Re: The Softimage mailing list

Hey there ;) Just to be clear, there are no plans at the moment to close si-community!! To save money, it was transfered to another server..that´s it for now..so, costs went down and currently there is no reason to close the doors.. cheers, Oliver Am 30.01.2020 um 19:20 schrieb Nicole

Re: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

Hey there, yes, still lurking here ;) Celebrating 20 years of 3D...and all SOFTIMAGE this summer. Started with Softimage 3.7 on IRIX on a noisy machine from hell called "Crimson" ;) Then NT with 3.8...3.9...XSI 2.0 up to XSI 2015 sp2 and still using it because no competitor stepped up to made

All MOOTZOID plugins are for free now! Thanks, Eric!

Hey there, as Eric moves on to something else, he decided to make all his plugins available for free! Read his post here:

Re: houdini 16

By pressing "C" on the keyboard ;) Take a look at all the small tuts Fianna put together on Vimeo! https://vimeo.com/goprocedural/videos cheers, oli Am 22.02.2017 um 20:20 schrieb Felix Geremus: How do you activate the new radial menus? 2017-02-22 15:24 GMT+01:00 Jonathan Moore

Re: Maya

OMG...you must feel like in the 90s. That´s really bad.. But look, AD has put such an effort in "developing better software faster" and was so busy with transferring most parts of the development to China, that it just was not enough time to test stuff...sufficiently...but the stock market

Re: Opinion gathering

Am 17.02.2017 um 12:57 schrieb Jordi Bares: > I know the feeling… discovery… what an wonderful feeling right? > >> On 17 Feb 2017, at 11:53, Artur W wrote: >> >> Houdini is positively overwhelming. I move around quite comfortably and yet >> I feel it is still first base

Re: houdini 16

true...this is a great release and shows how much effort and passion SideFX puts into Houdini! I ges you won´t get more development from any developer. Compare this to AD. LOL You won´t get this much in 10 years..and if so, it will be implemented half ass and instable ;) At least, the furure

Re: Meetup for those going to the Houdini 16 launch event

Hey there! I´ll be there and hitting London around 11 a.m. Hope to see some old Softies over there! And Jonathan, thanks for the suggestion..I´m fine with that! ;) What time? cheers, oli Am 01.02.2017 um 13:18 schrieb Jonathan Moore: Hi All, Just wondering who of our London contingent are

Re: Soft 2 Houdini

Hey there! Maybe we can share thoughts and questions also in some "Learnig Houdini" discussion in our little subforum here: http://www.si-community.com/community/viewforum.php?f=53 cheers, oli Am 10.10.2016 um 10:59 schrieb Chris Marshall: I might have some basic questions later today.

Re: Ping

Still Softimage|XSI for most of the work I do, learning Houdini in parallel..both in combo with Redshift. As AD keeps on "making better software faster"(Marc Stevens in March 2014) without giving a proper replacement for XSI, Houdini seems one of a very few applications to make progress and

Re: ÜberTage says goodbye: ÜberTage|2016 this Friday, September 16th in Siegen/Germany

t I would for sure have come down >> to meet all you great guys and be a more active part of the community. >> >> Thanks for all the good and, I'm sure, hard work you have done Oliver - you >> are one of the great contributors to the Softimage community. >> >> Best r

ÜberTage says goodbye: ÜberTage|2016 this Friday, September 16th in Siegen/Germany

Hey folks! Due to the low interest in our meeting this year, I made the decision to end it after this event taking place coming Friday. I organized this event for 8 years and it was always fun and pleasure to meet so many nice people here. I´m thankful for so many good things. We had great

UeberTage|2016 in Siegen/Germany September 16th 2016 !Program online!

Hey there! Visit us at UeberTage|2016 this year! http://www.uebertage.com/ Register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ubertage2016-tickets-26359266275?aff=es2 Program can be found here: http://www.uebertage.com/program-2016-2/ “Making of Session” 45 minutes:* *“Making of: Nike Air Max 1″

Re: large point cloud

Hey Chris! if you have access to emTopolizer2...Eric has an importer for several formats like these (from his documentation) http://www.mootzoid.com/learning/emTopolizer/documentation/v_emTopolizer2): The supported particle cache file formats (when*reading*): * *".bgeo"*(Houdini, prior to

Autodesk acquires Solid Angle

Hey there...some news..so it seems. Take a look "SAN FRANCISCO---Autodesk, Inc . (NASDAQ:ADSK) has acquired Solid Angle, developer of

Re: AD licensing letter - no longer applicable for 'benefits'???

Hey there! You guys at Autodesk really rock! I also heard about this almost rude AD letter form a couple of friends. First killing off our beloved Softimage without ANY appropriate replacement. Secondly having the brass to ask for, or better, demand further money from your customers, without

Re: Please explain Maya pivot points to a Softimage thinker

OMG, really? I just watched that video and saw that "workaround" is officially shown without any shame?? Around 10 steps to change the "center", really?? It leaves me speechless and angry again, that this "industry standard" survived and Soft got doomed. A shame Am 14.01.2016 um 11:31

Re: can I still get softimage?

Look here: http://www.autodesk.com/products/softimage/overview PDF: Softimage Last Release Announcement FAQ - Update Quote: "Customers who wish to

Re: UeberTage|2015: Friday, September 18th 2015

give nice roundup of after-SI choices On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Oliver Weingarten li...@pixelpanic.de mailto:li...@pixelpanic.de wrote: Hello there! Our small usermeeting is there to stay, although we lost the good old SOFTIMAGE|XSI. (..thanks again to Autodesk for killing

Re: UeberTage|2015: Friday, September 18th 2015

I know and I´m working on it.. ;) Am 10.08.2015 18:41, schrieb Mirko Jankovic: Mn this year I must make it btw shame there is no Houdini covered as well taht would give nice roundup of after-SI choices On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Oliver Weingarten li...@pixelpanic.de mailto:li

UeberTage|2015: Friday, September 18th 2015

and client restrictions* Fuat Yüksel, Aixsponza/München, Germany *From a Car-Interieur-3D-Scan to 3D model and making of an ?Airbus A319? * Jörg Behr, Behr-Bros/Ebersbach, Germany *Registration is online!!* http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ubertage2015-tickets-17763998598 Hope to see you!! cheers, Oliver

Re: The Untimely Death of Softimage -the comic

LOL...you nailed it ;) I love it ! great job!! cheers, oli Am 10.07.2015 um 14:15 schrieb Max Crow: I had some time off this week so I thought I would make a comic about The Event because that's what normal people do, right? The point wasn't to start an anti AD flame war, more one of

Re: Maxon sets up shop in Montreal

...maybe 15k potential users seems to be an inetresting amount for other companies than AD ;) ...fingers crossed somebody comes up with something coming even close to good old XSI..! Am 18.03.2015 um 16:27 schrieb Stephan Haitz: Could it be there are set free quite other energies with the

Re: News from mootzoid: updates and stuff (Softimage)

[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of* Oliver Weingarten *Sent:* Tuesday, February 24, 2015 8:09 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* News from mootzoid: updates and stuff (Softimage) /_Hello

News from mootzoid: updates and stuff (Softimage)

_/Hello there! /_Eric entitled me to post this here ;)_/ /_Some updates...and emFluid5 open beta!_/ Updates (Softimage):/_ New versions of emFlock2 http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin/emflock2, emNewton2 http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin/emnewton2 and emRPC4 http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin/emrpc4

Re: Sad days...

Yes...sad thing. Another piece of this great community will be gone. A pity... BUT re-branding is a great idea. I made the decision to re-brand the SOFIMTAGE|UeberTage into UeberTage..so, Softimage might be still a part of it, but other apps and their users will also be allowed and welcome.

Re: Feather System

Hey Fabricio! Great work and thanks for sharing!! cheers, oli Am 23.01.2015 um 20:39 schrieb Fabricio Chamon: Hi soft people! after the tragic softimage EOL announcement, I'm slowly learning houdini/maya. For those sticking with SI (me included), here's a tool I've been using for months to

Re: set point on curve to array

..something like this should work ;) Hope this helps.. Am 08.01.2015 um 09:53 schrieb Gerbrand Nel: This should be easy...but its not.. well not for me. I have an array of points, and its the same as the number of points on my curve, but I cant seem to figure out how to set each points

Re: Service Pack 1 available

Hey Jill, Thanks for that info. You might understand that we did not expect much from this SP1 as AD already killed our software. But this huge list of around 10 bugs fixed it even a lot less anybody expected to be a Service Pack people might even pay for via subscription. By the way, is it

Re: Buy Softimage - is this a real shop?

Thanks Jill! Wow...that´s great news..! Good to know, that Autodesk somehow has finally clarified this, one could say, mess. They really know what they are doing...and well, comunication skills of AD, as a billion $ company, are just awesome ;) cheers Am 13.11.2014 16:58, schrieb Jill

Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014: Get 10% off Redshift3D! Win a license of emFluid5, emPolygonizer5 and Redshift3D!

Hi there! The event will be taped, like the past events... ;) cheers, oli Am 16.09.2014 10:44, schrieb Arvid Björn: Truly wish I could be there! Any chance of you recording any of the events? On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Oliver Weingarten li...@pixelpanic.de mailto:li

SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014: Get 10% off Redshift3D! Win a license of emFluid5, emPolygonizer5 and Redshift3D!

Hello there! Our event is coming closer and I hope you will all make it to Siegen on Friday, 19th of September! If you don´t have registered yet, please do so! I´ve put a lot of effort in this year´s event and as our registrations could be more in number, please consider to drop by! We always

current Program for SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014

in Production Phillip Seis, Oliver Weingarten, Brandstätter GmbH/Germany: Making the Playmobil Movies: Pipeline and VFX www.playmobil.com Paul Fratesi, John Courte, Sidefx Software, Toronoto /Canada: Houdini 13 www.sidefx.com Cheers, oli http://%20www.thefoundry.co.uk/

Register now: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014, Friday, September 19th 2014

Hi there! Registration is online now!! https://uebertage.eventbrite.com Cheers, oliver www.softimage-uebertage.de

ultimate SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014, Friday, September 19th 2014

Image Hi there! It took a long time this year, but I?m happy to announce the ultimate SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage event this year...! Due to EOL of Soft, it was quite hard to find enough sponsors. Still there are not enough, but I will make it some how. SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014 will take place on

Eric MOOTZOID Mootz is nominated for a 3D World CG Award!

Hi there..! Our community member and first class SOFTIMAGE plugin developer Eric MOOTZOID Mootz is nominated for a 3D World CG Award! He is listed in the category 3D Hall of Fame for his amazing and intuitive third-party plug-ins. Find more details about the nomination here:

Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest??

..I get your point...but that´s said much easier than to realized... general interest in Softimage is falling rapidly.. Like I said, I have a big lag on sponsors right now, so it I need to talk to other people than before. I guess 1-2 presentations concerning other software would be OK,

SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest??

HI there! Due to certain decisions coming from AD this year, I have serious trouble to get sponsors for this year (ultimate?) UeberTage event. Resellers just have a very minor interest in Softimage right now... So I would like to check you interest before I start even harder to get some

Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest??

Hey Ed..! Well... I already have those guys on my list.. ;) And maybe from next year on, it will be just UeberTage without SOFTIMAGE... But none the less, this year, if it can take place, will be the ultimate SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage Maybe and it with a big EOL party...many options are

Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest??

Hey Stephan! I?ll let you know asap ;) And yes...that might be the way to go for the next years...if interest is high enough ;) cheers, oli Am 03.06.2014 11:43, schrieb Stephan Haitz: Hi Oliver, of course the Ubertage should happen Need helping hands? Perhaps the ubertage can be

Re: Update to the Softtimage Transition Plan

Hey Maurice, just to make it clear. AD does not offer a complete replecement for ICE for now and in the near future. Doyou think it was a smart move to kill off a software that had a unique selling point like ICE if you are not able to offer a similar technology...? Not to mention all the

Re: Listening

Nothing to add to this...it says it all, great post, Emilio!! Am 08.03.2014 09:27, schrieb Emilio Hernandez: Autodesk tried to kill Softimage right from the beggining. Since the very first time Softimage never showed up in the front page of their website. All they showed up was Maya and MAX.

Re: mootzoid.com down?

Hey guys! Eric had to make certain changes to server and stuff like that. So downtime was due to that! He will show up again, when he sorted out some trouble with the email account. cheers, oli Am 07.03.2014 03:29, schrieb Maurício PC: And it's back on: http://www.mootzoid.com/ Eric is

Re: Save Softimage on Facebook and Reddit

Hey... parts of this will hopefully be covered by www.3dwillneverbethesame.com...we can of course change the name later on in something more positive ;)..why not People are starting to send stuff in right and I invite everyone to participate... It might alsoget a place for a user database and

Please contribute: 3D WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

Hello there! I have decided to open a collaborative website (http://www.3dwillneverbethesame.com) to celebrate and commemorate our dedication to the software currently known as Autodesk Softimage, with your help eventually incorporating all kinds of user stories and statements, galleries and

Re: New solidangle.com

Congrats..!! Looks awsome!! So Arnold is finally ready for the public...Great news..! cheers, oli Am 16.01.2014 20:12, schrieb Stephen Blair: Check it http://www.solidangle.com, and maybe even try Arnold in Softimage.

Re: A correct peeling effect

Hi ! Here is a test I did mixing different things together...I can explain a little more if you like.. https://vimeo.com/84118026/settings cheers, oli Am 14.01.2014 09:53, schrieb olivier jeannel: Hi gang, I'm looking for doing a convincing peeling effect in Softimage Scenario is :peeling

Re: A correct peeling effect

...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Oliver Weingarten *Sent:* Tuesday, 14 January 2014 9:57 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: A correct peeling effect Hi ! Here is a test I did mixing different things together...I can explain a little more if you like.. https://vimeo.com/84118026

Re: Creating a polymesh out of ICE pointcloud instances of polymeshes

Hey! As Christian already mentioned, emTopolizer2 is capable of stuff like that..you can get a peak on it here: https://vimeo.com/74762895 It´s a video of the presentation Eric did last Friday at UeberTage 2013 cheers, oli Am 18.09.2013 12:01, schrieb Christian Freisleder: hey, if i

Line-Up SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage2013

www.fabricengine.com Oliver Weingarten, VFX Artist and 3D Generalist, Siegen/Germany: Sneak Peak: Redshift for Softimage www.redshift3d.com Register here and participate for free! http://uebertage.eventbrite.com/ See you! cheers, oli

Re: Line-Up SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage2013

Engine: Splice in Softimage www.fabricengine.com http://www.fabricengine.com Oliver Weingarten, VFX Artist and 3D Generalist, Siegen/Germany: Sneak Peak: Redshift for Softimage www.redshift3d.com http://www.redshift3d.com Register here and participate for free! http

Re: Line-Up SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage2013

What about freebies? :D Cheers Nicolas 2013/8/7 Oliver Weingarten li...@pixelpanic.de mailto:li...@pixelpanic.de Hey Cristobal! Thanks! Well, I try my best! This great piece of software and the great talent of people working

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

This IS ridicules...what a mess!! And yes...this hand full of fixes over the past two years were not worth 1800 Euro. There would be so many things that need an upgrade... But for now there is no alternative to Soft right now. Am 31.07.2013 04:20, schrieb Luc-Eric Rousseau: On Tue, Jul 30,

SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2013 takes place September 13th 2013 in Siegen, Germany

Hi there! It will happen again, this year..! SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2013 will take place on Friday, September 13th 2013 from 10.00h-18.00h in Siegen, Germany Teaser for 2013 with impression of SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012: https://vimeo.com/57087794 Our homepage: http://www.softimage-uebertage.de

OT: looking for ICE talents around New York City

Hello there! For an upcoming job in NCY I?m looking for someone supporting me on certain ICE stuff (particles, flocking and so on..). If you are interested, please drop me a message via i...@pixelpanic.de ..! Thanks! cheers, oli

First videos SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012

Hi there! In case you did not noticed yet, two videos of this years SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage are online..! Helge Mathee https://vimeo.com/50471148 Eric Mootz https://vimeo.com/51082254 I guess, the rest will follow coming week! cheers, oliver

Line-up for 6. International SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012 meeting on Friday, September 28th 2012

!! http://www.softimage-uebertage.de https://www.facebook.com/SoftimageUberTage cheers, oli Am 04.07.2012 18:35, schrieb Oliver Weingarten: Hello there! *SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012 will take place on Friday, September 28th 2012 in Siegen/Germany once again! *There are some new things though

International SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012 meeting on Friday, September 28th 2012

, oli -- pixelpanic computeranimation oliver weingarten berleburger strasse 44 57072 siegen germany fon +49 271 2383587 fax + 49 271 77349850 cell +49 173 9928465 email i...@pixelpanic.de www.pixelpanic.de

Re: Who has switched to Vray and loves it?

Hey Marc-Andre! Well, I´m using Vray since two years (also the beta) for certain projects, not for all. It performed quite well. I like the integration and the concept of having identical parameters over all the different packages. That way you can easily adapt tuts from other application. I

Re: mail...

33 chris3...@me.com -- pixelpanic computeranimation oliver weingarten berleburger strasse 44 57072 siegen germany fon +49 271 2383587 fax + 49 271 77349850 cell +49 173 9928465 email i...@pixelpanic.de www.pixelpanic.de

Re: London Softimage user group is reborn!

/356159824418094 One last thing. Tell, Tweet, and Facebook this to everyone. Let's get some positive news about Softimage out there for a change! ;) Cheers, Andy -- pixelpanic computeranimation oliver weingarten berleburger strasse 44 57072 siegen germany fon +49 271 2383587 fax + 49 271 77349850

UeberTage 2012...going international..?

Hello list! I?m planing the SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2012 event this year again. I?m trying to get a nice lineup together with making ofs and new developments around our good old SOFTIMAGE. Currently I?m getting the sponsors together to finance our event this year. I?m on a good way, so far ;-)