Re: OT: mantra problem

2015-06-25 Thread Tim Leydecker
I know nothing about Houdini. Is there a chance that your machine had the Maya 2016SP1 update recently? There´s some noise about Maya2016SP1 giving problems with scenes that worked fine in Maya 2016 before. It´s always a good idea to delete the Maya user preferences (or rename the iamthisuser>

RE: OT: Royalty free stock music?

2015-06-25 Thread Sam Bowling
Thanks for all the links guys. Very helpful. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jens Lindgren Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 2:11 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: OT: Royalty free stock music? I can

Re: OT: mantra problem

2015-06-25 Thread Simon van de Lagemaat
I would try and contact sesi support, they are super responsive. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Gerbrand Nel wrote: > Hey guys > I'm in deep shit right now. >

Re: OT: mantra problem

2015-06-25 Thread Stefan Kubicek
I know nothing about Houdini, but what I would try first is remove objects from the scene bit by bit to find the offending one (I would guess it's the fur object(s). Once you have identified the problematic object see if there is anything you can change on it (like re-export from Maya with

OT: mantra problem

2015-06-25 Thread Gerbrand Nel
Hey guys I'm in deep shit right now. Tomorrow is deadline and my scene refuses to render. I'm rendering fur on characters animated in maya. All animations gets exported as alembic files for me to fur and render in houdini. I've rendered 9 shots with almost no problems, but the last shot just kee

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Ben Rogall
Similarly Wacom has touchpads that also have pen input. http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/intuos-pen-and-touch-small http://www.wacom.com/en-us/products/navigation/bamboo-pad-usb On 6/25/2015 10:44 AM, Alan Fregtman wrote: A guy at work who had wrist problems loves his "/Fingerworks

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Alan Fregtman
A guy at work who had wrist problems loves his "*Fingerworks iGesture Pad*": http://www.ergocanada.com/products/mice/fingerworks_igest_pad.html but I don't believe the company exists anymore, though maybe someone on eBay still sells it. Some googling found me a large Logitech trackpad which I imag

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Adam Seeley
Sod it, I'll just avoid using my hands altogether. http://www.amazon.com/Bili-Inc-Footime-Foot-Mouse/dp/B001CH956U A. On 25 June 2015 at 15:25, Alan Fregtman wrote: > I have always loved the Logitech MX18: > > http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Performance-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B0007Z1M50 > > T

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Alan Fregtman
I have always loved the Logitech MX18: http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Performance-Optical-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B0007Z1M50 The shape is very comfortable, resolution is adjustable from the hardware (no drivers needed), the scroll is clicky (not that weighted smooth endless scroll nonsense), middle mouse

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Rob Chapman
foolish humans, think like a primate. this has done me for several years, approaching a decade. refused a traditional mouse once the carpel pains started, with this there are none. http://solutions.3m.co.uk/wps/portal/3M/en_GB/ComputerAccessories/ComputerAccessories/Products/OfficeComputerEquipme

Re: OT: Mouse recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Adam Seeley
Ok, let's give the Anker a shot.. can't go wrong for a tenner. The more natural grip makes good sense. A. On 25 June 2015 at 05:40, Eric Turman wrote: > It's all good Raffaele, I can not imagine that a non-personal review of a > mouse would be very useful. I think you are right about the 50-70

Re: Mr Otter animated series, all episodes on youtube (but only in french...)

2015-06-25 Thread Ahmidou Lyazidi
Thanks Josh and everyone, There's no making of, but just this video, there is the ficus tree setup at the end. https://vimeo.com/10773218 Christopher, at least you learned things (hopefully :) Cheers. --- Ahmidou Lyazidi Director | TD | CG artist http

Re: OT: Royalty free stock music?

2015-06-25 Thread Jens Lindgren
I can recommend http://www.epidemicsound.com/ We use that from time to time. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:41 AM, christian wrote: > theres also http://www.soundtaxi.net/ > > though i usually prefer audiojungle as well.. they have a rather decent > sorting system by mood which seems to work mostly

Re: OT: Royalty free stock music?

2015-06-25 Thread christian
theres also http://www.soundtaxi.net/ though i usually prefer audiojungle as well.. they have a rather decent sorting system by mood which seems to work mostly ok. On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Max Crow wrote: > Audiojungle has got me out of some horrible situations. The promo tunes > have a

Re: OT: Royalty free stock music?

2015-06-25 Thread Max Crow
Audiojungle has got me out of some horrible situations. The promo tunes have an audio water mark, but you can quickly create a list and pass it to the client without any wasting time or money. Cheap (comparatively) and very effective. http://audiojungle.net/ On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Cesar