Re: The Softimage mailing list

2019-11-11 Thread Royston Michaels
Thank you to you all in this awesome community. From every single post, I have gained sooo much knowledge. Having to switch from Soft to Maya and then to teach it to students, I can't believe that I still have hair on my head. Slowly moving to Blender as it looks very promising(even my students

Re: SItoA-5.4.0-beta

2019-08-20 Thread Royston Michaels
Thank you for keeping this going. On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 21:20, Jens Lindgren wrote: > I noticed that the AdLM patch wasn't included in the package and therefore > SItoA most probably will instantly crash. > I've updated the package now so just re-download and install and it should > work fine.

Re: Momentum / implosiafx plugins

2016-05-27 Thread Royston Michaels
Thank you Oleg, you are most generous for sharing. On 27 May 2016 at 03:03, Sven Constable wrote: > I checked the crate plugin, but its an just alembic import export. The > docs for momentum says there should be a submenue called 'plotting'. The > settings in the scene

Re: Happy Christmas List !

2015-12-25 Thread Royston Michaels
A merry Blessed Christmas to you and your family Sebastien and to the best community of artist on this list. A prosperous New Year wish to all On Friday, 25 December 2015, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > A very happy Christmas to all ma Softies ! >

Re: POLY | Manipulating polygons

2015-12-07 Thread Royston Michaels
Thanks Olivier (Christian and Cesar) for sharing christmas has come early On 7 December 2015 at 15:25, Morten Bartholdy wrote: > Awesome stuff Olivier! Thanks for sharing. One question - I am stuck on > 2013 SP1 atm - I know the demo scenes are 2015 - is there stuff

Re: LK Lightning 2.5 Available & Now Free

2015-11-13 Thread Royston Michaels
WOW, thx Leonard. Happy Friday On 13 November 2015 at 13:04, Olivier Jeannel wrote: > It's just so funny how some of us became specialized ! > Leonard, you became Mr Lightnings now :D > > Great movie, well done ! > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:52 AM, toonafish

Re: Carpet unfurl

2014-04-21 Thread royston michaels
Hi, so I'm trying to do something similar to the vid from the link Stephen sent, I'm stuck implementing the mimic null connection. I ended up using a grid deformed by a spiral curve, then applying a sim ice tree connecting syflex cloth node, nail node connecting the top edge point cluster and

Carpet unfurl

2014-04-17 Thread royston michaels
Hi list, I stumbled across a video online of a carpet unfurling using syflex mimic null and now can't seem to find it. Anyone have a link to this. Tia, Royston

Re: Carpet unfurl

2014-04-17 Thread royston michaels
Thanks Stephen, that's the one. On Thursday, 17 April 2014, Stephen Davidson wrote: this? http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=11t=2970 On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:09 AM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','royston...@gmail.com'); wrote: Hi

theater curtain animation

2014-04-15 Thread royston michaels
Hi all, Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain closing animation? Something like the curtain closing in this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8KuKH6oixo) but not overlapping as it closes and without the ribbons. TIA for your suggestions.

Re: theater curtain animation

2014-04-15 Thread royston michaels
a look at syflex_skirt scene example as it closely matches with your needs. But also take a look at other syflex example for setting it up. Cheers ! On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 4:33 PM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comwrote: Hi all, Whats the most flexible method for creating a curtain

D3 Softimage - better phrased

2014-01-22 Thread royston michaels
Hi Paul, Had some experience with D3, lots of back and forth between soft and D3 for getting the projections to line up correctly. Also I had to render out 4k sequences for projection. Maybe Johan Forsgren on the list can share some info. I started a thread on the list last year d3 technologies

Strands

2013-11-05 Thread royston michaels
Hey guys, I'm trying to create some strands using points on a mesh with the strand along each edge so each point is a particle and all connecting edges are strands...anyone have ideas creating this. Thanks for all/any suggestions. R

Re: Strands

2013-11-05 Thread royston michaels
by Andreas Byström On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:35 AM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comwrote: Hey guys, I'm trying to create some strands using points on a mesh with the strand along each edge so each point is a particle and all connecting edges are strands...anyone have ideas creating

Orthographic Cam renders

2013-10-30 Thread royston michaels
Hi list, I'm having some weird aspect issues rendering from Orthographic camera. Firstly, is it wise to render from this camera? Second, I'm rendering a format of 4096x808 with aspect ratio set to 5.0693. There are animation keyframes on the camera's local rotation, position and FOV angle. If I

mail delay

2013-10-30 Thread royston michaels
Hi list, anyone experiencing delays sending mail to the list? sending from gmail account. my mail appears a week later from send date.

Re: mail delay

2013-10-30 Thread royston michaels
traveller. On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 7:48 AM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comwrote: Hi list, anyone experiencing delays sending mail to the list? sending from gmail account. my mail appears a week later from send date.

Re: Orthographic Cam renders

2013-10-30 Thread royston michaels
it on the list...can you confirm?* I got this one 8 hours ago. Is this the one you meant? On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 4:16 AM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comwrote: Hi list, I'm having some weird aspect issues rendering from Orthographic camera. Firstly, is it wise to render from this camera

Re: Orthographic Cam renders

2013-10-30 Thread royston michaels
services might too. I think there might be a setting somewhere. gray -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of royston michaels Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:57 PM To: softimage

d3 technologies content

2013-10-22 Thread royston michaels
Hi list, Thought I'd check here with you guys if anyone has created content for 3d projections using d3 and softimage. I'm interested to know about workflow and limitations and /or tips I need to be aware of. thanks, Royston

test

2013-10-22 Thread royston michaels
sorry for the noise...checking to see if mail getting to the list.

Re: d3 technologies content

2013-10-22 Thread royston michaels
I must apologise in advance as this mail was sent a few days ago and have subsequently sent another today with same query. On 22 October 2013 15:56, royston michaels royston...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for the replies, been speaking to the guys at d3 and renders have to be 4k...they also have

Re: d3 technologies content

2013-10-22 Thread royston michaels
. Anyway in that case we edited the whole projection in smoke using the uv template and an 3d scene we got from d3 (exported as fbx) All we did in the d3 was press render (or however you do it) . Sorry if I can't be more exact. On Tuesday, October 22, 2013, royston michaels wrote: I must

Re: softimage.tv - Hello World!

2013-09-04 Thread royston michaels
Congrats and Well Done for all your efforts guys. looks awesome On 4 September 2013 14:49, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.comwrote: Count me in, hello Mario ! On 4 September 2013 14:40, Mario Domingos mdomingos.p...@gmail.comwrote: I'm in! :) — Sent from Mailbox

Re: OT: alien character

2013-06-10 Thread royston michaels
Thanks a bunch for the link Stefan On 6/10/13, Stefan Kubicek s...@tidbit-images.com wrote: FXGuide article about the making of Paul. Modeling Rigging at approx. 50% down the page. http://www.fxguide.com/featured/paul-double-negative’s-alien-adventure/ Hi List, I'm curious to know how much

Re: alien character

2013-06-10 Thread royston michaels
months assuming it has already been conceptualized, this would not include animation. On 10 June 2013 01:02, royston michaels royston...@gmail.com mailto:royston...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Tim, 6 weeks would give enough time for approvals, etc. On 10/06/2013, Tim Leydecker

OT: alien character

2013-06-09 Thread royston michaels
Hi List, I'm curious to know how much time someone would spend to model, texture and rig an alien character(including rig for facial animation), reference is Paul the alien. I need an average estimate. I apologise for the non technical mail. TIA, Royston

Re: alien character

2013-06-09 Thread royston michaels
, but it would not take more than 1 week I guess. Cheers Daniel From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of royston michaels Sent: Monday

Re: alien character

2013-06-09 Thread royston michaels
Thanks Tim, 6 weeks would give enough time for approvals, etc. On 10/06/2013, Tim Leydecker bauero...@gmx.de wrote: I would have guessed 2 months work in 6 weeks time... Cheers, tim On 10.06.2013 00:50, royston michaels wrote: Thanks guys, Rigging is basic, nothing intense, most

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-05 Thread royston michaels
:52 AM, royston michaels royston...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Olivier, Much appreciated, On 6/4/13, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: https://www.dropbox.com/s/33h9t5bzm6hj016/xport_SoundWave.rar Here's a link to an equalizer thing made with wave to spectrum. It's 5Mb because

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-05 Thread royston michaels
not to worry, sorted On 5 June 2013 16:38, royston michaels royston...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Olivier, any chance that you know how to shift the frequency from the end of a row to the centre. On 4 June 2013 22:03, Matthew Graves mattg1...@gmail.com wrote: Very interesting only a few months

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-04 Thread royston michaels
/2013 22:34, royston michaels a écrit : That would be awesome if you could. Thanks, do you mean Claude or Paul?? On 6/3/13, olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote: Yes I used them both, and also the python addon from Guy Rabiller (very nice and straight forward). I like the one from

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-03 Thread royston michaels
/viewtopic.php?f=15p=19630 Le 03/06/2013 17:32, royston michaels a écrit : Hi list, I need some help creating the following, https://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1feature=fvwpv=c1I0XjSaVmg I can do this manually but it needs to animate with an audio file supplied and I'd also like to have the height

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-03 Thread royston michaels
Hi Olivier, have you tried Stephan Woermann's plugin? I'm finding wave2spectrum not working for me, although the test on vimeo is exactly what I need with a few tweaks. Do you have any tips using wave2spectrum? I'm still an ice noob. On 6/3/13, royston michaels royston...@gmail.com wrote

Re: audio visualized

2013-06-03 Thread royston michaels
/sine_demo_scene.zip It shows how to do setup properly. Unfortunatly I'll be out of the office tomorrow. Let me know if you need it, I might be able to send a file in the morning. Le 03/06/2013 21:35, royston michaels a écrit : Hi Olivier, have you tried Stephan Woermann's plugin? I'm finding wave2spectrum

Re: Interview and stuff on Autodesk site of Triggerfish

2012-12-07 Thread royston michaels
Congrats Sandy and to your team, Great seeing SA talent getting intl. exposure and recognition. Well done guys. On 12/7/12, Sandy Sutherland sandy.sutherl...@triggerfish.co.za wrote: Just as an aside - we can provide the compounds used in Sue's tutorial - they are going to be hosted on