Re: The Softimage mailing list

I hate maya. It can’t handle anything. It is a daily pain in my ass. On occasion I’ll run into someone here in Van who has a Soft background, and naturally no one else around us will know what we’re talking about, because all they have been exposed to is Maya. I hate to see it all finally wind

Re: Anybody here have a view on Houdini vs Katana for lookdev/lighting workflows.

Oh and Gaffer is very very beta. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:42 AM Tim Crowson wrote: > Katana might be overkill for that. But it’s not entirely clear > specifically what kind of work they need to do, specifically. > > Also remember that Katana doesn’t *create* 3D content, it

Re: Anybody here have a view on Houdini vs Katana for lookdev/lighting workflows.

source. If the pricing was closer to ADSK or Houdini Core (FX licenses > are limited at their facility), it would make the decision a little easier. > > On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 15:59, Tim Crowson wrote: > >> I used Katana at MPC, and lately have been using Houdini at Metho

Re: Anybody here have a view on Houdini vs Katana for lookdev/lighting workflows.

I used Katana at MPC, and lately have been using Houdini at Method. Bear in mind that my use of these products has been for feature films, with medium to heavy shot content. I have not used them in any other context. Bear in mind also that both platforms (because that’s really what they are)

Re: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

Seems I have been on this list for nearly 10 years, so that doesn't qualify me quite as a dinosaur. Maybe one of those annoying chicken-sized ones? I don't use Soft anymore but I still lurk. Mostly it's a mix of Maya and Katana these days, but Houdini is likely around the corner for me. On Tue,

Re: Softimage - not going away...

Really nice work, there! On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:56 AM Gregor Punchatz wrote: > Beautiful work! > > On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 6:16 AM, Jean-Louis > wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> Softimage still alive and well over here at Digital Golem: >>

Re: Redshift - shapeInstanceTime

It is still unsupported as far as I know. On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 2:33 PM Fabricio Chamon wrote: > Can anyone confirm Redshift still does not support shapeInstanceTime on > pointclouds? I couldn't find any info on the docs or forums. > > thanks. > -- > Softimage Mailing

Re: Glassworks VFX featurette on "A Monster Calls"

I am not sure which role the other MPC branches played in Monster Calls, but I don't think our folks here in Vancouver did much if any on this one. I know we in lighting never worked on it. Jon, Henning did some asset work on this before going to Dneg. He might know more. On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at

Re: Opinion gathering

How'd that work out, Michael, asking for more Soft licenses? On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:19 AM Michael Amasio wrote: > There's a no shortage of high paying jobs for houdini fx artists in > Vancouver. > Most studios already have it integrated in their pipelines to some

Re: Opinion gathering

recommend Modo as a production backbone app with the kinds of productions I know are done by folks here. -Tim On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 5:47 PM Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> wrote: I (alongside Tim Crowson from this list) have been a long term beta tester for Modo, so I'll sh

Re: houdini 16

That is a hell of a release. On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 8:35 AM Jordi Bares wrote: > Give them a year and let’s have a look again. ;-) > Jb > > > > On 7 Feb 2017, at 15:52, Jonathan Moore wrote: > > I mentioned this over on the Modo beta forums, but

Re: houdini 16

ut it's pretty essential reading > for XSI alumni. > > Enjoy... > > On 4 February 2017 at 19:12, Tim Crowson <tcrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, where is that PDF Jordi (I think it was Jordi?) came up with for XSI > users moving to Houdini? > On Sat, Feb

Re: houdini 16

gt; alone has saved me on many an occasion. :) > > It's a near 700mb download altogether but it's pretty essential reading > for XSI alumni. > > Enjoy... > > On 4 February 2017 at 19:12, Tim Crowson <tcrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hey, where is that PDF Jordi (I think i

Re: houdini 16

Hey, where is that PDF Jordi (I think it was Jordi?) came up with for XSI users moving to Houdini? On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 8:52 AM wrote: > > > ... > and I must say the future looks bright. > > don’t jinx it! > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to

Re: houdini 16

That is an impressive release! On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 7:47 AM Olivier Jeannel wrote: > Agree, they totaly missed it, that's a fail. > > 2017-02-04 16:14 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Moore : > > That new feature list might be long and impressive in scope

Re: Last xsi reel

Hi mikael! Fantastic reel! I didn't realize we used XSI that much, that's a pleasant surprise! On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 1:56 PM wrote: > Thanks guys! :) For as what XSI was used for, basically everything that > we did in crowd that is in the air like the tree vortex

Re: Warcraft Creating The Horde

Awesome! EOL != obsolete On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 8:02 AM Tom Kleinenberg wrote: > Very cool! That crowd stuff was what really impressed me in the film. > > On 17 November 2016 at 15:56, Eric Thivierge wrote: > > Hey all, > > This new video from ILM has

Re: Ping

I still lurk on the list, but at work it's all Katana and Renderman for me now. -Tim C. On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 2:48 PM Matt Morris wrote: > Still making a living with soft here. SI and redshift has just been a > dream combo to work with. > > > > On 4 October 2016 at 21:30,

Re: OT: Don´t you just Aghh-moment now, when they see something we *had* been using on SI?

I was on the early alpha team for Modo's procedural stuff. I can't think of anyone then, or now, who thought of this as something new from "the future." There was a constant echo back to ICE, Houdini, Max, C4D even. I'd rather have the functionality than not have it, but it still is far from what

Re: Wrapped

Impressive! On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 7:28 AM Chris Marshall wrote: > wow > > On 6 April 2016 at 15:17, adrian wyer > wrote: > >> we did a similar 'plants taking over new york' piece a couple of years >> back all softimage/arnold and i

Re: Testing (change of address)

Perfect. I have the right place then. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:44 PM Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is no list there is only Zuul ! > > On 8 February 2016 at 20:37, Tim Crowson <tcrow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Switching employers, testing email >> > >

Testing (change of address)

Switching employers, testing email

Re: Redshift users?

render nodes on machines. Guess I better talk to the bossman and see about getting a license upgrade. Thanks Tim! On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com <mailto

Re: Redshift users?

, Artur Woźniak <artur.w...@gmail.com <mailto:artur.w...@gmail.com>> wrote: SO the question. How do you setup your farm. Which is better? Multiple cards per frame or a card per frame? Artur 2016-01-19 0:50 GMT+01:00 Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@mag

Re: Redshift users?

still on RR 6 but maybe we need to upgrade to 7 so we can have multiple render nodes on machines. Guess I better talk to the bossman and see about getting a license upgrade. Thanks Tim! On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 1:21 PM, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@mag

Re: Redshift users?

marriage ever! I have 4 licenses. -- www.matinai.com <http://www.matinai.com> -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 *P

Re: Redshift users?

We've been using it here at Magnetic on productions since it was in Alpha. We have a small farm for it. The leadership seems to have adopted it fully. -Tim Crowson Magnetic Dreams On 1/5/2016 7:25 AM, Fabian Schnuer Gohde wrote: Pretty much only RS here too. Shading limitations and lack

Re: can I still get softimage?

You can also get it from B online . -Tim On 11/24/2015 11:52 AM, Maurice Patel wrote: It would be through your local reseller. I am not sure who that is but there is 3DV in

Re: Small Scripty Thing - open render location in Explorer

imagename = Mid (pathname, (lastbackslashpos + 1), filenamelength ) logmessage "name is: " & imagename fnExtractImageName = imagename End Function -- -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Drea

Can I use FindChildren() to return hair primitives?

this? -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com

Re: Can I use FindChildren() to return hair primitives?

10:34 AM, Stephen Blair wrote: FindChildren( "", "hair" ) doesn't work? On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Tim Crowson <tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com <mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com>> wrote: I'm needing to return all items of certain types belonging to

Re: Fabric Engine 2.0 out with Canvas!

Cool, so the Fabric 50 does that get us FE 2.0 as well? The installer for that seems to be for 1.15.3 -Tim On 9/30/2015 12:41 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote: http://fabricengine.com/fabric-engine-2-is-here/ The new Canvas graph is now available. Those who were waiting for an ICE like UI and

Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?

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Re: Soft licenses still available for purchase?

with Autodesk as the offer Is not available through the estore. Maurice Maurice Patel Tél: 514 954-7134 Cell: 514 242-6549 From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Tim Crowson Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 10:57 AM

Soft licenses still available for purchase?

A while back we were informed that Autodesk was still selling individual licenses of Softimage, but we had to go through a local reseller or something (?). Does anyone know if this offer is still available, and what the terms are? -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams

Re: command port to XSI

That's one I use here on a regular basis Works great. -Tim On 9/3/2015 5:52 AM, Cesar Saez wrote: Have you tried this? https://github.com/KelSolaar/TCPServer_For_Softimage Signature

Re: command port to XSI

I recall someone on the AD side mention that the "Send To" mechanism between Maya and Soft is not exposed and is essentially black-boxed. -Tim On 9/3/2015 8:34 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: So no command Port like Maya? So when Maya “sends” scene data to Softimage and

Re: Continued use of Softimage question

We're still entirely in Softimage. Our plan is still to move gradually over to Maya, but the lighting stage would remain in Softimage unless AD delivers better tools for this. XSI's pass system, rendering flexibility, and our commitment to using Redshift would probably keep us in Soft for our

Re: Continued use of Softimage question

is continuing to use Softimage? Who might still be on the lookout for high end Soft Riggers, pipeline, tools etc...? Just wondering, as I consider the future for myself and family. Thanks Sandy -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C

Re: redshift maya

I have no idea, sorry... -Tim On 8/19/2015 4:36 PM, Eugene Flormata wrote: just thought I'd ask the community in case someone knows an an answer, i know it's not XSI, but I thought I'd ask anyways since there's smart people here Redshift maya substance node? does it work with the dynamic

Re: Experienced lighters with Redshift

Argh! I could help you out, but only remotely... :-( -Tim timcrowson.com http://www.timcrowson.com On 8/18/2015 12:12 PM, Jean-Louis Billard wrote: Hi all, We are pitching on a job where we would need some help with surfacing, lighting and rendering with Redshift (using Softimage, of

Re: OT'ish: Redshift renderfarm with Softimage setup?

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Re: OT'ish: Redshift renderfarm with Softimage setup?

Looks like you guys have gone into all the relevant details already, so I don't have much to add. I will only strongly suggest that you get cards with as much RAM as you can afford. Personally, if I were building a small farm, I wouldn't even bother with the 970s, simply because of their ram

Re: Siggraph dinner

I won't be arriving until Monday morning... Sorry I'll miss this! -Tim C. On 7/23/2015 6:20 PM, Matt Lind wrote: I have arranged a Siggraph dinner for most of the past 15 years, usually on Sunday evening to kick off the week as it has the fewest conflicts with other Siggraph activities. It’s

Re: OT: I know a lot has been said about MODO but this...!?!

No, ACS has been out for a while now. ACS v2 has just been released, for 801 and 901. -Tim On 6/29/2015 5:26 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: is this in prevision on modo 1001 ? On 29 June 2015 at 21:01, Pierre Schiller activemotionpictu...@gmail.com mailto:activemotionpictu...@gmail.com

Re: OT: I know a lot has been said about MODO but this...!?!

The issue for me is the performance of the app when playing back deformations on (even moderately) complex characters, or painting weights. They added an optional OpenSubDiv package(kinda like a property) that can be added to speed things up a little, but at best it's like a topical ointment

Re: proper render settings for redshift

wrote: Thanks guys...some good stuff here! So what about environment lighting...hdr/exr stuff...linear or sRGB for that? On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 5:13 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: Weird... I have noticed that sometimes

Re: proper render settings for redshift

Correct Color Inputs (Redshift Settings) or Apply Gamma Correction (Pass) enabled. It looks correct when I have all the boxes ticked in the Softimage Color Management prefs. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote

Re: proper render settings for redshift

To echo Ognjen here... We have all our Soft Color Management Prefs unchecked, and we let Redshift handle everything. If you're rendering to a color space like sRGB, then in the 'Output' tab in the RS settings, under the Gamma section, set the File Output to either 'Use Display Gamma' or 'Use

Re: Transferring shape keys

. Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: I'm working on a tool for updating shapeKeys inside a mesh's Shape cluster. I

Re: Transferring shape keys

, this also applies to weight maps as well. Eric T. On Thursday, June 18, 2015 9:33:33 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: Eric, if I understand you correctly, that's honestly what I'd rather do. Seems so much simpler to leave the shape keys in place and simply update whatever data they contain. But I simply don't

Writing custom loaders for .emdl and .scn files in other apps

Where would I go to find information on writing loader plugins for other apps for loading .emdl and .scn files? Not having much luck in the SDK, unless I just missed it... -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN

Re: Writing custom loaders for .emdl and .scn files in other apps

Let me clarify... obviously I'm not asking about the I/O SDKs for other apps... I'm asking about info on XSI's native I/O formats. On 6/2/2015 11:19 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: Where would I go to find information on writing loader plugins for other apps for loading .emdl and .scn files? Not having

Re: Heavy scenes with the GTX 970

software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are! -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com

Re: Heavy scenes with the GTX 970

but they are rather expensive. We have a gtx 670 4gb and a gtx 690 4gb but it is really 2 card in one. We will do some testing with those cards and report back. Thanks, Leoung On 29/05/2015 10:17 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: Yeah this could possibly be happening, but indeed the scene would have

Re: Heavy scenes with the GTX 970

geo cache limit. The 4GB limit only applies to earlier-generation videocards, including the old Titans/Quadros. Kind regards, -Panos *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Tim Crowson *Sent:* Friday, May 29, 2015 9:33 AM

Re: Jordskott tv series visual effects, Softimage+Redshift

Great work Arvid! -Tim On 5/22/2015 3:37 PM, Arvid Björn wrote: Hi guys, just wanted to show a couple of shots we did for the Swedish tv series Jordskott. We did all the 342 vfx shots for all 10 episodes, all cg in Softimage, rendered in Redshift, Houdini for smoke sim and Nuke for comp.

Re: PLUG: Fabric news for FMX (MODO support incoming!)

That's great, Paul! So awesome. -Tim On 5/4/2015 3:27 PM, Paul Doyle wrote: we can do it on a consulting basis for sure On 4 May 2015 at 21:25, Eric Thivierge ethivie...@hybride.com mailto:ethivie...@hybride.com wrote: Great to see Paul! Can you get Fabric integrated with my

OT: A more complete list of changes in Maya 2016?

Is there a more complete list of the changes in Maya 2016 than what is posted on the AD site here http://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/features/new/list-view? Or is that pretty much it? -Tim Crowson

Re: OT: Modo 901 Sneak Peek

I don't use Blender I have no idea... could be -Tim On 4/10/2015 3:16 PM, Dan Yargici wrote: Sounds more like Blender's scenes philosophy to me from that description. Sent from my phone... On 10 Apr 2015 23:00, Andy Goehler lists.andy.goeh...@gmail.com

Semi-OT: Modo Rigging Master Course update released

improve Modo's performance issues ;-) http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/modo/training-videos/rigging-master-course-update/?utm_source=community.thefoundry.co.ukutm_medium=socialutm_campaign=rigging-update -Tim Crowson

Re: exocortex

to the same place which ever email address you use. Best regards, Ben Houston Best regards, Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter: @exocortexcom) https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 5:04 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com

Re: exocortex

Ben, I've been trying to reach you at this email address as well. The first time it eventually bounced back as undeliverable (3-4 days after sending). Have since resent... -Tim Crowson Magnetic Dreams On 2/4/2015 1:38 PM, Ben Houston wrote: Hi Chris, We chatted off list. I believe you

Re: [PLUG] mGear Teaser

AWESOME!!! On 1/26/2015 10:47 AM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Question: Is this just the autorig? (which would already be 6 flavors of awesome!) or does it also include the pivot snap and extra solvers and all the little handy tools... On 26 January 2015 at 16:31, Mirko Jankovic

Re: Maya freelance list

mailto:a...@andynicholas.com wrote: Cats and dogs living together... mass sponge migrations... On 21 January 2015 at 15:58 Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: What a world we live in, where brother turns against brother

Re: Maya freelance list

What a world we live in, where brother turns against brother... -Tim On 1/21/2015 9:37 AM, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: You can't be using Maya and be willing to identify yourself as Maya people and also be decent at the same time. You are asking for the impossible, Adam. On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at

Re: Best graphic card for Softimage?

I have a 970 for my home system and it's fantastic. -Tim On 12/11/2014 3:34 PM, David Rivera wrote: GTX 9XX it´s the way to go, packed with another $600 on Redshift. Thanks. :) *David Rivera* /3D Compositor/Animator/ LinkedIN http://ec.linkedin.com/in/3dcinetv Behance

Re: Yellow Day

Thanks Jason. Yes, we did that with Redshift and a very small farm (more like a garden really... is that a thing? A Render Garden?). By the time my lighting tasks got passed on to me, I had about a month to light all of my 75 shots. It was a CRAZY schedule, but I honestly can't think of any

Re: Yellow Day

your work.. Specially with the whole “small budget, can do, latest secret weapon tech studio” vibe you guys give! When you refer to the World Position framebuffers, what are they and how did you use them? Those shots were great. =) -Draise PH: +57 313 811 6821 *From:* Tim Crowson

Re: Yellow Day

, can do, latest secret weapon tech studio” vibe you guys give! When you refer to the World Position framebuffers, what are they and how did you use them? Those shots were great. =) -Draise PH: +57 313 811 6821 *From:* Tim Crowson mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com *Sent:* ‎Monday‎

Re: Need your opinion to improve Maya Outliner/ Attribute Editor

Animation -Paste Animation I find that having access to these directly from a PPG/AE is really helpful. -Tim Crowson http://www.timcrowson.com On 11/25/2014 8:57 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote: Hi Shuting, Nice to chat again. :) The biggest thing for me is the ability to be able to have an attribute

Re: Need your opinion to improve Maya Outliner/ Attribute Editor

in either the same PPG or another PPG, thereby setting up a quick 1:1 expression. It's similar to set Set Driven Key. But that drag-n-drop mechanism would be nifty to have if Maya doesn't already do it (I'm learning Maya now...) -Tim On 11/26/2014 10:53 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: Definitely want

Re: Royal render and redshift

Adrian we have been using RR with RS for over a year and half and haven't had any trouble. If the scenes are rendering in Mental Ray, it's because Softimage is defaulting to that because something has gone wrong with loading or running the Redshift plugin/core. Are you running your RR clients

Re: Royal render and redshift

machine also have to be logged in as RR? a *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Tim Crowson *Sent:* 18 November 2014 15:47 *To:* softimage

Equivalent of XSI's Pick Session via pure Python/Qt?

Anyone have any ideas for how to recreate XSI's Pick Session behavior using Python and Qt? -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow

Re: Equivalent of XSI's Pick Session via pure Python/Qt?

this helps, Cheers On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: Anyone have any ideas for how to recreate XSI's Pick Session behavior using Python and Qt? -- *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic

Re: Equivalent of XSI's Pick Session via pure Python/Qt?

: On a related subject, is there a PickElement and PickObject-like command in Maya ? Anyone knows ? On 5 November 2014 10:56, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com mailto:tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: Thanks Cesar, This is for use in a different app, which doesn't have any

Re: Equivalent of XSI's Pick Session via pure Python/Qt?

Fantastic! On 11/5/2014 2:24 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: You'd create a QEventLoop object to run a modal loop. Whenever your condition is reached, stop the loop by calling its quit() signal. On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Tim Crowson tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com wrote: Well I really like

UV projection by raycasting from geo?

Is it possible to create a UV projection similar to a camera projection, but using geometry as the projector instead? I have a deforming surface with another deforming surface above it, and I'd like to use one mesh to project UVs onto the other... -- Signature *-TimCrowson *

Re: Glasswoks Lycra

It really is. Even on very complex scenes. -Tim On 10/3/2014 1:06 PM, Steven Caron wrote: that extra GPU power is a dramatic increase in speed though. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Simon van de Lagemaat si...@theembassyvfx.com mailto:si...@theembassyvfx.com wrote: Why is that? I

Re: Glasswoks Lycra

1) it slows down the most when sending geometry out of core, and frankly even that ain't all that bad. 'Significantly' is relative here when it's already that fast. 2) There is currently a hard-coded 4GB cap on on-board geo cache, to try and balance performance in these early stages. So even if

Re: Glasswoks Lycra

What's really awesome is that these cards are not only getting better, but cheaper too. The 900 series was just released and packs a punch for not a whole lot of money. Redshift excells with these so-called 'gaming' cards. -Tim On 10/3/2014 1:52 PM, Simon van de Lagemaat wrote: So SLI seems

Re: Glasswoks Lycra

I know you asked Emilio, but I'll answer for my part: BF+BF or BF+IPC. -Tim On 10/3/2014 2:08 PM, Steven Caron wrote: i meant... which rendering engines do you use in redshift :P On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Emilio Hernandez emi...@e-roja.com mailto:emi...@e-roja.com wrote: Since

Re: HDRI Light Studio for Softimage addon

But with the dome light's use of MIS, you don't really have the same need for the sIBL breakdown that you used to. I find that I just don't need all the different images anymore. A high-res, non-convolved image loaded into a dome light does the trick for both lighting and reflections, and even

Re: HDRI Light Studio for Softimage addon

Does this mean that 'Twue Wuv' can bring back the 'only mostly dead?' -Tim On 9/16/2014 11:58 AM, Steven Caron wrote: 'but i am not dead yet!' exactly! On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Greg Punchatz g...@janimation.com mailto:g...@janimation.com wrote:

Re: Softimage 2015 to MODO 8 using Alembic

I thought face-sets/clusters were part of the spec though... -Tim On 9/15/2014 4:07 PM, Angus Davidson wrote: I have only ever gotten, models , with UVs out of alembic. You normally have to reassign materials in your new application From: Leoung

Re: SoftImage Artists take on Maya @ Escape Studios

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Re: Rigging and Animation in Modo

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Re: Rigging and Animation in Modo

I can tell you that voices are pretty loud on this topic (i.e. everyone agrees with you vehemently), and The Foundry can't help but hear us. There are performance issues that need to be dealt with, and I sure hope they get them resolved. -Tim On 8/22/2014 9:05 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote:

Re: softimage to modo

Not pushing anything here, but since some folks on this list are in the market for software, they should know that Modo is 40% off (USD $897) until August 27th. -Tim

Setting render output paths in Maya

? Or is it changed strictly for the scene I'm in? -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville, TN 37214 *Ph* 615.885.6801 | *Fax* 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com /Confidentiality Notice: This email

Re: Softimage to Modo

implementations yet? 7) How many third party renders exist for Modo? I know these are many questions, but if anyone can answer some oh these already appreciate. Thank you. Paulo Duarte -- Signature *Tim Crowson */Lead CG Artist/ *Magnetic Dreams, Inc. *2525 Lebanon Pike, Bldg C, Suite 101, Nashville

Re: Softimage to Modo

The lack of 3rd party development is due to the poor documentation of the SDK. The actual functionality of the SDK is fine, but it's very poorly documented, with very few examples. This is a big problem and the Foundry and the Modo devs themselves acknowledge it and have placed a high priority

Re: Cinema 4D an option?

The thing that I miss from Softimage in Modo, where passes are concerned, is the ability to create pass-specific partitions and overrides that don't exist anywhere else. Other than that, I have to say that I think Modo's pass system is possibly more powerful, simply because its passes are

Re: Randomized but natural offset motion of ICE-scattered items?

...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Tim Crowson *Sent:* 14 July 2014 23:39 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Randomized but natural offset motion of ICE-scattered items? I'm looking at using ICE-scattering for more natural set

Re: Randomized but natural offset motion of ICE-scattered items?

Basically... I'm wanting to treat plants as though they were actors in a crowd sim. I'm experimenting with that now, but not getting very far, since the Crowd tools seem to want enveloped geo... On 7/15/2014 8:34 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: I'm thinking more of a scenario where the clumps

Re: Randomized but natural offset motion of ICE-scattered items?

AM, Tim Crowson wrote: I'm thinking more of a scenario where the clumps (or whatever is being instanced) is actually being deformed by some kind of cache (pointcache probably). I'd like to find a way to offset their animation, but not strictly randomly... On 7/15/2014 4:13 AM, adrian wyer

Re: Randomized but natural offset motion of ICE-scattered items?

Yeah guys this is working great! Thanks! -Tim On 7/15/2014 8:58 AM, Tim Crowson wrote: Ah yes! I think that's something I can run with! I'll check that out. Thank you. -Tim On 7/15/2014 8:48 AM, Mathieu Leclaire wrote: I'm basically going to say the same thing Adrian said... we had

Re: Maya 2015 Node Editor

It's a public channel, not sure an invite is required. modo Community SDK Developers Channel On 7/15/2014 12:17 PM, Sebastien Sterling wrote: Actually Eric i asked a little while back on the modo forum, the best place for modo c++ related help and information, turns out there is a Skype

Re: RealLens 2

Thanks, it's working great now. -Tim On 7/15/2014 12:38 PM, Francois Lord wrote: Here. It should work now. https://s3.amazonaws.com/public.francoislord.com/RealLens2.2.xsiaddon On 14-Jul-14 17:01, Tim Crowson wrote: Thanks Francois, but perhaps I've installed it incorrectly... I get

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