Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap!
I just bought a couple of Dell 2415 (24 16:10 IPS, mid-end) and so far it's pretty good. I always use 24 (1920x1200) x2. This monitor has sRGB 99% coverage and is pre-calibrated (deltaE 3), and for the price I'm more than satisfied. For those who need extremely high color quality, the 6bit+FRC IPS panel, only 99% sRGB and unknown Adobe RGB coverage may not be good enough. I don't use, nor need Adobe RGB at all and can't notice any dithering, so it is good enough for me, and the slim frame is sexy, specially using duals. It is about $320 in Japan and It seems you may have a 37% discount in USA. http://www.geek.com/deals-2/geek-deals-dell-u2415-24-inch-ultrasharp-1920x1200-ips-monitor-with-3-year-warranty-for-252-1606193/ The only thing I didn't like is that I had to buy new cables because it doesn't have DVI ports, only DP, Mini DP and HDMI. Martin On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote: Your concerns ar what is keeping me from just going ahead and ordering one. I'd like to see one in the wild and see it run off a DVI output before I drop that much money on it On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Manuel Huertas Marchena lito...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks for the link Ed. What you say makes sense in regards to space instead of having multiple monitors. I also thought about getting a tv as a monitor some weeks ago, but the color accuracy quality for 3d work scares me a bit as I've said on a previous message (specially as what I do most is lookdev/textures lighting and some comp) If I dont know someone that have used one yet for cg related stuff I will need to trust amazon user reviews on that matter... have you used one of those previously? cheers IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4755969/ | Portfolio http://envmanu.com http://envmanu.carbonmade.com/| Vimeo http://vimeo.com/manuelhuertasmarchena | Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelhuertas -- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:27:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap! From: etmth...@gmail.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I have 2 23 and on 22 on my desk now . I could use the 50 and get back half the desk area these 3 occupy and have nearly twice the # of pixels, and no split bezels On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote: US$999.00 http://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-P502ui-B1-50-Inch-Ultra-Smart/dp/B00MK39H68 On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Manuel Huertas Marchena lito...@hotmail.com wrote: btw I meant... u2713h ehh haha 50 inch ! thats another league... mmm what about color accuracy? how much is one of those? IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4755969/ | Portfolio http://envmanu.com http://envmanu.carbonmade.com/| Vimeo http://vimeo.com/manuelhuertasmarchena | Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelhuertas -- Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:04:53 -0400 Subject: Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap! From: etmth...@gmail.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I'm thinking VERY seriously about using a Vizio 50 4K TV as a monitor...
Re: Export Meshed Particles Sequence
My mistake- it is not instances per se but Primitives, Custom Polygon Meshes I meant. It allows the application of geometry on particles but I see no way to cache it. Morten Den 21. oktober 2014 kl. 17:54 skrev Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.com: emPolygonizer4 allows to apply instanced geometry on a pointcloud Do you really mean emPolygonizer4? It cannot do what you are saying, i.e. it cannot apply anything to a point cloud, it creates only meshes. Are you perhaps talking of a different plugin? Could you send a screenshot of what you mean? Am 21.10.2014 17:47, schrieb Morten Bartholdy: I don't mean to hijack this thread, but have a related question: Eric, emPolygonizer4 allows to apply instanced geometry on a pointcloud, but I can't see a way to cache those. Is it hidden somewhere in emPoly4 or would I need emTopolizer for that? cheers Morten
Re: Export Meshed Particles Sequence
you could export as an Obj sequence, just activate separate files per frame. -Ronald On 10/22/2014 10:57, Morten Bartholdy wrote: My mistake- it is not instances per se but Primitives, Custom Polygon Meshes I meant. It allows the application of geometry on particles but I see no way to cache it. Morten Den 21. oktober 2014 kl. 17:54 skrev Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.com: Hey Morton, // /emPolygonizer4 allows to apply instanced geometry on a pointcloud / // Do you really mean emPolygonizer4? It cannot do what you are saying, i.e. it cannot apply anything to a point cloud, it creates only meshes. Are you perhaps talking of a different plugin? Could you send a screenshot of what you mean? Am 21.10.2014 17:47, schrieb Morten Bartholdy: I don't mean to hijack this thread, but have a related question: Eric, emPolygonizer4 allows to apply instanced geometry on a pointcloud, but I can't see a way to cache those. Is it hidden somewhere in emPoly4 or would I need emTopolizer for that? cheers Morten
Re: Purchasing softimage 2015
Would now be a good moment to request the ultimate update to the softimage_last_release_announcement_faq, as some information included in the previous update (for instance the info on buying additional seats) never quite made it in the very concise (too concise?) most recent update that is currently on the website? We did a similar thread a while back on the si-community - http://waa.ai/4RVB There you can also find a copy of the previous FAQ Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com
Mental Ray issue
Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Re: Mental Ray issue
You're using an old version of Maya? A Maya license no longer has licenses for subfeatures, it's just the Maya license and five MayaBatch licenses. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: Mental Ray issue
Hi Stephen Her machine is running windows 8 and has 2015 sp4 ;( Using the same borrowed licences (i.e. Same network server ) it works fine on my Mac version which is also 2015. Driving me insane. Ill get the lecturer to send me the log file. It specially states it can’t get a license when you try and batch render. (or render from the command line) This is with the network cable unplugged to simulate being home. Kind regards Angus From: Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.commailto:stephenrbl...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:28 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue You're using an old version of Maya? A Maya license no longer has licenses for subfeatures, it's just the Maya license and five MayaBatch licenses. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.zamailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Re: Mental Ray issue
Okay this is the offending bit of the log Starting C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2015\bin\mayabatch.exe mental ray for Maya 2015 mental ray: version 3.12.1.18, Jul 30 2014, revision 224509 Result: externalContentTable Result: 1 File read in 1.6 seconds. Result: C:/Users/bronwyn/Documents/maya/projects/PhD_Tests/scenes/Animation_for_AE_Test_102_BH__10556.mb Maya: License was not obt It does however render if you just do a render current frame . It also renders fine if it s connected to the same network and the network server. From: Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.zamailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:47 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue Hi Stephen Her machine is running windows 8 and has 2015 sp4 ;( Using the same borrowed licences (i.e. Same network server ) it works fine on my Mac version which is also 2015. Driving me insane. Ill get the lecturer to send me the log file. It specially states it can’t get a license when you try and batch render. (or render from the command line) This is with the network cable unplugged to simulate being home. Kind regards Angus From: Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.commailto:stephenrbl...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:28 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue You're using an old version of Maya? A Maya license no longer has licenses for subfeatures, it's just the Maya license and five MayaBatch licenses. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.zamailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the
Re: Mental Ray issue
Hi You tried this too? http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/MAYAS-Install/files/GUID-F16A8C2A-5A9D-49FC-9DF5-D25F06DCC6C4-htm.html I guess I'm sort of wrong: mr is considered a subfeature still, but it's basically the equivalent of Softimage Batch license Other things like simulation are no longer licenses subfeatures of Maya On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi Stephen Her machine is running windows 8 and has 2015 sp4 ;( Using the same borrowed licences (i.e. Same network server ) it works fine on my Mac version which is also 2015. Driving me insane. Ill get the lecturer to send me the log file. It specially states it can’t get a license when you try and batch render. (or render from the command line) This is with the network cable unplugged to simulate being home. Kind regards Angus From: Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:28 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue You're using an old version of Maya? A Maya license no longer has licenses for subfeatures, it's just the Maya license and five MayaBatch licenses. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: Mental Ray issue
Yes, you need to borrow the batch license too (which looks like this in the lic file: 85694MAYAMMR1_2015_0F) I haven't tried it myself, and I don't have time right now, maybe later... On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Okay this is the offending bit of the log Starting C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Maya2015\bin\mayabatch.exe mental ray for Maya 2015 mental ray: version 3.12.1.18, Jul 30 2014, revision 224509 Result: externalContentTable Result: 1 File read in 1.6 seconds. Result: C:/Users/bronwyn/Documents/maya/projects/PhD_Tests/scenes/Animation_for_AE_Test_102_BH__10556.mb Maya: License was not obt It does however render if you just do a render current frame . It also renders fine if it s connected to the same network and the network server. From: Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:47 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue Hi Stephen Her machine is running windows 8 and has 2015 sp4 ;( Using the same borrowed licences (i.e. Same network server ) it works fine on my Mac version which is also 2015. Driving me insane. Ill get the lecturer to send me the log file. It specially states it can’t get a license when you try and batch render. (or render from the command line) This is with the network cable unplugged to simulate being home. Kind regards Angus From: Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 at 3:28 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Mental Ray issue You're using an old version of Maya? A Maya license no longer has licenses for subfeatures, it's just the Maya license and five MayaBatch licenses. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Angus Davidson angus.david...@wits.ac.za wrote: Hi All We have an issue that when we borrow a license to use with Softimage / Maya at home it doesn’t seem to borrow the Mental Ray license as well. I have tried solutions like http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/License-borrowing-with-Maya-does-not-license-mayatomr-plugin.html And it just doesn’t work. Anyone had this issue before ? This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap!
At that size, maximised windows would become super large! So you might want to consider some window management software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15_e-f3hMg I remember (of) a good free one but don't remember it's name, but will post if I find it. On 10/22/14 3:43, Martin Yara wrote: I just bought a couple of Dell 2415 (24" 16:10 IPS, mid-end) and so far it's pretty good. I always use 24" (1920x1200) x2. This monitor has sRGB 99% coverage and is pre-calibrated (deltaE 3), and for the price I'm more than satisfied. For those who need extremely high color quality, the 6bit+FRC IPS panel, only 99% sRGB and unknown Adobe RGB coverage may not be good enough. I don't use, nor need Adobe RGB at all and can't notice any dithering, so it is good enough for me, and the slim frame is sexy, specially using duals. It is about $320 in Japan and It seems you may have a 37% discount in USA. http://www.geek.com/deals-2/geek-deals-dell-u2415-24-inch-ultrasharp-1920x1200-ips-monitor-with-3-year-warranty-for-252-1606193/ The only thing I didn't like is that I had to buy new cables because it doesn't have DVI ports, only DP, Mini DP and HDMI. Martin On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote: Your concerns ar what is keeping me from just going ahead and ordering one. I'd like to see one in the wild and see it run off a DVI output before I drop that much money on it On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Manuel Huertas Marchena lito...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks for the link Ed. What you say makes sense in regards to space instead of having multiple monitors. I also thought about getting a tv as a monitor some weeks ago, but the color accuracy quality for 3d work scares me a bit as I've said on a previous message (specially as what I do most is lookdev/textures lighting and some comp) If I dont know someone that have used one yet for cg related stuff I will need to trust amazon user reviews on that matter... have you used one of those previously? cheers IMDB | Portfolio | Vimeo | Linkedin Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:27:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27" Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap! From: etmth...@gmail.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com I have 2 23" and on 22" on my desk now . I could use the 50" and get back half the desk area these 3 occupy and have nearly twice the # of pixels, and no split bezels On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Ed Manning etmth...@gmail.com wrote: US$999.00 http://www.amazon.com/VIZIO-P502ui-B1-50-Inch-Ultra-Smart/dp/B00MK39H68
Re: Off topic but useful tip: 27 Korean WQHD (2560X1440) LEDMonitors are awesome and cheap!
Winsplit revolution ? I understand it was the predecesor to MaxTo, now discontinued to this commercial version. I also found windivvy at $14 while I was reading some website about displays. That's the main reason why I prefer dual display instead. Martin On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: At that size, maximised windows would become super large! So you might want to consider some window management software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E15_e-f3hMg I remember (of) a good free one but don't remember it's name, but will post if I find it.
Stand-Alone to Network license?
So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?
I don't like your odds friend :( On 22 October 2014 18:52, Patrick Neese patrickne...@gmail.com wrote: So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Matt thanks. I had this thought as well, but...the wording of the license agreement for 2014 leaves a little question whether this is legitimate because the MI2 would not have been made with the software the MR license is through (max and maya) Section 10.1.1 Rendering. I'm no lawyer. But trying to get someone at Autodesk and or a Reseller to give me a conclusive answer about the upgrade...it's like they don't want my money. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Mental ray is a separate product with its own file format. As long as there are no softimage specific dependencies (eg; shaders) in the .mi2 files you send to be rendered, you're not running afoul of any laws that I know of because at that point it's native mental ray data, not softimage data. Besides, I've never heard of this being a problem in a legal sense even if there were softimage dependencies (on the technical side It would be a different matter). Think of it this way, if you converted all your softimage scenes to .fbx file format, then imported those files to be rendered in max/maya using mental ray, would there be any legal problem? I think not. Converting to .mi2 for this purpose is no different. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 2:12 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? Matt thanks. I had this thought as well, but...the wording of the license agreement for 2014 leaves a little question whether this is legitimate because the MI2 would not have been made with the software the MR license is through (max and maya) Section 10.1.1 Rendering. I'm no lawyer. But trying to get someone at Autodesk and or a Reseller to give me a conclusive answer about the upgrade...it's like they don't want my money. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?
You can't render a .mi2 file with a Maya license. You'll need a mental ray standalone license. In the past, people could upgrade from a Standalone Softimage license to a Network license by paying the difference. IIRC, that difference was equal to the network license activation fee, and that is what the network license activation fee is for. If you get can get a network license, you'll get the five batch licenses automatically, so focus on getting the reseller to answer the question: can I upgrade my standalone Softimage license to a network license? On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Patrick Neese patrickne...@gmail.com wrote: Matt thanks. I had this thought as well, but...the wording of the license agreement for 2014 leaves a little question whether this is legitimate because the MI2 would not have been made with the software the MR license is through (max and maya) Section 10.1.1 Rendering. I'm no lawyer. But trying to get someone at Autodesk and or a Reseller to give me a conclusive answer about the upgrade...it's like they don't want my money. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Can't render Mi2's, Can't 'SendTo' non-synched versions, can't buy latest (or -last-) version of SI, weather or not you're a long time user/customer looking to replace -recent existing- licences. can't not rent, can't, can't... You CAN take it or leave it.. it's your choice, it's up to you. On 10/22/14 18:07, Stephen Blair wrote: You can't render a .mi2 file with a Maya license. You'll need a mental ray standalone license. In the past, people could upgrade from a Standalone Softimage license to a Network license by paying the difference. IIRC, that difference was equal to the network license activation fee, and that is what the network license activation fee is for. If you get can get a network license, you'll get the five batch licenses automatically, so focus on getting the reseller to answer the question: can I upgrade my standalone Softimage license to a network license? On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Patrick Neese patrickne...@gmail.com wrote: Matt thanks. I had this thought as well, but...the wording of the license agreement for 2014 leaves a little question whether this is legitimate because the MI2 would not have been made with the software the MR license is through (max and maya) Section "10.1.1 Rendering." I'm no lawyer. But trying to get someone at Autodesk and or a Reseller to give me a conclusive answer about the upgrade...it's like they don't want my money. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Export your scene as an .mi2 sequence as that should remove all softimage dependencies (assuming you don't use anything that is unique to softimage with regards to shaders), then render using your maya/max license. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Neese Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 10:52 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Stand-Alone to Network license? So I bought a Standalone license last year, before Softimage was killed, and recently I have been trying to figure out if there is a way I can upgrade to 2014 networked version so I can have a 5 batch MR render nodes. I found FEE06-797413-0101 but an Autodesk chat rep, my reseller and another reseller do not seem to know if it is what I would need to get those 5 batch licenses for 2014 Softimage. I really wish there was a way to use my MR licenses for Maya and 3dsmax to render a Softimage scene on a separate computer to help speed up total render time. Anyone have any ideas? Patrick N.
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On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Can't render Mi2's, Can't 'SendTo' non-synched versions, can't buy latest (or -last-) version of SI, weather or not you're a long time user/customer looking to replace -recent existing- licences. can't not rent, can't, can't... You CAN take it or leave it.. it's your choice, it's up to you. At the point you're at, Patrick, I'd probably download a crack, get that running, and publicly dare AD to come after me. It's not as if you didn't try to play by the rules. It's not as if your use of a crack economically hurts them, since using any other AD product isn't a viable option. They've simply made it impossible for you to actually use a product you legitimately bought.
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Sorry for the outburst, I sometimes find unfairness so unfair. On 10/22/14 21:09, Ed Manning wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Can't render Mi2's, Can't 'SendTo' non-synched versions, can't buy latest (or -last-) version of SI, weather or not you're a long time user/customer looking to replace -recent existing- licences. can't not rent, can't, can't... You CAN take it or leave it.. it's your choice, it's up to you. At the point you're at, Patrick, I'd probably download a crack, get that running, and publicly dare AD to come after me. It's not as if you didn't try to play by the rules. It's not as if your use of a crack economically hurts them, since using any other AD product isn't a viable option. They've simply made it impossible for you to actually use a product you legitimately bought.
