Re: GEAR_mc a fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR project

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

Hi Miquel,

  Any laid out road map for future development?

  Cheers.

On 8/28/13, Sebastien Sterling  wrote:
> YES !
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> On 28 August 2013 08:20, Szabolcs Matefy  wrote:
>
>> Thanks Miguel and Jeremie, Gear is one of the ebst and most important
>> contribution to Softimage community. J
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>> So when the new features video will be alive?
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>> Cheers
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>> Szabolcs
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>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Halim Negadi
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 28, 2013 6:14 AM
>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>> *Subject:* Re: GEAR_mc a fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR project
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>> Hi Miguel,
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>> We plan to work with GEAR in the next few months at Forge Animation, in
>> south of france. ( www.forge-animation.com )
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>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Miquel Campos 
>> wrote:
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>> Oh! nice! :) Halim, where is "here"?
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>> Miquel Campos
>> www.miquelTD.com
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>> 2013/8/27 Halim Negadi 
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>> Thank you Miguel, couldn't dream of a better timing as we were planning
>> to
>> use gear for our first teaser over here.
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>> Glad to see you guys keeping our weapon alive.
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>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>> wrote:
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>> Yeah!  Waiting anxiously for the videos!
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>> Thanks Jeremie for the solid foundation of GEAR and thank you Miquel for
>> keeping it not only alive but sailing!
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>> 2013/8/27 Mirko Jankovic 
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>> hip hip hip hooray for our SI masters! :)
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>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Adam Sale 
>> wrote:***
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>> Awesome news. Just in time for the start of September classes. 
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>> Adam
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>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Rares Halmagean 
>> wrote:
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>> I'll through in a Huzzah and big thanks for the addition. Can't wait to
>> try it out. 
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>> On 8/26/2013 9:48 PM, Miquel Campos wrote:
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>> Hello, 
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>> I have just uploaded to github my custom fork of Jeremie Passerin's GEAR
>> project.
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>> https://github.com/miquelcampos/GEAR_mc
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>> Here is a little list of what's the new:
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>> -New Menu re-arrange  
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>> -New Facial components   
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>> -New options for icon creator
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>> -Selection sets and poseLib not part of Gear  
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>> -poseLib should work now in Linux (but not tested)  
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>> -Zipper tool for curves  
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>> -New solvers  
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>> -Wireframe color tool  
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>> -Guides support for store wireframe color  
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>> -New commands for inspect Guides PPG and solvers options  
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>> -Command for merge symmetry mapping templates.
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>> Some of these new features were initially developed by Jeremie, who
>> kindly
>> shared with me some of his personal WIP code.
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>>  BIG THANKS to Jeremie for the original code and all the help. And also
>> BIG THANKS to Sly and PH from Shed  Montreal to allow me to release some
>> internal code for the poseLib, selection sets and some of the facial
>> components.
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>> I will prepare with Alan some videos explaining the new features and
>> tools. Stay tune to TDsurvival ;)
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>> Cheers,
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>> Miquel
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>> Miquel Campos
>> www.miquelTD.com
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>> --
>> *Rares Halmagean
>> **___**
>> *visual development and 3d character & content creation.
>> *rarebrush.com*  
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Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

how hard it is to remove MainWin from Linux? If you guys can make
Softimage 100% Linux native then you guys can have multiple
installation targets, like Houdini.

Re: In case you missed it..

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

how about translating the success stories from Japan's Autodesk (Softimage)?

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Maurice Patel
wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> You are spot on when it comes to the importance of relevant information.
> Last year I specifically worked with the AREA Team on this issue. We had a
> challenge that unless you are a top revenue product you disappear on .com
> and there was no one place that was really good to send people for more
> detailed information. We decided to create a section on AREA where we could
> do that - a richer product home so to speak. One that could be fuelled not
> only by us but by the community too. We still need to tie the Social Media
> aspect into it and are working on things like social sign on. But yes
> ultimately it would be great if we can continue to refine and expand on
> this aspect of the site. And yes you can access it from the homepage :)
>
> http://www.the-area.com/products/view/softimage
>
>
> Maurice Patel
> Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 6:26 PM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: RE: In case you missed it..
>
> I agree.
>
> I don't know about anybody else, but I could care less about demo reels.
>  The only time I see them is when I'm at a user group or waiting for a
> product demonstration to begin, and since there are no more user groups and
> product demos are basically web downloads, where do I see demos today?
>  Mostly as screen savers at siggraph when the demo guy is taking a lunch
> break.  I don't hang around those booths because I visit booths to talk to
> people and ask questions.
>
> Demo reels are important for students and people new to the industry as a
> whole, but I think they're irrelevant for people who have been in the
> industry a while because they become jaded like me from having seen it all
> before.  We need something more that currently isn't being delivered.
>
> As a more experienced and mature demographic, what I want is information.
>  I want to see benefit in black and white.  I want to determine if I can
> truly work smarter, not harder, compared to what I'm doing now.  I think
> this aspect of Softimage marketing has been absent for the past 10 years.
>  The exception being the debut of ICE with v7.0.  Prior to that the last
> time I saw something informative that made me pay attention was the
> animation mixer and perhaps GATOR.  However, even in those cases the demos
> weren't very informative, they were more eye candy pieces.
>
> What I seek is a short synopsis like a movie trailer (length) that is
> information driven.  If it catches my interest, let me watch something more
> in-depth to get the answers to my questions.  These don't have to be
> high-tech demonstrations, just clearly *informative and comprehensive*
> relative to what's being marketed.  Stay way from glossy buzz words and
> trendy catch phrases.  Focus more on the information's value to educate the
> target audience.
>
> I used to demo Softimage in my locale when Softimage didn't have the
> budget to send somebody out from Montreal.  I am information driven, and
> was always told by attendees that they felt my demos were the most helpful
> to make decisions.  I don't know if sales improved or not as I didn't have
> access to that information, but the feedback I received from all demos were
> pretty consistent.  I think people are starved for facts as they don't want
> to have to wade through all the BS to get the info they seek, and in many
> cases, some people are making decisions to expand a company or switch a
> pipeline and aren't fully informed themselves what they are looking for
> because perhaps they're striving for something a bit outside of their
> comfort zone or level of experience.  Informative demos help them, and a
> good informative demo will entice a customer to follow up.
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
>
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sam Cuttriss
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:50 PM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: In case you missed it..
>
> Stop thinking of advertising/ demonstration/ documentation and education
> as isolated entities.
> in doing so you can make the money you spend massively more productive.
>
> look at the success of stephen blairs blog: http://xsisupport.com/
> ( Its criminally insane you fired him by the way )
> its a go to site for anyone using ice.
>
> With a little work something like that could be dressed up as a showcase
> of softimage work and a technical reference of production techniques.
> An inspiration to students, and something to pique the curiosity of
> professionals using other softwares.
>
> _sam
>
>
>
>
>

Re: In case you missed it..

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

centralized up to date tutorial. Make it a big one stop centre for a
beginner. That's the only way to help those who are about to learn
Softimage. There are many websites and youtube channels that do this too,
but it's on a whole new level if this is done and administered by Autodesk.
Also many top notch tutorials (like the ones on vimeo, for example) can be
"nominated" by the users and be included in the list and linked to by the
site.

Of course the success stories with good visual coverage would be extremely
helpful too.

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:26 AM, Maurice Patel
wrote:

> One area I would like to get feedback on is how do we get the right things
> happening on facebook? Advertising is way beyond our budgets in general and
> not very effective unless we have a very specific call to action (e.g.
> upgrades), as a result most advertsing is driven by sales promos. However I
> actually think there are better and more viral ways of getting the word
> out. Recently we have been having more success with SM. We have had a lot
> of success with our Softimage page (now at over 20,000) as well as the
> Digital Media page http://www.facebook.com/AutodeskDigitalMedia , which
> for the reasons described here, is becoming a bit of a second Softimage
> home.
> Maurice
>
> Maurice Patel
> Autodesk : Tél:  514 954-7134
>
>

fullbody IK system

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

Hi all,

  can anyone provide a pesudo code or general approach on how to implement
a fullbody IK system (much like human IK system in Maya)? Or any links or
references? I got a few links from googling around but much of the links
are down.

 Thanks.


 cheers,

Re: aaOcean open-sourced

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

Hi all,

 I can't clone the repository ( https://bitbucket.org/amaanakram/aaocean ).
Is it locked from the public?

 Thanks.

 cheers,

Re: Mocap Connector (was: RE: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox controller capture driver?)

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

ns on deformers in the model being
> >> animated. This has allowed me to switch what I am recording motion
> >> for within a scene pretty easily. An alternative is a synoptic with
> scripts to load specific presets.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As an aside, I did a rough experiment with making custom ICE nodes to
> >> read device data (essentially ICE input devices) and I might have
> >> been doing something wrong but I found that it was less responsive
> >> than drivers & expressions. I also didn’t care for the need to run
> >> the scene to see the inputs change; I think perhaps this is because
> >> the drivers use a push model whereas ICE uses a pull model for how
> >> data is propagated.  Also, the need for quite a few nodes to just do
> >> a simple “make the right trigger rotate something” led me away from
> >> using ICE nodes as the source of input data. If necessary or useful I
> >> can always make ICE trees get data from the custom parameter set data
> targeted by the driver.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Currently the companion software is written in .NET for Windows. It’s
> >> not a terribly complicated app, but it does use the Kinect SDK and
> >> XAML which means it would take a complete rewrite to get something on
> >> Linux. The driver itself is fairly portable but does use a few Win32
> >> APIs to communicate with the companion app. While I have adequate
> >> Linux dev experience, I don’t currently have a Linux rig to develop
> >> on. I’m open to the idea of a Linux version but as I mentioned in the
> >> first email I have to be very careful about how I spend my time on
> >> projects right now and it would be a much larger investment for me to
> get
> a rig built and rewrite everything.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have considered a Kickstarter, and I might still do that but I just
> >> wanted to test the waters a bit to see what people might think before
> >> I took the next step (whatever that may be). If you think you would
> >> be interested, please let me know.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your feedback,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Eric Cosky
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of javier
> >> gonzalez
> >> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 7:38 AM
> >>
> >>
> >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> >> Subject: Re: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox
> >> controller capture driver?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Make a video or something just to show the posibilities. Good luck.
> >>
> >> 2012/7/23 Williams, Wayne 
> >>
> >> Set up a kickstarter possibly?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
> >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of
> >> activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com
> >> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2012 9:40 PM
> >> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> >> Subject: Re: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox
> >> controller capture driver?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes please. Oh so much, this will be so helpful to drive things like
> >> puppeteering!! A dream come true!
> >>
> >> Conectado por DROID en Verizon Wireless
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Mensaje original-
> >>
> >> De: Halim Negadi 
> >> Para: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> >> Enviado: dom, jul 22, 2012 18:41:25 GMT+00:00
> >> Asunto: Re: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox
> >> controller capture driver?
> >>
> >> Highly interested as well !
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Gmail  wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm also interested.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jul 22, 2012, at 10:21 AM, michael johansson 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I would be interested.
> >> >
> >> > /michael Johanson
> >> >
> >> > 2012/7/22 Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim :
> >> >> I'm interested in what you're offering at that price point, but it
> >> >> would much more helpful if we can have more information about it
> >> >> (like a blog or something detailing the tools you&#x

Re: Any interest in a Kinect for Windows and/or XBox controller capture driver?

[Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim]

I'm interested in what you're offering at that price point, but it would
much more helpful if we can have more information about it (like a blog or
something detailing the tools you're promoting, some how tos etc).

Having said that, there's an article on phoronix.com about using kinect
devices with Qt toolkit on Linux (Maemo);
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEyODY

The Qt Air Cursor is LGPL licensed and built atop the OpenNI library and
OpenCV. Code for Qt Air Cursor can be found here;
https://github.com/nemein/Qt_AirCursor

I imagine that if you can develop that using Qt toolkit, it would be cross
platform and can be maintained using just a single source, if done properly.

Cheers,
Faizol



On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:10 AM, Eric Cosky  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ** **
>
> #1, I recently wrote an application that captures bone data from a Kinect
> for Windows devices (Important: this is not the XBox Kinect) and sends it
> to a device driver running in Softimage. It is a functional solution for
> getting the raw skeletal motion data into Softimage using the device driver
> interface. I know there is already an ICE-based Kinect solution out there,
> but this takes a different approach by using a device driver which I find a
> little more to my liking. I can observe values in a custom parameter set
> and pull the values from there to do whatever I need with them such as
> binding in ICE or more basic expressions. Plus I don’t have to run the
> simulation to see what is going on, you just activate the driver and it
> works even while Softimage is sitting in pause mode.
>
> ** **
>
> #2, I also wrote a driver that is designed to work with Xbox-style
> controllers. The input data is provided as positional data and all driver
> item names are mapped to Xbox controller names.
>
> ** **
>
> I’m wondering if there would be any interest in a bundle of these two
> drivers & the support application for something around $50. I am really
> under the gun to get my next game out (I’m a solo indie game dev) and I
> just can’t spend any more time on it unless I have some hope it can pay for
> the time it would take me to make a proper release out of it. 
>
> ** **
>
> I don’t want to assume anyone has any interest at all, and won’t be
> surprised if there isn’t. I wrote these for my own needs and find them
> useful so I am happy with that. However, if these sound like tools you
> would like, please let me know. If enough people want access to them then I
> can wrap up a few loose ends, do some more testing and do the various
> things I’d have to do. If a lot of people expressed interest I would be
> keen to add support for Kinect face tracking data as well as a plug-in
> mechanism to allow people to easily filter the skeleton data with a .NET
> DLL  prior to handing the data to Softimage. It’s all doable but I can only
> take the time if it makes business sense which I can only hope everyone
> understands.
>
> ** **
>
> Here are some screenshots: http://imgur.com/a/7ayDJ
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks
>
> ** **
>
> Eric Cosky
>
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