Manuka. Weta Digitals new renderer. That hair...
http://www.fxguide.com/featured/manuka-weta-digitals-new-renderer/ Cheers -- *--[image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif]Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/ http://probiner.x10.mx/*
Re: Softimage to Modo
for what it's worth, here the Mootzoid plans regarding Modo: * *emReader* This little plugin is already available for Modo. * *emPolygonizer5* The up-coming new emPolygonizer5 is also going to be available for Modo (a first beta should be ready by the end of this month). I am in contact with the Modo dev team and they are very supportive and are helping me with some of the trickier SDK things that are not yet documented. * *emFlock2* This is not yet being ported, but I intend to have a closer look at the new Modo particle SDK and - if possible - to port this flocking plugin to Modo. That's it for now. A few conrete things, a few promises, let's see what will happen ;) Am 06.08.2014 23:44, schrieb Tim Crowson: The lack of 3rd party development is due to the poor documentation of the SDK. The actual functionality of the SDK is fine, but it's very poorly documented, with very few examples. This is a big problem and the Foundry and the Modo devs themselves acknowledge it and have placed a high priority on it. -Tim On 8/6/2014 4:35 PM, Paulo Cesar Duarte wrote: One downside is that I see a few plugins being developed for it, don't know if it is a more restrict to developers.
Re: Change License from Standalone to Network?
Maybe Softimage cannot connect to the license server. You could check %TEMP%\SoftimageLicense.log Or set FLEXLM_DIAGNOSTICS=3 and then start xsi On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Byron Nash byronn...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, changed all the values in setenv.bat and license.env. Re-installed and chose network but it still goes to standalone now. Might have to get in touch with support. On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Stephen Blair stephenrbl...@gmail.com wrote: Did you also change SOFTIMAGE_LICENSE_METHOD in License.env ? On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: I don’t know if re-installing is necessary. Did you try editing the licpath.lic file in your 2015 installation? Matt *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Byron Nash *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 2:26 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Change License from Standalone to Network? Thanks, re-installing now. On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: That is the regular procedure and applies to all versions of Softimage except 2015. 2015 uses a different licensing model which mirrors the subscription updates used by other Autodesk products. That’s why you can no longer have Softimage 2015 and 2015 SP1 (when it becomes available) installed side by side on your computer. Matt *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Byron Nash *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 2:08 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Re: Change License from Standalone to Network? Sorry, I'm running around like a chicken with it's head cut off this week. http://upandready.typepad.com/up_and_ready/2012/08/softimage-family-changing-from-standalone-to-network-licensing.html Softimage 2015 On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Matt Lind ml...@carbinestudios.com wrote: Might help if you point us to the approach you tried. Also, which version of Softimage are you using? Matt *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Byron Nash *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 1:49 PM *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com *Subject:* Change License from Standalone to Network? I tried editing the setenv.bat file as illustrated by Steve Blair on the ex-si blog. It still won't grab a license. Does that approach still work? I also added the license server to the license.env. Byron
Re: Manuka. Weta Digitals new renderer. That hair...
For having seen a few early test renders, it was really, really, impressive. Gollum became more realistic than ever even though the shaders were the same. On 7 August 2014 05:13, pedro santos probi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/manuka-weta-digitals-new-renderer/ Cheers -- *-- [image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/ http://probiner.x10.mx/ * -- Christopher Crouzet *http://christophercrouzet.com* http://christophercrouzet.com
Piotrek M's Meshpaint - function shortcuts?
I am doodling with Piotrek Marczaks excellent Meshpaint tool, but for the life of me I can't figure out the kb shortcuts/ mousebuttons for scaling the brush and bending lines - anyone know this? Thanks Morten
Re: Piotrek M's Meshpaint - function shortcuts?
OK, so I finally figured out brush size is R + click - now I need to know how to space clones evenly on a straight line, plus how to bend that. This is for painting rivets along various lines. MB Den 7. august 2014 kl. 16:34 skrev Morten Bartholdy x...@colorshopvfx.dk: I am doodling with Piotrek Marczaks excellent Meshpaint tool, but for the life of me I can't figure out the kb shortcuts/ mousebuttons for scaling the brush and bending lines - anyone know this? Thanks Morten
Re: Piotrek M's Meshpaint - function shortcuts?
If you do a search on vimeo for softimage meshpaint there are a couple of videos there which might help eg: https://vimeo.com/47094105 On 7 August 2014 15:58, Morten Bartholdy x...@colorshopvfx.dk wrote: OK, so I finally figured out brush size is R + click - now I need to know how to space clones evenly on a straight line, plus how to bend that. This is for painting rivets along various lines. MB Den 7. august 2014 kl. 16:34 skrev Morten Bartholdy x...@colorshopvfx.dk: I am doodling with Piotrek Marczaks excellent Meshpaint tool, but for the life of me I can't figure out the kb shortcuts/ mousebuttons for scaling the brush and bending lines - anyone know this? Thanks Morten -- www.matinai.com
Re: Akeytsu. Ah that time line with timmings :)
Interesting price structure... 500 euros per year. Can you rig in this? On 7 August 2014 13:37, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: if they discovered a way of eliminating gimble lock, they have my vote :P On 7 August 2014 13:08, pedro santos probi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nukeygara.com/gallery UI looks me, but they seem to be catering to animation features, unusual in 3D packages. I wonder how these things we're seeing, this and Voodoo will actually take animators out of Maya... Cheers -- *-- [image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/ http://probiner.x10.mx/ *
Re: Akeytsu. Ah that time line with timmings :)
They have a 'rig-less' approach, the workflow might be similar to motion builder (import your geometry+skeleton+weighting and apply their autorig). On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting price structure... 500 euros per year. Can you rig in this? On 7 August 2014 13:37, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: if they discovered a way of eliminating gimble lock, they have my vote :P On 7 August 2014 13:08, pedro santos probi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nukeygara.com/gallery UI looks me, but they seem to be catering to animation features, unusual in 3D packages. I wonder how these things we're seeing, this and Voodoo will actually take animators out of Maya... Cheers -- *-- [image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/ http://probiner.x10.mx/ *
Re: Akeytsu. Ah that time line with timmings :)
That part is not really shown yet and that is what I'm looking forward to see, rigging AND import export work, connection with other 3d apps. After all what is animation if you can;t send it somewhere for rendering ;) Connection with Unity3D and UE4 as well would be interesting to see, as they both requires bones/rig On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Cesar Saez cesa...@gmail.com wrote: They have a 'rig-less' approach, the workflow might be similar to motion builder (import your geometry+skeleton+weighting and apply their autorig). On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting price structure... 500 euros per year. Can you rig in this? On 7 August 2014 13:37, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: if they discovered a way of eliminating gimble lock, they have my vote :P On 7 August 2014 13:08, pedro santos probi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nukeygara.com/gallery UI looks me, but they seem to be catering to animation features, unusual in 3D packages. I wonder how these things we're seeing, this and Voodoo will actually take animators out of Maya... Cheers -- *-- [image: http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/ http://probiner.x10.mx/ *
RE: Akeytsu. Ah that time line with timmings :)
If I remember well from an interview on 3dvf.com , they’re supporting FBX for the moment with other formats to come soon after the release. Google Translate this if you wish. Lots of information: http://www.3dvf.com/dossier-1146-1-akeytsu-nouvel-outil-rigging-et-animation.html From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Mirko Jankovic Sent: 7 août 2014 11:50 To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Akeytsu. Ah that time line with timmings :) That part is not really shown yet and that is what I'm looking forward to see, rigging AND import export work, connection with other 3d apps. After all what is animation if you can;t send it somewhere for rendering ;) Connection with Unity3D and UE4 as well would be interesting to see, as they both requires bones/rig On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Cesar Saez cesa...@gmail.commailto:cesa...@gmail.com wrote: They have a 'rig-less' approach, the workflow might be similar to motion builder (import your geometry+skeleton+weighting and apply their autorig). On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.commailto:cgc...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting price structure... 500 euros per year. Can you rig in this? On 7 August 2014 13:37, Sebastien Sterling sebastien.sterl...@gmail.commailto:sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com wrote: if they discovered a way of eliminating gimble lock, they have my vote :P On 7 August 2014 13:08, pedro santos probi...@gmail.commailto:probi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nukeygara.com/gallery UI looks me, but they seem to be catering to animation features, unusual in 3D packages. I wonder how these things we're seeing, this and Voodoo will actually take animators out of Maya... Cheers -- [http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s202/animatics/probiner-sig.gif] Pedro Alpiarça dos Santos Animator 3DModeler Illustrator http://probiner.x10.mx/
Glasswork+RedShift -- Cadbury spot
Oh Alastair and team, why didn't you share earlier! ;) http://vimeo.com/101585188 Good job Glasswork. Made me smile :)
Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
HI, I opened a scene with geometry operators disabled in order to hide a bunch of ICE trees at start up. I then saved it out and turned off the Disable geometry operators on start up button, expecting the next time I open the scene to have them re-enabled. However they are stuck on disable and can't find a way to turn them back on. Any ideas? I'm using 2015. Regards, Tim
Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
check your prefs, there is a mode to disable ops on load... it is for debugging purposes On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: HI, I opened a scene with geometry operators disabled in order to hide a bunch of ICE trees at start up. I then saved it out and turned off the Disable geometry operators on start up button, expecting the next time I open the scene to have them re-enabled. However they are stuck on disable and can't find a way to turn them back on. Any ideas? I'm using 2015. Regards, Tim
Re: Glasswork+RedShift -- Cadbury spot
very nice! nice to see redshift in action! 2014-08-07 15:51 GMT-03:00 Marc-Andre Carbonneau marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com: Oh Alastair and team, why didn’t you share earlier! ;) http://vimeo.com/101585188 Good job Glasswork. Made me smile :)
Houdini Indie launched ...
Since nobody posted here ... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=2853Itemid=66 TORONTO: Aug 7, 2014 - Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce the immediate release of Houdini Indie which makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business.“Independent animators and game creators are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry” says Kim Davidson, President and CEO, Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Indie, they now have access to a comprehensive set of procedural tools and assets to help them experiment, innovate, and create!”Independent artists can use Houdini Indie to create animations, effects or game art. Houdini Indie includes the same procedural node-based workflow and features as the commercial version of Houdini and the physically-based Mantra renderer. Houdini Indie can be used in all stages of animation and game production including procedural modelling, character animation, lighting, rendering, effects and compositing. Houdini Indie also gives artists render farm access using HQueue on Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud.“Houdini Indie is a perfect solution for independent animators and game artists” says Chris Romano, Writer and Director, MONSTRO! “Houdini empowered my team to rig, animate, light, render and add effects such as hair, cloth, water and smoke with off-the-shelf tools. No special wizardy. No battery of programmers. This let me focus on story and style.” Houdini Indie with V-REX Orbolt Asset by Fabio D'amicoHoudini Engine IndieHoudini Indie, and the standalone Houdini Engine Indie, can be used to load Houdini Digital Assets into other content creation apps such as Maya®, Cinema4D, and 3DS Max®, or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal.® Houdini Digital Assets can be accessed from the Orbolt Smart 3D Asset store or created in Houdini Indie for sharing with other artists. Houdini Engine Indie working inside MayaPricing And AvailabilityHoudini Indie is available today for $199 USD annually while Houdini Engine Indie is available for $99 USD annually. Houdini Indie replaces Houdini Apprentice HD which was only available for non-commercial projects. Houdini Indie will recognize Apprentice HD licenses and can be used under the limited commercial license for the remainder of the annual term. The free Houdini Apprentice license is still available for non-commercial use by students.Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year and cannot be used in the same pipeline as commercial versions of Houdini. Houdini Indie uses its own file format for saving scenes and assets and is restricted to 1920x1080 when rendering out animations using Mantra. Houdini Indie also includes FBX input and output.
Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
You'll have to enable them manually. Right click the bottom disabled op, and click Enable from Here. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: HI, I opened a scene with geometry operators disabled in order to hide a bunch of ICE trees at start up. I then saved it out and turned off the Disable geometry operators on start up button, expecting the next time I open the scene to have them re-enabled. However they are stuck on disable and can't find a way to turn them back on. Any ideas? I'm using 2015. Regards, Tim
Re: Houdini Indie launched ...
yep that's right, a few limitations but an amazing piece of kit to have on your side if you are freelancer/small company. This replace the HD version that used to be $99 us but was non-commercial. - Only one mantra node ( I guess you could buy engine licenses? or just extra indies) - HD maximum res and no third party renderers - Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year Besides that it has all the bells and whistles ;) On Thursday, 7 August 2014, Maurício P. Cuencas maurici...@live.com wrote: Since nobody posted here ... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=2853Itemid=66 [image: Image] *TORONTO: Aug 7, 2014 *- Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce the immediate release of Houdini Indie which makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business. “Independent animators and game creators are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry” says Kim Davidson, President and CEO, Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Indie, they now have access to a comprehensive set of procedural tools and assets to help them experiment, innovate, and create!” Independent artists can use Houdini Indie to create animations, effects or game art. Houdini Indie includes the same procedural node-based workflow and features as the commercial version of Houdini and the physically-based Mantra renderer. Houdini Indie can be used in all stages of animation and game production including procedural modelling, character animation, lighting, rendering, effects and compositing. Houdini Indie also gives artists render farm access using HQueue on Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud. “Houdini Indie is a perfect solution for independent animators and game artists” says Chris Romano, Writer and Director, MONSTRO! “Houdini empowered my team to rig, animate, light, render and add effects such as hair, cloth, water and smoke with off-the-shelf tools. No special wizardy. No battery of programmers. This let me focus on story and style.” [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/indie/indie_screenshot_lrg.jpg *Houdini Indie with V-REX Orbolt Asset by Fabio D'amico* Houdini Engine Indie Houdini Indie, and the standalone Houdini Engine Indie, can be used to load Houdini Digital Assets into other content creation apps such as Maya®, Cinema4D, and 3DS Max®, or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal.® Houdini Digital Assets can be accessed from the Orbolt Smart 3D Asset store or created in Houdini Indie for sharing with other artists. [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/hengine_maya/hengine_max_fountain_lg.jpg *Houdini Engine Indie working inside Maya* Pricing And Availability Houdini Indie is available today for $199 USD annually while Houdini Engine Indie is available for $99 USD annually. Houdini Indie replaces Houdini Apprentice HD which was only available for non-commercial projects. Houdini Indie will recognize Apprentice HD licenses and can be used under the limited commercial license for the remainder of the annual term. The free Houdini Apprentice license is still available for non-commercial use by students. Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year and cannot be used in the same pipeline as commercial versions of Houdini. Houdini Indie uses its own file format for saving scenes and assets and is restricted to 1920x1080 when rendering out animations using Mantra. Houdini Indie also includes FBX input and output.
Re: Houdini Indie launched ...
They state that commercial entities are limited to a max of 3 Indie and Engine licenses. This is exactly what I had been looking forward to for a long time. Side FX has done it again. I'm sold. This + Modo will have me kicking it for the foreseeable future. Sold! Sergio Mucino On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:57 PM, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: yep that's right, a few limitations but an amazing piece of kit to have on your side if you are freelancer/small company. This replace the HD version that used to be $99 us but was non-commercial. - Only one mantra node ( I guess you could buy engine licenses? or just extra indies) - HD maximum res and no third party renderers - Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year Besides that it has all the bells and whistles ;) On Thursday, 7 August 2014, Maurício P. Cuencas maurici...@live.com wrote: Since nobody posted here ... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=2853Itemid=66 [image: Image] *TORONTO: Aug 7, 2014 *- Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce the immediate release of Houdini Indie which makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business. “Independent animators and game creators are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry” says Kim Davidson, President and CEO, Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Indie, they now have access to a comprehensive set of procedural tools and assets to help them experiment, innovate, and create!” Independent artists can use Houdini Indie to create animations, effects or game art. Houdini Indie includes the same procedural node-based workflow and features as the commercial version of Houdini and the physically-based Mantra renderer. Houdini Indie can be used in all stages of animation and game production including procedural modelling, character animation, lighting, rendering, effects and compositing. Houdini Indie also gives artists render farm access using HQueue on Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud. “Houdini Indie is a perfect solution for independent animators and game artists” says Chris Romano, Writer and Director, MONSTRO! “Houdini empowered my team to rig, animate, light, render and add effects such as hair, cloth, water and smoke with off-the-shelf tools. No special wizardy. No battery of programmers. This let me focus on story and style.” [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/indie/indie_screenshot_lrg.jpg *Houdini Indie with V-REX Orbolt Asset by Fabio D'amico* Houdini Engine Indie Houdini Indie, and the standalone Houdini Engine Indie, can be used to load Houdini Digital Assets into other content creation apps such as Maya®, Cinema4D, and 3DS Max®, or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal.® Houdini Digital Assets can be accessed from the Orbolt Smart 3D Asset store or created in Houdini Indie for sharing with other artists. [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/hengine_maya/hengine_max_fountain_lg.jpg *Houdini Engine Indie working inside Maya* Pricing And Availability Houdini Indie is available today for $199 USD annually while Houdini Engine Indie is available for $99 USD annually. Houdini Indie replaces Houdini Apprentice HD which was only available for non-commercial projects. Houdini Indie will recognize Apprentice HD licenses and can be used under the limited commercial license for the remainder of the annual term. The free Houdini Apprentice license is still available for non-commercial use by students. Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year and cannot be used in the same pipeline as commercial versions of Houdini. Houdini Indie uses its own file format for saving scenes and assets and is restricted to 1920x1080 when rendering out animations using Mantra. Houdini Indie also includes FBX input and output.
Re: Houdini Indie launched ...
Will it support 3rd party renderers? On 7 Aug 2014 20:57, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: yep that's right, a few limitations but an amazing piece of kit to have on your side if you are freelancer/small company. This replace the HD version that used to be $99 us but was non-commercial. - Only one mantra node ( I guess you could buy engine licenses? or just extra indies) - HD maximum res and no third party renderers - Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year Besides that it has all the bells and whistles ;) On Thursday, 7 August 2014, Maurício P. Cuencas maurici...@live.com wrote: Since nobody posted here ... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=2853Itemid=66 [image: Image] *TORONTO: Aug 7, 2014 *- Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce the immediate release of Houdini Indie which makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business. “Independent animators and game creators are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry” says Kim Davidson, President and CEO, Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Indie, they now have access to a comprehensive set of procedural tools and assets to help them experiment, innovate, and create!” Independent artists can use Houdini Indie to create animations, effects or game art. Houdini Indie includes the same procedural node-based workflow and features as the commercial version of Houdini and the physically-based Mantra renderer. Houdini Indie can be used in all stages of animation and game production including procedural modelling, character animation, lighting, rendering, effects and compositing. Houdini Indie also gives artists render farm access using HQueue on Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud. “Houdini Indie is a perfect solution for independent animators and game artists” says Chris Romano, Writer and Director, MONSTRO! “Houdini empowered my team to rig, animate, light, render and add effects such as hair, cloth, water and smoke with off-the-shelf tools. No special wizardy. No battery of programmers. This let me focus on story and style.” [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/indie/indie_screenshot_lrg.jpg *Houdini Indie with V-REX Orbolt Asset by Fabio D'amico* Houdini Engine Indie Houdini Indie, and the standalone Houdini Engine Indie, can be used to load Houdini Digital Assets into other content creation apps such as Maya®, Cinema4D, and 3DS Max®, or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal.® Houdini Digital Assets can be accessed from the Orbolt Smart 3D Asset store or created in Houdini Indie for sharing with other artists. [image: Image] http://www.sidefx.com/images/stories/news/hengine_maya/hengine_max_fountain_lg.jpg *Houdini Engine Indie working inside Maya* Pricing And Availability Houdini Indie is available today for $199 USD annually while Houdini Engine Indie is available for $99 USD annually. Houdini Indie replaces Houdini Apprentice HD which was only available for non-commercial projects. Houdini Indie will recognize Apprentice HD licenses and can be used under the limited commercial license for the remainder of the annual term. The free Houdini Apprentice license is still available for non-commercial use by students. Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year and cannot be used in the same pipeline as commercial versions of Houdini. Houdini Indie uses its own file format for saving scenes and assets and is restricted to 1920x1080 when rendering out animations using Mantra. Houdini Indie also includes FBX input and output.
Re: Softimage to Modo
Hi Eric Once the documentation is in place will that make things a lot easier for the average person to dig into the sdk. Some SDK¹s even with great documentation are not great to use. Kind regards Angus On 2014/08/07, 6:33 PM, Eric Mootz e...@mootzoid.com wrote: PS (@Paulo): I am not transfering the plugins to Modo, I am porting them. What I mean is that all plugins will remain available for Softimage|XSI, too. In fact I develop in Softimage only and then port them ;) The Modo SDK is still tough to handle, at least that is my opinion. The SDKs of Softimage, Maya and Cinema - just to name a few - are far simpler to use. But the Modo team is aware of the lack of documentation and examples and they are working on it! Pretty sure things will improve greatly in the next 1-2 years! 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
Re: Houdini Indie launched ...
No. -- Srecko Micic 3D Generalist --- Skype: srecko.micic Email: srecko.mi...@gmail.com On Aug 7, 2014, at 10:02 PM, Amaan Akram xsil...@warpedspace.org wrote: Will it support 3rd party renderers? On 7 Aug 2014 20:57, Cristobal Infante cgc...@gmail.com wrote: yep that's right, a few limitations but an amazing piece of kit to have on your side if you are freelancer/small company. This replace the HD version that used to be $99 us but was non-commercial. - Only one mantra node ( I guess you could buy engine licenses? or just extra indies) - HD maximum res and no third party renderers - Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year Besides that it has all the bells and whistles ;) On Thursday, 7 August 2014, Maurício P. Cuencas maurici...@live.com wrote: Since nobody posted here ... http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=2853Itemid=66 TORONTO: Aug 7, 2014 - Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D animation and visual effects software, is proud to announce the immediate release of Houdini Indie which makes all of Houdini’s animation and VFX tools available under a limited commercial license to independent animators and game makers who want to use Houdini during the incubation stage of their business. “Independent animators and game creators are the lifeblood of the entertainment industry” says Kim Davidson, President and CEO, Side Effects Software. “With Houdini Indie, they now have access to a comprehensive set of procedural tools and assets to help them experiment, innovate, and create!” Independent artists can use Houdini Indie to create animations, effects or game art. Houdini Indie includes the same procedural node-based workflow and features as the commercial version of Houdini and the physically-based Mantra renderer. Houdini Indie can be used in all stages of animation and game production including procedural modelling, character animation, lighting, rendering, effects and compositing. Houdini Indie also gives artists render farm access using HQueue on Amazon’s EC2 compute cloud. “Houdini Indie is a perfect solution for independent animators and game artists” says Chris Romano, Writer and Director, MONSTRO! “Houdini empowered my team to rig, animate, light, render and add effects such as hair, cloth, water and smoke with off-the-shelf tools. No special wizardy. No battery of programmers. This let me focus on story and style.” Houdini Indie with V-REX Orbolt Asset by Fabio D'amico Houdini Engine Indie Houdini Indie, and the standalone Houdini Engine Indie, can be used to load Houdini Digital Assets into other content creation apps such as Maya®, Cinema4D, and 3DS Max®, or game editors such as Unity® and Unreal.® Houdini Digital Assets can be accessed from the Orbolt Smart 3D Asset store or created in Houdini Indie for sharing with other artists. Houdini Engine Indie working inside Maya Pricing And Availability Houdini Indie is available today for $199 USD annually while Houdini Engine Indie is available for $99 USD annually. Houdini Indie replaces Houdini Apprentice HD which was only available for non-commercial projects. Houdini Indie will recognize Apprentice HD licenses and can be used under the limited commercial license for the remainder of the annual term. The free Houdini Apprentice license is still available for non-commercial use by students. Commercial use of Houdini Indie is limited to studios or artists that make less than $100K USD per year and cannot be used in the same pipeline as commercial versions of Houdini. Houdini Indie uses its own file format for saving scenes and assets and is restricted to 1920x1080 when rendering out animations using Mantra. Houdini Indie also includes FBX input and output.
RE: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
Hi, I checked this box originally, saved the file with operators disabled ( and my debugging done ), then unchecked the box again thinking that the operators would now be enabled when I opened the scene. This isn't the case, It's like the disabled operators have been saved into the scene. Is this normal behaviour? Cheers, Tim From: car...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:11:51 -0700 Subject: Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled. To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com check your prefs, there is a mode to disable ops on load... it is for debugging purposes On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk wrote: HI, I opened a scene with geometry operators disabled in order to hide a bunch of ICE trees at start up. I then saved it out and turned off the Disable geometry operators on start up button, expecting the next time I open the scene to have them re-enabled. However they are stuck on disable and can't find a way to turn them back on. Any ideas? I'm using 2015. Regards, Tim
Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
yes, i failed to read you extremely long email outlining exactly that ;)
because i was lazy here is a script to help you...
# python start
# select all the objects with disabled op stacks
# attempts to find the bottom op in the stack and enable it and all of the
above ops
from sipyutils import si # win32com.client.Dispatch('XSI.Application')
for item in si().Selection:
stack = list(item.ActivePrimitive.ConstructionHistory)
if stack:
# order reversed
si().DeactivateAbove(stack[-1], False)
# python end
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk
wrote:
Hi, I checked this box originally, saved the file with operators disabled
( and my debugging done ), then unchecked the box again thinking that the
operators would now be enabled when I opened the scene. This isn't the
case, It's like the disabled operators have been saved into the scene. Is
this normal behaviour?
Cheers,
Tim
--
From: car...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:11:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
check your prefs, there is a mode to disable ops on load... it is for
debugging purposes
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tim Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk
wrote:
HI, I opened a scene with geometry operators disabled in order to hide a
bunch of ICE trees at start up. I then saved it out and turned off the
Disable geometry operators on start up button, expecting the next time I
open the scene to have them re-enabled. However they are stuck on disable
and can't find a way to turn them back on.
Any ideas? I'm using 2015.
Regards,
Tim
Re: Softimage to Modo
To post details on a sheer poly-count (only) test, involving subdividing a 600k poly head scan twice (to a 15 million poly head) and instancing it as many times as possible. (using instances to load poly display without loading memory) With Modo subdividing (twice to 15 mil. polys) took 1m30sec, and I was able to make 36 instances, (limited by memory.. and stability) saving (15 mil. polys) took 1 min and Loading took 2m10sec. at least (many) long operations show a reliable progress bar showing it's not just frozen. I would save at every third head instance copy, because it would crash at every couple of newly created ones Saving took a while, but autosaves became very irritating taking longer than regular saves (3min) for some reasion, while still not being a good idea to turn it off. doing things like switching (certain) tools would involve a whopping 30 seconds each time, switching 'Modules' wasn't bad (3 sec) but the need to constantly switch back and forth to completely different views, (some with no timeline.. wanting to change something at a particular frame) then having to relocate every time, I didn't find particularly fun. It would also seemingly randomly process something for 10-20 sec every few minutes, and doing a few things would quickly further push up (the already very heafty 10 gb) memory consumption t'il I had to restart once my 16gig were filled (if that happended before crashing) with 36 instances navigation was 1 FPS in certain modules, to 0.3 FPS (3 sec per frame) in other modules (or with certain tools selected ) (with selection outlines and everything off) __ While c4d had the fastest processing (15 sec for subivisions) saving/loading time (20 sec each) (I know many operations became multithreaded in R15) C4D could barely go beyond 4-5 instances (limited by performance), it would take 10 second refresh to basically do anything in the viewport and even in bounding box display mode (or having stuff out of view?) had barely any effect on performance, which I couldn't beleive, (I hope I was missing something) Program used 4gb XSI Subdividing twice to 15 million took the longest at 3m30sec, Saving was 30 sec , and 1m20sec for loading But while XSI would sort of get hot, it would very much keep on going smooth.. 1, all the way to 50 (x15mil polys) instance copies (I could go further), made (any) viewport nav/intraction/transforms, linearly go from 60fps to a usable 1.6 FPS, with a cool 1.9 gb memory consumption with a partcularity of having all Interface (non viewport) interactions remain completly unnaffected by whatever was in the scene. _ Some of that in a grid.. Subdividing twice to 15mil Saving 15mil polys Loading Nav FPS Mem C4D 15sec 20sec 20sec 10sec/frame (4x 15 mil polys) 4.3gb MODO 1m40sec 1 min (sometimes 3min) 2m10sec 1 to 3sec/frame (36x 15 mil poly) 9 to 14gb SI 3m30sec 30sec 1m20sec 1.6 fps (50x 15mil polys) 1.9 gb __ This is of course but a narrow polycount only test (and maybe I was missing stuff), but I know SI continues to shine with deformations and stuff going-on, and things are far from being all about FPS (ie; the 'depth' of Houdini, where SI also shines(again) except with the simplicity of C4D) But with these results after all this time, I think the next XSI (or Maya) would more likely be a Vodoo or an Apollo (if released) than either Modo or C4d, But who knows when a truely 'limitless' while super-friendly app (contradictory in terms by default) would rersurface once again.. On 08/07/14 12:54, Paulo Cesar Duarte wrote: Great. Softimage is still my main software, and probably will still remain for the next 3-5 years, and I also believe that in the next 1-2 years the evolution of Modo will be great, and in this time I will be doing a smooth transition, I'm also
Re: Glasswork+RedShift -- Cadbury spot
Lol! loved the description too.. talking about the scalability, flexibility, and 'quick/easy high level accessibility' of RS (which also very much applies to the host app used) :) On 08/07/14 14:51, Marc-Andre Carbonneau wrote: Oh Alastair and team, why didnt you share earlier! ;) http://vimeo.com/101585188 Good job Glasswork. Made me smile:)
Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry operators disabled.
Man, some solutions to potentially
really time consuming things can come in really tiny scripts :)
On 08/07/14 17:53, Steven Caron wrote:
yes, i failed to read you extremely long email
outlining exactly that ;)
because i was lazy here is a script to help you...
# python start
# select all the objects with disabled op stacks
# attempts to find the bottom op in the stack and enable it
and all of the above ops
from sipyutils import si #
win32com.client.Dispatch('XSI.Application')
for item in si().Selection:
stack =
list(item.ActivePrimitive.ConstructionHistory)
if stack:
# order reversed
si().DeactivateAbove(stack[-1], False)
# python end
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Tim
Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk
wrote:
Hi, I checked this box originally, saved
the file with operators disabled ( and my debugging done
), then unchecked the box again thinking that the
operators would now be enabled when I opened the scene.
This isn't the case, It's like the disabled operators
have been saved into the scene. Is this normal
behaviour?
Cheers,
Tim
From: car...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 12:11:51 -0700
Subject: Re: Scene constantly stuck with geometry
operators disabled.
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
check your prefs, there is a mode
to disable ops on load... it is for debugging
purposes
On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Tim
Bolland tim_boll...@hotmail.co.uk
wrote:
HI, I opened a scene with
geometry operators disabled in order
to hide a bunch of ICE trees at start
up. I then saved it out and turned off
the "Disable geometry operators on
start up" button, expecting the next
time I open the scene to have them
re-enabled. However they are stuck on
disable and can't find a way to turn
them back on.
Any ideas? I'm using
2015.
Regards,
Tim
