RE: Merry Christmas everyone
Hey guys, wishing you all the best for the festive season and just to let you know my contract here at the Desk is done as of this week. Daniel Tutino will be taking over Softimage transition matters from a PM point of view – he’s a former Softimage PM and is now looking after the Project Humanize Maya initiative, so he’s well placed to help those of you who are considering transitioning to Maya. Good luck to you all wherever you end up. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: AD subscription
Hi there, Have you tried a different browser? Which browser are you using? Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Toonafish Sent: December-12-14 8:09 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: AD subscription Ah, great that worked ! Thanks Stephen. Weird Leendert, I still get either an error or a blank page -Ronald attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Service Pack 1 available
Hi there, So, yes, I’m afraid you will have to uninstall 2015 to install 2015.1. We wanted to provide a patch release mechanism but unfortunately time and technical issues did not allow us to do so. The bug list posted was nearly complete – the one that Sven found was accidentally missed. If you have outstanding critical bugs, and especially regressions, please make sure they are logged. Sorry it’s not better news. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jill Ramsay (Contractor) Sent: December-02-14 4:56 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Service Pack 1 available Sorry guys, I was trying to get confirmation on a couple of details before this went live. I’m waiting for a response from Singapore. Hopefully will have more info by tomorrow. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Service Pack 1 available
Hi guys, This is beyond my level of expertise to comment on with any usefulness, so I’m going to ask our licensing product manager to take a look at this thread. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Chatterjee Sent: December-03-14 6:38 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Service Pack 1 available All right, now I'm completely puzzled... Jill, Hsiao, could you please help me out here? 1.) If it indeed installs into it's own separate folder what is the motivation/reason in making us uninstall 2015 first? 2.) Also it was suggested that a patch installer might be provided in the future. How on earth should this work when the SP1 install happens in a unique directory in the first place? I might be wrong here - but my gut feeling here is that the only reason for this messy situation might be compatibility with / conforming to the Autodesk Application Manager... Please let us find a pragmatic solution for this mess. Due to the EOL this is just about this Service Pack and hopefully one or two more. That's it. Conforming to the Autodesk Application Manager workflow shouldn't be a high priority in this situation. No need to change fundamentals so late in the game. Thanks, Martin -- Martin Chatterjee [ Freelance Technical Director ] [ http://www.chatterjee.dehttp://www.chatterjee.de/ ] [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Jens Lindgren jens.lindgren@gmail.commailto:jens.lindgren@gmail.com wrote: Just installed it and SP1 is indeed installing to it's separate folder. So why do we have to remove 2015 then? It doesn't make any sense at all. /Jens On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Sven Constable sixsi_l...@imagefront.demailto:sixsi_l...@imagefront.de wrote: from the readme file: Softimage 2015 SP1 cannot co-exist with Softimage 2015. If Softimage 2015 is available on your machine, uninstall it before running the Softimage 2015 SP1 installer. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jens Lindgren Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:15 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Service Pack 1 available Just trying to install on Windows here and the installation program tells me it can't install SP1 because there is a version already installed :( Is this just a screwed up fix because Autodesk Application Manager goes haywire if it finds two separate versions of Softimage 2015? /Jens On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Hsiao Ming Chia hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.commailto:hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.com wrote: My apologies too. The link went live last night(SG time) unintentionally ☹ We had planned to do a final check on the links before making it public. Good news is that the link checks out fine and you can start downloading and installing the SP1. We will get the date on the download page amended to Dec 02. Please feel free to post here or send me an email if you notice any issues: hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.commailto:hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.commailto:hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.commailto:hsiao.ming.c...@autodesk.com Hsiao Ming From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jill Ramsay (Contractor) Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 5:56 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Service Pack 1 available Sorry guys, I was trying to get confirmation on a couple of details before this went live. I’m waiting for a response from Singapore. Hopefully will have more info by tomorrow. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andres Stephens Sent: December-02-14 4:43 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Service Pack 1 available That’s a great fix! I guess it would be good to get these little details all documented.. yet again, communication issues. -_- -Draise -- Jens Lindgren VFX Supervisor Lead TD Magoo 3D Studioshttp://www.magoo3dstudios.com/ -- Jens Lindgren VFX Supervisor Lead TD Magoo 3D Studioshttp://www.magoo3dstudios.com/ attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Service Pack 1 available
Sorry guys, I was trying to get confirmation on a couple of details before this went live. I’m waiting for a response from Singapore. Hopefully will have more info by tomorrow. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andres Stephens Sent: December-02-14 4:43 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Service Pack 1 available That’s a great fix! I guess it would be good to get these little details all documented.. yet again, communication issues. -_- -Draise attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Need your opinion to improve Maya Outliner/ Attribute Editor
Sorry to have to be the corporate voice here, but just wanted to say that of course any statements about what is being worked on should be taken as completely subject to change. Please don’t make any buying decisions based on what’s been said about what may or may not be in the next or any future versions of Maya. Shuting is getting feedback from you, and that is great, but no guarantees about what will be implemented. Blah, blah, blah usual disclaimer blah, blah. Thanks and please keep the great feedback coming! Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: softimage 2015 heads up
Sorry, stand by and I will try to get you a more accurate ETA. No opaqueness intended! Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephan Haidacher Sent: November-26-14 6:24 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: softimage 2015 heads up s, when is it coming, Autodesk? a tiny bit more transparency wouldn't hurt. --stephan attachment: winmail.dat
RE: softimage 2015 heads up
We are targeting first week of December for first customer download. Would have been sooner but we found a last-minute regression. Hope this helps, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jill Ramsay (Contractor) Sent: November-26-14 6:56 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: softimage 2015 heads up Sorry, stand by and I will try to get you a more accurate ETA. No opaqueness intended! Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephan Haidacher Sent: November-26-14 6:24 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: softimage 2015 heads up s, when is it coming, Autodesk? a tiny bit more transparency wouldn't hurt. --stephan attachment: winmail.dat
RE: complaints channel?
Leendert, will contact you offline to find out more about your particular issue. Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leendert A. Hartog Sent: November-19-14 6:13 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: complaints channel? So, I am a bit conflicted this morning: I am very happy with @AutodeskHelp in the Twitterverse, but at the same time rather unhappy with the handling of an unrelated query by Support over at the Subscription Center. What would be the proper channel to log an - albeit mild - complaint (about the IMHO premature closing of an in my opinion as of yet unresolved case)? And I know I can reopen the case, but that's slightly besides the point. Getting a mail stating something like we don't know what's wrong, so now we're closing the case does sound weird to me. Again: not angry or anything, merely somewhat puzzled and displeased... Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop?
Hello, I’d just like to correct this. Anyone can buy extra seats of the Maya + Softimage bundle until Feb 1, 2016, at the same price as Maya – you do not need to be on maintenance. And yes I know that the FAQ fails to mention this, and yes I’m sorry, and yes I’m trying to get it fixed. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Turman Sent: November-12-14 6:01 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop? Seeing as you Autodesk has made it clear that only existing customers that are on maintenance can buy additional seats of Softimage and only for a little while longer, it should be pretty clear that this is a scam. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: more maya......
Yes, I agree it's confusing and should be revisited. Glad you like the default scene thing, though! Humanize Maya is an ongoing initiative that will not be completed in a single release, but you can expect to reap the first round of benefits from it in the next major release, assuming all goes as planned. Regards, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andi Farhall Sent: November-05-14 6:34 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: more maya.. Hi Jill, Sofimage has one preference page to set fps, the only time I've ever had a problem is when a scene with an incorrect frame rate gets merged in. No need for two completely disconnected preference locations to do it. This is an example of why maya needs rethinking. Clearly what Ben described is the answer to the specific issue (thanks Ben) but would you agree that this messy and disconnected approach to UI is something that really should have been addressed in the market leader? When will the meat of the humanize maya project be available to see? cheers, Andi P.s I quite like the default scene setting in Maya. I made a button in soft to do the same thing so Maya is one click ahead as far as that's concerned ;-) attachment: winmail.dat
RE: more maya......
So Ben is right. This separation of unit settings for the current scene and your own unit preferences was put in place to address an issue customers had where they’d load someone else’s scene and all of sudden find that their units, fps, etc. had all changed when they next created a new scene. For your new scene preferences, go to New Scene (option box) and set things the way you normally want them to be on creating a new scene. If you then do File - Save Preferences, you’ll be OK even in the extremely unlikely event that you should crash before exiting. Hope this helps, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ben Beckett Sent: November-04-14 8:46 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: more maya.. Its a easy fix. go, file, new scene, click the little box set it once in there. Once you open one new scene from there all scenes will be it until you change it. If you crash before you close maya you will need to redo it. Ben On 4 November 2014 13:39, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.commailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: Chin up buddies, chin up. (cry) On 4 November 2014 11:17, Gerbrand Nel nagv...@gmail.commailto:nagv...@gmail.com wrote: Yup.. been there.. still waiting for my composure though G On 2014-11-04 12:47 PM, Andi Farhall wrote: maybe i just need to sit quietly here for a bit a regain my composure. The first hour of my day taken up by figuring out why my fps resets itself every time I start a new scene. They should have called it Caveat. as you were. ... http://www.hackneyeffects.com/ https://vimeo.com/user4174293 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/ http://spylon.tumblr.com/ This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Upgrading Softimage. Was: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Sorry if I'm missing the point, but what is the concern here (is there any outstanding concern)? The functionality is all there. Both products are licensed to run on the same workstation - as Luc Eric says, the same as a Suite. So... what is missing for you in this scenario? Thanks, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: October-29-14 3:47 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Upgrading Softimage. Was: Stand-Alone to Network license? Maybe its of interest to others: If you upgrade and you're non subscribtion costumer, resellers will tell you you cannot update Softimage alone. You have to choose a bundle. '3dsmax with soft' or 'maya with soft'. Nothing new to us so far. What was new to me is, the product you will receive is actually not a bundle. You won't receive both products bundled together but instead a third product with a different product key. You can check the product keys here: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcartic les/sfdcarticles/2015-Product-keys-for-Autodesk-products.html As you can see the product keys for 3dsmax, maya and softimage are different from the product keys for the 'maya with soft and 3dsmax with soft. And its indeed a combined installer package you will receive if you upgrade. It's a different product on the ADSK side. So if you thought: Hell I'lll upgrade Softimage and get maya or max with it and I don't care because I'll just upgraded Softimage!. You won't. You will get a kind of of zombied package that is not Softimage plus Maya and not Softimage plus 3dsmax as ADSK and resellers stated. It's essentially a different product. That means if you're not on sub, you won't receive the same product even if you're paying a lot more of money to upgrade your ADSK product. sven attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Hi guys, Actually the resellers all have an extremely detailed FAQ with more info than your average customer would care to wade through: that was the rationale behind the abbreviated one for the customers and the idea that you would talk to your resellers for more info. As mentioned, the customer one got a little bit over-abbreviated. I am trying to get that fixed. Unfortunately some resellers are more attentive to the materials we provide than others. :-) Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: October-28-14 1:01 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? Hi Jill Can these changes please be updated the resellers. They are normally the first point of call for the customers and so far they in large been inaccurate with their advise, Kind regards Angus attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Hey guys, I agree the updated FAQ (May) should contain the information that you can purchase new seats of the bundle - I'll see if I can get that added. Please don't refer to the original FAQ because it contains information that has since changed (for the better). If in doubt about any of your options, please speak to your reseller or ask me. Thanks, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason S Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? 2) You can buy the Maya + Softimage or Max + Softimage bundle for the same price as Maya or Max until Feb 1, 2016. Contact your reseller. 4) In neither of the above cases 2) or 3) do you need to be on subscription. That's great Jill, seems much more reasonable! and sorry if I confused the bundle with the Ultimate Suite, because the suite use to be the only way left to get new seats, and I admit I didn't even check the updated FAQ dating back to last May! But even now searching for it, only turned up a 3 post thread on SI community from Hirazi, don't even know how he found it (seemingly unannounced) (but thanks to Hirazi too! :] ) And that may actually be much more actractive now, since not unlike Photoshop (~6.5 mil out of ~8mil still sticking to the last perpetual ver after 2 years), SI users wont be the only ones using 'last versions', as many Maya users will also seemingly stick to 'last' perpetual versions as well, based only on very similar sentiment, while probably not having (literally) 10$/month bargain promotional 'introductory' rental prices. anyways, cheers! On 10/25/14 10:37, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) wrote: So, just to reiterate in case anyone's still confused: 1) If you have a current seat of Softimage on subscription you can migrate to the bundle for free - effectively just choose whether you want free Maya or free Max - until Feb 1, 2016. 2) You can buy the Maya + Softimage or Max + Softimage bundle for the same price as Maya or Max until Feb 1, 2016. Contact your reseller. 3) If you have a seat of Softimage that is six versions or less back, you can upgrade to the bundle until Feb 1, 2015. This should be a cheaper option for you if you don't want an additional seat. How much cheaper will depend on how old your license is. This is why the FAQ focuses on this. Again, contact your reseller. 4) In neither of the above cases 2) or 3) do you need to be on subscription. However, since upgrades are going away for all products on Feb 1, 2015, you may very well want to consider getting on subscription if you want to keep your Maya or Max seat current. Hope this helps, Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
So, just to reiterate in case anyone's still confused: 1) If you have a current seat of Softimage on subscription you can migrate to the bundle for free - effectively just choose whether you want free Maya or free Max - until Feb 1, 2016. 2) You can buy the Maya + Softimage or Max + Softimage bundle for the same price as Maya or Max until Feb 1, 2016. Contact your reseller. 3) If you have a seat of Softimage that is six versions or less back, you can upgrade to the bundle until Feb 1, 2015. This should be a cheaper option for you if you don't want an additional seat. How much cheaper will depend on how old your license is. This is why the FAQ focuses on this. Again, contact your reseller. 4) In neither of the above cases 2) or 3) do you need to be on subscription. However, since upgrades are going away for all products on Feb 1, 2015, you may very well want to consider getting on subscription if you want to keep your Maya or Max seat current. Hope this helps, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of phil harbath Sent: October-24-14 4:13 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? I think it is tough to blame any for NOT totally understanding the situation. -Original Message- From: Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 4:04 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Unless I missunderstood (?), the only way to access SI 2015 (if not on sub)... Ultimate Entertainment Creation Suite It's a bit discouraging that you missed all the info in the FAQ, the webinar and the post here from jill ! The upgrade path for Softimage users is called the Maya plus Softimage 2015 and it's the same price as just buying Maya or a Maya upgrade. But that's not offered on the web, you need to talk to a reseller to get it. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Stand-Alone to Network license?
Hi guys, Here's the scoop. You cannot get Softimage 2015 anymore unless you are on subs. But you CAN either buy or get upgrades to the Softimage + Maya 2015 bundle or Softimage + Max 2015 bundle. Upgrades are only available into Feb 1, 2015 (this is unrelated to the Softimage EOL, it is for all products). The bundles are available for purchase for a further year. You do not need to be on subs to do that, however if you are not on subs you do not get previous version usage rights (no change there). Hope that helps. Please refer to the FAQ for any further questions, or talk to your reseller, or email jill.ramsay[AT]autodesk.com http://static-dc.autodesk.net/content/dam/autodesk/www/products/autodesk-softimage/docs/pdf/Softimage%20Last%20Release%20Announcement_FAQ_UPDATE_MAY_20.pdf Thanks, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason S Sent: October-23-14 5:32 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Stand-Alone to Network license? Also for the 2015 to be somewhat more common than, or not exclusive to a bunch of subscribers. Actually I wish you could just sell Softimage 2015 (+ SP's) as it is. No support, .. and even if only available to Softimage users, say people on this list + current SI-Community Users. (If too afraid of making too many sales) Why such tight limits? On Thursday, October 23, 2014 16:53:38, Jason S wrote: IMHO, I think it would more than reasonable for (at least) non-immediately migrating Softimage customers to have access to the latest version, to be able to purchase (at least) the same amount of existing licences. (-/allowing/- to -replace-/update to last one) (Hoping there's even at-all an (internal) channel to request/plead for such things...) attachment: winmail.dat
RE: subscription for maya on linux
David I will attempt to get a definitive answer for you... stand by. Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of David Gallagher Sent: October-16-14 11:15 AM To: Graham Bell; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: subscription for maya on linux On 10/15/2014 5:52 PM, Graham Bell wrote: Hi David To the best of my knowledge, you can 'rent' Maya on Linux, certainly here in the UK anyway, so I assume it will be the same in the US. Thanks for the info! It shouldn't make a difference with education either, you should be able to obtain a linux install, though I notice you can't download this version from the EDU website. Someone from Autodesk here says the educational license doesn't work on linux?: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/installation-licensing/licensing-maya2013-in-linux-just-not-valid/m-p/3839396#M60613 Though this will have to be Network licensed, as Standalone (node-locked) isn't available on Linux. Network licenses are not OS specific, once their running on a server, any insall (Win/Mac/Linux) can just point to the server. Thx, Graham -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of David Gallagher Sent: 16 October 2014 00:15 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: subscription for maya on linux Hello! We are planning on offering a linux version of AnimSchool Picker for Maya. www.animschool.com/pickerInfo.aspx We don't have any linux licenses of Maya, and they don't offer them through Autodesk's educational program, so we're not sure how to proceed. We just need to know if we can rent Maya on linux --long enough to compile AnimSchool Picker. I called and chatted Autodesk and got different responses from different people. Any Autodesk people here know? Thanks, Dave G Autodesk Limited Registered Office: One Discovery Place, Columbus Drive, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0NZ Registered in England and Wales, No. 1839239 attachment: winmail.dat
RE: subscription for maya on linux
As far as I have been able to ascertain... (don't shoot me if I end up being wrong please!), your EDU license should work with Linux, but reasons that are not currently clear, the download is not posted. You should be able to obtain the executable here: http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/maya/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-maya-2015-service-pack-5.html Fingers crossed, hope this works, if it doesn't I'm going into hiding for a week or two. :-) G'night all. Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Graham Bell Sent: October-16-14 8:26 PM To: David Gallagher; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: subscription for maya on linux Ah interesting. I noticed that you couldn¹t download Maya Linux education site, so I wondered if educators would of obtained Linux through there Autodesk ARC accounts instead. Perhaps not. I double checked to correct myself and you can run Maya Linux in Standalone license, but perhaps with education the Standalone activation doesn¹t work for the reasons mentioned. I shall defer to Jill though. G On 16/10/2014 16:15, David Gallagher davegsoftimagel...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/15/2014 5:52 PM, Graham Bell wrote: Hi David To the best of my knowledge, you can 'rent' Maya on Linux, certainly here in the UK anyway, so I assume it will be the same in the US. Thanks for the info! It shouldn't make a difference with education either, you should be able to obtain a linux install, though I notice you can't download this version from the EDU website. Someone from Autodesk here says the educational license doesn't work on linux?: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/installation-licensing/licensing-maya2013 -in -linux-just-not-valid/m-p/3839396#M60613 Though this will have to be Network licensed, as Standalone (node-locked) isn't available on Linux. Network licenses are not OS specific, once their running on a server, any insall (Win/Mac/Linux) can just point to the server. Thx, Graham -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of David Gallagher Sent: 16 October 2014 00:15 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: subscription for maya on linux Hello! We are planning on offering a linux version of AnimSchool Picker for Maya. www.animschool.com/pickerInfo.aspx We don't have any linux licenses of Maya, and they don't offer them through Autodesk's educational program, so we're not sure how to proceed. We just need to know if we can rent Maya on linux --long enough to compile AnimSchool Picker. I called and chatted Autodesk and got different responses from different people. Any Autodesk people here know? Thanks, Dave G Autodesk Limited Registered Office: One Discovery Place, Columbus Drive, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 0NZ Registered in England and Wales, No. 1839239 attachment: winmail.dat
RE: EOL and using older Softimages
Hi there, Just to further clarify, that was a technical limitation of how the licensing was implemented, using a new model for desktop subs. We now have one version back (you can now use 2014 or 2015), and next year we will have two versions back, etc. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Turman Sent: August-12-14 1:17 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: EOL and using older Softimages That was not the case earlier this year when we wanted to rent a 2013 Maya...we were told that only 2014 was available to us. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Memory Leak when animating with SI 2015
Andres, please log this as a bug if you have not already... Thanks. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andres Stephens Sent: August-08-14 3:29 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Memory Leak when animating with SI 2015 Here is the scene file. It has an animated frog in it - not the best I must say, but something! **I would appreciate if you guys don't really use it for anything, as it's not really my design or property to share, but just for troubleshooting cases. So, now that is cleared, memory leak happens with extensive animation playback repeats or loops - shift in view during playback, etc. Eventually all my ram is chewed up after prolonged animation playback. I do notice that my ram quickly clocks up during playback, not dropping down upon pause/stop. DOWNLOAD PROJECThttp://www.mediafire.com/download/bcyr2n1b7d2q3k3/TESTER.ziphttp:/ Thanks for taking a look at it. -Draise attachment: winmail.dat
RE: OT Maya: Spring Dynamics in Maya
Hi Will, The Maya forums on Area are pretty active, might be a better place to post your questions than the maya_he3d group. http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Maya/ct-p/area-c2 Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Will Sharkey Sent: August-01-14 5:12 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: OT Maya: Spring Dynamics in Maya Hello, I posted this at maya_he3d google group but there is so little traffic, only 2 posts over there today and I think they were all from me! I wonder if you all could shed some light on spring dynamics in Maya, maybe something similar to mt springs or the cool spring solvers in gear. What are some good solutions or tools to achieve this? I noticed there is a Jiggle Deformer but that seems point based as opposed to an offset on a controller. Any information would be much appreciated. Thanks! attachment: winmail.dat
RE: EOL and using older Softimages
One other thing to consider is that software business models are evolving throughout the industry. Subscription models are becoming increasingly common. Things have changed a lot along the way – when I started in the industry, you could pay $60K for a paint system (Matador 64). Maya 1.0 with all its modules cost around $30K. For many people the price of entry was completely prohibitive. Subscription models allow businesses to plan their budget and keep their outgoings at a consistent level, while rental programs enable them to vary their capacity according to need. If you find a software business that doesn’t exist to make money, then you’ll probably find one that won’t exist for long. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: EOL and using older Softimages
Just to be clear, rental is actually Desktop Subscription, which does include the right to use the previous version. Jill -Original Message- Yet the only version you can buy or rent is the latest one, which nobody uses and can't save in previous versions, so it is completely useless for work. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Memory Leak when animating with SI 2015
Hi Andres, You can report the bug here: http://download.autodesk.com/us/support/report_a_bug.html?SelProduct=Softimage Thanks, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Andres Stephens Sent: August-11-14 1:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Memory Leak when animating with SI 2015 Thanks Jill, for taking a look at it. Can you please remind me how to submit a log? Is there a website where I can fill in details to submit? attachment: winmail.dat
RE: EOL and using older Softimages
As Graham has already mentioned in this thread, there is a mechanism for customers on Subscription to request earlier versions. Apart from sounding like the business equivalent of a platitude, it does not work because of the limiting factor of the past three previous versions is imposed. Commercial houses periodically need to open up scenes from 5+ years ago, tweak them and have them render out with the exact look as the original. One does not simply open it in a newer version where Mental Ray works differently. In this way alone it is clear that Autodesk's business model is incongruent with the needs of its customers. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Maya strengts (anyone?)
Hello Mario, It would be foolish of me to promise that everything you report is going to get fixed in the timeframe you’d like, but we are looking at addressing some of your common obstacles, and especially the ones that would benefit all Maya users. Feel free to post your top issues to the Area Softimage Transition forum here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Softimage-Workflow-Feature/bd-p/softimageworkflow. Constraint compensation – this came up somewhere else and I think it already exists: check ‘Maintain Offset’ in the Constraint dialog. Thanks, Jill (and yes Luc-Eric is thankfully still at AD and working on the Maya team.) From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mario Reitbauer Sent: May-23-14 2:23 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Maya strengts (anyone?) Luc you are still at AD right ? Would love to have an honest answer on that one. Is there any chance to get workflow improvement features actually beeing added into maya in a reasonable time if we report them ? Simple stuff: Flip muscle capsule (if you create your capsules out of a skinned mesh you gonna need that, no idea why it's not there) child- and constraint compensation viewport selection update (this is were maya rly feels clunky, when it comes to just selecting objects or components, if ur interested i would love to tell you why, but i guess you know) working with sets (remove object from set is only possible through diving into that hierachy in a graph ?) This and more are the things which drive me nuts. It's just the small things, not even features. So as long as artists are forced to write scripts for every single task (visibility toggle on a hotkey anyone ? who uses 2 different hotkeys for hiding and showing objects ?) I can't think of too many things which would make maya beeing faster in actual production. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Hello Morton, Let me see if I can find a way to do that will build on the work that’s already gone into developing the curriculum and not get too out of hand. Stay tuned. Thanks, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: May-14-14 10:37 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted Thank you for these Jill. I can't help thinking since there are thousands of things different users would like to see covered it might be difficult for your team to identify and cover them all since there are almost as many ways of working as there are users :) How about making a sort of list to which users can contribute and say which particular functionalities or workflows they would like to see in a transition video? Best Morten Bartholdy attachment: winmail.dat
RE: MayaSoft - previous versions
Hi Angus, We're looking into what's gone wrong in this case... I'll update you as soon as I know. Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: May-14-14 3:58 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MayaSoft - previous versions Hi Maurice Perhaps you can explain to me. On the new ARC schools website I request a licence for an autodesk product (so I have already logged in). I get the email with the serial number, but when I install and try and register the product it says my username / password doesn't exist when it tries to connect to register once. Surely they are the same login ? Kind regards Angus attachment: winmail.dat
First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Hello everyone, The first videos from our Softimage to Maya transition training curriculum are now posted, with more to come this week and at a regular rate thereafter. We hope to give you a thorough introduction to Maya that draws on your existing Softimage knowledge. We thank you for your patience - we know you'd have liked to have these sooner. On the plus side, the later release date has allowed us to validate our curriculum with a number of customers and to use the 2015 versions of the software. I hope you find these videos useful. You can post your feedback in the comments section on the site. The Softimage Learning Channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SoftimageHowTos With the first two videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QokQ6r7mS1Elist=PLC4040C7FF264D722 and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWjrYBXtvPwlist=PLC4040C7FF264D722 Best, Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
There are lots, lots more to come, and the complexity level will definitely be ramping up so feel free to jump to whatever stage you want to. We validated (and adjusted based on feedback) the curriculum with a number of our internal users who have made the transition themselves, and also with several users. I hope that as we progress you will find some things useful at any rate. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted
Hi Manu, I'll pass that on to the team, thank you! Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Manuel Huertas Marchena Sent: May-12-14 1:52 PM To: softimage list Subject: RE: First Softimage - Maya transition videos posted Thanks Jill, that is great news! looking forward to it. btw if you can do some videos in regards to: -maya pivots snapping -maya node editor (for shading compared to render tree) *I heard we can use maya's node editor to do shading instead of the ultra cumbersome hypergraph... it'll be awesome. Regards -Manu attachment: winmail.dat
RE: SI2015 alembic vs maya
Hey Szabolcs, Working to get you an answer on this. Cheers, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Szabolcs Matefy Sent: April-22-14 11:47 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: SI2015 alembic vs maya Ok. So far I could exchange between Maya and Softimage static geometry, and non-deformed geometry. Whenever deformed (deformer, envelope, shape animation) is involved, the geometry apparently doesn’t take the material IDs with itself, and the geometry is appearing in Maya in green shade, not rendering at all, etc, unless I assign a material. If it is a multi-material stuff, then apparently the clusters are empty in Maya. If anybody could confirm that or had such an issue and resolved it, please drop me a line! Cheers Szabolcs attachment: winmail.dat
RE: humanize maya, SOFT top 5
Hey guys, A couple of you mentioned 'really contextual menus' (see Aliastair's number 3 below). Can you explain what's missing for you in Maya in this regard? Thanks, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alastair Hearsum Sent: March-25-14 6:16 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: humanize maya, SOFT top 5 Hello friends Me again with my TOP 5's I have had some minimal contact with the Humanize Maya people. Lets get our views across with our TOP 5 Softimage user workflow/interface experiences. As usual a list with a brief description. Here are some random examples 1)Middle mouse to repeat last function 2)Multiple windows You can have many graph editors, outliners, property pages open at once. 3) Really contextual menus 4) Comprehensive universal drag and drop of parameters Quickly set up expressions. 5) Text rather than icons, general stylishness of interface Alastair -- Alastair Hearsum Head of 3d [GLASSWORKS] 33/34 Great Pulteney Street London W1F 9NP +44 (0)20 7434 1182 glassworks.co.ukhttp://www.glassworks.co.uk/ Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office 25 Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 86729) Please consider the environment before you print this email. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and attachments are strictly privileged, private and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Company. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error please kindly return it to the sender and delete this message from your system. attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Transitional license 2015 releases
Hello Leendert, You need to go through a reseller and chose either the Max or Maya flavor of this bundle. Then the reseller will process the transaction. It is $0 if you are current on Subs. If you are not current, there is a cost to transitioning - talk to your reseller to determine the cost in your particular situation. Once you have transitioned, there is nothing special you need to do in terms of licensing. In transitioning to the bundle, you get 1-3x back of Softimage (previous versions) as part of your Subs benefits. Hope this helps, Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leendert A. Hartog Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 3:16 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Transitional license 2015 releases I am sure this has probably already been answered somewhere, but in the mass of posts since the retirement notice, I must have missed it. What happens to us Softimage users once the new releases have been made available? Do we get instant access to Maya or Max 2015 together with our Softimage 2015 or do we have to additionally have to do anything, like specify Maya or Max for instance? And how does this work for the licensing? Do we have to add anything specific to our license request to make our claims to the specific transitional license apparent (with regard to the ongoing previous version usage)? Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
Hello John, You need to set this in New Scene Options to have it affect new scenes and not just the current scene. More info here: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2014/en_us/index.html?url=files/File__New_Scene.htm,topicNumber=d30e48442 I agree it’s confusing. Jill. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of John Richard Sanchez Sent: April-07-14 2:57 PM To: XSI List to post Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5) Is there a reason that Maya does not save my preference for 30 frames per second ( I hit save preferences) but when I open a new scene it goes back to 24 fps? Is this a new feature? I am using 2014 sp2. I went to do a new project for a client and of course after the render I realize its not matching the VO because it is at 24 fps. I LOVE using Maya. :) J attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
Sorry, just checking you did exactly this… I just tried it and it worked for me. File - New Scene - [ ] Set working units as required (Apply) or Edit - Save Settings File - Save Preferences. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of John Richard Sanchez Sent: April-07-14 3:30 PM To: XSI List to post Subject: Re: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5) I did. But will try it again after I re Render. J attachment: winmail.dat
RE: Center mode (was RE: humanize Maya, SOFT top 5)
Sorry, our messages crossed in the ether! attachment: winmail.dat
New discussion forum for Softimage - Maya features/workflows
Hello everyone, Let me introduce myself. I'm Jill Ramsay, and I've just joined Chris V's team. Some of you with mixed pipelines may remember me from the Alias days when I managed Maya for a few years. I've been lurking on this list for the past couple of weeks, and the first thing I want to do is to offer my condolences to those feeling a great sense of loss; you are clearly a very passionate bunch of people and your pain and sadness is very evident. I know you all have choices, and if your choice is to stay with Softimage for as long as possible, or to transition to a non-Autodesk solution, then I respect that. However, if you have chosen or are considering choosing to transition to Maya, I'm here to help in any way I can. You can email me directly at jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.com. (If you choose to transition to 3ds Max, and need any assistance there, let me know and I'll pass you on to someone who can help). One thing that's become very clear to me is that there are some things that Softimage does extremely well. Not just big ticket features like ICE, but streamlined workflows that help you to be more productive. I want to understand those things and if and how we can implement them in Maya, for the benefit of all of our users. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that your list has been hijacked in the past couple of weeks with transition discussions, a lot them revolving about what Maya can or can't offer you. In order to give back this list to the people who need to get on with their everyday work in Softimage, I invite you to bring those discussions to a new discussion group within the Maya forum: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Softimage-Workflow-Feature/bd-p/softimageworkflow. Everyone is very welcome there, and our product designers will be standing by to take your feedback and answer your questions where they can, as will I. I'm looking forward to having some constructive, useful discussions. Thank you in advance for your input. Best regards, Jill Ramsay attachment: winmail.dat
RE: New discussion forum for Softimage - Maya features/workflows
Wow, thank you very much Perry. I'm deeply touched! Jill From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Perry Harovas Sent: March-25-14 3:23 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: New discussion forum for Softimage - Maya features/workflows Everyone- Jill is a good person. She has never lied to me, we have known each other since the days when I first used Maya. Jill means everything she is saying here, and I wanted to make sure to say this, because I am perhaps the last person that you would expect to say that, given my anger the last few weeks... Jill is really a veteran in this field, and has been previously involved at the highest levels with Maya, years ago. She was key in the implementation of the smoke and ocean fluids in Maya many years ago. I want to be one of the first to say that this is a very welcome addition to the team, and regardless of my desire to move on to other DCC apps, I feel that my effort would not be wasted if I helped Jill understand what could make Maya better. I will, I am sure, get some flak for this, but I just wanted to let you all know that I have full confidence in Jill as an honest and capable person. Jill, so nice to see you here, and thank you for your introduction to the list. Perry On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.com wrote: Hello everyone, Let me introduce myself. I'm Jill Ramsay, and I've just joined Chris V's team. Some of you with mixed pipelines may remember me from the Alias days when I managed Maya for a few years. I've been lurking on this list for the past couple of weeks, and the first thing I want to do is to offer my condolences to those feeling a great sense of loss; you are clearly a very passionate bunch of people and your pain and sadness is very evident. I know you all have choices, and if your choice is to stay with Softimage for as long as possible, or to transition to a non-Autodesk solution, then I respect that. However, if you have chosen or are considering choosing to transition to Maya, I'm here to help in any way I can. You can email me directly at jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.commailto:jill.ram...@autodesk.com. (If you choose to transition to 3ds Max, and need any assistance there, let me know and I'll pass you on to someone who can help). One thing that's become very clear to me is that there are some things that Softimage does extremely well. Not just big ticket features like ICE, but streamlined workflows that help you to be more productive. I want to understand those things and if and how we can implement them in Maya, for the benefit of all of our users. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that your list has been hijacked in the past couple of weeks with transition discussions, a lot them revolving about what Maya can or can't offer you. In order to give back this list to the people who need to get on with their everyday work in Softimage, I invite you to bring those discussions to a new discussion group within the Maya forum: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Softimage-Workflow-Feature/bd-p/softimageworkflow. Everyone is very welcome there, and our product designers will be standing by to take your feedback and answer your questions where they can, as will I. I'm looking forward to having some constructive, useful discussions. Thank you in advance for your input. Best regards, Jill Ramsay -- Perry Harovas Animation and Visual Effects http://www.TheAfterImage.comhttp://www.theafterimage.com/ -25 Years Experience -Member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) attachment: winmail.dat
RE: planned transitional training?
Hello Leendert, Transitional training requirements are something I need to get my head around and figure out a plan. I apologize that I'm not completely up to speed yet on that topic but I'll attempt to get there as quickly as I can! Thanks for your patience, Jill -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leendert A. Hartog Sent: March-25-14 3:25 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: planned transitional training? Okay, thanks. Please make sure to make your plans known at the earliest possible date (as people start to stop believing anything will still come from AD in this respect and that you broadcast it to the widest range of users (i.e. not only the Mailing List). If you were to contact me directly, I could push the info on the si-community. Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog - Softimage hobbyist AKA Hirazi Blue - Administrator @, NOT the owner of si-community.com attachment: winmail.dat
RE: planned transitional training?
I do understand, but I'm not prepared to announce something until I know what I can deliver (I think that's the last thing you want). I think the webinars that Maurice mentioned are something different - not the training resources you are looking for. I do promise I am actively looking into it and anticipate having something more concrete to tell you soon. Again, thank you for your patience. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
RE: planned transitional training?
Hey Leendert, Thank you for the offer and I hope to be able to give you something to communicate very soon. Just to be clear, planning has indeed been in place for transitional training materials, it's just that I am not fully up to speed with where that plan is at, having only just come on board - but I just read something very encouraging. I'm sorry, bear with me, more soon on this topic. Jill attachment: winmail.dat
