RE: Friday Flashback #413

2020-07-13 Thread adrian wyer
back when software was proper! i miss soft 3d Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=A5uD99yDGgJFqsHo0L78rjo3fW-2BI05z8hPddj

RE: Bifrost graph - Really trying but it's not happening

2020-02-20 Thread adrian wyer
i second that, i'd be more inclined to dip into bifrost if i could watch Paul learning it on my behalf! a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click

RE: Softimage mailing list: 2019 by the numbers

2020-01-14 Thread adrian wyer
using it every day, although im the last one in the studio, everyone else on Houdini and Maya and although i can still do stuff quicker than other software, im starting feel the gaps in what you can do with Soft breaks my heart that it's never going to be updated a Adrian Wyer

RE: The Softimage mailing list

2019-11-12 Thread adrian wyer
ears guys i'll always have a place in my heart for the list... and cheese A Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com https://u943263

RE: Any Dinosaurs Still Lurking?

2018-05-14 Thread adrian wyer
still here, cold dead hands and all that i'll be the one to lock the door on the way out of this list and hang the closed sign on the outside of it #sigh a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w

RE: XSI animators

2018-02-23 Thread adrian wyer
from my cold dead hands.. a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England and Wales. Company number:5657815 VAT number: 872

the end.....again

2018-01-18 Thread adrian wyer
so it would seem the softimage online help has finally gone to the great internet archive in the sky ladies and gentlemen, a moment of silence if you wouldn't mind. a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575

RE: OTish - Setting RoyalRender up with Redshift ?

2018-01-04 Thread adrian wyer
files for errors... makes my eyes bleed! RR pros: easy setup better interface preview images cons: expensive (comparatively) hope that's some help a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575

end of another era

2017-11-20 Thread adrian wyer
= not with a bang, but with a whimper. a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::https://urldefense.proofpoint.

RE: Softimage - not going away...

2017-10-25 Thread adrian wyer
Looking good Jean-Louis!! i still use Soft every day... "from my cold dead hands" etc etc a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 684 5575 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blo

RE: softimage/windows10/dualscreen

2017-07-13 Thread adrian wyer
my money is on the old quadro time for a new 1080ti? take old yella out back and do the honourable thing mate a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited

RE: mountains

2017-01-12 Thread adrian wyer
from my cold dead fingers...etc etc a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://www.fluid-pictures.

RE: mountains

2017-01-10 Thread adrian wyer
it was a little ppg that you could layer up fractals to displace a grid. kind of like world machine but inside soft a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com

RE: mountains

2017-01-10 Thread adrian wyer
are you thinking of the GEM landscape addon? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://www.fluid-pictures.

RE: Soft 2015 SP2 install

2017-01-10 Thread adrian wyer
never mind, pebkac a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://www.fluid-pictures.com/ > Fluid Pi

Soft 2015 SP2 install

2017-01-10 Thread adrian wyer
been sent a 2015 serial, they're all for combined "mayas2015" should i be using that serial/product code to install the 2015sp2 stand alone?? very confused! a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.

RE: ICE strands generation for Conifers

2016-12-14 Thread adrian wyer
just add a weight map, set it to linear Y, base weight 1, offset the reference position Y slider? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com Fluid Pictures Limited is registered in England

RE: ICE strands generation for Conifers

2016-12-14 Thread adrian wyer
or put a empty weightmap on the object add a non simulated ice tree get point normal---> 3d vector to scalar (Y)---> fcurve---> set data weight map weights a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com

RE: Softimage EOL 2017 - The chronicles of a giant (documentary)

2016-12-07 Thread adrian wyer
isn't 'get over it' what Trump supporters keep saying about election discrepancies? just sayin' and they'll get my softimage from me when they pry it from my cold dead fingers! a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 4th Floor 4 Bath Place Rivington Street London EC2A 3DR ++44(0) 207 580

RE: Momentum / implosiafx plugins

2016-05-27 Thread adrian wyer
fantastic, thanks for all your hard work on this over the years!! #softimagetillidie a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Oleg Bliznuk Sent: 26 May 2016 15:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? edit -> Terrain Generators Q?

2016-05-18 Thread adrian wyer
i really like world machine, and it's definitely worth springing for the geoglyph plugins... you can make really amazing terrain, it behaves like ice, and what you get out is as many hi res maps as you can deal with, so no compatibility issues... a -Original Message- From:

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar?

2016-05-13 Thread adrian wyer
and additional 3D bits :/ //MB > Den 13. maj 2016 klokken 16:35 skrev Jordi Bares <jordiba...@gmail.com>: > > > Agreed, is either that or a world of massive pain to have full control. > > good luck > jb > > > > On 13 May 2016, at 15:33, adrian wyer

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar?

2016-05-13 Thread adrian wyer
016 klokken 15:31 skrev adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com>: > > > buy global mapper for sure! although it's better if you have a budget for > the premium satellite imagery (the free stuff is ok in continental USA, but > globally not so hot) > > > >

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar?

2016-05-13 Thread adrian wyer
: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: May-13-16 10:34 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? not what you want to hear but there's a really good plugin for cinema 4D

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar?

2016-05-13 Thread adrian wyer
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar? Thanks guys - good advice! You might have thunk it to be easier to do stuff like this in this day and age ;) //MB > Den 13. maj 2016 klokken 15:31 skrev adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com>: &g

RE: Google Earth Pro 3D data or similar?

2016-05-13 Thread adrian wyer
buy global mapper for sure! although it's better if you have a budget for the premium satellite imagery (the free stuff is ok in continental USA, but globally not so hot) also buy this tutorial from Gnomon https://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials/creating-terrains-with-satellite

RE: RE: flattening blob particles

2016-04-14 Thread adrian wyer
I had to do this quite often before - I always ended up flattening the resulting mesh with a custom ICE deformer instead of the particles. Also worked quite well. Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. April 2016 um 12:32 Uhr Von: "adrian wyer" <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com&g

RE: flattening blob particles

2016-04-14 Thread adrian wyer
Marshall Sent: 14 April 2016 11:03 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: flattening blob particles These are not the Bibbles you're looking for. Sorry Adrian, can't help you. On 14 April 2016 at 10:48, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: doing some conden

flattening blob particles

2016-04-14 Thread adrian wyer
seem to figure out how to make the mesh respect the local scale of the individual particles is this possible, or can anyone suggest a workaround? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com <blocked::bloc

RE: Wrapped

2016-04-06 Thread adrian wyer
really excellent work! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Roman Kaelin Sent: 06 April 2016 10:48 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Wrapped Hi Gang, After a very successful and long

RE: slightly OT: realflow mesh loader

2016-03-29 Thread adrian wyer
On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:49 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: hey guys, desperately reaching out to the list, as the deadline looms! running realflow 2015, simulated some fluid, exported a .bin sequence mesh have the latest realflow plugins for soft

RE: slightly OT: realflow mesh loader

2016-03-29 Thread adrian wyer
mesh loader Hi Adrian. Might not be the answer you're looking for, but I've never used Realflow so the only suggestion I can contribute is try emReader... :/ http://www.mootzoid.com/plugin/emreader On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 12:49 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com>

RE: slightly OT: realflow mesh loader

2016-03-29 Thread adrian wyer
with rendering I can help out with some small render power as well as you maybe already know from RS forums On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 1:49 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: hey guys, desperately reaching out to the list, as the deadline looms! running realflo

RE: slightly OT: realflow mesh loader

2016-03-29 Thread adrian wyer
found the culprit, something got corrupted in the user settings blew them away and we're all good as you were a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 29 March 2016 12:49 To: softimage

slightly OT: realflow mesh loader

2016-03-29 Thread adrian wyer
is not an option, before anyone suggests it, has to be rendered in redshift) Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.wyer@fluid-pictu res.com> www

0 undo levels

2016-03-19 Thread adrian wyer
we have a random issue where occasionally a session will start with undo levels set to zero anyone seen this, and more importantly, stopped it from happening!? 2015 x64 a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid

RE: 0 undo levels

2016-03-19 Thread adrian wyer
+ we have a random issue where occasionally a session will start with undo levels set to zero anyone seen this, and more importantly, stopped it from happening!? 2015 x64 a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 <tel:%2B%2B44%280

RE: City generator?

2016-03-01 Thread adrian wyer
e-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2016 6:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: City generator? i remember that, wasn't it like $100,000 or something? a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:sof

RE: City generator?

2016-03-01 Thread adrian wyer
i remember that, wasn't it like $100,000 or something? a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable Sent: 29 February 2016 20:56 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: City

RE: City generator?

2016-02-29 Thread adrian wyer
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Morten Bartholdy Sent: 29 February 2016 13:11 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: City generator? It is a shame though - it looks really versatile and powerful. /MB > Den 29. februar 2016 klokken 13:22 skrev adrian w

RE: City generator?

2016-02-29 Thread adrian wyer
we went through a painful process trying to get a demo license from them to evaluate it's usefulness for a project at the time, no one outside architects/town lanners was using the software they didn't understand the 'entertainment' industry, how to deal with small studios, they wouldn't provide

RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...)

2016-02-19 Thread adrian wyer
that is a very cool tool Sam! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sam Cuttriss Sent: 19 February 2016 03:35 To: softimage Subject: Re: Goodbyes (was this is the end...) Greetings all. I only lurk

RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...)

2016-02-05 Thread adrian wyer
still using soft, still lurking (and posting occasionally!!) our problem is a double edged one; more people moving to other software, and no new blood, means less available freelancers (yes i got your mails, will be in touch when stuff shows up!) but more importantly, having spoken to

RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...)

2016-02-02 Thread adrian wyer
...) Egads - Adrian, you are really just a nipper.. S. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:02 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: what's that... speak up, us old folks don't hear too good... dang gummit, kids today with your ice trees and your terra flops i remembe

RE: Goodbyes (was this is the end...)

2016-02-02 Thread adrian wyer
what's that... speak up, us old folks don't hear too good... dang gummit, kids today with your ice trees and your terra flops i remember when all this was fields, and the discussion list was all about cheese and monkeys. why when i was a lad.. mumble mumble..

RE: photoscan on peaople

2016-01-29 Thread adrian wyer
check out infinite reality's page, they do this at the very highest end, and with excellent results we've messed about with it a few times, but with single camera and getting someone to hold very still (better if they lie down and you move around them) i've had excellent results with

RE: photoscan on peaople

2016-01-29 Thread adrian wyer
we did some stuff a couple of years ago with fbfx at shepperton studios, they were very friendly, and we got great results... with people jumping around as if they'd been shot (WWII stuff) a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com

RE: photoscan on peaople

2016-01-29 Thread adrian wyer
have a feeling it might need to be many more. All synced, fast shutter, no motion blur etc. We'd have a lot to do which is why I'm thinking of setting it up ourselves. Just depends on the number of cameras that have the right capabilities. Cheers On 29 January 2016 at 15:31, adrian wyer

RE: this is the end......

2016-01-27 Thread adrian wyer
ty so... :) On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Sebastien Sterling <sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: Goodnight sweet prince. On 27 January 2016 at 13:53, Greg Punchatz <g...@janimation.com> wrote: Sigh... and yes freelancers are way harder to find : ( On Wed, Ja

this is the end......

2016-01-27 Thread adrian wyer
well seeing as today is the final day you can purchase stand alone licenses of Softimage, i guess i'll be the first to say farewell old friend, long will you be remembered as the better app a ps. still use it everyday, but freelancers are hard to find.. Adrian Wyer Fluid

RE: this is the end......

2016-01-27 Thread adrian wyer
f list if you need any help on up coming stuff after February. On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 2:13 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: generalists actually... everyone seems to be well ensconced in places still using soft, and aren't available for short term jobs a __

RE: Redshift users?

2016-01-05 Thread adrian wyer
we got a couple, will buy more soon. love it a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: 05 January 2016 12:47 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Redshift users? got 4

RE: POLY | Manipulating polygons

2015-12-07 Thread adrian wyer
really cool!! thanks a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dan Yargici Sent: 07 December 2015 12:59 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: POLY | Manipulating polygons Looks great Olivier!

RE: cache disapearing at frame 2

2015-11-24 Thread adrian wyer
wiped out when I save the scene, so I've been forced to have cached clouds locally. On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:30 PM, adrian wyer <adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com> wrote: on further investigation, it seems it's the instances that are falling off, if i create an ice tree on the cloud and se

cache disapearing at frame 2

2015-11-24 Thread adrian wyer
this one??? killing me! a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.wyer@fluid-pictu res.com> www.fluid-pictures.com <blocked::blocked

RE: cache disapearing at frame 2

2015-11-24 Thread adrian wyer
...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 24 November 2015 12:16 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: cache disapearing at frame 2 hey guys, got a bunch of clouds reading cached particles, but between saves, somehing is getting unhooked in the mixer im getting all my particles on frame 1

RE: Verlet, shameless plug :/

2015-11-23 Thread adrian wyer
pretty! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Leonard Koch Sent: 23 November 2015 11:54 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Verlet, shameless plug :/ Very cool stuff Olivier! Did you use

ahem......

2015-11-16 Thread adrian wyer
http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/11/andrew-hazelden-releases-playblastvr-for-so ftimage/ "...the release is testament to the continuing activity in the Softimage user community, even 18 months after Autodesk officially stopped developing the software." Adrian Wyer Fluid P

RE: Softimage 2015 Service Pack 2 is now available

2015-10-06 Thread adrian wyer
thanks Hsiao!!! a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Hsiao Ming Chia Sent: 06 October 2015 10:59 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Softimage 2015 Service Pack 2 is now available Hello,

RE: SI 2014

2015-07-01 Thread adrian wyer
Mostly running 2014SP2 here (have 2015, but only used for smaller projects, current job approaching 19 months in production so far!) Only problems we've had are Arnold constantly crashing soft when you fiddle with shader settings, whilst the region is live A Solid Angle issue I guess

RE: SI 2014

2015-07-01 Thread adrian wyer
also take into consideration that, on average, our Redshift renders are 10-20 times as fast as Arnold, so you would need less farm machines/lics a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Morris Sent: 01 July

nice to see soft still hitting big

2015-06-29 Thread adrian wyer
well done all at the embassy, great spot! https://vimeo.com/groups/vfx/videos/131935624 a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com

RE: OT redshift transparent particles

2015-05-07 Thread adrian wyer
never mind, works in a clean scene... must be human error a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 07 May 2015 13:41 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: OT redshift transparent

OT redshift transparent particles

2015-05-07 Thread adrian wyer
plug this into either transparency/transparency colour/cutout opacity i get nada anyone have the slightest clue how this should work?! Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked

RE: Softimage Icon Removed from Mudbox?

2015-04-28 Thread adrian wyer
Same result --yeah, it doesn't work ;) couldn't resist a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: 28 April 2015 13:06 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re:

RE: Excellent Recent Gems

2015-04-16 Thread adrian wyer
rgeat stuff, especially the landscape stuff, deserves a 'making of' of it's own! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of olivier jeannel Sent: 16 April 2015 14:04 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject:

RE: OT: Hypershade changes in Maya 2016

2015-04-13 Thread adrian wyer
looks like a biog step in the right direction, kudos to the devs now, about ICE... a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: 13 April 2015 17:11 To:

RE: Billowing smoke

2015-03-30 Thread adrian wyer
emfluid for sure! _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall Sent: 30 March 2015 16:34 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Billowing smoke Hi, i need to do some thick billowing smoke and

RE: [OT][AE+Deadline] rendering breaks on AEGP Plugin PNGIO Support:PNGIO library error: buffer error

2015-03-26 Thread adrian wyer
have your comps got repeat-tile or motion tile effects, we had similar probs (thought not with deadline) when rendering comps that had supported hi rez images (2 px wide) but that were then mirrored, it was an image plane/buffering thing, but reported errors as image IO problems

RE: baVolume fog pass with sprites

2015-03-19 Thread adrian wyer
not suffice, I will take the night _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 2:50 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: baVolume fog pass with sprites hi guys, trying

RE: Very OT: for the love of your career.. try houdini

2015-03-17 Thread adrian wyer
excellent closing quote, Side Effects should use that in their commercials! ...there's a SOP for that! a -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Gerbrand Nel Sent: 17 March 2015 10:12 To:

baVolume fog pass with sprites

2015-03-13 Thread adrian wyer
that changes the RGB as the client has signed it off! thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com blocked

RE: baVolume fog pass with sprites

2015-03-13 Thread adrian wyer
shader to 10k to get them to work as it should On 13 March 2015 at 14:50, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: hi guys, trying to render a non homogenous fog pass for a shot, that has sprite shader cut outs of people on particle cards getting a very odd render result where

RE: OT maya random/linear in channel box

2015-03-09 Thread adrian wyer
to have to enter python into a parameter. I'm occasionally doing it in Houdini and it's just too long winded. A right click menu with various options would seem to be the obvious way, even if it just acts as a reminder for the inconsistent syntax. A On 09 March 2015 at 09:52 adrian wyer

RE: OT maya random/linear in channel box

2015-03-09 Thread adrian wyer
frankly that explanation is my biggest problem with ALL software devs it illustrates the fact that almost all devs have never used the software in production! if you had to deal with our impossible deadlines and dwindling budgets, small tricks, however 'off piste' as far as code base go,

OT maya random/linear in channel box

2015-03-06 Thread adrian wyer
to find any info on this! a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http

RE: OT maya random/linear in channel box

2015-03-06 Thread adrian wyer
-06 12:28 GMT+01:00 adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com: in soft we can type into rotate translate scale, simple expressions to get random or linear values is there an equivalent in maya? i want to apply a random frame offset on a shape node (animated archive) i would have thought

RE: extruding a word along a curve

2015-02-17 Thread adrian wyer
, Daniel Sweeney dan...@northforge.co.uk wrote: Power extrude?? Its Ice based. Think it does sub curves? On 16 Feb 2015 15:49, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: yeah sort of works, i can use this, but it would be better to be able to extrude curves. then i can keep it live

RE: extruding a word along a curve

2015-02-16 Thread adrian wyer
... On 16 February 2015 at 15:06, Matt Morris matt...@gmail.com wrote: Make the word a planar mesh and extrude the meshe along the curve? On 16 February 2015 at 14:39, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: hey guys, clue is in the title! any easy way of extruding a word (made

extruding a word along a curve

2015-02-16 Thread adrian wyer
hey guys, clue is in the title! any easy way of extruding a word (made of curves) along another curve default settings only extrude first letter and have a bunch of these to do, so want avoid manual extrusion per letter approach! thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77

RE: test

2015-01-30 Thread adrian wyer
nh, bollocks to plan A, i like it up 'ere a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 30 January 2015 14:07 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: test one of the best scenes

tricky pocdural animation problem

2015-01-08 Thread adrian wyer
and offset the animation but we all know what clients are like, they will want to change stuff, and this old school method will take ages to tweak thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked

RE: tricky pocdural animation problem

2015-01-08 Thread adrian wyer
hmmm might have solved this with 'Emit Instances Matched to Master SRTs' in the workgroup, not sure where this came from #giftHorse a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 08

RE: tricky pocdural animation problem

2015-01-08 Thread adrian wyer
. Adam. On 8 January 2015 at 12:20, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: hey guys, long shot but here goes we have a railway track made of 'magnetic sticks and balls toy' pieces, the pieces are instanced standins (rendered in arnold, but this is not relevant) we have

great xmas anim from Glassworks

2014-12-16 Thread adrian wyer
https://vimeo.com/114492505 anyone care to give us some BTS? Soft? Redshift? or Arnold? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com

RE: Merry Christmas everyone

2014-12-11 Thread adrian wyer
Maya-ry xmas! (couldn't resist) a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alok Gandhi Sent: 11 December 2014 04:42 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Merry Christmas everyone Merry

OT pixar Inside out trailer

2014-12-11 Thread adrian wyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MC3XuMvsDI outstanding, as always! Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com

exclude objects when loading a scene

2014-12-04 Thread adrian wyer
version is borked too (even though i've rendered both on the farm, go figure) and an older scene is basically too old (lots of work to replicate) any ideas? thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid

RE: exclude objects when loading a scene

2014-12-04 Thread adrian wyer
, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: hey guys, i have a scene with a particle system in that's borked! it's this one cloud, and i can load the scene, but not save (or delete the cloud manually) without crashing is there a way to load a scene but NOT load a named object? i know

RE: exclude objects when loading a scene

2014-12-04 Thread adrian wyer
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: exclude objects when loading a scene You could try Load Recovery Journal File (Data Management prefs), if the cloud is in a model On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 12:40 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: hey guys, i have a scene with a particle system in that's

RE: OT: Visiting London in January, anybody wanna meet for beers?

2014-11-27 Thread adrian wyer
indeed! plenty of pubs, finding the good ones is the trick! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Rob Chapman Sent: 26 November 2014 20:57 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: OT: Visiting London

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

2014-11-26 Thread adrian wyer
Eric hit most of the salient points, however one thing i would add is selection modes it's massively intuitive and productive being able to select a hierarchy with middle click add to this the drag and drop features in the softimage explorer (for both parenting and copying

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

2014-11-26 Thread adrian wyer
oh yeah totally forgot the F3 popup mini explorer!! i've worn the text off my F3 key through over use a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Peter Agg Sent: 26 November 2014 10:50 To:

weightmap visible in textured view

2014-11-20 Thread adrian wyer
? a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77 Margaret St. London W1W 8SY ++44(0) 207 580 0829 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::mailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com www.fluid-pictures.com blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://www.fluid-pictures.com/ Fluid Pictures

Royal render and redshift

2014-11-18 Thread adrian wyer
anyone able clarify what the earliest version of Royal Render is, that supports rendering in Soft with Redshift? not clear on the RR website we're running 6.02.015 and when submitting Redshift scenes, they render in mental ray! not ideal!! thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75-77

RE: Royal render and redshift

2014-11-18 Thread adrian wyer
for version 6 since that version is now considered not supported. http://www.royalrender.de/help7/index.html?GPUrender.html On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 3:48 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: anyone able clarify what the earliest version of Royal Render is, that supports

aaocean arnold

2014-11-07 Thread adrian wyer
Hi Amaan (or anyone else that understands) what's the locations i need drop the dll/spdl etc in a workgroup for aaocean for arnold, there are no installation instructions in the download package, and nothing on the website anymore... thanks a Adrian Wyer Fluid Pictures 75

RE: aaocean arnold

2014-11-07 Thread adrian wyer
! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 07 November 2014 12:02 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: aaocean arnold Hi Amaan (or anyone else that understands) what's the locations i need drop the dll

RE: aaocean arnold

2014-11-07 Thread adrian wyer
... which version of arnold is this running? why isn't there a simple way of finding this stuff out!??!! having one of those days! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: 07 November 2014

RE: aaocean arnold

2014-11-07 Thread adrian wyer
running kick -nodes to verify whether Arnold can load the shader. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:38 AM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: anyone? tried copying the dll into workgroup/addons/application/bin/nt-x86-64 workgroup\2014\Addons\SItoA\Application\Plugins\bin\nt-x86

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