Softimage crash on startup

2014-07-22 Thread todd peleg
Hi all.. I have a machine that softimage has worked on consistently for YEARS. today... it decided to open up with this error: "Failed to save scene before system failure" then its gone. ive tried a ton of the troubleshooting ive found thru google searches with no success.. can anyone point me

Octane Mac Bug

2014-07-22 Thread Angus Davidson
Hi All I am exporting a model from Softimage to alembic to test a few render programs. In the windows version of Octane 2.03 it comes in perfectly, UV’s are there In the mac version of Octane 2.03 the Uvs don’t come in at all Anyone else come across this ? Other then this issue really enjoying

Re: Application focus ?

2014-07-22 Thread Jon Swindells
if si's built in events arent' cutting the proverbial mustard i'd go with simple win32 funcs. simplest possible ones i could think of: import win32gui # callback def enum_handler(hwnd, lParam): wt = win32gui.GetWindowText(hwnd) # if soft is minimized to task bar if win3

RE: Application focus ?

2014-07-22 Thread Matt Lind
The View object has an siViewState that can be checked if you can find a way to tuck your event into a PPG of some sort. Otherwise, you’re probably looking at something in the WSH (Windows Script Host) API which should be accessible from inside any scripted code. Matt From: softimage-boun

Re: Application focus ?

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
Hi, would it (ideally) need to also recognize if it's inactive under other windows? or just when minimized ? On 07/22/14 9:29, Stephen Blair wrote: There are some events: siOnActivate, siOnMinimize, and siOnMaximize

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
Although 'sharp' would definitely  qualify what they do, I think blur is better (pun might have been misplaced) :] On 07/22/14 13:16, Jason S wrote: Expressions are very subtle and believable just as the character anim and dynamics

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Are you suggesting they change there name to "Studio Sharp" ? :P On 22 July 2014 18:16, Jason S wrote: > Expressions are very subtle and believable just as the character anim > and dynamics are, > and even in the shots with lots of action, you can still follow what's > happening, unlike others

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
Expressions are very subtle and believable just as the character anim and dynamics are, and even in the shots with lots of action, you can still follow what's happening, unlike others so often becoming a big blur ;) On 07/22/14 12:50, Steven Caron wrote:

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Marco Peixoto
Great work :) Yeah if you can share more details, some colleagues of mine are wondering how long did it took how many people working on it :) On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Steven Caron wrote: > sounds like a stretch... blur studio has traditionally used fumefx (lately > some houdini) > > >

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Steven Caron
sounds like a stretch... blur studio has traditionally used fumefx (lately some houdini) On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > May we assume that some EM fluids where spilled in this making of :) ? > > > On 22 July 2014 17:16, Eric Mootz wr

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Sebastien Sterling
May we assume that some EM fluids where spilled in this making of :) ? On 22 July 2014 17:16, Eric Mootz wrote: > really amazing work, guys > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jeremie Passerin > wrote: > >> Oh nice it's finally online ! >> Thanks for the nice comments guys. Any question a

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Leonard Koch
So very well done. Congrats! On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Eric Mootz wrote: > really amazing work, guys > > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jeremie Passerin > wrote: > >> Oh nice it's finally online ! >> Thanks for the nice comments guys. Any question about our pipeline let me >> kno

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Eric Mootz
really amazing work, guys On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jeremie Passerin > wrote: Oh nice it's finally online ! Thanks for the nice comments guys. Any question about our pipeline let me know ;-)

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jim Yeh
what is the pipeline!? share the insight, please! On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Jeremie Passerin wrote: > Oh nice it's finally online ! > Thanks for the nice comments guys. Any question about our pipeline let me > know ;-) > > > On 22 July 2014 07:35, Jason S wrote: > >> Here's another amaz

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jeremie Passerin
Oh nice it's finally online ! Thanks for the nice comments guys. Any question about our pipeline let me know ;-) On 22 July 2014 07:35, Jason S wrote: > Here's another amazing thing, (also twisted in it's own way) > > http://softimage.tv/where-new-species-are-conceived/ > > > > On 07/22/14 10:1

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Angus Davidson
I believe the expression . Bloody Hell is in order ;) From: pedro santos mailto:probi...@gmail.com>> Reply-To: "softimage@listproc.autodesk.com" mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>> Date: Tuesday 22 July 2014 at 3:34 PM To: Softimage Mailing List mail

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
Here's another amazing thing, (also twisted in it's own way) http://softimage.tv/where-new-species-are-conceived/ On 07/22/14 10:14, Jason S wrote: actually that was on purpose ;) does it have enough focus? especially when we see such (perhaps slightly over-sensational on the gory side) amaz

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
actually that was on purpose ;) does it have enough focus? especially when we see such (perhaps slightly over-sensational on the gory side) amazing things. On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 10:01:58, Sebastien Sterling wrote: wrong thread J :) On 22 July 2014 14:58, Jason S mailto:jasonsta...@gmai

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Eric Thivierge
Wow awesome stuff! It really looks like that studio has a really mixed pipeline but awesome to see Softimage pop up in the animation department. :) Eric T. On 7/22/2014 9:34 AM, pedro santos wrote: Nicely done. Softimage spotted :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHrjOMfHPY https://www.yout

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Sebastien Sterling
wrong thread J :) On 22 July 2014 14:58, Jason S wrote: > On 07/22/14 8:53, Fabricio Chamon wrote: > Hey experts, > is it possible to know wether xsi app has focus ? > > Or enough focus? > > > > > On 22 July 2014 14:34, pedro santos wrote: > >> Nicely done. Softimage spotted :) >> >> http

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Jason S
On 07/22/14 8:53, Fabricio Chamon wrote: Hey experts,  is it possible to know wether xsi app has focus ? Or enough focus? On 22 July 2014 14:34, pedro santos

Re: League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread Sebastien Sterling
SI out the ass O_o, didn't even see Max and that is their go to texture rendering package i understand :P On 22 July 2014 14:34, pedro santos wrote: > Nicely done. Softimage spotted :) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHrjOMfHPY > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40IfQbYlSw&t=1m06 > > --

League of Legends Cinematic: A New Dawn

2014-07-22 Thread pedro santos
Nicely done. Softimage spotted :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzHrjOMfHPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40IfQbYlSw&t=1m06 -- *--[image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif]Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illust

Re: Application focus ?

2014-07-22 Thread Stephen Blair
There are some events: siOnActivate, siOnMinimize, and siOnMaximize On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Fabricio Chamon wrote: > Hey experts, > > is it possible to know wether xsi app has focus ? I have a timer script > that fires up some alerts, but want to run only if softimage is not > minimize

Application focus ?

2014-07-22 Thread Fabricio Chamon
Hey experts, is it possible to know wether xsi app has focus ? I have a timer script that fires up some alerts, but want to run only if softimage is not minimized. I took a look at Application object and didn't find anything related.. thanks