I can't see how a bunch of "wanna be solidworks software" copycats from autodesk can manage to live longer than Softimage, given those 3d/cad/design softwares can do half of what softimage does. Please someone explain that.... Seriously.
On Feb 21, 2017 8:16 AM, "Mirko Jankovic" <[email protected]> wrote: > In short, Houdini and Redshift - Perfect Match :) > > As honestly I haven't seen better support then RS team even so they are > rather small compared to.. well every other :) > Guys are simply amazing and now their magic mixed with Houdini magic.. may > be just one thing that pushes the rest of SI people there as well.. I know > I'm digging tutorials at the moment in between projects and waiting for h16. > Btw when is it online? when when when, it is 21st today > ᐧ > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Gerbrand Nel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dude, I'm one guy with 2 indie licenses,... from Africa... >> I think opening my mail costs them more than my business is worth to them. >> And yet, some time last year I asked about something that bothered me.. 2 >> days later it was in a daily build. >> I'm sure it was a simple thing for them to change, but the point I'm >> trying to make is: >> THEY GIVE A SHIT!!!! >> This is something we are not used to thanks to years of abuse from >> autodesk. >> Send your suggestions!! >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3c_pJ_CLJQ >> G >> >> On 2017/02/21 1:14 PM, Felix Geremus wrote: >> >> I will try. But honestly, given your background and mine (and the number >> of licenses involved) I don't have very high expectations of being heard >> very soon. Also I think it will be hard for them to make such fundamental >> changes like completely revamping hotkey behavior, without pissing off >> their established user base, no matter how reasonable the changes might be. >> But let's see, maybe I will be surprised. >> >> >> >> >> 2017-02-21 12:04 GMT+01:00 Jordi Bares <[email protected]>: >> >>> Do it please, these things are hard to explain and Softimage is so well >>> fine tuned in this respect I believe there is lot to learn from it. Make >>> sure you do that because they are in a huge drive to usability in the >>> viewport. >>> >>> They have improved it a lot in H16 but I am sure there is more to do.. >>> Then of course is the factor of being used to and you, l like me, will get >>> used to the idiosyncrasies but it is a this moment that you are not 100% >>> comfortable that is the most valuable. >>> >>> Cheers >>> jb >>> >>> On 21 Feb 2017, at 10:45, Felix Geremus <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hey Tim, I know the Entagma Video (and all the others, amazing >>> tutorials). It helps a little bit. But I think it's funny that even during >>> the tutorial he frequently runs into similar problems I'm experiencing. >>> Like the near clipping plane constantly broken, having to reset the view >>> because something is off, difficulties to select stuff.... >>> >>> Jordi, I will try to send my issues to SideFX as soon as I have some >>> time. >>> >>> I think the main problem is a completely awkward combination of >>> shortcuts behaving differently when different tools are active and even >>> worse when my cursor is in different parts of the layout. For example the >>> nasty Esc key puts me into view mode. Now in view mode the 1,2,3,4 keys >>> change my current view, while in select mode I switch between components. >>> When I'm hovering the network view 1 shows/hides the selected node. >>> Or I really like the Y key to Ghost or Hide other Objects. But the >>> shortcut only works while I'm in view mode, in select mode or while >>> hovering the network view nothing happens, in edit mode though it toggles >>> through my transform gizmos. This is madness! A shortcut should bring me >>> into the desired mode (select, edit, view) not require me hit another >>> shortcut in advance to behave the way I want it. Ok I'll end it here :) >>> >>> >>> >>> 2017-02-21 0:30 GMT+01:00 Tim Bolland <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hey Felix, I know what you mean and I still have some reservations >>>> about it as a pure get-things-done-dirty moddler and scene assembler. >>>> Although I'm hoping I just need to learn more to get comfortable with it. >>>> >>>> However this video might help a bit wth selections and the scene model. >>>> >>>> http://www.entagma.com/select-and-navigate/ >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Tim. >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* [email protected] < >>>> [email protected]> on behalf of Felix Geremus < >>>> [email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* 20 February 2017 23:04:40 >>>> *To:* Official Softimage Users Mailing List. >>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xsi_list >>>> *Subject:* Re: Opinion gathering >>>> >>>> I am on the Houdini train for a couple of months now. And I really like >>>> it for the most part, especially the more technical aspects are incredible >>>> and way better than Softimage ever was. But I am still confused by all the >>>> praise for Houdini in certain areas like poly modeling or scene assembly. >>>> I'm still learning (and I'm on my own) so there is a high chance that I >>>> might do something wrong. But as an example I think the selection and >>>> interaction model is a complete mess. Quickly selecting and modifying >>>> geometry, like in Soft or even Maya is still almost impossible, at least >>>> for me. I can't see anybody doing some serious modeling inside this tool. >>>> H16 seems to be a step in the right direction, but especially for those >>>> "get it done as quick and dirty as possible" type of jobs, I still don't >>>> think it's the right tool. For everything else it's definitely the way >>>> forward. >>>> >>>> 2017-02-20 17:11 GMT+01:00 Oscar Juarez <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> Houdini 16 launch event: >>>>> >>>>> https://vimeo.com/203373373 >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Bradley Gabe <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Any chance you could post a direct link to this screencast? >>>>>> >>>>>> > On Feb 19, 2017, at 9:07 AM, Jordi Bares <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Have a look at the screencast they did.. you will see why the >>>>>> excitement. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Interesting times ahead. >>>>>> > jb >>>>>> ------ >>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>>> odesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------ >>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >> >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] with >> "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > > -- > Mirko Jankovic > *http://www.cgfolio.com/mirko-jankovic > <http://www.cgfolio.com/mirko-jankovic>* > > Need to find freelancers fast? > www.cgfolio.com > > Need some help with rendering an Redshift project? > http://www.gpuoven.com/ > > ------ > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >
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