Re: Listening

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Exactly! Cheers! --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.

Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Dan Yargici
I just want to go on the record and say that I've found it really disappointing reading the list over the last week. It seems that there is quite a number people who are very new to it that have just come here to vent in a totally inappropriate manner that goes against all that this list has been

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread Jordi Bares
No, there isn't an interface for motion clips editing although there are motion clips a a concept. (Bclip) but like you can guess you can construct the operations in chops if you want but it's painful, although really powerful. :-/ My intention is to talk to side effects to incorporate

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Daniel Sweeney
Will be evaluating modo too. Have a duel pipeline for as long as soft works I think. Wonder if this webinar with brad will happen soon? Be good to hear some input. On Mar 8, 2014 11:20 PM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Agree that that should be part of the final requests... apart from

RE: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Andi Farhall
Hi Maurice, so Bifrost is a success you say, so can we expect it to be at least everything ICE is and more? Will people who transition to Maya end up not missing ICE because that's the number one issue for many of us. Andi.

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Andre De Angelis
Maurice, Thanks for taking the time to write this. We are all aware that there are things you are allowed to tell us and much that you are not and you cannot be blamed for that. I have always had the highest respect for you, but with all due respects, the explanation you have provided is far

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Maurice I understand what you have just said. But really how much attention was Softimage taking off from your resources to move on other projects? Why kill it when it was gaining momentum? Why not keep the small dev team in Asia or maybe reduce it for just delivering SP to fix bugs and open

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread peter_b
Good point Dan – with all the current noise there’s not much you can add that will be heard. That’s the Anger part - it seems the list has mostly shifted to Bargaining now. The noise is fine for now – it has grabbed some attention which thoughtful words couldn’t . Hopefully next week things calm

RE: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Maurice Patel
There are many reasons for that. Only the top revenue generating products ever get slots on the front page of the website. Most of Autodesk's hundreds of products are not featured that way either and most of them generate more revenue than Softimage. I think many hoped that we would promote

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Hi Maurice, That makes sense. Thanks for clearing that up! Greetz LeendertMaurice Patel schreef op 9-3-2014 1:30: Hi Leendert The mechanism is the same. Your comment about three versions back applies to what is made available as new releases are issued. No new releases for Softimage will be

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Oliver Weingarten
Hey Maurice, just to make it clear. AD does not offer a complete replecement for ICE for now and in the near future. Doyou think it was a smart move to kill off a software that had a unique selling point like ICE if you are not able to offer a similar technology...? Not to mention all the

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Steffen Dünner
We'll jump on the Modo train (at least partly as long as Softimage still runs on current hardware). I think it has great potential and at that pricetag it's really a no-brainer to add to ones arsenal. ;) I've been watching / evaluating it for some time now and so far I have only been pleasantly

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Octavian Ureche
Would like to take a closer look at it myself. okt...@gmail.com On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Steffen Dünner steffen.duen...@gmail.comwrote: We'll jump on the Modo train (at least partly as long as Softimage still runs on current hardware). I think it has great potential and at that

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Toonafish
Hi Maurice, It seems to me nobody wants to do maintenance on what's worth while at AD, innovation is where the short term success is, so that's where the focus should be. I know this is a rhetorical question, but what do you think the lifespan of the fruits the innovations at AD will be with

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread demianpe...@yahoo.com
There is the dopesheet but i don't know if that reflect the motion clips. But once save its easy too see and b blend then in chops Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Oscar Juarez
Not really thinking about transitioning yet, but it doesn't hurt have it in the tools. tridi.animei...@gmail.com On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Octavian Ureche okt...@gmail.com wrote: Would like to take a closer look at it myself. okt...@gmail.com On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:12 PM,

Re: Area lights shadows look like steps

2014-03-09 Thread David Saber
Hello Jason, Thanks for the help. The steeping is well visible in my render pass' camera, not only in the threshold but on large parts of the roundness of objects. So as I use this shadow pass as an alpha in composting, it's annoying. But your post made me think of other options to tweak: -

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Maurício PC
Great article Emilio ... I guess what makes more sad is that the only software I ever felt comfortable was Softimage. I've never worked with it on production, I just studied. And now I'll need to learn Maya because the future is Maya? Hell ... I only had the dream of working with in 3D for films

Re: Keep up the noise... (but don't be a dick)

2014-03-09 Thread Maurício PC
We actually don't care if you use Maya from v1. We care we can't use Softimage anymore and that's it. Nothing fancy, nothing philosophical, we just wanna keep using it. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 11:43 PM, Graham Bell graham.b...@autodesk.comwrote: Just to add to this. By all means, reach out

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread Jordi Bares
I am afraid there are three weak points in Houdini, modelling is pretty bad, the animation toolset is pretty old and the shading requires some work to make it artist friendly In my opinion none if them is a deal breaker but the artists coming will certainly cringe at some issues, the good news

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Mirko Jankovic
From start it was clear that AD will never promote Softimage, not as replacement to 3ds max and Maya but not even as option. From AD side isn't it same if you customer using Softimage or Max or Maya, when all incomes are going back to AD anyway? So story about promoting one over another is crap.

Re: Listening

2014-03-09 Thread Maurício PC
You shouldn't sleep ever again after this fiasco. Great words Emilio. I'm sharing the most I can. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 5:09 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: Exactly! Cheers! --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Maurício PC
Softimage has been developing state-of-the-art 3D technology for more than 20 years, and its products are recognized as best-of-breed in the entertainment industry, said Marc Petit, senior vice president, Autodesk Media Entertainment. Upon the completion of this acquisition we will be adding

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread Andy Goehler
It’s been a rough time ever since the acquisition of Softimage by AD. And the community has been held hostage with maintenance ever since (similar to the situation Softimage|3D to XSI I might add). Our company has dropped maintenance for four licenses two years ago and last year for the

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread Nuno Conceicao
Last time I heard, they still use Maya for rigging and animation and use point cache to transfer data to houdini. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 2:57 AM, Martin Contel martin3d...@gmail.com wrote: Axis Animation is one of the largest Houdini houses, and they run everything on Windows. -- Martin

Re: SI and Houdini

2014-03-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
I think the point was that it generally runs well on windows these days, something that hasn't always been the case for some builds in the past. On 9 Mar 2014 23:12, Nuno Conceicao nunoalexconcei...@gmail.com wrote: Last time I heard, they still use Maya for rigging and animation and use point

Re[2]: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Eugen Sares
Maurice, if you would kindly offer 2 minutes of your precious time, I'd like to react to your statement, too: Of course it makes perfect sense to invest in research for future technology and innovations - we should expect that from a big company like yours. Softimage wouldn't exist without it.

RE: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Andi Farhall
so anyone who has made ice a core part of their toolset is essentially stuffed then? ... http://www.hackneyeffects.com/https://vimeo.com/user4174293http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Andy Goehler
I feel the same way. While I can truly comprehend the emotional situation and respect the need to voice it I have a hard time not to respond to some of the assumptions made here about software design and development, ‘code base’, ‘core’, etc. Andy On Mar 09, 2014, at 9:12, Dan Yargici

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread michael johansson
I will continue to use softimage as long as possible, and in parallel evaluate the non autodesk alternatives. MODO will be one of them. mich...@lowend.se 2014-03-09 11:54 GMT+01:00 Oscar Juarez tridi.animei...@gmail.com: Not really thinking about transitioning yet, but it doesn't hurt have

Fwd: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Maurício PC
Unsubscribing right now. A nice sunday to all. With regards, Maurício -- Forwarded message -- From: Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.com Date: Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM Subject: Your postings... To: goneba...@gmail.com Mauricio, your input in a appreciated in some volume,

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Artur Woźniak
WTF Luc-Eric? This attitude drives Autodesk policies I see. Artur 2014-03-09 13:44 GMT+01:00 Maurício PC goneba...@gmail.com: Unsubscribing right now. A nice sunday to all. With regards, Maurício -- Forwarded message -- From: Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.com

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
You're not alone. I'm disappointed enough in how the list degenerated for just a handful of irrational people that I find myself desensitised to it. Plenty more reasons not to post than to contribute in some capacity. On 9 Mar 2014 23:21, Andy Goehler lists.andy.goeh...@gmail.com wrote: I feel

There's more to this story

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Lei
Hello everyone. I had been subscribed to this email discussion list since when I graduated from the Softimage 3D program at Seneca College in Toronto in 1999. I had always been amazed by the excitement and dedication of everyone using Softimage 3D and XSI. I didn't participate as often as I

RE: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
Depends for what. While I wouldn't go quite as far as stuffed completely, there's a large amount of people ICE was truly enabling for that will have to invest enormous amounts of effort to get anywhere close to the same potential. Fabric for those unafraid of text and Houdini for those with a

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Thank you for your response Maurice. All this eloquently put, and being the case; if Softimage is not a threat to Maya or Max's growth, and was not being developed at a loss, why not open the SDK to the user base. let the users continue development, it costs nothing to AD to do so, Blender isn't

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Paul Doyle
I don't think posting private emails is professional behaviour at all. That said, since it's been put here for everyone to read - it was a polite request that explained the rationale quite well. Given that there is another thread going with people stating that they aren't happy with the way the

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
Can't say I would have done the same, but I got to say I see where Luc Eric is coming from. Whether people on the list realise it or not, there are some individuals who are on the side of Soft who are being driven away by all the venom and spittle. Maybe it was Luc Eric's place to write that

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Artur Woźniak
As you said Paul, this post should be private. That's all I am saying. Artur 2014-03-09 14:03 GMT+01:00 Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com: Can't say I would have done the same, but I got to say I see where Luc Eric is coming from. Whether people on the list realise it or not,

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Paul Doyle
Luc-Eric wrote to him privately, Mauricio then posted it publicly... On 9 March 2014 09:05, Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com wrote: As you said Paul, this post should be private. That's all I am saying. Artur 2014-03-09 14:03 GMT+01:00 Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com :

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Artur Woźniak
Sorry Luc-Eric. I thought it was the contrary. My Bad. Artur 2014-03-09 14:08 GMT+01:00 Paul Doyle technove...@gmail.com: Luc-Eric wrote to him privately, Mauricio then posted it publicly... On 9 March 2014 09:05, Artur Woźniak artur.w...@gmail.com wrote: As you said Paul, this post

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Eric Thivierge
+1

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Stephan Hempel
Since there still seems some chance for improvement of the current situation I have yet another suggestion although I am sure that we can't turn the wheel back. It was stated that quite some schools use Softimage for teaching 3D for obvious reasons. There shouldn't be a reason why they are

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Paul Griswold
Great Emilio! Can I make a request? It'd be a good idea if you could add some share buttons or like buttons right at the top of the article. I see them at the bottom of the page, but they're in the footer I'm not sure if they'd link directly to your article. -Paul ᐧ On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at

Re: URGENT: Consolidation of Questions

2014-03-09 Thread Rob Wuijster
I see only a blank page.. Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-3-2014 21:33, Jason S wrote: Can this link be accesed? or is it just me? On 03/08/14 14:22, Doeke Wartena wrote: here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10reItsMpXD309tOH7ZVF3trh6cHMmEtlNEdJWK7pnpM/edit?usp=sharing

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

2014-03-09 Thread Mirko Jankovic
Question is actually is does any of these concerns comes anywhere near people taht can make any decision at all even by long shot, or they are all filtered and fire walled by poor souls that in front of AD have to receive negative feedback from Softimage guys? It is simply possible that all these

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-09 Thread Rob Wuijster
Seriously, this whole renderlayer/passes/attrubition map/override thing in Maya is enough to kill yourself. Slowly, with a blunt knife... Rob \/-\/\/ On 8-3-2014 22:20, Cristobal Infante wrote: Also render passes do exist they are just a bit different (though I've

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Doeke Wartena
nice article emilio. 2014-03-09 14:51 GMT+01:00 Paul Griswold pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com: Great Emilio! Can I make a request? It'd be a good idea if you could add some share buttons or like buttons right at the top of the article. I see them at the bottom of the page, but

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Greg Punchatz
Perfect Sent from my iPhone On Mar 8, 2014, at 11:20 PM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: http://e-roja.com/the-truth-about-softimage-and-autodesk/ --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Jordi Bares
+1 Let's steer the ship then. Sent from my iPhone On 9 Mar 2014, at 13:20, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@gmail.com wrote: +1

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Eric Mootz
+1 On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com wrote: http://e-roja.com/the-truth-about-softimage-and-autodesk/ --- Emilio Hernández VFX 3D animation.

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Crowson
Last I heard he was trying to set something up for sometime next week. As soon as I hear anything else I'll post an update. -Tim On 3/9/2014 3:26 AM, Daniel Sweeney wrote: Will be evaluating modo too. Have a duel pipeline for as long as soft works I think. Wonder if this webinar with brad

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Francisco Criado
Emilio, thanks for the article, and thanks for putting un gallo con muchos huevos as a sample of Softimage in production, but i have to tell you that even that the movie was originally planned (by me, i'm the guilty one jeje) to be done entirely in Softimage, when i was ripped oft the movie, the

Re: Migrate Ice

2014-03-09 Thread Gustavo Eggert Boehs
I hope it gets as broad a scope as ICE and can be used for other things than flip fluid sims... Although just those great flip fluid sims will attract much attention by itself I bet... ducks

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Mirko Jankovic
That is how AD was trying to support Softimage but it didn;t work... Looks like they messed up and instead letting people buy Softimage they made it harder On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Francisco Criado malcriad...@gmail.comwrote: Emilio, thanks for the article, and thanks for putting un

Re: Softimage udp data

2014-03-09 Thread Francisco Criado
Hi Guys, could yo make Gudd work succesfully? the python script that comes for testing is working good, i receive the udp data, but somehow is not working with Softimage. Thanks in advance! F. On Thursday, November 28, 2013, francisco criado malcriad...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, just wondering

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Well I read a more unprofessional post of someone telling other one, that he was biased because he was fired from Autodesk. We were all professionals 20 years ago? If fresh blood is coming to this list, in first place to seek help and knowledge, and he gets caught in the middle of this mayhem

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Francisco Criado
Raffaele, let me clarify something i wrote wrong, in my case wasn't a reseller, it was autodesk mexico, my mistake. But anyways everything you said applies to this. F. On Sunday, March 9, 2014, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: Resellers have always hated having it added to

RE: Migrate Ice

2014-03-09 Thread Chris Vienneau
Talking about this very topic and what we could do with this new framework is where we want contributors. The big thing we have tried to deal with this in this new framework is scale. A decent machine is chunking through 30-40 m particles and displaying that in the viewport which is impossible

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Indeed Raffael. They tried to flood my studio with Maya once after the acquisition, they even installed Maya in every workstation I had, I said I was not paying for any. The answer was no problem, I will leave you an open license for as long as you want. Maya is better. Yeah better for them

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Agreed... Emilio Hernandez schreef op 9-3-2014 16:51: Well I read a more unprofessional post of someone telling other one, that he was biased because he was fired from Autodesk. We were all professionals 20 years ago? If fresh blood is coming to this list, in first place to seek help and

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Francisco Criado
Emilio, i was the guy interviewing all staff at the beginning of production, via Skype to the guys on DF and personally on Gdl, so we had to have a chat for sure. Gabriel (the director) WAS one of my best friends, and when he came to me and told me he wanted to do the third movie on 3d in two

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Eric Thivierge
Yeah not really professional to post a private email to the list honestly. This type of behavior is something that has only become more common as more and more people have hopped on the list and there hasn't been a push to keep things professional and respectful over the past few years. People

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hey then we talked. I couldnt move from Mexico City to Guadalajara at that time. Funny though last friday I was with Alex Iturmendi and he started talking abouy you. El mar 9, 2014 10:39 AM, Francisco Criado malcriad...@gmail.com escribió: Emilio, i was the guy interviewing all staff at the

Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Crowson
Is there anything like XSI's Workgroups in Maya for sharing plugins across a network? -Tim -- Signatu

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
creativecrash.com El mar 9, 2014 10:50 AM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com escribió: Is there anything like XSI's Workgroups in Maya for sharing plugins across a network? -Tim -- Signatu

Re: Your postings...

2014-03-09 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Might be an idea to abandon this conversation/thread. Much of what could be added here about the state of the list isn't really directed at the person that started it IMHO. Greetz Leendert Eric Thivierge schreef op 9-3-2014 17:40: Yeah not really professional to post a private email to the

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Crowson
That's more like the equivalent to rray.de/xsi... ;-) Looking at the Maya docs, I'm guessing I need to implement environment variables to point to a different path for plugins and scripts at launch... -Tim On 3/9/2014 11:52 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: creativecrash.com

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Rob Wuijster
not really, and not as easy unfortunately.. Rob \/-\/\/ On 9-3-2014 17:51, Tim Crowson wrote: Is there anything like XSI's Workgroups in Maya for sharing plugins across a network? -Tim

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Francisco Criado
Hope he was talking about me in a good way :) he was one of my mentors, with Victor Wolansky, had the pleasure to work with both of them. Say hi from me ! Sorry to the rest of the list if this went OT. Anyways, i can speak from the latin american side, and say that Autodesk never had any intention

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
That is the best that I could found... Sigh El domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com escribió: That's more like the equivalent to rray.de/xsi... ;-) Looking at the Maya docs, I'm guessing I need to implement environment variables to point to a different

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Eric Thivierge
I think you need to edit the Maya environment file to add a network location where plug-ins will be found. There are also some maya module type files that come with plug-ins that have something to do with it as well. I would have more info for you if I was at work. Also look up info on the

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Crowson
And my follow up question would be can we append multiple paths to those envars, so we can point to multiple locations at once? On 3/9/2014 12:02 PM, Tim Crowson wrote: That's more like the equivalent to rray.de/xsi... ;-) Looking at the Maya docs, I'm guessing I need to implement

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Oh sorry I got it know hahaha I am in my phone and I just read Maya and Plugins. El domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com escribió: That is the best that I could found... Sigh El domingo, 9 de marzo de 2014, Tim Crowson

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Jason S
Hi Emilio, I think your article reveals a number of difficult truths. But indeed difficult they are.. meaning, the openness of whom ever it may concern, is something that can be very sensitive/delicate, and that openness is crucial for any points to actually come across. I myself admit

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Stephen Blair
Yes, you can append paths. I assume you mean MAYA_PLUGIN_PATH and MAYA_MODULE_PATH? about distributing modules: http://around-the-corner.typepad.com/adn/2012/07/distributing-files-on-maya-maya-modules.html On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.comwrote: And

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread Martin Chatterjee
Dan, thanks for making the effort to write this. +1 -M -- Martin Chatterjee [ Freelance Technical Director ] [ http://www.chatterjee.de ] [ https://vimeo.com/chatterjee ] On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Let's steer the ship then.

Re: Maya equivalent to Workgroups?

2014-03-09 Thread Tim Crowson
That's correct, Stephen. Thanks. -Tim On 3/9/2014 12:16 PM, Stephen Blair wrote: Yes, you can append paths. I assume you mean MAYA_PLUGIN_PATH and MAYA_MODULE_PATH? about distributing modules: http://around-the-corner.typepad.com/adn/2012/07/distributing-files-on-maya-maya-modules.html On

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Yes Jason. Indeed it is a streaming of accusations. That I cant deny. Autodesk told us they tried. But Imho it was a smoke curtain all the time. It is still a mystery why they kill Softimage. They say it is to focuse in the future and not distract valuable resources from the future developments

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Ahmidou Lyazidi
By the way, I'm quite sceptic about AD's definition of innovation (read buy and integrate...). Or at leat those that made their way to the DCCs. --- Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Christoph Muetze
...looking forward to spending some time with Modo... c...@glarestudios.de On 08/03/14 23:36, Eugen Sares wrote: Looking into it as well now... m...@eugensares.at mailto:m...@eugensares.at

Re: Sadness about the state of the list...

2014-03-09 Thread olivier jeannel
Personnaly, I'd just like the list goes back to Softimage (and friends) business only. I'm a bit fed-up with the subjects asking /how to do this in Maya/, all those /transition/ threads, and special dedicace to all those who want to /integrate SI techs within Maya/ It's like having SI body

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Dan Pejril
Very interested in Modo and I have just downloaded the Demo... d...@upbeatunique.com On 3/9/2014 1:57 PM, Christoph Muetze wrote: ...looking forward to spending some time with Modo... c...@glarestudios.de On 08/03/14 23:36, Eugen Sares wrote: Looking into it as well now...

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread David Rivera
Thank you Tim. I´d be great to hear from anyone who´s been doing Modo in-the-depths for all kinds of stuff like: animation (rigging), modeling, rendering. I was checking out the help documents and they have a really mind-foward mentality regarding modeling and pass bulding. Looking foward to

Re: There's more to this story

2014-03-09 Thread Andres Stephens
I agree with you message. I'd like to chime in.. I started SI not 3 years ago as an intern. I had to work with two other generalists, one on maya and the other in si. In under 3 months, I learnt from zero SI to enough knowledge to produce double the quota of my Maya partner (year experience

Re: The truth about Autodesk and Softimage. Did Autodesk try?

2014-03-09 Thread Jason S
Yep.. Bait and switch But I think its also important to not be too quick to judge. In this (really bad) system, the pressure to perform (purely financially) is enormous, and leads to all sorts of .. uhm.. behavioral characteristics.. On 03/09/14 13:41, Emilio Hernandez wrote: Yes Jason.

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-09 Thread peter_b
would it be silly to add that those passes everyone is raving about were there from XSI v1.0 way back in 2000, and have remained mostly untouched ever since? those who say: oh but software X (or M) has passes too? often think of AOVs which are XSI’s render channels. So if you will, XSI’s

Re: Area lights shadows look like steps

2014-03-09 Thread Alexander Akbarov
I'm not sure which passes(channels) you rendering except this one, but I think you can get your shadow pass from your beauty's pass lighting channel, if you render separate pass with lighting only but without shadows and an albedo pass. 2014-03-09 13:09 GMT+02:00 David Saber davidsa...@sfr.fr:

Re: Rendermap crashing

2014-03-09 Thread Paul Griswold
Mapify seems like a pretty good solution. I just wish it would let you name the sequence - or at least would pull the name from the pass name. I've been breaking them up by creating multiple directories. -Paul ᐧ On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: Hi,

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Doeke Wartena
interested, but not as much as i'm interested in SI. doekewart...@gmail.com 2014-03-09 18:58 GMT+01:00 David Rivera activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com: Thank you Tim. I´d be great to hear from anyone who´s been doing Modo in-the-depths for all kinds of stuff like: animation (rigging), modeling,

Re: Rendermap crashing

2014-03-09 Thread Jason S
My thoughts exactly ! :) On 03/09/14 14:48, Paul Griswold wrote: Mapify seems like a pretty good solution. I just wish it would let you name the sequence - or at least would pull the name from the pass name. I've been breaking them up by creating multiple directories. -Paul ᐧ

Forester anyone ?

2014-03-09 Thread olivier jeannel
https://vimeo.com/groups/ice/videos/88416806

Re: Migrate Ice

2014-03-09 Thread Katherine Rodtsbrooks
Thank you Chris, Bifrost does look very promising. I will be interested to see how easily I can transition my pipeline from my ICE workflows to Bifrost. I am a Maya user originally but will miss ICE's simple and effective platform. I have been teaching my new fx artists using ICE because all the

Re: There's more to this story

2014-03-09 Thread Michael Lei
Hi Andres. I have read your response. I wholeheartedly agree with every point you've made! Yes, you are right that Softimage is an important asset to Autodesk's portfolio of products in the Media Entertainment suite. I also agree that the company shouldn't take away Softimage as an

Whats New in Maya 2015

2014-03-09 Thread Angus Davidson
Hi Maurice Any idea when the Maya / Maya LT version of the whats new pdf will emerge. This is important for those of us needing to make transition decisions sooner rather then later. Kind regards Angus table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td

Re: The one question I have not seen asked: Autodesk, what's your price?

2014-03-09 Thread Martin Yara
You should contact Autodesk directly if you are serious about it. Which I doubt or you wouldn't be asking here. I'm not sure what are the Autodesk policy for this kind of business discussions but obviously asking in a public mailing list is just a waste of bandwidth and time. Martin On Mon,

Re: Rendermap crashing

2014-03-09 Thread Paul Griswold
I'm sure there are folks who are far more qualified and experienced with rendermapping who'd have opinions on that. I honestly have never had a need for it until the project I'm on now. For me, I'm rendermapping multiple camera projections on the same object in multiple passes. Then I'm taking

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Daniel Kim
I need to find our next software for office. We all are already Maya professionals, but I like to try Modo. danielki...@gmail.com

Re: The one question I have not seen asked: Autodesk, what's your price?

2014-03-09 Thread Jason S
Yes, and without speculating on the likelihood, it at least demonstrated the *openness to the idea*, which in itself can should absolutely be passed around. On 03/09/14 15:39, Martin Yara wrote: You should contact Autodesk directly if you are serious about it. Which I doubt or you wouldn't

Re: Anyone in the SI list transitioning to MODO? -Please add your mail here

2014-03-09 Thread Perry Harovas
I am transitioning to it from Softimage. On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Daniel Kim danielki...@gmail.com wrote: I need to find our next software for office. We all are already Maya professionals, but I like to try Modo. danielki...@gmail.com -- Perry Harovas 203-448-7206

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