...Back in the day my boss said the ported some SI code and tools into Maya and 3Dmax back when SI was purchased by Autodesk. I wonder if (and hope and pray) they would port back the Maya viewport into SI. I think that would be something great and well due. =P
-Draise From: Rares Halmagean Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 13:59 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com +1. Updated modeling and real-time features would be boon for asset creation. On 8/28/2013 1:31 PM, Tim Crowson wrote: But the problem with the current display options is that it forces you into specific workflows for animating characters with displacement. Namely, that you have to avoid generating any large-form surface changes via displacement (and sometimes even medium-to-small-scale features as well), for fear that animation will create surface intersections. If the animators don't know where the final limit surface is, how will they know if meshes are intersecting? Not everything can be a sim. IMHO, Softimage is a weird creature: it is so elegant and powerful, but has these frankly rudimentary display options... Even Modo has had GL displacement, bump, and spec for several years now, without having to create any realtime shaders. And as politely as I can put it, "High Quality" viewport is anything but. -Tim On 8/28/2013 1:14 PM, Francois Lord wrote: I tend to agree with Luc-Eric. It sure is nice to see the displacement in the viewport, but it wouldn't be as nearly as impressive if it were a sphere with a fractal texture on it. The design, modeling and texture work are very impressive. Besides, the video is a little misleading because we have the impression that the frame rate is very high. On 28-Aug-13 14:00, Sebastien Sterling wrote: 5%, sure eric, :) this guy is so good he can make Maya show viewport displacement by shear force of will. On 28 August 2013 16:46, sue jang <suejan...@gmail.com> wrote: really nice character design! On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Mirko Jankovic <mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com> wrote: in that case why did any software move from version 1.0 at first place ;) On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau <luceri...@gmail.com> wrote: 95% hard work, talent and taste, 5% viewport technology, imho :) On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Szabolcs Matefy <szabol...@crytek.com> wrote: I’m droolin’ on this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5fOwSmSaW8&feature=youtu.be -- Signature Tim Crowson Lead CG Artist Magnetic Dreams, Inc. 2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214 Ph 615.885.6801 | Fax 615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com Confidentiality Notice: This email, including attachments, is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient(s). If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Magnetic Dreams, Inc cannot accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Magnetic Dreams, Inc or one of its agents. -- Rares Halmagean ___________________________________ visual development and 3d character & content creation. rarebrush.com
