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Re: Open letter to Autodesk

2014-03-14 Thread peter_b

It would be great if some of the big asian accounts would chime in – supposedly 
that’s where all the seats are?
If they set their mind to it – they could have an impact on the decision 
makers, more than anyone else.
But perhaps they prefer to discuss things behind-closed-doors.

From: Martin Contel 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 11:27 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Subject: Re: Open letter to Autodesk

Psyop maybe? I love their work too. 

And I don't want to tell you how many XSI seats we have at Square Enix: a lot!

On Friday, March 14, 2014, Jordi Bares  wrote:

  Indeed, I was also hoping for other key high profile post production 
facilities to be at the forefront together with Glassworks in an official way.

  Jordi Bares
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  On 13 Mar 2014, at 17:42, Rob Wuijster  wrote:

Kudos for writing that letter Alastair!
I hope there will be more noise on the web, so AD has to listen more 
carefully what is happening atm...

Rob

\/-\/\/On 13-3-2014 17:20, Alastair Hearsum wrote:

  Folks

  This letter precipitated a little bit of publicity

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/rip-softimage-reaction-autodesks-decision-kill-3d-software-31410967

  Alastair

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  On 10/03/2014 10:20, Alastair Hearsum wrote:

Folks
Dan Y and other folks, I hope this comes across as firm but reasonable. 
I will post it on other appropriate sites. Any ideas on that front?

An open letter to Autodesk.

Dear Autodesk

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Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-14 Thread peter_b

so Steve, why don’t you share your Top 5 - sure there are some things you like 
about Softimage? 

I totally get the “don’t get your hopes up” attitude – I’ve accepted Softimage 
was EOL the day development moved to Singapore.
But it would be unfair to dear old SI not to speak up a bit in it’s favour – 
just for old times sakes.




From: Steven Caron 
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:45 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com 
Subject: Re: YOUR TOP 5

well, we wouldn't be in this situation if had over 600 million users... 

i am a realist, and my heart isn't cold or frozen. ;P

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Rob Chapman  wrote:



  there are plenty of proverbs I could use here Steven, I find as you age you 
gather them up. but instead, just wanted to leave a quote below and a small 
glimmer of hope to enter your cold frozen heart. :D




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OT:[MAYA] interaction

2014-03-14 Thread Gerbrand Nel

I just want to check If this is a known issue, or if I'm hitting my head 
against my own stupidity.
I'm modelling something in Maya for the last 2 days (would have taken 3 
hours in soft, but hey, its a learning curve) ,
And every once in a while my interaction stops working. Like the "f" key 
no longer frames selection, or the modeling toolkit stops previewing 
edge-loops. F8 also stops doing what it should be doing.

When I save and restart, all is back to normal,
So is there some "mode" or "thing" I don't know about, or have you guys 
found it buggy too?

It's Maya 2014 sp2 30 day trail.
Thanks
G

Re: OT:[MAYA] interaction

2014-03-14 Thread Emilio Hernandez

Make sure you are clicking on the viewport window.  Maya is not mouse smart
cursor over like Softimage.  So the last window you clicked stays active
until you click on another window.



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2014-03-14 1:56 GMT-06:00 Gerbrand Nel :

> I just want to check If this is a known issue, or if I'm hitting my head
> against my own stupidity.
> I'm modelling something in Maya for the last 2 days (would have taken 3
> hours in soft, but hey, its a learning curve) ,
> And every once in a while my interaction stops working. Like the "f" key
> no longer frames selection, or the modeling toolkit stops previewing
> edge-loops. F8 also stops doing what it should be doing.
> When I save and restart, all is back to normal,
> So is there some "mode" or "thing" I don't know about, or have you guys
> found it buggy too?
> It's Maya 2014 sp2 30 day trail.
> Thanks
> G
>

RE: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-14 Thread Sofronis Efstathiou

1 - Animation tool set - mixer, f-curve editor, saving/removing keys/ dope 
sheet, MOTOR, region, UI etc.

2 - Rigging - nonlinear work flow, weight editor, adding and removing 
deformers, GATOR etc

3 - Render passes and Partitions

4 - Modelling

5 - ICE


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Re: OT:[MAYA] interaction

2014-03-14 Thread Gerbrand Nel


Nope, not that.
But thanks for the reply.. this is a long pita road, but its easier to 
know I can ask some questions here

G
On 2014/03/14 10:01 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
Make sure you are clicking on the viewport window. Maya is not mouse 
smart cursor over like Softimage.  So the last window you clicked 
stays active until you click on another window.




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2014-03-14 1:56 GMT-06:00 Gerbrand Nel >:


I just want to check If this is a known issue, or if I'm hitting
my head against my own stupidity.
I'm modelling something in Maya for the last 2 days (would have
taken 3 hours in soft, but hey, its a learning curve) ,
And every once in a while my interaction stops working. Like the
"f" key no longer frames selection, or the modeling toolkit stops
previewing edge-loops. F8 also stops doing what it should be doing.
When I save and restart, all is back to normal,
So is there some "mode" or "thing" I don't know about, or have you
guys found it buggy too?
It's Maya 2014 sp2 30 day trail.
Thanks
G

Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-14 Thread Andreas Böinghoff


1. passworkflow + renderregion
2. ice
3. operator stack
4. workgroups
5. non-linear character animation + weighting

On 3/13/2014 9:13 PM, Manuel Huertas Marchena wrote:

Render tree (great design & flexibility  for shading/lookdev)
Render passes
Partitions
non destructive workflow (stack operator)
ICE



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Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:09:08 +0100
Subject: Re: YOUR TOP 5
From: christian.lattu...@gmail.com
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com

Model
Animate
Render
Hair
ICE

Yeah, I think that's all.

.:.
Christian Lattuada


On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Francois Lord > wrote:


1- ICE
2- Pass system
3- Operator Stack
4- Models (namespace) and RefModels
5- Various transform modes (local, global, ref, proportional,
plane, etc.)



On 13-Mar-14 05:54, Alastair Hearsum wrote:

Hello

It seems as if I may have some contact with Autodesk shortly!
I want to be armed with some points. What I'd like is your top
5 features that make Softimage great that we'd miss if we
migrated to something else.

Please don't give me more than 5 and please don't go on too
long describing them (It takes a while to read all the posts).

Thanks

Alastair

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Re: OT:[MAYA] interaction

2014-03-14 Thread Yolandi Meiring

Caps Lock?wouldn't explain F8 not working though


On 14 March 2014 10:19, Gerbrand Nel  wrote:

>  Nope, not that.
> But thanks for the reply.. this is a long pita road, but its easier to
> know I can ask some questions here
> G
>
> On 2014/03/14 10:01 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>
> Make sure you are clicking on the viewport window.  Maya is not mouse
> smart cursor over like Softimage.  So the last window you clicked stays
> active until you click on another window.
>
>
>
>  ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-03-14 1:56 GMT-06:00 Gerbrand Nel :
>
>> I just want to check If this is a known issue, or if I'm hitting my head
>> against my own stupidity.
>> I'm modelling something in Maya for the last 2 days (would have taken 3
>> hours in soft, but hey, its a learning curve) ,
>> And every once in a while my interaction stops working. Like the "f" key
>> no longer frames selection, or the modeling toolkit stops previewing
>> edge-loops. F8 also stops doing what it should be doing.
>> When I save and restart, all is back to normal,
>> So is there some "mode" or "thing" I don't know about, or have you guys
>> found it buggy too?
>> It's Maya 2014 sp2 30 day trail.
>> Thanks
>> G
>>
>
>
>


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Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-14 Thread Tim Leydecker


My top 5 are modeling area biased:


1) Unfold op and the Regularize tool (especially in 2014sp2,
since the Regularize tool doesn´t stop at shell borders)

2) Everything that´s part of the "M" shortcut/workflow
(Sliding edges/points/faces, etc). Adding eges. Splitting edges. Loops.

3) The render region. The render region. The render region.

4) The operator stack. An envelope can swims atop massive
changes to a topology and still interpolates existing wheights
nicely. Great for testing and working out shape/topology on
a mesh - you´re not restricted to being stuck in the bindpose.
Also helps prepping a mesh copy for painting/sculpting.

5) Copy&Paste UVs. Bake to another UV set. Gator/Rendermap.


Cheers,

tim

Re: YOUR TOP 5

2014-03-14 Thread Tim Leydecker

Sorry. Edit.

The most convenient thing in Softimage is the Transformations options:

http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2014/en_us/userguide/index.html?url=files/xfo_transforms.htm,topicNumber=d30e47900

That´s the basis for the below top 5 to be so convenient:

1) Unfold op and the Regularize tool (especially in 2014sp2,
since the Regularize tool doesn´t stop at shell borders)

2) Everything that´s part of the "M" shortcut/workflow
(Sliding edges/points/faces, etc). Adding eges. Splitting edges. Loops.

3) The render region. The render region. The render region.

4) The operator stack. An envelope can swims atop massive
changes to a topology and still interpolates existing wheights
nicely. Great for testing and working out shape/topology on
a mesh - you´re not restricted to being stuck in the bindpose.
Also helps prepping a mesh copy for painting/sculpting.

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