RE: Architectural shader and environment reflections
That's a nasty little issue with the arch shader. Type none as texture space for anisotropy (in Reflection/Transparency tab). sven From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Adam Sale Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:40 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Architectural shader and environment reflections Good evening everyone. I've been having an issue with Reflections using the Arch shader and environments that I can't recall coming across before. I haven't been able to repro consistently. Its basically an issue of triangular artifacts showing up in on the surface of the object. In some cases, replacing the arch shader has done the trick, but not every time that the issue has occured. Is this something others have come across? When I try this with simple primitives, things seem to work ok, but I see the problem crop up in my own objects. Workarounds? Adam
Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey
how hard it is to remove MainWin from Linux? Very hard, most likely. On 18 August 2013 22:29, Muhamad Faizol Abd. Halim faizol@gmail.comwrote: how hard it is to remove MainWin from Linux? If you guys can make Softimage 100% Linux native then you guys can have multiple installation targets, like Houdini. -- -- Michal http://uk.linkedin.com/in/mdoniec
Re: .hdr image for light rig
Ha Doeke, Have a look at hdrlabs.com. Lots of them to choose from ;-) vr.gr., Rob Wuijster \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2013 15:28, Doeke Wartena wrote: hi, i'm working threw the lightning articles of the softimage documentation. There is a part about making a light rig from an image. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/userguide/index.html I was wondering if anyone could show me a result and if someone has a good suitable .hdr file for me so i can try it myself. best Doeke No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey
There's already a long thread on this from last year. I think it's a good list to start from ;-) Rob Wuijster E r...@casema.nl \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2013 21:41, Sven Constable wrote: ah I get it. Thanks, leonard. Glad to be with softimage, where small annoying things are rather uncommon. *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Leonard Koch *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 9:27 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey Small Annoying Things to fix in Maya/Max is a forum by autodesk where one can post small bugs or miss-designs to be fixed in those pieces of software. That is what Ales was referring to. On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Sven Constable sixsi_l...@imagefront.de mailto:sixsi_l...@imagefront.de wrote: I'm not native english, but I really not comprehend this sentence... :) *From:*softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ales Dlabac *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2013 8:35 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey Hi Chris, sorry for OT question but it should be related for getting info from users when do you think you will start Small annoying things for XSI? Thank you Ales Dlabac On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:51 AM, Chris Chia chris.c...@autodesk.com mailto:chris.c...@autodesk.com wrote: Hi guys, We need some inputs from everyone. Please fill up the survey below: https://customer.voice.autodesk.com/se.ashx?s=077012DC304DCD63 The reason for this survey is to access the impact of dropping official support for Fedora 14. If we do drop support, we intend to continue running automated sanity checks on Fedora 14 for a while longer. The officially supported Linux distributions for 2015 is expected to be RedHat/CentOS 6.2. Please do so by the end of August. Thanks. Regards, The Softimage Team No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey
Just a friendly warning, this only works without issues on non-UEFI machines. Due to the UEFI 'Secure Boot' Wubi will not run, and could in some cases destroy data on disk. So if you recently bought a new (W8) pc, chances are it boots with UEFI. So YMMV on these pc's with Ubuntu But yes, there are tricks to work around this if you want ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 16-8-2013 19:29, Alan Fregtman wrote: If anyone is new to Linux but wants to get their feet wet in the easiest way possible, check out the Wubi installer: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer It will install as a program under Windows and will set up dual boot perfectly for you without touching your partitions (using a file as a virtual disk.) Because of this virtual disk thing, it's not recommended for very serious use, but it's a great way to try things out... and if you don't like it, go to Windows, Control Panel, Uninstall Programs, type in Wubi and that's it. If you do end up liking I suggest install Ubuntu with the install cd on a real partition. Copying your settings is not hard, if you're worried about that. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Andres Stephens drais...@outlook.com mailto:drais...@outlook.com wrote: I'm curious about Linux. As.. the multiprocessor support would be perfect for some machines we are thinking to buy as servers for a renderfarm. I use Windows 7 and 8 a lot, and I use thirdparty apps for multidesktop features, with the functions like the ones mentioned below. I am starting to use free software, like GIMP, Blender and other suites for my needs, and wondered what other pro's of Linux to consider the switch. It would be nice to have Softimage as an easy package for Linux based renderfarm solutions or alternative OS solutions. The last mail you wrote was good to know, other than the conflicting intuous/bamboo driver conflict and multi user accounts logged in on different monitors at the same time, I do do the same virtual desktop system in Windows (Virtuawin or Dexpot) , and yes also, there are some other great productivity tools I use in Windows I am sure I'd miss in Linux. Many pro's and con's. If SI was an option for some kind of linux system, I would consider it once I upgrade to new hardware that Windows couldn't take advantage of. Any ease of use and compatibility development is welcome. +1 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:34:51 +0200 From: c...@glarestudios.de mailto:c...@glarestudios.de To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey ...you do realize that i can make the exact same statement with a search and replace for linux vs windows, do you? just sayin'... but joking aside: for me switching to linux brought a lot more advantages than staying with good old windows. first i don't miss any tools. i have softimage, mudbox, maya, photoshop, inkscape and all our inhouse editors. they all work fine. secondly, the killerfeature of linux is its window managers. in my case mate desktop. its slick, fast and powerful. i can have as many virtual desktops as i want, keep several apps open in parallel (and not stacked up behind each other), each screen is customized to my needs. sessions get saved, i can switch and shuffle them around with a few keystrokes and i almost never reboot - updates happen in the background...i have two monitors chained to one desktop and another monitor on a second x session that kind of acts like a second computer with a shared mouse, keyboard and copy/paste-buffer for email etc.. it's the real life equivalent of those funky hollywood-operating systems that we've all seen so many times before and it's boosting my day2day performance a LOT. oh, and i can switch between wacom intous and bamboo without deinstalling and installing drivers. try that with windows :) cheers! chris On 08/16/2013 06:05 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: yea so far I also saw only problems with linux after trying to switch couple times fro missing so many other tools to making every day tasks a nightmare. sorry but if you don't have an Linux guru around then you will spend more time trying to do something on system instead of actually working on your job. On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Martin furik...@gmail.com mailto:furik...@gmail.com wrote: And why is that? What does make SI Linux better than Windows version? From an artist point of view I see more cons than pros in switching from Windows to Linux, apart from dealing with Linux based networks and farms. M.Yara
Re: .hdr image for light rig
If you have some money to spare i would recommend you check this page out, there are four packs in total but they are worth every cent. http://alsen.livejournal.com/ On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Rob Wuijster r...@casema.nl wrote: Ha Doeke, Have a look at hdrlabs.com. Lots of them to choose from ;-) vr.gr., Rob Wuijster \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2013 15:28, Doeke Wartena wrote: hi, i'm working threw the lightning articles of the softimage documentation. There is a part about making a light rig from an image. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/userguide/index.html I was wondering if anyone could show me a result and if someone has a good suitable .hdr file for me so i can try it myself. best Doeke No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: .hdr image for light rig
In addition to that, have a look here: http://www.hdrlabs.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1361971347 Rob \/-\/\/ On 19-8-2013 12:17, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: If you have some money to spare i would recommend you check this page out, there are four packs in total but they are worth every cent. http://alsen.livejournal.com/ On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Rob Wuijster r...@casema.nl mailto:r...@casema.nl wrote: Ha Doeke, Have a look at hdrlabs.com http://hdrlabs.com. Lots of them to choose from ;-) vr.gr http://vr.gr., Rob Wuijster \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2013 15:28, Doeke Wartena wrote: hi, i'm working threw the lightning articles of the softimage documentation. There is a part about making a light rig from an image. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/userguide/index.html I was wondering if anyone could show me a result and if someone has a good suitable .hdr file for me so i can try it myself. best Doeke No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com http://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: .hdr image for light rig
Now that really is quite cool. Thanks Rob. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Rob Wuijster r...@casema.nl wrote: In addition to that, have a look here: http://www.hdrlabs.com/cgi-bin/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1361971347 Rob \/-\/\/ On 19-8-2013 12:17, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: If you have some money to spare i would recommend you check this page out, there are four packs in total but they are worth every cent. http://alsen.livejournal.com/ On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Rob Wuijster r...@casema.nl wrote: Ha Doeke, Have a look at hdrlabs.com. Lots of them to choose from ;-) vr.gr., Rob Wuijster \/-\/\/ On 18-8-2013 15:28, Doeke Wartena wrote: hi, i'm working threw the lightning articles of the softimage documentation. There is a part about making a light rig from an image. http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/userguide/index.html I was wondering if anyone could show me a result and if someone has a good suitable .hdr file for me so i can try it myself. best Doeke No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6587 - Release Date: 08/18/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
[OT] Flux
For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp
RE: Friday Flashback #133
Hey Luc-Eric, Was it also Charles Migos who designed it? I don't remember. If it's him, he leads a team at Apple. :) -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: 16 août 2013 17:14 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #133 we joked with the designer that it looked like a man falling to his death once you see it... On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: Friday Flashback #133 The Softimage Sumatra logo http://wp.me/powV4-2OV
RE: [OT] Flux
wuh?! distributed fluid solver, for real?! holy grail of vfx!!! a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Dan Yargici Sent: 19 August 2013 12:56 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: Friday Flashback #133
Yes, it was him. On 19/08/2013 8:06 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau wrote: Hey Luc-Eric, Was it also Charles Migos who designed it? I don't remember. If it's him, he leads a team at Apple. :) -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau Sent: 16 août 2013 17:14 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Friday Flashback #133 we joked with the designer that it looked like a man falling to his death once you see it... On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: Friday Flashback #133 The Softimage Sumatra logo http://wp.me/powV4-2OV
Re: [OT] Flux
At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that’s a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.commailto:danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp table width=100% border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style=width:100%; tr td align=left style=text-align:justify;font face=arial,sans-serif size=1 color=#99span style=font-size:11px;This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. /span/font/td /tr /table
Spliced ICE (baby)
Hi guys - I needed to use that title at least one time :) https://vimeo.com/72650017 This video shows Splice in Softimage accessing data from ICE. If you’d like to access the Splice beta, please email b...@fabricengine.com with a bit of background information (skillset, experience etc) Cheers, Paul
Re: Spliced ICE (baby)
ICE as gateway drug to SPLICE… great work guys!! Am 19.08.2013 um 14:28 schrieb Paul Doyle technove...@gmail.com: Hi guys - I needed to use that title at least one time :) https://vimeo.com/72650017 This video shows Splice in Softimage accessing data from ICE. If you’d like to access the Splice beta, please email b...@fabricengine.com with a bit of background information (skillset, experience etc) Cheers, Paul
RE: [OT] Flux
no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 19 August 2013 14:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that's a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
Re: [OT] Flux
I am not a fluid expert but I had a go at Realflow 2013 and I was pleasantly suprised.. Whats the beef with RF that makes people look any further? Price? On 19 August 2013 15:07, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: ** no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? ** ** a ** ** -- *From:* **softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com** [mailto:** softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com**] *On Behalf Of *Angus Davidson *Sent:* 19 August 2013 14:24 *To:* **softimage@listproc.autodesk.com** *Subject:* Re: [OT] Flux ** ** At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that’s a great deal. ** ** ** ** ** ** *From: *Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.com *Reply-To: *softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Date: *Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM *To: *softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject: *[OT] Flux ** ** For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). ** ** Looks pretty slick. ** ** http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp ** ** -- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13* *** This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary.
RE: [OT] Flux
speed if FluX really is scalable across machines, then Realflow just lost out big time a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Infante Sent: 19 August 2013 15:12 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux I am not a fluid expert but I had a go at Realflow 2013 and I was pleasantly suprised.. Whats the beef with RF that makes people look any further? Price? On 19 August 2013 15:07, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? a _ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 19 August 2013 14:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that's a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. _ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
RE: [OT] Flux
You can get a 3 month eval license, I am taking a look at it now, it's pretty sweet. Not in love with the node graph section, it's a bit reminiscent of Maya's new node editor which is pretty horrific ergonomically. It seems pretty fast, but also a bit unfinished at this stage, the good news is (although greyed out) there are send to buttons for Soft, Maya, Max, Houdini C4d!! Results wise I think it probably sits somewhere between Naiad and Realflow, Naiad being the holy grail and Realflow (hybrido) only just cutting it in my book. It has the feel of a very advanced in-house app that has been released into the wild. N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:14 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux speed if FluX really is scalable across machines, then Realflow just lost out big time a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Infante Sent: 19 August 2013 15:12 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux I am not a fluid expert but I had a go at Realflow 2013 and I was pleasantly suprised.. Whats the beef with RF that makes people look any further? Price? On 19 August 2013 15:07, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.commailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 19 August 2013 14:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that's a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.commailto:danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
[OT] Flux
This is a good example of interface in action, interestingly they are rather cheekily using Realflows .bin format! A bit like taking potshots at Georg J Luger with an err, Luger pistol? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=272bVARlkHA N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nick Angus Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:20 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux You can get a 3 month eval license, I am taking a look at it now, it's pretty sweet. Not in love with the node graph section, it's a bit reminiscent of Maya's new node editor which is pretty horrific ergonomically. It seems pretty fast, but also a bit unfinished at this stage, the good news is (although greyed out) there are send to buttons for Soft, Maya, Max, Houdini C4d!! Results wise I think it probably sits somewhere between Naiad and Realflow, Naiad being the holy grail and Realflow (hybrido) only just cutting it in my book. It has the feel of a very advanced in-house app that has been released into the wild. N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:14 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux speed if FluX really is scalable across machines, then Realflow just lost out big time a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Infante Sent: 19 August 2013 15:12 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux I am not a fluid expert but I had a go at Realflow 2013 and I was pleasantly suprised.. Whats the beef with RF that makes people look any further? Price? On 19 August 2013 15:07, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.commailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 19 August 2013 14:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that's a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.commailto:danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: Spliced ICE (baby)
So cool, this is just in time for project I'm currently working on! Any ETA for a build where this is included (Assuming this is not included with the current downloadable installer 1.03 yet)? And do you plan for setting ICE Data as well? Hi guys - I needed to use that title at least one time :) https://vimeo.com/72650017 This video shows Splice in Softimage accessing data from ICE. If you’d like to access the Splice beta, please email b...@fabricengine.com with a bit of background information (skillset, experience etc) Cheers, Paul -- - Stefan Kubicek ste...@keyvis.at - keyvis digital imagery Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien Phone: +43 (0) 699 12614231 www.keyvis.at -- This email and its attachments are-- -- confidential and for the recipient only --
Re: Spliced ICE (baby)
Exciting times ahead. :) On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Paul Doyle technove...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys - I needed to use that title at least one time :) https://vimeo.com/72650017 This video shows Splice in Softimage accessing data from ICE. If you’d like to access the Splice beta, please email b...@fabricengine.com with a bit of background information (skillset, experience etc) Cheers, Paul
Re: Friday Flashback #133
.. and for the benefit of the list, charles is responsible for all of the softimage XSI/DS UI look. He left in 2000. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it was him. On 19/08/2013 8:06 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau wrote: Hey Luc-Eric, Was it also Charles Migos who designed it? I don't remember. If it's him, he leads a team at Apple. :)
Re: Toggle check mark menu
MenuItem.Checked ? eg http://screencast.com/t/lw2vf5pY6u On 19/08/2013 12:03 PM, Miquel Campos wrote: Hello, Somebody know if is possible to add a toggle checkmark (✓) menu in a custom menu? For example like Transform Enable Transform Manipulators I can't found it in the SDK docs :P Thanks!!, Miquel Miquel Campos www.miquelTD.com http://www.miquelTD.com
Re: Friday Flashback #133
...He didn't just do the skin but also the functional design of the user interface, right? I was always under the impression that he was the designer behind the UI. Am i wrong about this? I always have a hard time explaining people that i do interface design - and that sometimes includes (but is entirely not about) button painting ;) I couldn't care less about the (admittedly beautiful) skin of Softimage - but the UI... oh boy, that's (for the largest part) a piece of true art. Cheers! Chris On 08/19/2013 05:56 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: .. and for the benefit of the list, charles is responsible for all of the softimage XSI/DS UI look. He left in 2000. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, it was him. On 19/08/2013 8:06 AM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau wrote: Hey Luc-Eric, Was it also Charles Migos who designed it? I don't remember. If it's him, he leads a team at Apple. :)
Re: Toggle check mark menu
Super thanks Stephen! :) Miquel Campos www.miquelTD.com 2013/8/19 Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com MenuItem.Checked ? eg http://screencast.com/t/lw2vf5pY6u On 19/08/2013 12:03 PM, Miquel Campos wrote: Hello, Somebody know if is possible to add a toggle checkmark (✓) menu in a custom menu? For example like Transform Enable Transform Manipulators I can't found it in the SDK docs :P Thanks!!, Miquel Miquel Campos www.miquelTD.com
Re: Friday Flashback #133
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Christoph Muetze c...@glarestudios.de wrote: ...He didn't just do the skin but also the functional design of the user interface, right? I was always under the impression that he was the designer behind the UI. Am i wrong about this? I always have a hard time explaining people that i do interface design - and that sometimes includes (but is entirely not about) button painting ;) I couldn't care less about the (admittedly beautiful) skin of Softimage - but the UI... oh boy, that's (for the largest part) a piece of true art. No, he only did the look and skin of the UI. In an interview on xsibase, it was implied he did ui design but this is wrong, it was only graphic design. For the functional design, we had at many people in the early days who designed that. They were called Program Managers, which is how that job was called at Microsoft in the 1990s, but in this decade we'd call them interaction designers. For example, one person from Softimage|DS called Michael Sheasby (http://patent.ipexl.com/inventor/Michael_C_Sheasby_1.html) is responsible for all the modeless inspector design, i.e. everything about how the PPGs work, without which XSI wouldn't feel like XSI. There were different people for each areas.
Re: [OT] Flux
Scalability is quite a challenge in the world of fluids, I would love to see it with my eyes though. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 19 Aug 2013, at 12:55, Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.com wrote: For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp
Re: [OT] Flux
Houdini's had it since 2009, I think... On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:51 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: ** wuh?! distributed fluid solver, for real?! ** ** holy grail of vfx!!! ** ** a **
Re: [OT] Flux
Not quite, but near. On Guardians Animal cooked its own because nothing distributed across a network (at all, or with such disrespect for boundaries that they might as well not have bothered), not even Houdini (that made it actually more than viable in 2010). Things have changed since, and I can't think of a main stream, respectable release now that doesn't.. Houdini does, realflow with IDOCs (across domains in general, or within domain with Hybrido nodes/sims) does, Naiad does etc. Their first fully scalable claim would require a long list of notes and details. We've been fully scalable here since 2008, and there are fully scalable, unified domain commercial solutions around since 2010. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Ciaran Moloney moloney.cia...@gmail.comwrote: Houdini's had it since 2009, I think... On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:51 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: ** wuh?! distributed fluid solver, for real?! ** ** holy grail of vfx!!! ** ** a ** -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
RE: [OT] Flux
I am just testing it on my laptop, admin is not too keen on me installing all the intel framework + python 2.7.3 on my workstation ; ) N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of adrian wyer [adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com] Sent: 20 August 2013 00:28 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux how about the distributed solver? are you getting notable increase in performance? a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Nick Angus Sent: 19 August 2013 15:20 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux You can get a 3 month eval license, I am taking a look at it now, it’s pretty sweet. Not in love with the node graph section, it’s a bit reminiscent of Maya’s new node editor which is pretty horrific ergonomically. It seems pretty fast, but also a bit unfinished at this stage, the good news is (although greyed out) there are send to buttons for Soft, Maya, Max, Houdini C4d!! Results wise I think it probably sits somewhere between Naiad and Realflow, Naiad being the holy grail and Realflow (hybrido) only just cutting it in my book. It has the feel of a very advanced in-house app that has been released into the wild. N From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2013 12:14 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: RE: [OT] Flux speed if FluX really is scalable across machines, then Realflow just lost out big time a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Cristobal Infante Sent: 19 August 2013 15:12 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux I am not a fluid expert but I had a go at Realflow 2013 and I was pleasantly suprised.. Whats the beef with RF that makes people look any further? Price? On 19 August 2013 15:07, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.commailto:adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: no pricing for pro versions yet, wonder if it will license per core, or per box, or site? maybe they'll do processing licenses in batches for the farm? a From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Angus Davidson Sent: 19 August 2013 14:24 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: [OT] Flux At $20 for a student licence for a year (same for their other products) that’s a great deal. From: Dan Yargici danyarg...@gmail.commailto:danyarg...@gmail.com Reply-To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Date: Monday 19 August 2013 1:55 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com softimage@listproc.autodesk.commailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: [OT] Flux For those mourning Autodesk's takeover of Naiad, it seems Flux is finally close to release (September if the FXGear store is to be believed). Looks pretty slick. http://www.qualoth.com/home/product/flux.asp No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comhttp://www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6588 - Release Date: 08/18/13
Re: [OT] Flux
You're right. As I hit send I remembered the RH talk at Siggraph 2009 where they lamented that Houdini's distributed solver wasn't quite up to snuff (visible discontinuities between domains) and that was for RnD back in 2008. Point being, this stuff aint all that new. On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Raffaele Fragapane raffsxsil...@googlemail.com wrote: Not quite, but near. On Guardians Animal cooked its own because nothing distributed across a network (at all, or with such disrespect for boundaries that they might as well not have bothered), not even Houdini (that made it actually more than viable in 2010). Things have changed since, and I can't think of a main stream, respectable release now that doesn't.. Houdini does, realflow with IDOCs (across domains in general, or within domain with Hybrido nodes/sims) does, Naiad does etc. Their first fully scalable claim would require a long list of notes and details. We've been fully scalable here since 2008, and there are fully scalable, unified domain commercial solutions around since 2010. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Ciaran Moloney moloney.cia...@gmail.comwrote: Houdini's had it since 2009, I think... On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:51 PM, adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote: ** wuh?! distributed fluid solver, for real?! ** ** holy grail of vfx!!! ** ** a ** -- Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it and let them flee like the dogs they are!
Re: [OT] Flux
It's far from a trivial problem anyway, and there will always be major tradeoffs as advecting across a large domain is intrinsically not friendly to divisions that don't require either immense overhead or obtrusive management, so they might very well have something mind-blowing cooking. The claim of first though is entirely out of place technologically or commercially, they could have played it better. Different partitioning and boundary management techniques and tools with different approaches to the problem have been available to everybody with some cash at hand for a while now. On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Ciaran Moloney moloney.cia...@gmail.comwrote: You're right. As I hit send I remembered the RH talk at Siggraph 2009 where they lamented that Houdini's distributed solver wasn't quite up to snuff (visible discontinuities between domains) and that was for RnD back in 2008. Point being, this stuff aint all that new.
