Re: Who Uses Arnold Anyway ? an appeal to fans

2013-03-25 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Yep, there is huge speed improvement over older version they have. Was more than surprise when I tested in on an character. Old scene that was slow to render just got new breath :) On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:33 AM, Enrique Caballero enriquecaball...@gmail.com wrote: mirko, just asked our

Re: Storyboard software

2013-03-25 Thread Stefan Andersson
I use a combination if Celtx and Blender. I edit all storyboards in Blender, but have the scripts and storyboard images (with description) in Celtx. The reason is mainly because they are both free, so regardless of where I work I can use them (and they are available on all platforms). I never

Re: setting ICEAttribute.DataArray in JScript

2013-03-25 Thread Eugen Sares
Thanks, Ho Chung! Writing to the MaterialID attribute works (array of integers), but not to Materials (array of strings). Workaround would be to create an ICE array via scripting, I got that working already, but still I wonder why the problem is. Could you please check this code? NewScene(,

RE: Paul from the imaginarium.

2013-03-25 Thread Sandy Sutherland
Hi Paul, Not sure if this was meant for me? Regards Sandy Sandy Sutherland | Technical Supervisor From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Bk [p...@bustykelp.com] Sent: 24 March 2013 23:46

Re: Paul from the imaginarium.

2013-03-25 Thread Jens Lindgren
I think it's safe to say it was meant to Edy but was accidentally sent to the whole Softimage list. /Jens On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za wrote: Hi Paul, Not sure if this was meant for me? Regards Sandy Sandy Sutherland |

Re: Paul from the imaginarium.

2013-03-25 Thread Bk
Sorry about that mis post. It wasn't meant for the whole world. Anyway. Seeing as it's out there, I may as well take the opportunity to say that we're looking for creature td's and artists, so if anyone wants to send me a reel, then I'd be happy to take a look. Paul On 25 Mar 2013, at

Re: setting ICEAttribute.DataArray in JScript

2013-03-25 Thread Stephen Blair
http://wp.me/powV4-2E1 On 25/03/2013 4:29 AM, Eugen Sares wrote: Thanks, Ho Chung! Writing to the MaterialID attribute works (array of integers), but not to Materials (array of strings). Workaround would be to create an ICE array via scripting, I got that working already, but still I wonder

Re: setting ICEAttribute.DataArray in JScript

2013-03-25 Thread Eugen Sares
Doh... you have to wrap the string twice in a safe array and use DataArray2D... You thought of this at the dentist's? Normally pain's no good for the brain... Many thanks!! Am 25.03.2013 15:11, schrieb Stephen Blair: http://wp.me/powV4-2E1 On 25/03/2013 4:29 AM, Eugen Sares wrote: Thanks,

Rotate UVW's

2013-03-25 Thread Tim Bolland
Hi, I'm sure I'm missing something simple here, but I'm looking for a way to rotate the UVW's of an object around a null with a fall off. Using the rotate node in ICE I'm able to rotate the whole set around, but I'm having trouble finding a way to shift the rotation vector to a custom spot.

Re: Rotate UVW's

2013-03-25 Thread Leonard Koch
You just need to offset the object from the center rotate it and then do the reverse offset on the result. Pointpositions + -1 times position of custom center. Rotate the positions. Rotated position + position of custom center. On Mar 25, 2013 10:19 AM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk wrote:

Re: setting ICEAttribute.DataArray in JScript

2013-03-25 Thread Eugen Sares
Ok, here's the complete JScript for creating MaterialIDs. A lot of hoops to jump through for something seemingly simple... For some obscure reason the viewport does not update with the shader colors. You have to render to see the result. Also, I don't know why string attribute Materials can only

Re: Rotate UVW's

2013-03-25 Thread Tim Bolland
Thanks Leonard I'll give it a go! On 25/03/2013 16:39, Leonard Koch wrote: You just need to offset the object from the center rotate it and then do the reverse offset on the result. Pointpositions + -1 times position of custom center. Rotate the positions. Rotated position + position of

RE: setting ICEAttribute.DataArray in JScript

2013-03-25 Thread Matt Lind
That would be a bug. Softimage is suspposed to handle the conversion from Jscript array to SafeArray as that's how it's handled in the rest of the application. Matt -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com]

lagoa sim disappearing

2013-03-25 Thread Roman Kaelin
hey! did anyone ever have a problem with disappearing lagoa sims? i'm trying to solve inelastics and elastics , breakable structure kind of thing. it works fine at lowres and as soon as i up my resolution or increase the substeps the point cloud just completely disappears after a bunch of

Re: lagoa sim disappearing

2013-03-25 Thread Rob Chapman
woops that last sentence should of read - not on a friday - with a deadline. and *this* was the non exploding version example https://vimeo.com/59306941 best Rob On 25 March 2013 22:03, Rob Chapman tekano@gmail.com wrote: yes, its normal. its a good way of keeping all the non hardcore

ICE blobs and Fast SSS shader in XSI 7.01

2013-03-25 Thread Leoung O'Young
Wondering anyone out there using an very old version of XSI, 7.01 and have experiences with this problem we are having? We have an ICE structure made up of animating ICE blobs, and are trying to use the Fast SSS shader, but we get a geometry error when we try and render an image. The ICE blob

RE: ICE blobs and Fast SSS shader in XSI 7.01

2013-03-25 Thread Matt Lind
When you see 'GAPP' in the error, it usually means it's coming from mental ray. 'small triangle' usually means there is one or more triangles on the mesh that are scaled to zero area/size. Mental ray doesn't like that. I think the minimum allowed is 0.001. If you need to not display

Re: Optimizing Custom Operators

2013-03-25 Thread Jeremie Passerin
Finally got time to look at it closer... Well it looks like it's working perfectly ! And it's so simple ! The animators are testing it right now but it looks super cool now ;-) Thanks mate !

Setting Local ICE Tree Moves Object

2013-03-25 Thread Christopher
Hi, I have a scene whereas the local translation is frozen, when I create an ICE Tree, which two ICE trees have been supplied to me, the object moves from it center, the center stays where it should but the object moves immediately after plugging it into the ice tree ? One of the ICE trees

Softimage 2014

2013-03-25 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-softimage/overview

Re: Softimage 2014

2013-03-25 Thread Ahmidou Lyazidi
The custom primitives are missing from the new feature list... --- Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos 2013/3/26 Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.com: http://www.autodesk.com/products/autodesk-softimage/overview

Re: Setting Local ICE Tree Moves Object

2013-03-25 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
I was trying to make sense of the paragraphs, then I saw the e-mail address... Welcome back? On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Christopher christop...@thecreativesheep.ca wrote: Hi, I have a scene whereas the local translation is frozen, when I create an ICE Tree, which two ICE trees have been