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> On 23 Mar 2014, at 8:09 am, Tim Marinov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here some of my stuff done with ICE: > > https://vimeo.com/80227846 > Simple example of the custom ICE crowd system I've done based on Craig > Reynolds Steering Behaviors paper. > > https://vimeo.com/75137589 > Impact compound > > https://vimeo.com/41321274 > ICE FeatherGenerator > > https://vimeo.com/14156380 > This one was done with XSI 7 long time ago.As I remember I done it all in one > point cloud without any comp tricks and at that time there wasn't any other > software except Houdini maybe that can do that so easily . > > https://vimeo.com/17346298 > https://vimeo.com/17347655 > > Just playing with ICE > > https://vimeo.com/14153302 > > Dynamic ComputerMouse Rig > > > You can ignore the text below because most of it was said already in other > threads but I am too emotional right now after looking at this great work > with ICE and I felt I have to write it . Please excuse my English . > > > > > This is the worst decision Autodesk did, and I am sure will have big impact > for them as a company !I am pretty sure that they are going to loose M&E > industry in 3 to 4 years if they don't change their moves and reconsider some > of their decisions...They lost and keep losing the most important think for > them as a company the trust of their customers and this is something that > they won't be able to win back easily. Because they are so big and greedy > they forget to look down to their basis and see that what keeps them up there > are humans and not toys with which they can play their corporate games and > shift them around. > Autodesk, It is true the Softimage community is small but you don't see the > big picture here....you don't pissed only us but the entire CG industry. And > BTW the bad word and the bad news is something that spreads really fast . > Autodesk in case you are not aware what you are killing right now it's called > ICE and is great and innovative technology, which I am sure that you won't be > able to recreate in the next 2-3 years,and after that will be too late for > you!You have it now and the big question is why don't use it as it is ?I > think because the people that take the decision in this company are not aware > what they have or worst they don't care. I have a feeling also that you want > to sell us only black boxes that are managed only by you, but I am telling > you this won't work for you in the long term...By buying plugins and trying > to put them together as a black boxes you don't realize that what you are > creating in the end is ugly frankenstein monster that nobody really likes.And > now you are trying to force us to stare at this boxy monster Maya every day. > No thanks, I prefer to work with the elegant dude called Houdini! > (BTW Not long after the acquisition I knew and many of us knew that Autodesk > will make Softimage to fade out and then kill it. Actually Autodesk is very > predictable company for me they proved many times in the past that you can't > trust them ! So not long after acquisition I started to focus more on Houdini > and now I am very happy about my decision at that time . SideFX is a company > that makes their product with passion and love, they are first to implement > the latest technology and always listen to their customers.) > > > Autodesk, ICE is great technology that opens the artistic creativity to go > much further than any other solution you are offering. It is open enough to > create your art in the way you want it to be created and is not dictated by > the black box boundaries. The Result of this freedom you can find it in the > most beautiful and visually rich project done last 5 - 6 years ,all done by > a great artists using the most artistic friendly and technically deep > application that you have to offer Softimage . And you are ready to loose all > of that including the artists as your customers...and maybe at some point > some of the studios ? > > here are some examples : > > http://www.subaru-global.com/news2011n001100.html > https://vimeo.com/4060100 > https://vimeo.com/24069938 > https://vimeo.com/44672943 > https://vimeo.com/23902379 > > for more check here : > http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2739&start=180 > > I really hope Autodesk reconsider their decision .Hope dies last... But if > they don't I have where to go. > > > > > > A > > >> On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Byungchul Kang <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes!! Ice crowd is very great!! I have a lot of ice crowd r&d experiences >> on my jobs at MBC ( TV channel of South Korea ) about 10+ projects. >> https://vimeo.com/73429479 >> https://vimeo.com/52531138 >> https://vimeo.com/48785305 >> https://vimeo.com/40859520 >> https://vimeo.com/36810887 >> >> >> >> 2014-03-23 1:19 GMT+09:00 Tom Kleinenberg <[email protected]>: >> >>> I worked on 2 films in Softimage, Zambezia and Khumba. We had some very >>> talented people but we were a fairly small crew so we needed a very >>> efficient pipeline. The second film we worked on, Khumba, used ICE for fur, >>> feathers, foliage generation, plant distribution and general set dressing, >>> dust effects, fire effects etc. There may have been some rigging stuff as >>> well, I wasn't that involved with that side of things. >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhE9aR8Qwzc >>> >>> https://www.behance.net/gallery/Khumba-Plants-and-Distribution/6028177 >>> >>> http://www.popularmechanics.co.za/tech/triggerfish-animation-takes-cinema-audiences-by-storm/ >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 21 March 2014 23:05, Ed Manning <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Bk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> We should make an edit of all this ice work into a 2-3 mins showcase. >>>>> That would really ram home the point.. Call it "what is ice?" >>>> >>>> Agree, but I think we'd need more like 20 minutes to even scratch the >>>> surface. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>>> Google Groups "Softimage Mailing List Archive" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/xsi_list/7aGyes8lBQE/unsubscribe. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> -- >> Byungchul Kang | MBC CG TEAM [http://imbc.com] >> http://cgndev.com >
