Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

sorry...I meant 1 si unit = 10cm On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > I thought 1 SI unit = 1 cm. > > > Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishabl

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

I thought 1 SI unit = 1 cm. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Doeke Wartena wrote: > To reply to your topic title. I 3d printed some stuff and i used Softimage > but since sizes had to be very correct Softimage was quite a bitch. > > > 2014-04-02 21:04 GMT+02:00 Stephen Davidso

Re: Please Trim posts!!

Yes, that is how I understand it On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Rob Chapman wrote: > So to re-iterate, if you see the .. then it has NOT been trimmed properly > as not everyone is reading these in the full gmail app, I always have to > scroll through a mile long email just to read the next po

Re: 3D Printing experience on Softimage

It does not start shipping till June On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:13 PM, David Rivera wrote: > Hey everyone, thanks for your replies on the previous subject of Quadro > K4000. > > Yesterday I was googling around for 3d printers. I really liked this one: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHAU-9VIwzk

Re: Please Trim posts!!

Actually, Gmail, by default, will trim your mail. The problem lies in that it determines the trim based on what you have already seen. If that changes by one character, it no longer gets trimmed. Look below this email, which I have not manually trimmed. You should just see "..." (which indicates

Re: Redshift - GPU accel on Quadro K4000

btw...most scenes, that you have already built in Softimage, will render just fine with the Redshift render instead of the mentalray render. You probably won't have to re-plug any nodes, unless you used bump or displacement. There are some differences, but as I said before, not many. On Tue, Apr

Re: Redshift - GPU accel on Quadro K4000

There are only a handful of specific nodes that are unique to Redshift3D. Everything else is exactly like you are used to in the Materials (nodes) in Softimage. They did a great job making it almost seamless a unique example... if you want to bumpmap some object, you would select the Redshift

Re: cam rig

Eugene Flormata wrote: >> >>> Well I haven't done trig since high school so it took a while to relearn >>> off google images search. >>> >>> Anyways Stephen's code was more pseudo and not copy paste. And I >>> learned there's an atan

Re: cam rig

Could you elaborate on how you made it work? I tried and had no luck...just curious...thanks. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Eugene Flormata wrote: > hah! nevermind! I figured it out thanks! now my rig can do everything i > want! > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 8:45 PM, Eugene Flormata wrote: >

Re: Re[2]: ICE trigger animation?

e difficult. > > These ICE compounds are great! I wish I knew them from before. > > I must admit it sometimes was cumbersome to animate hundreds of sprites > sometimes. > > > > > > --- Original Message --- > > From: "Stephen Davidson" > Sent: March 24, 2014

Re: ICE trigger animation?

Just one question... Why are you using a 3D App to do a 2D animation? It just seems to me that you are using a Lamborghini engine to drive a Volkswagen. No disrespect to you or any of the car companies mentioned. I'm just trying to understand your plan. It would be so simple to do in something lik

Re: Rendering alternative to mental ray needed..

I have a Quadro FX 3800 also, and although Redshift warns me that it isn't optimal for GPU render, it is still plenty fast. It depends on the scene, but it is at least twice as fast as CPU rendering, and I am running an Intel Core i7 950 at 3.07 GHz On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Tim Crowson

Re: Rendering alternative to mental ray needed..

+1 for Redshift. Can't say enough kind words to do it justice. The speed is just incredible, and support is super human. $100 for paid Beta $500 when it officially releases next month, I believe. You can still sign up for open Beta for free (has watermark) https://www.redshift3d.com/get-redshift

Re: OT: Sorry for the shameless plug

Very, very nice work! Extremely impressive. On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Martin wrote: > Nice reel ! I'm not a lighting expert but I liked it ! > > Thanks for sharing, specially in times like this. > > Martin > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2014/03/22, at 12:29, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: > > Th

Re: What use is ICE really?

my apologies. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Dan Yargici wrote: > Can I suggest again that we keep this thread for it's intended purpose and > not turn it into a discussion... > > DAN > > > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any su

Re: What use is ICE really?

I have to ask Are you saying that AD doesn't know the value of ICE added to Softimage, or they don't know the value of ICE being added to another one of their products? If it is the later, then I would not be interested in helping AD with their product development. They have already said, over

Re: What use is ICE really?

I haven't seen Zybrand Jacobs posting here, so I thought I should post this: https://vimeo.com/48832905 ...a very useful set of grass growing Ice compounds On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Alastair Hearsum wrote: > Folks > > We had a chat with a senior chap at Autodesk. There was hint of sur

Re: I'm still really PO'd and it's not getting better

Just to draw a real world parallel about stretching the use of discontinued software I originally started 3D animation on a Cubicomp PictureMaker in 1987. It was not the easiest system to learn, but it was affordable and relied on an actual hardware

Re: anim layers, how to collapse without adding extra keys

Have you tried replace keys rather than fit to curve? I believe an animation curve needs a minimum of 3 points. Not at my system, right now, so I can't test it out. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Sil of Galatron wrote: > Hi, > > I'm far from an expert user in softimage so I've probably got a

Re: Movies, games, commercials or what?

Great point, Arvid. I hadn't even thought about how this will effect my bidding process. Over the years I have refined that process (guesswork) so that I could reliably not lose billable time on a project. My un-billable time was kept to a minimum because I knew the process so well, and it was re

Re: Autodesk response

Seems the EFX business is not the only area plagued in the movie business http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/03/16/Hammer-Falls-Political-Flops-Again-Set-To-Cost-Sony-And-Film-Industry On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > "It is also quite clear that

Re: Autodesk webinar

click On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > The future is bright... > > --- > Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. > > > 2014-03-17 11:14 GMT-06:00 Stephen Davidson : > > Join us on Mon

Re: Autodesk webinar

Stephen Davidson wrote: > ...and the joke is on us for tuning in with expectations. > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Cristobal Infante wrote: > >> the whole thing is just one big joke.. >> >> >> On 17 March 2014 16:46, Stephen Davidson wrote: >>

Re: Autodesk webinar

...and the joke is on us for tuning in with expectations. On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Cristobal Infante wrote: > the whole thing is just one big joke.. > > > On 17 March 2014 16:46, Stephen Davidson wrote: > >> *"We are having technical difficulties with t

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

I am just a freelancer, but I have never worked on a "Movie" or a "Game" in over 20 years. Only Commercial, Corporate, and Broadcast (some Web videos as well) A show of hands? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Dan Yargici wrote: > Hi Chris, I've had to ignore the list for the last week for pers

Re: Autodesk webinar

*"We are having technical difficulties with the streaming component, we are continuing with the recording and will post the session when the recording has finished."* Is anybody really surprised? On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Dan Yargici wrote: > Er Been going a while now Adrian!

Re: Autodesk response

"It is also quite clear that both the visual effects and games businesses are going through significant transitions: both from a business model and a technology perspective. " Are they referring to this? http://www.hollywoodendingmovie.com/ Is this a reaction to the unsustainable business model o

Re: More XSI Monkey business by The Mill

Wait till they see it with 4 Titans installed. Goodbye renderfarm. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > Chris, just demo them Redshift inside Softimage. > When they see how it works... they must be crazy to ignore it then > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Chris Johnson

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

I actually used this list, to hire a TD, for a project that I was working on. I had not learned any ICE, and I was in no way a programmer, so I put out a request, on this list, for anyone who could TD the project for me. I got a fast response from Jimmy Gass. It was a project that required a crowd

Re: [OT] : Automated Scribing for White Board Videos

is drawn, but that is not an absolute necessity. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 13, 2014, at 21:31, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > > Isn't this something that can be done quite easily with > VideoScribe<http://www.sparkol.com/> > ? > > This tutorial show

A paranoid theory about the demise of Softimage...

In all my readings of the posts, one theme keeps popping to the surface... The fact that small animation houses, and even sole freelancers were able to compete with the "big houses" because of the exceptional tools within Softimage. Could it be that the "big houses", with many seats of Maya and/or

Re: YOUR TOP 5

It works, but I prefer After Effects for composite. It just works better for me. On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Chris Marshall wrote: > Am I the only person using the FX Tree? It's a very big plus for us. > -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimati

Re: [OT] : Automated Scribing for White Board Videos

Isn't this something that can be done quite easily with VideoScribe ? This tutorial show how to customise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdy6z2L30jk But I have never tried it so I can't talk about it intelligently. I was just curious how you could improve that workflow.

Re: A germ of an idea.

As far as collaboration for the germ of an idea ... I have been looking at all kinds of on-line collaboration methods, and stumbled upon this: http://www.slickremix.com/product/design-approval-system/ looks like an open source web page design that allows collaboration between designer and client.

Re: Numbers...

LOL... did the same thing when I was translating 3D CAD files for architectural work over 10 years ago. 3D Studio (not even MAX back then) would translate the files perfectly for Softimage (pre XSI). On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Jens Lindgren wrote: > Haha, I totally agree with you Mikael

Re: Listening

It is the weekend Corporations don't work on the weekend. :) On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > Well it seems that they stopped listening... > > --- > Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. > > > 2014-03-08 14:21 GMT

Sweet deal from Lightwave for displaced Softies

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11647567.htm -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke

Re: Good point well put

Godzilla was done by Softimage, right? ;) Godzilla was my all time favorite rig, though. It was ground breaking. On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Cristobal Infante wrote: > King Kong as well right? ;) > > > On Saturday, 8 March 2014, Jordi Bares wrote: > >> Ooppss though it was serious.. it is

Re: Listening

That is like saying the government is not made up of people. Every corporation, be it large or small, is made up of individual people. Without taking any personal responsibility, within that corporation, these kinds of things happen. The crap flows up-hill, till it gets to a level of person that

Re: Article in La Presse, Montreal Newspaper about Softimage's retirement

I'm going to log the bug that Boolean modeling sometimes crashes. It's only been a bug as far as I can remember. yes...yes... I know you can work around it with ICE... ;) On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Steven Caron wrote: > so log those bugs! > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Alan Fregtm

Re: Mark's good bye

Wherever Mark lands, they will be very fortunate. I had the pleasure of working with Mark, prior to his being the "XSI demo guy". It was a blast. Great guy. I wish him well. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Alan Fregtman wrote: > Pasting into the list for posterity (because I'm sure the blog's

Re: Let's Rock Soft with more love

I have to agree with Emilio. I have over 10 years of experience with the present interface, and I remember postponing the transition from Softimage 3D to XS,I in 2000, for almost 3 years. I'm glad I did it now, but it was painful. Now that I have a snappy render from Redshift 3D, and I'm finally st

Re: let me fan the flames....

BTW, the Stock return of AD was 42.35% in 2013 over 2012, so the stockholders made their money. It's all about the stockholders. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > And of that revenue, $20,000,000+ went to "key executive > compensation<http://insid

Re: let me fan the flames....

And of that revenue, $20,000,000+ went to "key executive compensation" in 2013 That is down, 21%, from 2012. If the total income from M&E is only 7% of total income It's like shutting down the national park to balance

Re: let me fan the flames....

I have already seen a post that says Max will no longer get development. http://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/z8o09/autodesk_is_no_longer_going_to_develop_3dsmax_and/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > 3dMax is next. Users are complaining about the lame upgrade at 2015

Last release and ICE and addons

I have a question. If the last release is Softimage 2015 (with ICE). Won't this version just run as long as you have it installed? If so, I would think this is a great opportunity for 3rd party developers to improve Softimage with some great addons, or plugins, that would keep it going as long

Re: Softimage 2015 Last Release Announcement

Joey... we have survived the same Cubicomp, Matador, Softimage/XSI roller-coaster ride. It seems you have had even more rugs, pulled out from under you, than I have. I am at quite a loss as to how to proceed. Calling me "gun-shy" is an understatement. I do NOT want to put as much effort into learn

let me fan the flames....

Ok, so the choice to stick with AD is Softimage/3DMax or Softimage/Maya AD says they have no plans to kill either 3DMax or Maya... feeling luckypunk? -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is i

caught in a lie...

http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/09/autodesk-denies-intent-to-kill-off-3ds-max-softimage/ -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke

another link about Softimage's demise

http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/03/autodesk-to-retire-softimage/ -- Best Regards, * Stephen P. Davidson* *(954) 552-7956*sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com *Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic* - Arthur C. Clarke

Re: Life after Pi

I am lucky, in that I work on much smaller projects, than the movie studios, and I am a freelancer that usually has a direct connection with the final deciding voice. I am get clients wanting me to give a fixed bid, and I do give themwith these stipulations: I only give a fixed bid based on a

Re: animating instances in place of hairs

by parenting the grass object under a (hidden) > cylinder, and instancing that. The cylinder's Y bounding box will define > the scaling and you can freely scale the grass object underneath it. > > > *From:* Stephen Davidson > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:25 AM >

Re: animating instances in place of hairs

23 PM, Alan Fregtman wrote: > If you scale in other axes besides Y, does it work? > > If not, what about scaling the points instead of its transform? > > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > >> btw... I should note here that I am aware t

Re: animating instances in place of hairs

instance to match the guide hairs? Anyway to override that? On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > According to the docs I can instance objects in place of hair and animate > them. > I am instancing blades of grass (in a group) to hair and any animated > scaling of th

animating instances in place of hairs

According to the docs I can instance objects in place of hair and animate them. I am instancing blades of grass (in a group) to hair and any animated scaling of the instance does not translate to the hairs. Is there a secret that I am missing? I am following the docs, but some info must be missing

Re: Randomize keys in the AE?

I thought Rob meant Adobe After Effects too, when I first read the post. He is actually asking about the Animation Editor in Softimage. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Francisco Criado wrote: > Maybe this can help you! > > http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/after-effects-wiggle-expression/ > > Gre

Re: Nvidia GTX 660 and Softimage 2012/ 2014

You may want to check out Reshift3D.com GPU rendering for Softimage, in Beta, supports most standard shaders with a few specialty shaders On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 9:57 AM, David Rivera < activemotionpictu...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi everyone. Yesterday I was talking to a coleague and he mentioned t

Re: managing render channels

To rename the channel output filename, just rename the pass name. On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Vladimir Jankijevic < vladi...@elefantstudios.ch> wrote: > Render -> Scene Options -> Available Channels Tab > > Renaming them or redefining the type is not allowed. You can just remove > them or a

Redshift3D Render

I just wanted to start this thread so we can kill the Sofimage is dead thread. :) So..Redshift3D enthusiasts...post here. I think we will benefit the group, as a whole, if we spread the word on this amazing GPU rendering company. They have made my workflow SO much faster. -- Best Regards, *

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

;> Arnold: 15 min >> Redhsfit: 4 min >> >> So you can expect at least a reduction of 73% in your render times. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2014/1/8 Dan Yargici >> >>> Anyone tried using g

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

+1 here. Redshift is faster on one machine than Mentalray on two of the same CPU (i7 950) and I am using a Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 (older card) I would imagine multiple CUDA cards would be lightning fast. Redshift is also so well integrated into Softimage. Very little learning to be up and running in

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

Well said Stefan, marketing also convinces studios that it's the software, and not the artist, that does all the "cool" stuff. A misconception that I have been battling for over a quarter of a century, now. Software is only a tool. Softimage is a great tool. When I freelanced at studios, I would o

Re: Softimage, Lagoa and Redshift

f fun to use, and I'm glad it's in >> public beta now. >> -Tim >> >> >> On 1/3/2014 1:20 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: >> >> Sweet! I am also a big fan of Redshift. The target price of Redshift >> looks great too. >> One pass is a nice achi

Re: Softimage, Lagoa and Redshift

Sweet! I am also a big fan of Redshift. The target price of Redshift looks great too. One pass is a nice achievement, but I am curious as to why you wouldn't render multi-pass (obscure 5th element reference) and have more control in the final composite. Just curious. No negative comment about you

Re: rumor, Soft dead within the next year

I am extremely lucky to work freelance, so that I am not directed to use any particular software for any particular project. As long as it looks good, my customers are oblivious to what software I am using. Whenever I did work for a production facility, on site, I have always managed to justify th

Re: AE Help request

Why don't you compress using AE? I have never even tried to add another step to my AE renders. I oniy use H,256 for client approvals since MP4's play well both on PC and MAC. I have never heard any complaints from my clients, and the file are nice and small with great quality. My final renders, I

Re: AE Help request

Make sure the vignette layer (assuming it's a solid layer) is the same size as the comp layer. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Angus Davidson wrote: > Hi Byron > > No scaling involved. In more testing I found that they have a > vinaigrette type effect that might be the source of the problem

Re: AE Help request

I have had great success with this codec (H.264) with the 3MB/sec setting for HD On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Angus Davidson wrote: > And apologies for not changing the thread title > > Hi Guys > > Quick question. We are having a lot of issues in after effects (which I > don’t know – I c

Re: semi OT: flying from space to street level

Also...check out Google's 3D warehouse...LOTS of cities, an buildings, in there http://www.sketchup.com/products/3D-warehouse It is worth the purchase of Sketchup Pro. It can export many 3D file formats On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, Paul Griswold < pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrot

Re: semi OT: flying from space to street level

One of the "cheats", to keep the project within budget, is to fly through some clouds, masking the change from an earth texturemap, to satellite photos. On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:20 AM, olivier jeannel wrote: > http://www.allallsoft.com/ > That things grabs square kilometers of datas, but I thi

Re: Playmobil Inhouse Production - Guardians of the Dragonhearts

I never understood the concept of advertising a product you have already sold. It's kind of like the HBO commercials, that you get while watching HBO. Hello? You are already subscribed to HBO, if you are watching the commercial. This observation is NOT to detract from your wonderful Softimage / Ar

Re: New Plugin: LK Fabric

how about FABRIC WEAVER ? :) On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Tim Crowson wrote: > Someone should go for 'Fabrique' instead. Be sure to pronounce it > correctly. > -Tim > > > On 10/9/2013 2:26 PM, Paul Griswold wrote: > > Haha! It's like an engine for fabric creation! (I can hear Helge > groa

Re: groups slowdown modeling

does it speed up when you freeze the stack? I experienced this as well, using the merge point tool. I just ended up freezing the stack every 20 merged points. It seems to be better in 2014sp2 On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 6:40 AM, Roman Kaelin wrote: > hey there, > > i'm having this weird issue where

Re: Looking for artists

my account that I need o transfer outside of the > country. If you just send me your data and fill in this form blah > blah > > Same thing :) > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > >> I am surprised how cynical, and snarky, th

Re: Looking for artists

I am surprised how cynical, and snarky, the replies are on this thread. I took it for face value. Nothing to lose. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Williams, Wayne wrote: > Perhaps the VIP stands for Very Important Peep. > > http://shift-8.com/media/peeps-red.jpg > > ** ** > > ** **

Re: Navigating relationships in Softimage (new to the software)

selecting hierarchies has mouse button options... left mouse (with space) selects node...middle mouse button selects the branch and the right mouse button selects the tree or chain. is that what is going on? On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > does that sibling h

Re: Navigating relationships in Softimage (new to the software)

t displays the selected object and its relationships. I cannot find any > logic into why sometimes Softimage will decide to display everything. > > > *Sergio Mucino* > Lead Rigger > Modus FX > > On 18/09/2013 1:43 PM, Stephen Davidson wrote: > > are the objects part of a h

Re: Navigating relationships in Softimage (new to the software)

are the objects part of a hierarchy? The schematic view does show the entire hierarchy, normally. On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Sergio Mucino wrote: > Ok, it's interesting. It's only doing this for certain objects. It's not > doing it for others. I'll have to look into why for some objects,

Re: Navigating relationships in Softimage (new to the software)

Good one, David. I missed that in over 20 years of using Softimage! Well, ok ...13 years using the "XSI" interface. You just showed me my new favorite tool. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Thanks for asking the question, Sergio. Learning something new, every day, is what this busin

Re: Navigating relationships in Softimage (new to the software)

Getting used to new software is no picnic, for sure. Although much of what you need it familiarity with the interface, shortcut keys are a BIG part of my personal workflow. In the example that you give, the XSI Explorer, with the scene root selected, will give you almost any relationship that you

Re: OT: How low can you go (Hardware)

I am using a Windows 7 64 bit Intel core i7 950 with 12 GB RAM no SSD and a Quatro FX 3800 I have heat issues, when rendering, and I'm liquid cooled. I have had a lot of luck using Redshift (in Alpha) to render. It uses the Quadro FX 3800 to render instead of the CPU here is a render test of Reds

Re: Windows 7 or 8

Here is an article that explains how to remove Metro from Windows 8.1 http://www.zdnet.com/the-metro-haters-guide-to-the-windows-8-1-preview-718398/ I don't know if it will help your situation, but at least Windows will look more familiar. On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 5:41 AM, Rob Wuijster wrote

Re: Hard surface modeling question

, it worked quite well, but > unfortunately the shading is still sucks. Maybe I’ll take the geo to Max to > see, if it’s a shading issue, or whatever… > > ** ** > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf

Re: Hard surface modeling question

Assuming you used the bevel tool, check the hard edges option. If this is done totally through subdivision sect the edge loop on the inside part of the hole and make that a hard edge. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:44 AM, Szabolcs Matefy wrote: > Thanks James, > > ** ** > > I thought and used sim

Re: Dealing with CAD files format

Solid works can output to .stl and then import to MeshLab (open source) which can output .obj, which Softimage can read. On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:15 PM, olivier jeannel wrote: > Hi guys, > > Next week I shall receive a mecanical pieces generated with Solidworks. > Because I'm dealing with an ag

Re: Advice on learning depth compositing Softimage files in AE?

On the AE side...here is a good tutorial for using z-depth. http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/depth_compositing/ On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 1:12 AM, Nancy Jacobs wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone point me to a book or any other current information about depth > compositing (the output Softimage is ca

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

good for all. Just being selfish. :) You do know that all our clients think that all this software runs itself. ;) On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Paul Doyle wrote: > Why does it need to be a specific advantage vs a general one? > > > > On 8 August 2013 18:08, Stephen Davidson

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

. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Christopher Crouzet < >> christopher.crou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How about you guys click on the Softimage icon from your desktop and do >>> your magic instead of wasting your time whining about some mark

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

u guys click on the Softimage icon from your desktop and do > your magic instead of wasting your time whining about some marketing > bullshit? ;) > > > > On 8 August 2013 19:29, Stephen Davidson wrote: > >> to take it one step further If you click on the Maya link, a

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

pdates given to Maya and still > hard to push people from SI to it.. he > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Angus Davidson > wrote: > >> For those of us who dont seem to get the paid results could you copy >> and paste ? >> >> ;) >>

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

I think I can shed light on where Autodesk is going, as far as Softimage is concerned. Go to Google and search for "Autodesk Softimage". What is the first paid search result? This is the one that Autodesk marketing paid Google money to display. There is your answer. On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:51 A

Re: [OT] Another one bites the dust...DS is EOL.

nodes... > https://vimeo.com/65641320 > > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > >> Avid has quite history of shelving products, that they buy. >> One only has to go to Wikipedia to see the long list of discontinued >> purchases: &g

Re: [OT] Another one bites the dust...DS is EOL.

Avid has quite history of shelving products, that they buy. One only has to go to Wikipedia to see the long list of discontinued purchases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avid_Technology I have been a victim of this odd business model with Matador(Media Illusion) and Elastic Reality. It just makes me

Re: Environment sphere issues

Which brings me to another question -- doesn't all that dynamic range > conversion, internally to HDR shop, degrade or change the low dynamic range > image? Moot of course if it crashes, but it does have the conversion I > need. Dang it. I can't find anything else that does. >

Re: Environment sphere issues

r tool do this conversion? I just signed on to Adobe > Creative Cloud...they ought to have something in all that software that > would do this, you'd think? > > On Aug 1, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > > I have use both sphere and cross (or cube) mapping

Re: Environment sphere issues

#x27;t want to do all that work on creating a cubical projection and have > it not read well in the render. > > Have you used it effectively when you need 360 degree correctness? > > Thanks! > > On Jul 29, 2013, at 4:39 PM, Stephen Davidson > wrote: > > Exactly

Re: Strands

How's your Spanish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHzo3cjnQ1g On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] < j.ponthi...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Hello, > > ** ** > > I’m trying to use strands again, and what I want to do is have a strand > act as a trail along a curve

Re: NURBS improvements petition

signed ... crossing fingers. On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: > Signed, > > And i sincerely hope that something comes out of this. > > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Eugen Sares wrote: > >> Of course! The point is, it seems to be unclear to the management (and >> pr

Re: Environment sphere issues

a sphere into Mari and try painting out the distortion. That > plugin you linked me to gives some cool vortex effects at the poles, maybe > ill find a use for that! But I still wonder why it's working for your > images and not mine. Maybe it's in the type of image and w

Re: Environment sphere issues

Another method for creating reflection maps, that don't have pinching at the poles, uses Photoshop' stock filter distort>polar coordinates. You start with your seamless texture and select rectangular to polar. Paint out the pinching. and then reverse the distortion using polar to rectangular. Then

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