wait... Fury can load .PRT files? thats a new one - very handy! On 11 May 2012 11:28, Ciaran Moloney <[email protected]> wrote:
> Partio supports .prt, but not .icecache. I'd be interested to know if > anyone was able to compile the icecache patch from the good folks at Mad > Crew? I couldn't get it to compile... > The PRT format is really simple and a Python script to convert particles > would be pretty straightforward, especially with Brad Gabe's icecache > module, but performance will blow if converting lots of points. On the > other hand, if you're dealing with so many points, you should probably be > rendering them directly through Arnold or 3Delight archives, or .prt with > the Fury renderer.... > > Ciaran > > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Stefan Kubicek > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thats exactly where I'm stuck too. >> One might think it shouldn't be too hard to derive a Krakatoa importer >> from Stevens Exporter, but I'm too occupied with other stuff atm. >> I couldn't find a bin-exporter for Naiad either, nor is there a Partio or >> Alembic exporter for Naiad (-> Helge?) I know of. I'd love to stand >> corrected on this though. >> >> Stefan >> >> >> >> >> Hi folks, >>> >>> trying out the splendid Naiad, its still early days for a Naiad Softimage >>> buddy and looking at the forums I do believe there is one planned, but at >>> the moment the only option I've got for exporting particles is native >>> .emp >>> or Krakatoa .prt format. (And deferred loading formats for Arnold and >>> 3Delight) >>> >>> Have tried.obj mesh export already (very clunky in Softimage) and just >>> recently managed to get particles written to an Arnold .Ass file, but >>> really I would like to have the particles as a cache that can be loaded / >>> dealt with in ICE. >>> >>> Steven Caron's Kies sadly can only export Krakatoa particles, not import >>> them, which is a shame. >>> >>> >>> does anyone know how to get Naiad particles into Softimage? >>> >>> best regards, >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------**------------- >> Stefan Kubicek Co-founder >> ------------------------------**------------- >> keyvis digital imagery >> Wehrgasse 9 - Grüner Hof >> 1050 Vienna Austria >> Phone: +43/699/12614231 >> --- www.keyvis.at [email protected] --- >> -- This email and its attachments are >> --confidential and for the recipient only-- >> >> >
