear of disgruntling its precious maya legacy users, a
> practice i find damnable cheap and cowardly.
>  even if you are not going to change the core interface, initiatives such
> as CAD Junkie ZEN are a breath of fresh air in this regard and free to boot
>
>  letting people experience tools in an up to date efficient new layout.
>
>
>
>  On 1 April 2014 07:41, Dan Yargici  wrote:
>
> I'm sorry but "the interface is still terrible" is just a cheap shot that
> is overused by people that have opened it for 10 minutes, found it's
> different, and closed it again.  What is it you find terrible?
>
> It certainly needs organising a little (something they're doing, and the
> introduction of tabs in 2.7 has gone a long way to reducing clutter) but
> from what I've been reading here lately Maya's is no bed of roses either...
>
> Yes, you can now bevel both in edit mode, or with an operator.
>
> Sent from my phone...
>   On 1 Apr 2014 07:19, "Sam Bowling" < sbowl...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>  They ever get a working bevel tool for blender? Last time I looked at
> it, there wasn't even a decent way to do bevels and that was where I
> stopped looking at it.  A tool that has been around this long lacking one
> of the most basic modeling tools is just sad. Sure, it's great for free,
> but it's still pretty bad for any real professional work.  The interface is
> also still terrible.
>
>
>
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ed Schiffer
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:19 PM
> *To:* Softimage Mailing List
> *Subject:* Re: Another alternative to Softimage
>
>
>
> +1, Paulo
>
>
>
> I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give
> Blender a chance.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dan Yargici  wrote:
>
> +1
>
>
>
> I think it's foolish to dismiss Blender as some kind of joke DCC.  It has
> a lot of nice things going for it.  I've been looking over the 2.70
> features this morning (before the government here decided to turn off
> YouTube...) and it's once again taken some good strides.
>
>
>
> DAN
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Paulo César Duarte <
> paulocdua...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Between, Houdini, Modo, Lightwave and Cinema 4d, Blender is also a good
> alternative, I'd say he's a middle ground between Modo and Lightwave, but
> the best thing about him is opensource and the community, any developer can
> implement something in it.
>
>
>
> Take a look in this "The best blender demo reel film 2013":
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l8WNHwTOg
>
>
>
>
>
> Blender has ongoing projects very interesting like the "Molecular", which
> seems to me better than Lagoa, and it's not finish yet, but you can use
> right now:
>
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/10/03/molecular-v1-0-1-uvs-feature-and-osx-build-now-available/
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/09/11/block-of-sand-4-millions-of-particles/
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/08/28/fluid-solid-and-granular/
>
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/08/28/1920-x-1080-4-millions-particles-simulation-wallpaper/
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/03/18/a-little-rope-simulation-with-cython-code/
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/04/07/test-with-a-cube-of-sand/
>
> http://pyroevil.com/2013/05/25/cloth-test-with-molecular-addon/
>
>
>
> A data processing project similar to ICE:
>
> http://phonybone.planetblender.org/
>
>
>
> Advanced procedural polymodeling/remeshing:
>
>
> http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.ph

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Jason S]

Lol!  Rite ;)

On 04/03/14 15:29, Leendert A. Hartog wrote:

  
Considering the mangled posts coming from mobile phones these days, 
"autocorrect" should be avoided at all cost IMHO.
;)
  
Greetz
Leendert

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Leendert A. Hartog]

Considering the mangled posts coming from mobile phones these days,
"autocorrect" should be avoided at all cost IMHO.
;)

Greetz
Leendert

Jason S schreef op 3-4-2014 21:07:

On 04/03/14 14:37, Daniel Brassard wrote:
* If somebody provides advice and or alternate methodology, 
thank*/_s_/* them for their input.

*  Use autocorrect to check spelling :)



--

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Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Jason S]

On 04/03/14 14:37, Daniel Brassard wrote:
*
If somebody provides advice and or alternate methodology, thanks
them for their input.
*  Use autocorrect to check spelling :) 

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Daniel Brassard]

Ha, the rule of forum ethiquette.

Somebody gave me this one day which I modernize a bit. It's funny, I got
this 30 years ago in the early time of the internet/BBS slow pipe. Good
times.


   - Be Factual, brief and complete. Don't use obscure abbreviations; keep
   it clear and to the point.
   - Be Respectful of the peoples and their opinions. Find common ground.
   Foster and grow relationship. Lend a helping hand and be a leader. Be
   Polite and civil, be confident and approachable.
   - Show genuine interest. Keep a positive attitude and participate
   willingly.
   - Search the forum first for related topics. Avoid duplication of post.
   - Trim to the relevant subject or post and refer to the person your
   reply to if necessary.
   - Ask questions or clarifications before you speak your mind. Be fair in
   your response and avoid judging people.
   - Use topic specific title. Avoid posting off-topic or high jacking
   somebody else post or thread.
   - Be your own moderator. Use your words carefully, watch your language
   and correct yourself before pressing the send button. Avoid posting in
   anger, there is no recall button.
   - Be thankful. If somebody provides advice and or alternate methodology,
   thanks them for their input.
   - Post solutions to questions to keep topics complete too, not just that
   you found it (within the realms of copyrights or Intellectual property
   obviously). Use private messaging only when necessary.
   - Avoid the use of ALL CAPS if possible, this is understood as shouting
   - Take personal issues off the forum. Don't harass, insult, belittle, or
   threaten. Avoid flaming or trolling. Don't engage the flamers or trolls.
   Do not attack or add insult to the injuries. Avoid gossips.
   - Ask, don't assume. People come from various backgrounds, many with
   lots of knowledge, expertise and skills. A person may be new to the forum
   but could be an industry leader with a lot to contribute.
   - And, most importantly ...Be Professional in everything you do.




On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Martin  wrote:

> I hate when people reply an email to create a new thread and don't trim
> the previous messages, mixing both threads when you read them in an iphone.
>
> Martin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>>

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

[Eugene Flormata]

i bought the pirate bucaneer 3d printer for $400

I should be getting it this month sometime.
they got it down to .10 microns too

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pirate3d/the-buccaneer-the-3d-printer-that-everyone-can-use

I did a few prints of sculpteo. was pricey.

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Steven Caron]

i am most 'proud' of your custom tool sdk... a great parting gift which
will give softimage some legs after it's demise.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Brent McPherson <
brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:

> But I am most proud of bringing the view cube to Softimage. :-P
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Christoph Muetze]

...Brent, you've just won the conversation.. or.. all of them :)

On 03/04/14 19:53, Brent McPherson wrote:

But I am most proud of bringing the view cube to Softimage. :-P

-Original Message-
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: 03 April 2014 18:44
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

After being one of the original developers on Maya, brent joined
Softimage in 1998 and is responsible for many things people love in
Softimage, including the transform manipulators and the tweak tool.
Interaction design and implementation.

Re: Please Trim posts!!

[Alan Fregtman]

Or people who have crappy email clients that think any 2 characters with a
colon should be removed when replying.

A subject line like *"OT: Cool link!"* becomes *"Re: Cool link!"* when they
reply and a new thread is made


Damn buggy clients! why u no use gmail!  :p



On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Martin  wrote:

> I hate when people reply an email to create a new thread and don't trim
> the previous messages, mixing both threads when you read them in an iphone.
>
> Martin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>>

RE: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Brent McPherson]

But I am most proud of bringing the view cube to Softimage. :-P

-Original Message-
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: 03 April 2014 18:44
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

After being one of the original developers on Maya, brent joined
Softimage in 1998 and is responsible for many things people love in
Softimage, including the transform manipulators and the tweak tool.
Interaction design and implementation.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Brent McPherson
 wrote:
> Yes I did work on this.
>
> The plan was always to replace the guts of Center with the pivot stuff I 
> added to kinematics since it could handle rotation. We just never got around 
> to actually doing that and finishing off that part of the pivot workflow...
>
> As I said before I always thought the way center worked was a bit hacky  
> (push points in one direction and modifying the transform in another) but it 
> seems the interactive/pervasive nature of it far outweighed the strange way 
> it works for you guys.
>
> Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)
>
> I'm not a really good person to comment on the general issues discussed in 
> relation to Maya workflow. While working on Soft I worked on hair, animation 
> layers, lip sync, modeling, object view/isolate, tools, kinematics, fcurves, 
> ICE (well in fact every part of the software except Rendering) My current 
> involvement in Maya is limited to the modeling team but I feel pretty 
> comfortable that I can have a positive impact on workflow in that area.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Brent
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg
> Sent: 03 April 2014 15:04
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
>
> ...but from what he said Brent actually developed that part of Soft in the 
> first place. :/
> [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=84bd8330-649c-42ca-b0bb-7aa77184e20f]ᐧ
>

<>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Jon Swindells]

started early



--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm





On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:44 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:

hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap
called GotoWebinar, it will take you through it



On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic <[1]ognj...@gmail.com> wrote:

ok, Thanks.



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells
<[2]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.


--
Jon Swindells
[3]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:

I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells
<[4]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

an hour to go yet surely ?

--
Jon Swindells
[5]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:

Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.

References

1. mailto:ognj...@gmail.com
2. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
3. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
4. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
5. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

[Ryan Maguire]

I have done projects with softimage  and makerbot 2x.  Wasn't a problem...I
exported as obj , and the makerware software imports it perfectly  1 SI
unit = 1mm


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:13 AM, Chris Marshall wrote:

> You could try using the Shapeways.com service to test some models. I've
> done a little dabbling and the unit size is no more of an issue than any
> other 3d software. You run your object through a free package called
> Netfabb, it tells you the scale of the object, which was 1unit=1mm, then
> output a .stl file. The good thing with Shapeways is it's all automated,
> you upload your model, it tells you how much it'll cost to be printed in
> the various materials, then you can order what you want.
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 08:24, Rob Wuijster  wrote:
>
>>  Have you created one (or the rig) lately? It's over 2 meters tall!
>>
>> Or it's my install that's somehow buggered. ;-)
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> \/-\/\/
>>
>> On 2-4-2014 23:05, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>>
>> Wasn't the traditional idea to use the XSI man mesh as a scale reference ?
>>
>>
>> On 2 April 2014 21:54, Matt Lind  wrote:
>>
>>>  I saw the Form 1 in depth at Siggraph last year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For desktop printers under $5,000 USD, it's definitely the best quality
>>> printer.  It's the only stereo lithography printer available at that price
>>> and can print with at least 4x better / finer resolution than the extrusion
>>> based printers such as Makerbot.  Even though the device is targeted for
>>> prototyping, it has enough quality to be used as final output for some
>>> applications.   Down side is the print volume is quite small, your very
>>> limited on choice of printing materials (which also have relatively short
>>> shelf life), and the agents used in the process are caustic.  You need to
>>> wear protective gloves to remove the output from the printer and give it a
>>> chemical bath before it's safe to hold with your bare hands - they don't
>>> tell you that part until you open the box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *David Rivera
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:14 AM
>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>> *Subject:* 3D Printing experience on Softimage
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey everyone, thanks for your replies on the previous subject of Quadro
>>> K4000.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yesterday I was googling around for 3d printers. I really liked this one:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHAU-9VIwzk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has already start printing some 3D stuff over
>>> anyone of these 3d printers?
>>>
>>> I know there is a software that comes along with it so you can input
>>> your models and print them out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *David Rivera*
>>> *3D Compositor/Animator*
>>> LinkedIN 
>>> Behance 
>>> VFX Reel 
>>>
>>
>>  No virus found in this message.
>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
>> Version: 2014.0.4355 / Virus Database: 3722/7290 - Release Date: 04/02/14
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> Chris Marshall
> Mint Motion Limited
> 029 20 37 27 57
> 07730 533 115
> www.mintmotion.co.uk
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

hit the link in advance, apparently you need to install a small ap called
GotoWebinar, it will take you through it


On 3 April 2014 18:25, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:

> ok, Thanks.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells 
> wrote:
>
>>  9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>>
>> --
>>  Jon Swindells
>>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Luc-Eric Rousseau]

After being one of the original developers on Maya, brent joined
Softimage in 1998 and is responsible for many things people love in
Softimage, including the transform manipulators and the tweak tool.
Interaction design and implementation.

On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Brent McPherson
 wrote:
> Yes I did work on this.
>
> The plan was always to replace the guts of Center with the pivot stuff I 
> added to kinematics since it could handle rotation. We just never got around 
> to actually doing that and finishing off that part of the pivot workflow...
>
> As I said before I always thought the way center worked was a bit hacky  
> (push points in one direction and modifying the transform in another) but it 
> seems the interactive/pervasive nature of it far outweighed the strange way 
> it works for you guys.
>
> Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)
>
> I'm not a really good person to comment on the general issues discussed in 
> relation to Maya workflow. While working on Soft I worked on hair, animation 
> layers, lip sync, modeling, object view/isolate, tools, kinematics, fcurves, 
> ICE (well in fact every part of the software except Rendering) My current 
> involvement in Maya is limited to the modeling team but I feel pretty 
> comfortable that I can have a positive impact on workflow in that area.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Brent
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg
> Sent: 03 April 2014 15:04
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
>
> ...but from what he said Brent actually developed that part of Soft in the 
> first place. :/
> [https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=84bd8330-649c-42ca-b0bb-7aa77184e20f]ᐧ
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

ok, Thanks.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells wrote:

>  9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.
>
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>
> I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells 
> wrote:
>
>
>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>
> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Jon Swindells]

9pm kickoff (my time) so,  40 mins to go.





--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm





On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:15 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:

I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells
<[1]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

an hour to go yet surely ?

--
Jon Swindells
[2]jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:

Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.

References

1. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
2. mailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

I thought it was at 6 gmt, im in gmt+1 so shouldn't it be on by now?


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Jon Swindells wrote:

>  an hour to go yet surely ?
>
> --
>  Jon Swindells
>  jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>
> Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.
>
>
>
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Jon Swindells]

an hour to go yet surely ?



--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm





On Thu, Apr 3, 2014, at 08:05 PM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:

Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.

Re: Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Waiting for users now i guess and for the organizers of course.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Artur Woźniak  wrote:

> http://www.timebie.com/std/pdt.php?q=11
>
>
> 2014-04-03 18:01 GMT+02:00 David Rivera :
>
> I´m checking PDT forGTM  and it says it´s going to be at 6pm. So If I´m
>> GTM-5 it should start around 1 o´clock at my local time, right?
>> How come they don´t have a "countdown" to webinar? :)
>>
>>
>> *David Rivera*
>> *3D Compositor/Animator*
>> LinkedIN 
>> Behance 
>> VFX Reel 
>>On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:48 AM, Eugen Sares <
>> sof...@mail.sprit.org> wrote:
>>   ... and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
>> Not that easy... ;p
>>
>>
>> -- Originalnachricht --
>> Von: "Ognjen Vukovic" 
>> An: "softimage" 
>> Gesendet: 03.04.2014 17:36:53
>> Betreff: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 -
>> Register here...
>>
>>
>> Its at 6 gmt right?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
>> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>>
>>  I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
>> they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling
>> reasons.
>>
>> Sergio Muciño.
>> Sent from my iPad.
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>>
>>  I see, thanks for answering.
>>
>> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
>> lately.
>>
>> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson <
>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>>
>>  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
>> recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>>  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
>> for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>>
>> If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ?
>> . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry
>> should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the
>> globe without using their bandwidth.
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>   
>> Diese E-Mail ist frei von Viren und Malware, denn der avast! 
>> AntivirusSchutz ist aktiv.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Artur Woźniak]

http://www.timebie.com/std/pdt.php?q=11


2014-04-03 18:01 GMT+02:00 David Rivera :

> I´m checking PDT forGTM  and it says it´s going to be at 6pm. So If I´m
> GTM-5 it should start around 1 o´clock at my local time, right?
> How come they don´t have a "countdown" to webinar? :)
>
>
> *David Rivera*
> *3D Compositor/Animator*
> LinkedIN 
> Behance 
> VFX Reel 
>   On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:48 AM, Eugen Sares 
> wrote:
>   ... and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
> Not that easy... ;p
>
>
> -- Originalnachricht --
> Von: "Ognjen Vukovic" 
> An: "softimage" 
> Gesendet: 03.04.2014 17:36:53
> Betreff: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 -
> Register here...
>
>
> Its at 6 gmt right?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>
>  I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
> they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling
> reasons.
>
> Sergio Muciño.
> Sent from my iPad.
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>
>  I see, thanks for answering.
>
> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
> lately.
>
> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson <
> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
>
> Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>
>
>
> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>
>  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
> recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
> for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>
> If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ? .
> If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry should
> be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the globe
> without using their bandwidth.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
>   
> Diese E-Mail ist frei von Viren und Malware, denn der avast! 
> AntivirusSchutz ist aktiv.
>
>
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Jason S]

Moving to Maya is difficult and means letting go *much* intuitiveness,
speed & functionality, 
(while gaining -some- functionality & performance in certain
aspects)
Moving to Houdini is difficult and means letting go much intuitiveness,
speed & functionality, 
(while gaining -some- functionality & -some- flexibility)
Moving to Modo is (not as much but still) difficult
and means letting go much functionality,
(while gaining -some- functionality)

Any of which, despite -some- advantages, means letting-go "LOTS" for
anyone knowing SI.
(cursing at the screen doing things that were formely.. simple,
or at-all possible)

And when it comes to *why*, I think is what seems to make people not
particularly happy.

If Maya had proved to have even the slightest chance of becoming even
half as "workable" as SI overall, 
(in real terms since 2002)
the lingering sentiment would probably have been somewhat different.

That, while actually getting the point across can indeed be another
story altogether.

Even if SI actually had direct thought to scene transfer functionality,

(which would have made it's demise even more "unsurprising" from
a "strategic" standpoint)
it wouldn't have changed either it's fate, or any "open-mindedness"
towards actual understanding,
(depending on the strength of the will to dismiss, not
understand, or to follow the heard)
tending to always lead to the same (lego) brick wall.


On 04/03/14 10:39, Mirko Jankovic wrote:

  there are a lot of things that simply can;t just fit
to top 5 :)
  it is not joke when ppl say just strap name Maya on top of
Softimage and there you go ;)
  
  
  

Re: Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[David Rivera]

I´m checking PDT forGTM  and it says it´s going to be at 6pm. So If I´m GTM-5 
it should start around 1 o´clock at my local time, right?
How come they don´t have a "countdown" to webinar? :)


 
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On Thursday, April 3, 2014 10:48 AM, Eugen Sares  wrote:
 
... and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
Not that easy... ;p
 
 
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Von: "Ognjen Vukovic" 
An: "softimage" 
Gesendet: 03.04.2014 17:36:53
Betreff: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register 
here...
 
Its at 6 gmt right?
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling 
> wrote:
>
>It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>>
>>I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope they'd 
>>try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling reasons. 
>>>
>>>Sergio Muciño. 
>>>Sent from my iPad.
>>>
>>>On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>I see, thanks for answering.  


I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking 
lately.


Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.




Martin




On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson 
 wrote:

Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question... 
>
>
>
>
>On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>
>I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a recorded 
>version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>>It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live for 
>>N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>>
>>
>>
>>If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ? 
>>. If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry 
>>should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the 
>>globe without using their bandwidth.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>

>>
>


 
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Re: Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Not that easy to get home from work on time from the traffic congestion :D


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Eugen Sares  wrote:

>  ... and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
> Not that easy... ;p
>
>
> -- Originalnachricht --
> Von: "Ognjen Vukovic" 
> An: "softimage" 
> Gesendet: 03.04.2014 17:36:53
> Betreff: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 -
> Register here...
>
>
> Its at 6 gmt right?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?
>>
>>
>> On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>>
>>>  I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
>>> they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling
>>> reasons.
>>>
>>> Sergio Muciño.
>>> Sent from my iPad.
>>>
>>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>>>
>>>  I see, thanks for answering.
>>>
>>> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
>>> lately.
>>>
>>> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
>>>
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson <
>>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
>>>
 Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...



 On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:

  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
 recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
 for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.

 If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency"
 ? . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry
 should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the
 globe without using their bandwidth.


 Martin



>>>
>>
>
>
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Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Eugen Sares]

 and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
Not that easy... ;p


-- Originalnachricht --
Von: "Ognjen Vukovic" 
An: "softimage" 
Gesendet: 03.04.2014 17:36:53
Betreff: Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 -
Register here...


Its at 6 gmt right?


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling
 wrote:

It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?


On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:

I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to
scheduling reasons.

Sergio Muciño.
Sent from my iPad.

On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:


I see, thanks for answering.

I can't really understand the decisions software companies are
taking lately.

Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.


Martin


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson
 wrote:

Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...



On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:

I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it
live for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo
users.

If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this
"transparency" ? . If the point is to gain modo users and sell
more seats, The Foundry should be more than glad if this seminar
is rebrocasted all around the globe without using their bandwidth.


Martin










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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Tim Crowson]

Exactly 2h15min from the timestamp on this email, if my times are right.

On 4/3/2014 10:34 AM, Sebastien Sterling wrote:

It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?


On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino > wrote:


I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I
hope they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to
scheduling reasons.

Sergio Muciño.
Sent from my iPad.

On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara mailto:furik...@gmail.com>> wrote:


I see, thanks for answering.

I can't really understand the decisions software companies are
taking lately.

Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.


Martin


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson
mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>> wrote:

Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...



On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:

I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to
offer a recorded version. But what is the problem in being
re-brocasted?
It could reach more users specially for those who can't
watch it live for N reasons, and increment the chances of
having new modo users.

If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this
"transparency" ? . If the point is to gain modo users and
sell more seats, The Foundry should be more than glad if
this seminar is rebrocasted all around the globe without
using their bandwidth.


Martin








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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Its at 6 gmt right?


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:
>
>> I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
>> they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling
>> reasons.
>>
>> Sergio Muciño.
>> Sent from my iPad.
>>
>> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>>
>> I see, thanks for answering.
>>
>> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
>> lately.
>>
>> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
>>
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson <
>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>>>
>>>  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
>>> recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>>>  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
>>> for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>>>
>>>  If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency"
>>> ? . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry
>>> should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the
>>> globe without using their bandwidth.
>>>
>>>
>>>  Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

Re: Pretty cool :) - Legolize Ice Compound

[David Rivera]

Thank you for sharing! Taking a look asap!


 
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On Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:12 AM, Eric Deren  wrote:
 

Very cool!  I believe Alan Jones was showing me one of these a few years ago 
when he was working in London, you guys should compare notes.

-Eric




-Original Message- 
From: Chris Marshall
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 6:39 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Pretty cool :) - Legolize Ice Compound


This was one I put together
https://vimeo.com/77203638
https://vimeo.com/77682802

Uses a combination of 4x2, 2x2, 2x1 and 1x1 bricks.

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sebastien Sterling]

It's happening soon right ? like in 2 to 3 hours ?


On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino  wrote:

> I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope
> they'd try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling
> reasons.
>
> Sergio Muciño.
> Sent from my iPad.
>
> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
>
> I see, thanks for answering.
>
> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
> lately.
>
> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson <
> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com> wrote:
>
>>  Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>>
>>  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
>> recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>>  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
>> for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>>
>>  If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency"
>> ? . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry
>> should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the
>> globe without using their bandwidth.
>>
>>
>>  Martin
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[John Richard Sanchez]

"People that haven't used Maya that much don't realize how useful that "n"
SI feature was because they though it was so basic that they assumed every
DCC had it. Center is one of those."

Exactly. I had my shock moment actually working on a project with a
deadline looming.

"At first, I though that Maya's Pivot was the equivalent to SI Center and
Pivot. It may take you a while to realize that it isn't."

Yes I am now enlightened about how that stuff works under the hood in both
Maya and XSI.

Brent I wish you the best. As Eric said there are many little things like
this we will miss but we wont realize till we actually start working and
using Maya. ( if we end up going that route.)


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:

> People that haven't used Maya that much don't realize how useful that "n"
> SI feature was because they though it was so basic that they assumed every
> DCC had it. Center is one of those.
>
> At first, I though that Maya's Pivot was the equivalent to SI Center and
> Pivot. It may take you a while to realize that it isn't.
>
> About SI pivot, now I understand why the pivot rotation option in
> Softimage never worked for me.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Brent McPherson <
> brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)
>>
>>


-- 
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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Sergio Mucino]

I think Tim mentioned it may be offered again at a later date. I hope they'd 
try to accommodate those who couldn't make it due to scheduling reasons. 

Sergio Muciño.
Sent from my iPad.

> On Apr 3, 2014, at 10:54 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:
> 
> I see, thanks for answering. 
> 
> I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking lately.
> 
> Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.
> 
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson 
>>  wrote:
>> Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>>> I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a recorded 
>>> version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>>> It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live for N 
>>> reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>>> 
>>> If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ? . 
>>> If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry should 
>>> be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the globe 
>>> without using their bandwidth.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Martin
> 

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Martin Yara]

I see, thanks for answering.

I can't really understand the decisions software companies are taking
lately.

Well, I guess I'll miss this webinar.


Martin


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Tim Crowson  wrote:

>  Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...
>
>
>
> On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
>
>  I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a
> recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
>  It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live
> for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.
>
>  If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ?
> . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry
> should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the
> globe without using their bandwidth.
>
>
>  Martin
>
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Martin Yara]

People that haven't used Maya that much don't realize how useful that "n"
SI feature was because they though it was so basic that they assumed every
DCC had it. Center is one of those.

At first, I though that Maya's Pivot was the equivalent to SI Center and
Pivot. It may take you a while to realize that it isn't.

About SI pivot, now I understand why the pivot rotation option in Softimage
never worked for me.

Martin



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Brent McPherson <
brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:

>
> Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Eric Thivierge]

I'm in the same boat. It's this small stuff that we're all going to 
take for granted until we realize it's not there. It would be one of 
the essential features I'd want, but then there are about a 1000 of 
those for me. :\ Going to be difficult.


Eric T.

On Thursday, April 03, 2014 10:42:30 AM, Peter Agg wrote:

"Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)"

In all honesty I've never even considered life without it...

...

Damnit., Now I have. :(

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Tim Crowson]

Not my call... just passing along the answer to the question...


On 4/3/2014 9:35 AM, Martin Yara wrote:
I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a 
recorded version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live 
for N reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.


If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" 
? . If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The 
Foundry should be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all 
around the globe without using their bandwidth.



Martin



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Tim Crowson 
> wrote:


FYI I'm told there are no plans to record this. Makes it
easier to be transparent if you don't have to worry about it being
re-broadcast...

*Tim Crowson
*/Lead CG Artist/

*Magnetic Dreams, Inc.
*2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214
*Ph* 615.885.6801  | *Fax* 615.889.4768
 | www.magneticdreams.com

tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com 

/
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Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Peter Agg]

"Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)"

In all honesty I've never even considered life without it...

...

Damnit., Now I have. :(

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Mirko Jankovic]

there are a lot of things that simply can;t just fit to top 5 :)
it is not joke when ppl say just strap name Maya on top of Softimage and
there you go ;)


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Brent McPherson <
brent.mcpher...@autodesk.com> wrote:

> Yes I did work on this.
>
> The plan was always to replace the guts of Center with the pivot stuff I
> added to kinematics since it could handle rotation. We just never got
> around to actually doing that and finishing off that part of the pivot
> workflow...
>
> As I said before I always thought the way center worked was a bit hacky
>  (push points in one direction and modifying the transform in another) but
> it seems the interactive/pervasive nature of it far outweighed the strange
> way it works for you guys.
>
> Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)
>
> I'm not a really good person to comment on the general issues discussed in
> relation to Maya workflow. While working on Soft I worked on hair,
> animation layers, lip sync, modeling, object view/isolate, tools,
> kinematics, fcurves, ICE (well in fact every part of the software except
> Rendering) My current involvement in Maya is limited to the modeling team
> but I feel pretty comfortable that I can have a positive impact on workflow
> in that area.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Brent
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg
> Sent: 03 April 2014 15:04
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
>
> ...but from what he said Brent actually developed that part of Soft in the
> first place. :/
> [
> https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=84bd8330-649c-42ca-b0bb-7aa77184e20f]ᐧ
>
>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Martin Yara]

I understand if they don't want to use their bandwidth to offer a recorded
version. But what is the problem in being re-brocasted?
It could reach more users specially for those who can't watch it live for N
reasons, and increment the chances of having new modo users.

If it isn't a paid webinar then I don't really get this "transparency" ? .
If the point is to gain modo users and sell more seats, The Foundry should
be more than glad if this seminar is rebrocasted all around the globe
without using their bandwidth.


Martin



On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:20 PM, Tim Crowson  wrote:

>  FYI I'm told there are no plans to record this. Makes it easier to be
> transparent if you don't have to worry about it being re-broadcast...
>
>
>
>
> *Tim Crowson **Lead CG Artist*
>
>
> *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville,
> TN 37214
> *Ph*  615.885.6801 | *Fax*  615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com
> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com
>
>
>
>

RE: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Brent McPherson]

Yes I did work on this.

The plan was always to replace the guts of Center with the pivot stuff I added 
to kinematics since it could handle rotation. We just never got around to 
actually doing that and finishing off that part of the pivot workflow...

As I said before I always thought the way center worked was a bit hacky  (push 
points in one direction and modifying the transform in another) but it seems 
the interactive/pervasive nature of it far outweighed the strange way it works 
for you guys.

Now I'm curious if it was even on anyone's top 5 list. ;-)

I'm not a really good person to comment on the general issues discussed in 
relation to Maya workflow. While working on Soft I worked on hair, animation 
layers, lip sync, modeling, object view/isolate, tools, kinematics, fcurves, 
ICE (well in fact every part of the software except Rendering) My current 
involvement in Maya is limited to the modeling team but I feel pretty 
comfortable that I can have a positive impact on workflow in that area.

Cheers.
--
Brent

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg
Sent: 03 April 2014 15:04
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

...but from what he said Brent actually developed that part of Soft in the 
first place. :/
[https://mailfoogae.appspot.com/t?sender=acGdyaXN3b2xkQGZ1c2lvbmRpZ2l0YWxwcm9kdWN0aW9ucy5jb20%3D&type=zerocontent&guid=84bd8330-649c-42ca-b0bb-7aa77184e20f]ᐧ

<>

Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Tim Crowson]

FYI I'm told there are no plans to record this. Makes it easier to 
be transparent if you don't have to worry about it being re-broadcast...

Signature

*Tim Crowson
*/Lead CG Artist/

*Magnetic Dreams, Inc.
*2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214
*Ph*  615.885.6801 | *Fax*  615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com
tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com

/
/

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Eric Thivierge]

In my opinion this post is exactly what the other recent posts on the 
other thread (March 28th, 2014) about how every single thread keeps 
getting pushed back off topic and turns into a hate-fest are all about.


Sorry Paul, but this post isn't really productive is it? It's only 
stirring things up again when this thread has been pretty useful to many 
users to be able to explain what we find useful from this feature in 
Softimage. I don't care if Luc-Eric knows about it or not. Point is, we 
need to voice the usefulness of it for those of us who will be moving to 
Maya so we can have a fighting chance to have something similarly useful 
to keep working.


Can we please keep the useful threads useful?

Thanks,
Eric T.

On 4/3/2014 9:48 AM, Paul Griswold wrote:
How many of you are utterly shocked at how LITTLE anyone at all from 
Autodesk seems to know about Softimage & it's capabilities?


It's almost like they bought it & never opened it (regardless of which 
Marc was in charge).


-Paul

ᐧ

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Peter Agg]

...but from what he said Brent actually developed that part of Soft in the
first place. :/


On 3 April 2014 14:48, Paul Griswold  wrote:

> How many of you are utterly shocked at how LITTLE anyone at all from
> Autodesk seems to know about Softimage & it's capabilities?
>
> It's almost like they bought it & never opened it (regardless of which
> Marc was in charge).
>
> -Paul
>
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>

Re[2]: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Eugen Sares]

I am too!
There obviously was much arrogance and/or ignorance in the Maya camp the
last 6 years...
And no, the argument that 'more important under the hood' stuff has been
fixed all the time doesn't count.
UI/workflow issues are only as of now regonized/thematized as such - the
impulse coming, to a good part, from the uproar of the SI userbase.

Moot point anyway.
Soft was the thorn in AD's flesh... made Maya and Max look
embarrassingly old.

And no, Softimage is no perfect application either (no need to go into
details anymore), but of those three, it's workflow was and is still
simply the best by far.


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How many of you are utterly shocked at how LITTLE anyone at all from
Autodesk seems to know about Softimage & it's capabilities?

It's almost like they bought it & never opened it (regardless of which
Marc was in charge).

-Paul

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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[Tim Crowson]

I still don't know if they plan to record it or not. They /tend /to 
record these things. I sure hope they do!


-Tim

On 4/3/2014 8:57 AM, pedro santos wrote:
Registered, but will it be available for future consult? Some mates 
not available at that time.


Cheers


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:11 AM, Angus Davidson 
mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za>> wrote:




*From:* Martin Contel [martin3d...@gmail.com
]
*Sent:* 03 April 2014 01:11 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

*Subject:* Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April
3 - Register here...

That's 3:00 AM here in Tokyo... :(

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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

[pedro santos]

Registered, but will it be available for future consult? Some mates not
available at that time.

Cheers


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Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Paul Griswold]

How many of you are utterly shocked at how LITTLE anyone at all from
Autodesk seems to know about Softimage & it's capabilities?

It's almost like they bought it & never opened it (regardless of which Marc
was in charge).

-Paul

ᐧ

Re: Component Selection done in ICE?

[Ciaran Moloney]

How about an ICE version that just sets Self.EdgeIsHard?
If you must use selection, it's easy enough to populate an ICE array node
with selected edge indices through Python.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:45 AM, Martin Yara  wrote:

> I forgot to mention. As far as I can remember my script doesn't use ICE at
> all and doesn't modify the edge cluster. It just selects edges, and the
> [hard] button automatically deletes the edge cluster. (I've never used it
> after creating hard edges).
>
> Maybe doing an ICE version and manipulating the selection or cluster from
> a script would be faster than my script. Even with Python.
>
> Martin
>
>

Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

[Raffaele Fragapane]

For modeling proposes with nex it's actually not bad at all, though you do
have to memorise more tricks and steps than you would with soft, and a
handful more clicks.
My comments are solely regarding the centre manipulation, something that
Maya does differently at a fairly low level to begin with, and that out of
the box sorely lacks some tools.

I don't think it healthy to confuse the two things :)
On 3 Apr 2014 22:50, "olivier jeannel"  wrote:

>  That's amazing how poor seems to be maya when I read  you guys.
> Fortunatly, I should never have to use it.
> I'm edititing very fast some subd hard surface here, the pivot is dancing
> in every diretion, snaping where it has to, aligning on the fly with
> whatever i ask at the speed of light though, I must say, I'm a little
> sleepy..
> Ah, my looping techno music comes to the end, and the modeling is done.
>
>
>
> Le 03/04/2014 01:00, Raffaele Fragapane a écrit :
>
> Harder than that, the equivalent would be to select all components, move
> and rotate them numerically, then figure out the reciprocal transform of
> what you just did and apply it to the object's transform.
>
>  Center mode is also not equivalent or obsoleted by neutral poses, nor
> it's equated by Maya's pivot control.
>
>  It's sorely missed by many in Maya.
> On top of that, Maya snapping facilities, particularly when it comes to
> rotations, are wonky and often don't work at all.
>
>  The modelling toolset, several interaction modes with the pivot, and
> many other things don't support snapping, and most certainly don't support
> matching transforms.
> Adding insult to injury, matching or resetting transforms in Maya is
> highly deficient out of the box, as it will often work on the whole
> hierarchy regardless of what you intended to do.
>
>  Lastly, center mode worked seamlessly with all manipulation tools, you
> could switch to center mode and have child compensation on and snap/match
> to another object.
> This offers unequalled control over geometry handling in relation to its
> center.
>
>  In Maya I've always found pivots superior to neutral pose for a long
> list of reasons, at least functionally, though the manipulation itself is
> weak (again, Maya is generally weak and fragmented in dealing with
> rotations). Maya's handling of reciprocating transforms between transform
> proper and geometry though leaves A LOT to be desired, and a page or two
> from XSI's book should be taken.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>  Is that always true in your scenarios?  Moving center in Softimage is
>> like moving all the points of the geometry. (What brent calls
>> "transforming the geometry")
>> Knowing that it does that, wouldn't the simplest work-around for your
>> specific scenario in Maya be to select all points and move/rotate
>> them.
>>
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Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

[Jon Hunt]

I'm over 2 meters tall !!
sorry not helpful!


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Chris Marshall
wrote:

> You could try using the Shapeways.com service to test some models. I've
> done a little dabbling and the unit size is no more of an issue than any
> other 3d software. You run your object through a free package called
> Netfabb, it tells you the scale of the object, which was 1unit=1mm, then
> output a .stl file. The good thing with Shapeways is it's all automated,
> you upload your model, it tells you how much it'll cost to be printed in
> the various materials, then you can order what you want.
>
>
> On 3 April 2014 08:24, Rob Wuijster  wrote:
>
>>  Have you created one (or the rig) lately? It's over 2 meters tall!
>>
>> Or it's my install that's somehow buggered. ;-)
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> \/-\/\/
>>
>> On 2-4-2014 23:05, Sebastien Sterling wrote:
>>
>> Wasn't the traditional idea to use the XSI man mesh as a scale reference ?
>>
>>
>> On 2 April 2014 21:54, Matt Lind  wrote:
>>
>>>  I saw the Form 1 in depth at Siggraph last year.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For desktop printers under $5,000 USD, it's definitely the best quality
>>> printer.  It's the only stereo lithography printer available at that price
>>> and can print with at least 4x better / finer resolution than the extrusion
>>> based printers such as Makerbot.  Even though the device is targeted for
>>> prototyping, it has enough quality to be used as final output for some
>>> applications.   Down side is the print volume is quite small, your very
>>> limited on choice of printing materials (which also have relatively short
>>> shelf life), and the agents used in the process are caustic.  You need to
>>> wear protective gloves to remove the output from the printer and give it a
>>> chemical bath before it's safe to hold with your bare hands - they don't
>>> tell you that part until you open the box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *David Rivera
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:14 AM
>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>> *Subject:* 3D Printing experience on Softimage
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey everyone, thanks for your replies on the previous subject of Quadro
>>> K4000.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Yesterday I was googling around for 3d printers. I really liked this one:
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHAU-9VIwzk
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has already start printing some 3D stuff over
>>> anyone of these 3d printers?
>>>
>>> I know there is a software that comes along with it so you can input
>>> your models and print them out.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *David Rivera*
>>> *3D Compositor/Animator*
>>> LinkedIN 
>>> Behance 
>>> VFX Reel 
>>>
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