Nick, I'd be happy to send you a copy of the animation rig Eric built for Species. Your new rigger could try to pick it apart and see how its built if you think it'll help. On Jan 22, 2013 5:53 PM, "Tim Bolland" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank you Manny, great stuff. > > Regards, > > Tim > > > On 22 Jan 2013, at 16:56, Manny Papamanos wrote: > > > Ah yes Jason... Those were the days ;) > > Whatever happened to Maude? > > > > The 3dmastermind training is still quite useful since the rigging tools > and techniques haven’t changed much and also shows some good animation > tricks. > > Couple that knowledge with modern toolkits like Gear or Species and you > can get by just any character rigging/animation/lip-synch project with ease. > > If you know someone who’s trying to get initiated to rigging in > Softimage let me know and I’ll give you a complimentary copy if you’re a > member on the list. > > Send a message to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > > Ciao. > > > > > > Manny Papamanos > > Autodesk 3D Graphics Specialist : Softimage | MotionBuilder | Mudbox > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason S > > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:22 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Rigging resources > > > > Known Manny for a long while, even before the SI years, at a small > comany called "PRH" > > Showed me a number of tricks, and even then he was da' man :) > > > > On 21/01/2013 3:09 PM, Luca!!!! wrote: > > Yeah, me too bought the DVD from Manny, about 4 or 5 years ago. I'd like > to see something more. His tricks were nice... > > > > 2013/1/21 Adrian Lopez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Manny Papamanos released a rigging DVD for Soft a few years ago, We > purchased and enjoyed it, but it may be getting a bit dated by now.. > Still, alot of useful techniques from someone very close to the software. > > > > Unfortunately a second edition was not forthcoming... > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jeremie Passerin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > A child cannot drive it's parent in Softimage. That might be a big > problem for May riggers sometimes. > > I would love it to be possible actually. > > > > Another thing is the scaling hierarchy that is different in Softimage. > Though, you can have it behaving like Maya in XSI. I'm actually frustrated > that you an't have it behaving like Softimage in Maya :) > > > > > > > > -- > > Adrian Lopez > > CEO.Producer.Director > > Liquid Light Digital > > www.liquidlightdigital.com<http://www.liquidlightdigital.com> > > > > > > > > -- > > [Image removed by sender.]...superpositiviii...qualunque cosa accada!... > > > > <winmail.dat> > > >
