I'd rather have Adam Sandler singing...
2013/8/1 Paul Doyle <[email protected]> > Thanks to you guys, we now have to think of a different party idea. I'm > thinking Drew Carey, The Splice Is Right. > > > On 1 August 2013 17:47, Daryl Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds great. Maya was giving me a headache. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Paul Doyle <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone - now we're back from Siggraph and recovered, we've started >>> working on Spliced Softimage. Should have a first prototype next week. >>> >>> https://twitter.com/FabricPaul/status/362975245562437632/photo/1 >>> >>> The Hybride guys have been doing some awesome stuff with FE already, so >>> I can't wait to get this into their hands soon :) Eric might stop stalking >>> the Montreal employees as well, which would be nice. >>> >>> A description of Spliced Softimage: >>> Creation:Splice will be integrated into Softimage as a new class of >>> custom operators. Each operator can be setup using the SpliceEditor IDE, >>> defining ports, adding removing them etc, very much like the Scripted >>> Operator Editor. The IDE will also contain a KL Source Code editor as well >>> as functionality for dynamically compiling the code etc. Operators defined >>> with the SpliceEditor will become completely portable between all support >>> host applications, such as Maya, Softimage and Nuke, for example. >>> >>> We are not integrating KL into ICE, for a range of reasons. Splice is >>> targeting areas where ICE doesn't work so well, i.e. Fast procedural >>> geometry, kinematics, simulated rigs, custom OpenGL drawing etc Splice >>> solves the portability issues of moving tools between applications, and as >>> such we try to take a consistent approach within applications. >>> >>> This also means I don't get to make up such compelling slogans as >>> "Spliced ICE baby", which is frankly disappointing. >>> >>> If you want to understand more about Splice, please visit the webpage: >>> http://fabricengine.com/creation/splice/ >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >>> >> > --

