Re: Siggraph in Vancouver this year

2014-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
Adam, did you get my mail? *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/19/2014 2:54 PM, Adam Sale wrote: Hey All.. Sigg is in my neck of the wood

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
switching between objects? if not these are needed for sure... add those feature requests to the "how to make maya not suck" ;) list! ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.jani

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
Are selections remembered on objects Maya now? During the session and when you reload your scene? *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com>

Re: [OT] Autodesk announces 2015 3D product updates.

2014-03-18 Thread Greg Punchatz
And shader effects are 3rd party I believe...and it only works for the view port... sigh Same with the modeling tools...just upgraded what they bought Here is the problem The folks in charge don't know that they have a problem... They accept a 99 percent failure rate as reasonable...smaller

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
Its more like Dancing in the Dark... On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:15 PM, Perry Harovas wrote: > After seeing that webinar,I'm certainly not going to "dance the night > away". > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: > >> That's becaus

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
That's because cause you are to young to remember records... On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Adam Sale wrote: > I always thought it was wrecking machine... > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: > >> Oh can't you see me standing her

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
Oh can't you see me standing here, I've got my back against the record machine I ain't the worst that you've seen.- Maya On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:03 PM, Bradley Gabe wrote: > So what you're saying, in essence is, might as well jump. Go ahead and > jump. > > > >> To quote the great American poe

Re: Autodesk webinar

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
Watched the whole thing... taking emotions out of it... for the moment. This is what I could gather about ADs plans.. Max is dead too... at least for MandE focus on the "one" was repeated many times. To be honest, that's what they should do.. focus on one. I think they chose the wrong "one

Re: Autodesk response

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
I cried so hard I laughed .. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 17, 2014, at 1:48 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > > Don't want to argue who's suffering more, the big shops or the small one. > But nonetheless, I feel like a passive actor in a gay porno... > > Le 17/03/2014 19:45, Chris Marshall a éc

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
Just replayed the whole depressing thing... it cuts off at the end .. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/17/2014 12:07 PM, Richard Costin

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
Hopefully a pissed off Carl Bass stormed in and pulled the plug... I can only hope :) *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/17/2014 11

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
0 dollars if you have been under support. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/17/2014 11:28 AM, Nicolas Esposito wrote: Live strea

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
I just sent one question... why should we trust AD? *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/17/2014 11:26 AM, Dan Yargici wrote: Me too...

Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

2014-03-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
just lost link *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/17/2014 11:23 AM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: Just wow. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:21 PM,

Re: Idea- Just keep Mental Ray and FBX support - Softimage free w/Maya or Max or any Suite.

2014-03-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
Chris, I am all ears, we are very interested in talking (as you know you were supposed to call or visit me a while back ; ) Emilio, please don't be rude... while I think Chris's company and perhaps his are views and perception are misinformed and or misguided, they are not evil people. Name c

Re: Open Letter to Carl Bass

2014-03-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
Thanks for adding your voice .. you do have his email address right? On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Perry Harovas wrote: > Dear Mr. Bass > > My name is Perry Harovas. > > You don't know me, but I am a 10 year Softimage user. > 10 years is actually a small amount of time when compared to my >

Re: Kraken: cross-DCC rigging project (using Fabric)

2014-03-14 Thread Greg Punchatz
alone animation packings in the works? I would love to see an animation package with no overhead to slow the characters down.. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:57 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: > > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Perry Harovas wrote: > >> Sounds like exactly

Re: Kraken: cross-DCC rigging project (using Fabric)

2014-03-14 Thread Greg Punchatz
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Perry Harovas wrote: > Sounds like exactly what is needed to move forward with true DCC agnostic > workflow. > Thank you all for doing this! > > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Morten Bartholdy > wrote: > >> This is a great initiative Paul! It will be exc

Re: More XSI Monkey business by The Mill

2014-03-14 Thread Greg Punchatz
As the resident ape expert / fan I can say with out a doubt this is as good as wee have seen to date...weta / R& H included. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Francisco Criado wrote: > picking up my jaw from the floor here! wow! > > F. > > > > 2014-03-14 13:18 GMT-03:00 olivier jeannel : > > Fa

Re: Proposal for TDs and Artist - Expand Softimage ( and other ) tools

2014-03-14 Thread Greg Punchatz
I like the idea, I was thinking along the same lines but much BIGGER. Let's kick the shit of Autodesk at their own game...3d development. I think we should set up this has a PUBLIC challenge, us agasinst Autodesk Maya dev team, in a development death match. Thinking this would go much further in s

Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-13 Thread Greg Punchatz
I wont use it... it never was up to par IMO. It has the worst UI and workflow of the entire app. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/1

Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-13 Thread Greg Punchatz
1. Non linear character pipe 2. Passes.. Partitions.. Render tree design 3. Poly Modeling 4. Explorer 5. ICE *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com>

Re: OT: Music for Pooby's protest film

2014-03-12 Thread Greg Punchatz
Indeed On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Paul Griswold < pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: > > I was talking to a friend about the Softimage situation. He's not in the > industry (works in the medical field). After I'd explained the situation > and had mentioned the Lego Movie,

Re: A germ of an idea.

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
I am in.. I would be happy to edit it all together into a cohesive piece . Put music to it etc Hey Dallas softimage peeps, l can help you get your story told as well just give me a shout. I would love to interview people that I know that worked with soft for only a short time that wanted to

Re: just my 2 cents [Re:] Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Tim in my eyes you are one of the true artists of 3-D, I find you work consistently inspirational. Thanks for lending your voice to our cause. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:21 AM, Tim Borgmann wrote: > > Hi, > unfortunately my english is not good enough to express my feeling

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Maya's current state of spaghetti code . ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/11/2014 2:47 PM, Eric Turman wrote: Propoganda On Tue, Mar

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
I don't think that WAS the plan but things change. Lets say I have a pretty good record at reading the Tea leaves The thing is they CANT tell us even if they wanted to. There are some smart and not so smart folks up at AD but after trying to add to the maya code base for all t

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
you list the top 10 third parties you would like me to >>> reach out to follow up with? Or is there anyone on the list who is a third >>> party developer that can elaborate? For the SDK it is a really tough battle >>> as it was just not part of the core of the orig

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Done On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Francisco Criado wrote: > It would be nice if it posted on autodesk area too, like the one from > Alastair, so we can share that link. > F. > > > > 2014-03-11 11:41 GMT-03:00 Francisco Criado : > > Aleready posted on facebook and linkedin. Maybe with Glasswo

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
Chris V.. For me it would be different than some other folks, but these are the things that would ease my transition. 1. Ptex support 2. Udim support 3.Remove the current HQ viewport and port the max or maya version if possible. 4. More robust cluster support..from API to render passes. 5.Multi

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-11 Thread Greg Punchatz
"Greg, can I post your letter on Facebook?" PLEASE!

Re: A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Well Sylvain the Shed works inspires me now! The Sea serpents were for spykids 2.. that was a blast! We got mentioned in a review from Roger Ebert for that, good times!

A more graceful retirement - my counter offer

2014-03-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Hello Autodesk, My name is Greg Punchatz , Senior Creative Director at Janimation. I have a proposal, or call it a counter offer on the proper way to retire Softimage. First off, if you don't know who I am, I feel like I have been part of the Softimage team since the beginning of Sumatra te

Re: webinar

2014-03-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Ive been buying lotto tickets with this in mind since AD bought soft they bought it for ten..would they sell it for 20? On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:13 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > drunk > Le 10/03/2014 19:55, Jordi Bares a écrit : > > drink.. > > Jordi Bares > jordiba...@gmail.com > > On 10

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 wrote: > > http://e-roja.com/the-truth-about-softimage-and-autodesk/ > --- > Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation.

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
Not even close that's all pre canned stuff from what I have seen... nothing like the power of passes in xsi.. I can override ANYTHING in soft... a material to an objects position in space.. I have had overides that change characters into entire new ones with out referring to a single new piece

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
It really is the dark ages... I have thought for some time AD should have used just the pass system alone as a reason for big studios to adopt soft...The only thing close is Katana but thats a whole different can of worms... it would be so much easier to market soft as the scene assembler of th

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

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
you forgot to trim your post ;)

Re: URGENT: Consolidation of Questions

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
Mario... Change has already happened... there is already talk from AD about further discussions going on internally. I am asking for the same modest support we have had under AD...plus just a bit of marketing..

Re: Maya feature request from Softimage users

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
"And, one of most important thing is, there is no *Subdivision* modeling in Maya. There used to be, but it's gone. They normally use *Smooth* to render... how ridiculous software is that..." I have heard some crap about maya that blows my mind but I am pretty sure you are missing something.. o

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

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
Sorry for not trimming that last post Steve ;) Using gmail as my main mail app is new to me. It auto hides the previous reply's on my end.

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

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
another post. >>>>> >>>>> Now as we have seen what happend to SI (and might happen again if they >>>>> keep it up) which company is going to stick to SI ? >>>>> I mean were are we guys gonna find jobs with SI ? >>>>> >>

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

2014-03-08 Thread Greg Punchatz
Keep up the noise people!! Change has already happened keep up the pressure folks. Write to your congressman..Ermm, I mean this guy... chris.vienn...@autodesk.com Please PLEASE... don't name call... but for god's sake let him know why this is a BIG MISTAKE for his company and yours! It's wor

Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list - A new word from Brad Peebler

2014-03-06 Thread Greg Punchatz
I have been eying Modo for some time... I would love to see what Brad is cooking up... On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Rares Halmagean wrote: > I'll give a go! > > On 3/6/2014 4:37 PM, Christoph Muetze wrote: > > a Modo webinar? Count me in! > > Chris > > On 06/03/14 22:46, David Rivera wr

Re: Autodesk kills software that made Lego Movie, Jurassic Park, etc.

2014-03-05 Thread Greg Punchatz
I have had that movie downloaded to my desktop since the rant I started six months ago He is lying ... Any animator or police investigator can tell you that.. I imagine a guy with a gun to his just off screen ... Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2014, at 6:05 PM, Eric Turman wrote: >

Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement

2014-03-04 Thread Greg Punchatz
Amen Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Rob Wuijster wrote: > > If they're at it, have them rip out the hideous > Renderlayers/Passes/Contribution Maps mess, and implement something that > works like in Softimage... > > \/-\/\/ > On 4-3-2014 19:10

Re: License to END if you migrate?!

2014-03-04 Thread Greg Punchatz
Indeed Can't look at AD unless they change this one. Before it was " damn this sucks ... I guess I will give it a good look again... What choice do I have . Then I read this crock of giant shit. AD Fix this now! Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Martin Chatterjee

Re: new upgrade policy

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
Negativity is fine as long as there is a joke mixed in for comic relief. Are saying AD is the Alien from an original Star Trek episode called "Dave of the Dove"?? ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director*

Re: new upgrade policy

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
the wrong places!!! ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com>

Re: new upgrade policy

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
sorry dude... Soft is dead.LONG LIVE SOFT!...be it dead or alive!! Sorry for "The Who" reference to all you who are to young to know what the hell I am talking about. ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creativ

Re: new upgrade policy

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
Wow. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 2/27/2014 10:39 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: FYI, some of the Fabric guys have been trying to resp

Re: new upgrade policy

2014-02-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
Jordi, As far as character and creature animation, how and what are you using for that? I have never seen anything move at a decent clip while watching Houdini demos and have heard nothing but nightmares from people try to do character work in it. Does it have the user friendly tools for riggi

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

2013-12-20 Thread Greg Punchatz
"Like" Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2013, at 11:51 AM, "adrian wyer" > wrote: > > ahhh crap, can't help keep getting pulled back into this f*@king thread! > > i tell clients we use softimage, they say... "is that like maya?" and i say > no, softimage, it was the software that won an os

rumor, Maya is still a piece of crap

2013-12-20 Thread Greg Punchatz
100x better?" Then Mark Schonagol was made king of the world. all BS ... but I would prefer to start this rumor -- ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com>

Plexus Compound- Finding Danil Krivoruchko

2013-12-20 Thread Greg Punchatz
I am trying to reach Danil Krivoruchko who made an awesome Plexus compound that can be seen here. https://vimeo.com/44314479 I PMed him but have not heard back, does anyone out there know how to contact him? -- *Greg

Re: Whiskeytree Athens tech demo

2013-11-22 Thread Greg Punchatz
Brilliant work guys! And why did AD buy Xgen??? *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 11/22/2013 9:00 AM, Alan Fregtman wrote: Wow! Stella

Mootz!!! What we reallly need is EM_SewingMachine

2013-11-12 Thread Greg Punchatz
Forget my request to move on to em_tree (although I want it) but here is a plug in I think a lot of us need. Something like Marvelous Designer but inside Softimage and most importantly without such a embarrassing bad nameJ Might be a good place to start thinking about using FABRIC engine to d

Re: what

2013-10-30 Thread Greg Punchatz
True Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 30, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Meng-Yang Lu wrote: > > Houdini Sneak Peeks are as bad as Autodesk's Marketing from Softimage... > > Boom. > > -Lu > > >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Ben Rogall >> wrote: >> Those mandibles don't seem to be bouncing quite the w

Re: I'd like to punch Softimage in the face today

2013-10-24 Thread Greg Punchatz
wn reason. ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 10/24/2013 10:52 AM, olivier jeannel wrote: I was about to say this as well. Save at frame 1. Mute all your viewport before opening. I had the same issue latel

Re: If Tim Borgmann doesn't love this, I hang myself ;)

2013-10-23 Thread Greg Punchatz
I love this kind of stuff and Tim Borgmann is the king of kewl motion design in my book...along with polynoid. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.

crowdFX question - do textures transfer to max and maya when cached?

2013-10-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
Is it possible to transfer the charcters back to Max and Maya and retain the ability to have them textured properly in both apps? Thanks everyone -- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760

RE: Unofficial Softimage user voice

2013-10-10 Thread Greg Punchatz
Thanks for dropping in Stefan...BTW who are you:) -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:44 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Unoffic

Re: Google knows best

2013-10-01 Thread Greg Punchatz
LOLJen Goldfinch rescued me. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 10/1/2013 3:42 PM, Matt Lind wrote: Show us what it looks like and

Google knows best

2013-10-01 Thread Greg Punchatz
an find that image let me know! -- ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> -- To unsubscribe: mail softimage-requ...@listproc.aut

Re: Kudos AD - Soft gets some promotion

2013-10-01 Thread Greg Punchatz
"hey, this Softimage thing is pretty amazing! We could sell this!" That is the only message we need AD to understandSoftimage is amazingSoftimage could make them money IF the marketed/supported it right.

Re: Kudos AD - Soft gets some promotion

2013-10-01 Thread Greg Punchatz
I think this is fine list to bitch on Just do it in an official bitch thread . I was was pleasantly surprised to see soft being included in some promotions. Turning a thread which was meant for positive reinforcement for Autodesk into this constant the sky is falling thread is where I see t

Re: Friday Flashback #139

2013-09-27 Thread Greg Punchatz
1? the one being ILM? *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 9/27/2013 9:25 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: In 1998, how many customers accounted

3delight v4 is out for Softimage

2013-09-26 Thread Greg Punchatz
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=59&t=1125810 I would love to hear people's experiences with this new flavor of 3Delight if anyone has had the chance to test. -- ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative

RE: ocean surface generation - arete stylee

2013-08-22 Thread Greg Punchatz
What Eric was trying to get across is that you can make a small grid that is interactive…just like arête. The deal is that the grid will tile and apparently there is a way to bake out a map seq in the toolset that can be used to tile an ocean grid that you make(this I did not know… we have always j

Re: Maya Xgen

2013-08-09 Thread Greg Punchatz
o and some of the work flow / UI looked great.. Then the needless expressions and dog slow tree scene made me forget about the good parts. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Greg Punchatz wrote: >> I thought the hai

RE: Maya Xgen

2013-08-09 Thread Greg Punchatz
Thanks Luc Eric, I thought the hair stuff looked very very nice... but the tree demo was simply sad. It SEEMED much slower than ICE for only a few low poly trees, and like you said I would expect it to very fast and scalable. The video makes it seem like just the opposite. It seems with Arnold s

Re: Nike Evolution and a community thank you

2013-08-02 Thread Greg Punchatz
"Like" Sent from my iPhone On Aug 1, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Andy Moorer wrote: > Hi gang. I wanted to give a shout out to the folks who worked on Nike > Evolution, it just posted. Those who weren't involved, this is a pretty nice > story... > > A young studio, Royale, got interested in this ICE

Re: OT: MeshFusion for Modo

2013-07-31 Thread Greg Punchatz
That looks so sweet!! *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 7/31/2013 8:15 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: This is sweet! It reminds me a

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

2013-07-30 Thread Greg Punchatz
t;> mispronounce. >> >> >> >> >> >> Matt >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com >> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Beh

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

2013-07-30 Thread Greg Punchatz
should do, see if they keep threating clients and users > like that then. > > my humble 2 cents. > > From: Greg Punchatz > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 12:23 AM > To: Softimage List > Subject: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback! >

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

2013-07-30 Thread Greg Punchatz
o bite the bullet and switch to Maya what would you miss the most?" Only time will tell if I read your tea leaves correctly . Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:48 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: > On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: >> I am also hugely disap

Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

2013-07-30 Thread Greg Punchatz
one know any good lawyers that will work for next years support money ;) -- ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com>

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
Ice is more than a simulation environment ... It's deep ties to the program make it useful for so many more things... Biofrost sounds like its a stand alone app for simulation vs something that could be used for character animation or anything else you can imagine. Can biofrost work in a chara

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
etc., realize the game isn't over. >>> >>> -Paul >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Graham Bell >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Fair dues Greg... >>>> >>>>

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
#x27;t over. > > -Paul > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Graham Bell wrote: >> Fair dues Greg... >> >> Fyi, the 'boss' is Chris Bradshaw. He took over from Marc Petit and Marc and >> Frank report into him. >> >

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-25 Thread Greg Punchatz
's apparent they > will be discontinuing all DCCs and focusing their efforts selling their new > product Autodesk Blender. > > Frankly i find the absence of Autodesk at the Siggraph floor either arrogant > or just plain stupid. > > Very apparent from all the talks this year

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-24 Thread Greg Punchatz
tart > figuring out how you can re-engineer a staged process into your needs and > workflow. > I'm succeeding pretty well at home these days, better than I ever expected > to. Even as an individual I'm finding the big-arse DCC apps are more and more > expensive OGL and grap

Re: Future of Naiad

2013-07-24 Thread Greg Punchatz
Frankly M&E AD needs new TOP down leadership It's so beyond broken that no matter how hard the people below them try to show them the light they refuse to look. They still think Flame is still a valid product.. Single threaded piece of poo IMO. I am so surprised they can still sell the pr

Re: Friday Flashback #129

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
Flashback #129 > > You mentioned the clown incident every once in a while but I don't think I > ever saw pictures. Maybe a refresher is in order? (:-) > > On 7/19/2013 3:24 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote: > I TOLD you not to look at it!! > > From: softimage-boun...@lis

RE: Friday Flashback #129

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
dinner which had 11 attendees. That year was the smallest overall attendance I could remember for a Siggraph. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Greg Punchatz Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 10:34 AM To: softimage

Re: Friday Flashback #129

2013-07-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
and Brad Gabe wore socks with sandals... an Ludo wanted to go to Oooters (Hooters) *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 7/19/2013 12

Janimation | Alien Rage Cinematic

2013-07-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
production in total. Some of the peeps that worked on it include Greg Punchatz- CG Sup and CD on the janimation side Steve Palaia- Senior Generalist and compositor Mitchell Lotierzo- Senior TD Dave Sisk - Senior FX Julia Bacak- Animation Jason Stambollian- Freelance Fx Rares Halmagean

Re: Fabric Engine at Siggraph 2013

2013-07-16 Thread Greg Punchatz
Damn...now I wish I was going to Siggraph *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 7/16/2013 9:11 AM, Guillaume Laforge wrote: I've been c

RE: Fabric Engine at Siggraph 2013

2013-07-16 Thread Greg Punchatz
Howdy Paul, Will RTR be in soft??? From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Paul Doyle Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 1:04 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Fabric Engine at Siggraph 2013 Hi guys - finally hav

Re: [SItoA] White House Down

2013-07-02 Thread Greg Punchatz
Sounds brilliant . I need to see the movie now. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2013, at 11:19 AM, Mathieu Leclaire wrote: > Hi guys, > > I just wanted to share some information on the shots we did for White House > Down. > > First off, there's an article in fxguide that explains a bit what

Looking for some hair tools- willing to pay if some one to develop if it does not exist

2013-04-17 Thread Greg Punchatz
neighboring it would look at to smooth the hair styles out. Big picture idea is you could style hair very roughly then smooth it out with this tool set. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760

Re: Face Robot Interface there, but contents of panes missing

2013-03-26 Thread Greg Punchatz
It only happens when your in the middle of a demo :) *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/26/2013 3:38 PM, Adam Sale wrote: I've del

Re: best practices for sending a large scene to a render farm vendor?

2013-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
works. Thanks ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/19/2013 11:05 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: Hi Greg Ass files are per frame. Shaders and textures and procedurals are external to the ass file. Vendor doesn't ne

Re: best practices for sending a large ARNOLD scene to a render farm vendor?

2013-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/18/2013 6:25 PM, Gene Crucean wrote:

best practices for sending a large scene to a render farm vendor?

2013-03-19 Thread Greg Punchatz
is there a way to include them in the .ass? Things to watch out for? Thanks guys and gals. *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/18/2013 6

Re: Who Uses Arnold Anyway ? an appeal to fans

2013-03-15 Thread Greg Punchatz
l our own. ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/15/2013 4:56 PM, Steven Caron wrote: transparency is tricky for sure, but not impossible

Re: 2014 New feature list... minor corrections list... you decide

2013-03-14 Thread Greg Punchatz
WTF part 3.. I agree with Matt for once!! *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/14/2013 1:58 PM, Matt Lind wrote: WTF? (part 2) I

Re: Maya realtime viewport

2013-03-12 Thread Greg Punchatz
this being windows only. ---- *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com> On 3/12/2013 12:27 PM, Christian Gotzinger wrote: Very cool clip there. It says t

Re: Maya realtime viewport

2013-03-12 Thread Greg Punchatz
I have found the HQV useful ... and so has Jason Stambollian https://vimeo.com/groups/ice/videos/60198312 *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com <http://www.janimation.com&

Node locked Soft License on a USB network device???

2013-03-03 Thread Greg Punchatz
I just bought a new computer and I am trying to install my Softimage suites (wont call it a maya suite). I must have used up too many installs, but even after uninstalling from my old machine I can't use my serial number. So I was wondering, can I use a usb network device like a dongle so I can av

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