date:20140403

Let's just call it off yet again (sigh). I'm tired of this shit too.

Not entirely sure what is being perceived as overtly conspiratorial, the
issues are their

it's not just my opinion that AD bought all three DCC's

or killed Softimage

or stagers feature releases

or the subsequent cost to clients.


I however i do take responsibility for my interpretation, but as i pointed
out, there is so little room for any other interpretation. so no i don't
think this qualifies as a conspiracy theory

that said I'm able to see when I'm merely fueling, and getting obnoxious.
If i have to come out the bad guy on this one so be it, just looks all the
more grotesque when you look at the bigger picture.


but yea i also want this to stop.


On 3 April 2014 07:45, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.comwrote:

 I don't often do this, but...
 +1

 The list has degraded in its participation and contents considerably, and
 I've already seen many good names disappear for it.

 Ironically enough the people who are the angriest about the death of XSI
 and lashing back with a spiteful attitude while saying at the same time
 that the app and this list shouldn't be left to die are putting in a pretty
 damn decent effort to ensure that such decay if accelerating on a daily
 basis.



 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Steven Caron car...@gmail.com wrote:

 unfortunately, he is just matching the intensity of remarks which have
 been thrown around this thread and forum for a month now. i am frankly sick
 of this back and forth. first a new thread starts, people chime in, it
 escalates until some name calling or some unfounded accusation (conspiracy
 theory) is made and then the current autodesk employees chime in to defend
 themselves and/or try to de-escalate the situation by countering the wild
 accusations. it comes to nearly the same anticlimactic conclusion every
 time! it is very annoying...

 and i gotta say this... show some eff'n respect people! especially to the
 ex-si developers that are still chiming in here. brent chimes in and people
 start thinking he is new to the list?! oh my! someone is really showing
 their age. you guys are all so strung out and aggressive you attack anyone
 you don't know or that has an @autodesk.com email address.


 On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Sebastien Sterling 
 sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote:

 You've done it before and you still went straight to SI for your sordid
 little case and point, it's the fact you keep using previous SI developers/
 development as a target even if you are only trying to make up a bunch of
 BS for comparison.

 As a matter a fact, yes i do actually have a hate boner against AD, they
 slashed my fucking livelihood forcing me to retrain to stay relevant in
 this industry. i think you will find i'm not alone to have come down with
 this condition DUDE BRA! There's enough hate boners here to fuel the sun.


 On 2 April 2014 22:22, Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.com wrote:

  Hey Luc Eric
 [...]
 
  Your hate boner for SI and it's past development is perplexing, I
 don't much
  care about the behaviors of previous developers.

 Dude, the stuff I wrote was all made up stuff to prove that you can
 make cynical stuff the way you do about anything.
 You're the one with the hate boner.






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Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Rob Wuijster


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 ml...@carbinestudios.com 
mailto:ml...@carbinestudios.com 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

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[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
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*Sent:* Wednesday, April 02, 2014 11:14 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
mailto: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/
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Re: Octane 2.0 motion blur

2014-04-03 Thread Doeke Wartena

I wonder what the framerate is in the Brigade 3.0 preview. And gaming
graphics are gonne be so nice in the future.


2014-04-02 23:53 GMT+02:00 Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com:

 also just found this latest from Brigade Engine (mentioned earlier) which
 is really quite beautiful to behold

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT6MkCeP7Y

 just 2 x gtx titans

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Chris Marshall

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 r...@casema.nl 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 ml...@carbinestudios.com 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 http://ec.linkedin.com/in/3dcinetv
 Behance https://www.behance.net/3dcinetv
 VFX Reel https://vimeo.com/70551635


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Re: Please Trim posts!!

2014-04-03 Thread Simon Reeves

Okay!


On 2 April 2014 15:45, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com wrote:

 Can we all try to put in some extra effort into trimming posts please?
 It's getting a bit out of hand lately. I'd greatly appreciate it and I
 think many others would too.

 Thanks,
 Eric T.

Re: Octane 2.0 motion blur

Well with cards like the titan z  coming out, things will get interesting
sooner then some would expect.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Doeke Wartena clankil...@gmail.com wrote:

 I wonder what the framerate is in the Brigade 3.0 preview. And gaming
 graphics are gonne be so nice in the future.


 2014-04-02 23:53 GMT+02:00 Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com:

 also just found this latest from Brigade Engine (mentioned earlier) which
 is really quite beautiful to behold

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpT6MkCeP7Y

 just 2 x gtx titans

Re: Pretty cool :) - Legolize Ice Compound

2014-04-03 Thread Chris Marshall

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

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




On 30 March 2014 23:32, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.comwrote:

 But if it makes anybody happier, Maya usually doesn't even remotely get
 considered for that kind of tasks :p


 On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Raffaele Fragapane 
 raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote:

 Brickblur (characters becoming a streak of bricks past a certain velocity
 threshold) was mostly ICE funnelling into a proprietary graph for the
 compound and replacement parts, the rest of the bricking was all Houdini.
 So not quite the number people might suspect, about half of one trick in
 total.



 On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote:

  In the same vein, an FXGuide *Lego Movie* making-of 
 articlehttp://www.fxguide.com/featured/brick-by-brick-how-animal-logic-crafted-the-lego-movie/,
 with one of the clips showing various rigs inside SI

 I'm sure they had a number of their own Legolize Ice tricks themselves
 :)




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Re: Pretty cool :) - Legolize Ice Compound

2014-04-03 Thread Eric Deren



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

2014-04-03 Thread olivier jeannel


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 luceri...@gmail.com 
mailto:luceri...@gmail.com 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: SI and Houdini


we have to contribute! ;)

On 2014-04-02 17:08, Jordi Bares wrote:

I will buy her some nice present once it is finished.

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

2014-04-03 Thread Christian Lattuada

Great Olivier, Softimage flow!


.:.
Christian Lattuada

tel +39 3331277475
...


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 1:49 PM, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.frwrote:

  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 luceri...@gmail.comwrote:



  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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 and let them flee like the dogs they are!

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Jon Hunt

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


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Chris Marshall
chrismarshal...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 r...@casema.nl 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 ml...@carbinestudios.com 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*
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Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

2014-04-03 Thread 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 olivier.jean...@noos.fr 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 luceri...@gmail.comwrote:



  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.




  --
 Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it
 and let them flee like the dogs they are!

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread pedro santos

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 angus.david...@wits.ac.zawrote:


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 *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...

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 
angus.david...@wits.ac.za mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote:




*From:* Martin Contel [martin3d...@gmail.com
mailto:martin3d...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* 03 April 2014 01:11 AM
*To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
mailto: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: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

2014-04-03 Thread 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

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...

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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. :/
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Re: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com
 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...




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

2014-04-03 Thread 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. :/
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Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

2014-04-03 Thread 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...


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 
tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com 
mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com 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...

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)

2014-04-03 Thread 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 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 
 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)

2014-04-03 Thread 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 furik...@gmail.com 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...

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


On 3 April 2014 16:25, Sergio Mucino sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 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 
 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

2014-04-03 Thread David Rivera

Thank you for sharing! Taking a look asap!


 
David Rivera
3D Compositor/Animator
LinkedIN
Behance
VFX Reel
On Thursday, April 3, 2014 6:12 AM, Eric Deren eric_l...@dzignlight.com 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...

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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 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 
 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...


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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 
mailto:sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 furik...@gmail.com
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
tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com
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[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread Eugen Sares


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


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Von: Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com
An: softimage softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 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
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: Re[2]: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

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 sof...@mail.sprit.org wrote:

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


 -- Originalnachricht --
 Von: Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com
 An: softimage softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 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 
 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.


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

2014-04-03 Thread 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 sof...@mail.sprit.org wrote:
 
... and 7:00pm for central european summer time, correct?
Not that easy... ;p
 
 
-- Originalnachricht --
Von: Ognjen Vukovic ognj...@gmail.com
An: softimage softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 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 
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...

2014-04-03 Thread Jon Swindells

an hour to go yet surely ?



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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...

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 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:

  an hour to go yet surely ?

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 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...

2014-04-03 Thread Jon Swindells

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





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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 ?

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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...

ok, Thanks.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:

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


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 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 
 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:


  an hour to go yet surely ?

 --
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 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)

2014-04-03 Thread 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
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%3Dtype=zerocontentguid=84bd8330-649c-42ca-b0bb-7aa77184e20f]ᐧ

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

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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:

 ok, Thanks.


 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells 
 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:

  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 
 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:


  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: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread 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 chrismarshal...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 r...@casema.nl 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 ml...@carbinestudios.com 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.



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 *3D Compositor/Animator*
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Re: Please Trim posts!!

2014-04-03 Thread 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 :)



--

Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue
Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: Please Trim posts!!





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: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread 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 philipp.oe...@nhb.de:

   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 paulocdua...@gmail.com 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 danyarg...@gmail.com 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 danyarg...@gmail.com 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:

Re: Please Trim posts!!

2014-04-03 Thread John Richard Sanchez

I hate threads about trimming posts.


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com 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





-- 
www.johnrichardsanchez.com

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

Yay :)


On 3 April 2014 18:53, Jon Swindells 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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:


 ok, Thanks.


  On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jon Swindells 
 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:


  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 
 jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmwrote:


  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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:


 ok, Thanks.


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


  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...

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 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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:


 ok, Thanks.


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


  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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.commailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote:
Yay :)

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

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmmailto: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 
ognj...@gmail.commailto:ognj...@gmail.com wrote:

ok, Thanks.

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

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

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmmailto: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 
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmmailto:jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm wrote:

an hour to go yet surely ?

--
Jon Swindells
jon_swinde...@fastmail.fmmailto: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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 :)

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

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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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...

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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

 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...





+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...

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 artur.w...@gmail.com:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

Another alternative to Softimage

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

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

Artur


2014-04-03 22:57 GMT+02:00 Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +1


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

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

 -Draise

Re: Please Trim posts!!

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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +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...





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" artur.w...@gmail.com
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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  
+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...

+1


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney dan...@northforge.co.ukwrote:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +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...

2014-04-03 Thread Greg Punchatz

Shame, I had to leave before it got interesting


On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney dan...@northforge.co.ukwrote:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +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...

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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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...

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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:

 +1


 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney 
 dan...@northforge.co.ukwrote:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +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...

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 sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com
:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com wrote:

 +1


 On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Daniel Sweeney 
 dan...@northforge.co.ukwrote:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

  +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...


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: Another alternative to Softimage


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: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

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

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 jasonsta...@gmail.com:

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com:
 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 ognj...@gmail.com:
 
 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 
 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:
 
 Wow, that went long and I still wanted to see more :)
 
 
 -=T=-

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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 sergio.muc...@gmail.comwrote:

 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...

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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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 sergio.muc...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-








-- 





Perry Harovas
Animation and Visual Effects

http://www.TheAfterImage.com 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...

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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

There was also a strong message of advocacy, if we want the package to go a
certain way, say animation or VFX. Generaly more ME 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 sergio.muc...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com 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 artur.w...@gmail.com:

 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 ognj...@gmail.com:

 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 
 artur.w...@gmail.comwrote:

 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 i.anima...@gmail.com:

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


 -=T=-

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

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 car...@gmail.com 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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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.

disabling tooltips

2014-04-03 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat

Is it possible to globally disable tooltips?

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

2014-04-03 Thread 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.

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

i bought a license for little old me too :)


On 3 April 2014 22:57, Leoung O'Young digim...@digimata.com 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: MODO webinar for Softimage Users - tomorrow, April 3 - Register here...

2014-04-03 Thread 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...

2014-04-03 Thread 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 angus.david...@wits.ac.zawrote:

  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.




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 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...

2014-04-03 Thread Matt Lind

b...@luxology.commailto: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 
angus.david...@wits.ac.zamailto: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.commailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com]
Sent: 04 April 2014 12:05 AM

To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto: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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Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

2014-04-03 Thread 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: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!


Amazing! Thanks Jonah!

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

2014-04-03 Thread Francisco Criado

long live softimage! thanks a lot Jonah!

Re: Sort Controller - Open Source Release!