And now that I have the right Steve, I believe you worked at Omation during the period of the Spider-man reboots (and Barnyard) so any other nuggets would be appreciated. :)
On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 19:23, Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve, do you think that having a familiarity with the way that namespaces > working inside of Softimage Models (not just Reference Models) provides an > advantage for those looking to utilise USD in their pipeline. The parallels > I was alluding to originally was inspired by a couple of old posts by Andy > Nicolas and Helge Mathee on the Softimage Blog back in 2005. > > https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I0EuT5m-2BZvwI-2B6Ol-2Fd-2B7GeWuR3lQTaNvLxcuL46Q1XFodXY-2F0uMWZjmB0rE0pWAC8rLmYrUcVi7lVQRRwFC-2B3MSxmJAryUJZcH1JYVORY69EPz9Iyk2MX7d2BdNw4lJin6-2BQQR6msIEq2K2XFKQZUZBbPMsyDc3vk70AtWZ4VRzf1YyYuPE6CL-2BCJ49Yq3kz6SK9PcL9vnYJXn30p07Hw9JBXCxOtSoyueEM-2BDwopbH7uDmaW-2FB34O5953zhKkB6wOU7sESWz-2BvErVPbT2z6rcUV4xvOVijT8b14AuEiMAyR4UywhtzznSkE15VYVKyf6A-3D-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuSMRONldBFwY4MROigrI5rOkBW9yeeKEza6jTycUIDplkNjAtYGMOSrwUOAZwgOtWn-2BoJzol1jBn7g-2BZlNA84euGggQ4-2F0CM4HKQUHvnuMPtPXp5HWoStP2W0IirNIERvUkAbYeXEYbYTHfUZ0LEseVes4JinNjCWB5Ode7cNV7Ithoxmb8yjx8aY3AsldMJs4-3D > > > https://u9432639.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=lIXdN6W56FnEjHCwrBXqOq0HQNpV0huvAGw1zu6Xp8eVQuk2cNZiNFjx2k-2FfTNcheFfpiVb5gBjGpm0Nj5Q4I0EuT5m-2BZvwI-2B6Ol-2Fd-2B7GeV9k27fsOuEMZ4jxj8b8SQEpGhN-2B27GEZeIsKl0iEZUDgzVzGZS-2B3xt-2BeP75uuofvqu99rw0VAosnfT-2BEDsAQ2S26RYOmzt70s8hh4ZEb-2BkaaoGVaHfzDVTKhIdyVSEQZgm-2BcXSsMg8t6u1qe3il1Xdaq8AuZe0p41PpIxxrassy0ruw-2Bodpr8rBrv2NWTEn8LLBVJs25y2Bx0ukFXbWm8xzZzx2-2FCtdiZpWaV8owzXKeCnAIVCJb0e-2B7BlpGNmnifOyHpKWAXEvTgIieKjVdR1HOB-2FFTBYQbyJga4N9dT4yQ-3D-3D_a6oQc7tnfcb0GKvoO27fPkrQ0ATQyF1SDBXJOg7-2FbuSMRONldBFwY4MROigrI5rOkBW9yeeKEza6jTycUIDpll-2BALHnYpnxF-2ByuF1x68FYNZt2DWkfZkpksPclWv870v2Otj7fDjsIxEL2Be4R9JMLprpMz1QkoEwb6ln9FBoQo8QGi25O1kuHUK9AeI5-2Bj-2F8aLddxK8mJ7pZHJeXI-2BLsYSGU0aojFZiCM6smaMp3zM-3D > > > The prescience on show from the pair as to the potential of an XML based > pipeline is impressive, and has many parallels to the USD benefits we see > realised today (particularly in Helge's post, Andy's provides to technical > insight without getting into the vision too much). Obviously we're talking > 2005 here but it feels to me that USD has in part grown from the more > sophisticated pipelines of the 00's (Helge references the pipeline used on > the first two Spiderman reboots of the 00's). > > Considering that Animal Logic were pretty much a Softimage shop, well from > 2003 onward (with Houdini for FX) pre Soft's EOL, it's seems more than > coincidence that they were responsible for the first robust open source USD > implementation. > > Maybe I'm making links were none exist, but I can see a big advantage in > recruiting technical artists with a Soft background as USD and MaterialX > gain traction. > > On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 16:47, Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My bad, that's exactly who I was thinking of. 🤦 >> >> On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 16:42, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am not part of the Arnold team... I work at Quixel now. Maybe you're >>> thinking of magnificent Stephen Blair? >>> >>> *written with my thumbs >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 8:34 AM Jonathan Moore <jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Steve, have you had any exposure to the Maya plugin version of Animal >>>> Logic's USD environment? I understand you're part of the Arnold team these >>>> days, but I wondered if you've been exposed to anything you can talk about? >>>> >>>> On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 at 16:25, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> USD has an API, can be edited with python, and a human readable format >>>>> if desired. All huge benefits over 'ref models' >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *written with my thumbs >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019, 4:25 AM Jonathan Moore < >>>>> jonathan.moo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> At a high level USD and the way that referencing was handled in >>>>>> Softimage through 'Models' has many parallels. I'm interested in any >>>>>> thoughts and opinions some of you may have having utilised both USD and >>>>>> Softimage 'Referenced Models'. Even if you haven't used USD in production >>>>>> yet I'm interested in any thoughts you may have regarding its possible >>>>>> benefits and pitfalls. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is an open question so I won't colour it with my opinions but >>>>>> any thoughts you might have will be most appreciated as I'm providing >>>>>> some >>>>>> background info for a client. >>>>>> ------ >>>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to >>>>>> softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the >>>>>> subject, and reply to confirm. >>>>> >>>>> ------ >>>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >>>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Softimage Mailing List. >>>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >>>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >>> >>> ------ >>> Softimage Mailing List. >>> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >>> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> >> ------ >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > >
------ Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
