Re: Anybody here have a view on Houdini vs Katana for lookdev/lighting workflows.

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I know this is totally out of your focus but have you tried Octane
Standalone?
You also do have it as Houdini plugin and it can easily transfer complete
scene data to a standalone app for further look dev/rendering, with a
single click of a button...

Just my 2ct.

Cheers.
Ivan

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 4:59 PM Tim Crowson  wrote:

> I used Katana at MPC, and lately have been using Houdini at Method. Bear
> in mind that my use of these products has been for feature films, with
> medium to heavy shot content. I have not used them in any other context.
> Bear in mind also that both platforms (because that’s really what they are)
> require some degree of custom development to achieve efficiency in lighting
> (as I define efficiency, at least).
>
> I far prefer Katana.
>
> In my view Katana makes it FAR easier to manage scene data without losing
> your mind. K is also much more elegant in how it handles per-pass
> overrides. Houdini’s options for per-ROP overrides (on things that are not
> the ROP itself, which is vital to be able to do) are problematic for me,
> personally.
>
> Katana also makes it much easier to read the state of things, simply by
> looking at the graph. Houdini’s paradigm presents you with a bunch of
> disconnected nodes that don’t seem to be related at all, forcing you to
> inspect parameters to see what is going on. You adapt to that, but it does
> create extra mental steps that have to be taken while working. One of my
> pet peeves is the single-line string field used in the Objects tab on ROPs.
> It’s a good deal of work to properly read that kind of field, even on mild
> shots. It’s just a space-delineated list of paths. Translating that into
> meaningful information takes more time than it should.
>
> Houdini’s takes are interesting, although the pros where I am never use
> them because of awful past experiences. And the few times I have tried to
> use them they bugged out and simply didn’t work reliably. Besides, at the
> conceptual level, I don’t agree with storing scene states (or overrides)
> abstracted from a ROP, *unless* you can combine them later. You wind up
> making one take per ROP, which then makes me wonder why they aren’t just
> stored on the ROP in the first place.
>
> Katana make sure it incredibly easy, in my view, to not only visualize the
> data flow, but also to assetize the overrides themselves, for use elsewhere
> or in other Katana files, combined in any way you like.
>
> On the lookdev and lighting fronts alike, Katana’s CEL statements
> absolutely demolish the equivalent syntax available in Houdini. CEL
> statements are simply more advanced and “smarter” in what they let you
> target within a scene graph.
>
> For me, lighting especially comes down to efficient data management. In
> film it’s far more technical of a discipline than people think. The
> artistic part can be done pretty quickly. Managing how a shot is broken
> down into layers, in a way that makes responsible use of available
> resources, is the bigger challenge. And in my view Katana is the king here
> (though Image Engine’s Gaffer is very similar, from what I understand).
>
> I have been using Houdini lately on Aquaman and I guess it’s the stress of
> production building up, but it’s really just getting on my nerves. Seems
> like there are far too many possible points of failure and bugs, unless you
> design a strong custom UX front end, and that’s a lot of work. Getting
> Katana up to production-ready status requires less development effort, in
> my view.
>
> But there is that insane Foundry price tag...
>
> I am curious to hear from others, because my exposure to Houdini is
> admittedly limited.
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 8:45 AM Jonathan Moore 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a client (an advertising network with their own production
>> facilities) that currently have a pipeline involving Maya and Houdini with
>> RenderMan and Redshift as rendering options. There's a smattering of Max
>> and Modo for asset creation but that's beyond the scope of my enquiry.
>>
>> We're currently going through the process of deciding whether Katana
>> would be an effective tool to add to their pipeline as their are moving
>> into longer form branded content as well as their existing advertising
>> output.
>>
>> I have a major cognitive bias going into this assessment that Houdini can
>> be used for Katana style deferred rendering workflows as well as it's FX
>> bread and butter. Introducing Katana will come at a considerable cost so
>> I'm wondering what others think and feel about Katana, particularly if
>> they've already gone through a similar thought process. It doesn't matte

Re: OT: Virtual Reality RnD

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Wow, looking great!

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 2:58 PM, Enter Reality <3dv...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been experimenting quite a bit using the HTC Vive lately, and Noitom
> was kind enough to sent me a pair of Hi5 VR Gloves.
>
> I recently got 8 Vive Trackers and I tested everything using IKinema Orion
> for realtime motion capture inside the Unreal Engine 4, combined with the
> VR gloves, in order to get full body motion capture ( fingers included )
> and I'm quite surprised by the results.
>
> Full Body Mocap with IKinema Orion and Noitom Hi5 VR Gloves
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DHjdpJD4MLDc&d=DwMFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=qd9AFh1uervnsSEKULKsfSrQKdFFpZlQ_7JDQHcvAj8&s=orwm6HiHlge-w0eIY_-cZAz2mxdel1d95j2Bz7Epc38&e=>
>
> I've also done a bit of RnD using CAD models into UE4 and integrating
> gestures for the VR gloves, creating simulations and job training in VR.
>
> RnD Job Training and Welding Simulation
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3Doo1tK2JoymQ&d=DwMFaQ&c=76Q6Tcqc-t2x0ciWn7KFdCiqt6IQ7a_IF9uzNzd_2pA&r=GmX_32eCLYPFLJ529RohsPjjNVwo9P0jVMsrMw7PFsA&m=qd9AFh1uervnsSEKULKsfSrQKdFFpZlQ_7JDQHcvAj8&s=4jswJ-mu38li93bSOdQ_getoD2WI7Ab5uIlXeNqzMzU&e=>
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> If you have any questions or comment you're welcome :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Nicolas
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Re: Softimage - not going away...

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Great work! So smooth!

Cheers.
Ivan

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Re: OT - facial mocap services?

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I bet these guys are fully busy and not that North :), but you could give
it a try, they are one of the better out there...

http://www.3lateral.com/

Cheers.
Ivan

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:31 PM, Morten Bartholdy 
wrote:

> Can anyone here recommend facial mocap services preferably in Northern
> Europe or even Scandinavia? We are based in Denmark, so the closer the
> better.
>
> Thanks
> Morten
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Re: OTish and F****** Mayaish rant - or the multiple UV sets conundrum

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

That's why 3rd party rendering plugins developed it for maya distribution.
Redshift has it, Vray has it and since Arnold is not 3rd party no more...
Maybe you should ask for it... :)

Cheers.
Ivan

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Artur W  wrote:

> ... to add to this. When we import alembic into maya with UVs, Maya
> sometimes adds second UV map (empty) and sets it as primary. It can't be
> deleted. We tried. You can't use the proper one either. All we do is copy
> UVs from one to the other for it to work. Maya sets new level of dumb.
>
> Artur
>
> I'd like to know it also.
>
> Bring it.
>
> 2017-05-23 10:45 GMT+02:00 Morten Bartholdy :
>
>> I am late to the sad and boring party of learning Maya and have run into
>> what looks like total idiosyncracy in the way you manage and use multiple
>> UV sets in Maya.
>>
>> Trying to keep an open mind and keeping the learning hat on, I am willing
>> to accept there might be a good reason for the way Maya does it, but having
>> to Link each UV set to a given texture using the Relationship Editor rather
>> than just selecting the desired UV set in a texture projection node like in
>> Soft is beyond my imagination. It seems like programmers harassment.
>>
>> Can someone here indicate a good reason for this, expanded functionality,
>> or perhaps a simpler workaround for using multiple UV sets in shader
>> networks in Maya?
>>
>> Thanks, and apologies for blowing off steam.
>>
>>
>> Morten
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Re: RealLens 2

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi,

This post is more then 2 years old :) but I have a question.
When transferring camera from XSI with alembic film aperture gets written
from xsi camera parameter and not Real Lens 2 parameters. That becomes
important for renderer like Octane.
Any chance of Real Lens 2 working along with XSI's aperture parameters?

Cheers.
Ivan

On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 9:22 AM, Marco Peixoto  wrote:

> Real Lens user here , thank you :)
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Cristobal Infante 
> wrote:
>
>> thanks! I've used realLens 1 all the way!!!
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 15 July 2014, Paulo Cesar Duarte 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, It's a must have in my tool set.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>> Paulo Duarte
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-07-15 15:04 GMT-03:00 Tim Crowson :
>>>
>>>> Thanks, it's working great now.
>>>> -Tim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/15/2014 12:38 PM, Francois Lord wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Here. It should work now.
>>>> https://s3.amazonaws.com/public.francoislord.com/RealLens2.2.xsiaddon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 14-Jul-14 17:01, Tim Crowson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Francois, but perhaps I've installed it incorrectly... I get the
>>>> camera primitive, but I get the following errors... I installed it via
>>>> 'Install Addon...' and restarted Soft 2014 SP2, and I just get this:
>>>>
>>>> *# ERROR : Traceback (most recent call last):*
>>>> *#   File "

Latest works from DAT

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi folks,

Last year as well as on the start of this one we have been mostly busy with
creating sneakers for Adidas projects for Woodblock Berlin.
As there's a lot of questions around for projects still done in XSI I
thought I should post it here.
Spot after spot we ended up doing around ~30 sneaker asset so far, and
counting... :)

Our portfolio page turn out to look like an adidas page now:
http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/

Moving and approving from one project to another we managed to amp some
details as we always strive to, so here's a small image describing our love
for macro and details:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTC59FhsmV/

Warm Regards to one of the best communities ever!

Cheers.
Ivan

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Re: Warcraft Creating The Horde

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Great news!

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Ed Schiffer  wrote:

> great making of!
>
> On 18 November 2016 at 07:43, Mirko Jankovic 
> wrote:
>
>> But seriously, whats the status of Softimage in Hybride at the moment. If
>> it is ok to ask, just curious.
>> ᐧ
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:38 AM, Enter Reality <3dv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Congrats guys, really impressive work!
>>>
>>> 2016-11-18 1:57 GMT+01:00 Ahmidou Lyazidi :
>>>
>>>> You'll have to ask them :) we at Hybride had our own workflow totally
>>>> separated from ILM.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Ahmidou Lyazidi
>>>> Director | TD | CG artist
>>>> http://vimeo.com/ahmidou/videos
>>>> http://www.cappuccino-films.com
>>>>
>>>> 2016-11-17 18:37 GMT-05:00 Sebastien Sterling <
>>>> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> What did ILM think of fabric ?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Nov 2016 23:49, "Eric Thivierge"  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Updated video link:
>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm_FWIfTjFQ&feature=youtu.be&t=1s
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Eric Thivierge
>>>>>> http://www.ethivierge.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Pierre Schiller <
>>>>>> activemotionpictu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Guys the video was removed, I didn´t get the chance to check it out.
>>>>>>> I shared it this morning and now the link is down by user. Could anyone
>>>>>>> please confirm?
>>>>>>> Is it a thing of not giving exposure to FE? or Softimage???
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> :( I mean halloween is over, this is no trick or treat time :(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 2:59 PM, Marc-Andre Carbonneau <
>>>>>>> marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> GO HYBRIDE!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>>>>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Eric
>>>>>>>> Thivierge
>>>>>>>> *Sent:* November-17-16 10:57 AM
>>>>>>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>>>>>> *Subject:* Warcraft Creating The Horde
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This new video from ILM has a few clips and information about the
>>>>>>>> work we did on Warcraft at Hybride. We used Softimage and Fabric 
>>>>>>>> Engine to
>>>>>>>> make the crowds. Was a great project to work on and just as great of a
>>>>>>>> challenge too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0MRBrJlvkQ
>>>>>>>> Hybride crowds around 3:30
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> http://www.ethivierge.com
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Re: New render layers in maya

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

S many new windows in Maya.
Now we have property editor and render passes window. :)
Guess it just has to go that way, or not?

Cheers.
Ivan

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Mikael Pettersén <
mikael.petter...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, that goes without saying. If you only could hear the amount of
> cursing I do at work every day... ;)
>
>
>
> *From: *Mirko Jankovic 
> *Sent: *18 April 2016 11:29
> *To: *softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>
> *Subject: *Re: New render layers in maya
>
>
>
> Compared to old one yes.. compared to Softimage's.. not so ;)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Mikael Pettersén <
> mikael.petter...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I’m hardly a Maya fan, but I have to say that this looks like a big
> improvement to me.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Mikael
>
>
>
> *From: *Mirko Jankovic 
> *Sent: *18 April 2016 10:30
> *To: *Rob Wuijster ; softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject: *Re: New render layers in maya
>
>
>
> Seems just like another attempt to push something that is not design with
> Maya nature at all and crammed it inside...
>
> Ideas and workflows from Softimage simply doesn't work inside maya because
> it is wrong environment completely.
>
> You can;t get same workflow in something that was sometimes design in
> completely different logic in mind... and now even worse as it become this
> huge Frankenstein of misc workflows and ideas from all the purchased
> software and cramped in it.. pieces that by itself are maybe even good but
> when crammed together they simply don't talk to each other.
>
> Practically you have full house of workers that don;t talk to each other
> or understand each other and trying to make a building...
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Rob Wuijster  wrote:
>
> Well, I think we all decided a long time ago Maya will never be as
> efficient as Softimage. UI wise or workflow wise. ;-)
> Like I said, I glanced over it, will have to do a bit more digging when I
> have the time.
>
> cheers!
>
>
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> \/-\/\/
>
> On 18-4-2016 11:13, Jordi Bares wrote:
>
> I am afraid it is too much to write on an email, may be when I get a bit
> of time free I will but invite you to think about it a bit more, just the
> layout itself is a massive step backwards from a Softimage user perspective.
>
>
>
> jb
>
>
>
> On 18 Apr 2016, at 10:09, Rob Wuijster  wrote:
>
>
>
> Just glanced over it yesterday, but it looked a lot better than the
> current way of working.
> What's bugging you with this approach? Just curious ;-)
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> \/-\/\/
>
> On 18-4-2016 10:50, Jordi Bares wrote:
>
> Oh dear… they got it all wrong…
>
> jb
>
>
>
>
>
> On 18 Apr 2016, at 09:14, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>
>
>
> I presume you guys have all seen this...
>
>
>
>
> http://help.autodesk.com/view/MAYAUL/2016/ENU/?guid=GUID-9AB65955-9390-42F6-B293-EAF1A0AD0C3B
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Re: Wrapped

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Yo buddy!

Well deserved prices!
Looks amazing, good luck in the future, big things waiting for you.

Warm hugs!
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Re: Crate Alembic, get material names in xsi from 3dsmax abc file

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Ahahahaha! Nice one grandpa...

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:

> :)
>
> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 8:12 PM,  wrote:
>
>> > ...make me want to commit sudoku ...
>>
>> hilarious typo.
>> or is it?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 3:36 PM, Fabian Schnuer Gohde 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, writing out the mapping info from max and then matching it back is
>>> possible but it introduces more things that can go wrong, especially with
>>> complex multi-sub material setups and clashing node names that get renamed
>>> on export.
>>>
>>> According to the crate exporter the material name should be written out
>>> somehow. I'll try loading the abc file via python and see if i can
>>> access/map it via that.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Fabian
>>>
>>> On 4 April 2016 at 12:02, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:
>>>
>>>> You could use write a script in max to write a external file on disk
>>>> with a dictionary of what mat goes to what geo. Read it into soft with
>>>> python and have it distribute the shaders based on the external file.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Morten Bartholdy 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Do you have the latets Speedtree version? We ran in to something
>>>>> similar some
>>>>> years ago and they actually came up with a fix inside of a day or so.
>>>>> It is too
>>>>> long ago so I don't remember the details, but it is worth checking I
>>>>> guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> Morten
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> > Den 4. april 2016 klokken 00:24 skrev Fabian Schnuer Gohde
>>>>> > :
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Hi,
>>>>> > is there a straightforward way of getting the material assignment
>>>>> info from
>>>>> > an abc exported via crate for 3dsmax inside of xsi to
>>>>> re-create/assign
>>>>> > materials with matching names? I'm exporting materials info from
>>>>> 3dsmax
>>>>> > seperately and need to re-integrate that with the geometry. I have a
>>>>> > "working" version with FBX but the FBX export/import screws up a
>>>>> lot. Thus
>>>>> > I wanted to try using crate for the geo instead.
>>>>> >
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Re: Latest work - Adidas ZX Flux ADV

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Thanks Luiz! ;)

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:48 PM,  wrote:

> Great job Ivan!!!
>
> On Monday, February 22, 2016 at 10:54:35 AM UTC-3, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Very proud on our first full spot done here at DAT.
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>>
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>>
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Re: Latest work - Adidas ZX Flux ADV

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hehe. :)

Thanks Srecko!

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> On 22/02/2016 16:12:41, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:
> Hvala/Thanks Mirko! :)
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> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
> wrote:
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>> Thanks Olivier!
>> It's https://vimeo.com/76501318 and similar thing I made and it's all
>> from Vincent Ullmann's vimeo tutorials.
>>
>> Thanks both of guys! :)
>>
>> Cheerio.
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>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Olivier Jeannel 
>> wrote:
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>>> Clean stuff ! Is this Anto Matkovic Knit ?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Very proud on our first full spot done here at DAT.
>>>> Softimage, Sitoa and ALS_Shaders.
>>>>
>>>> http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/adidas-zx-flux-adv/
>>>>
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>>>>
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Re: Latest work - Adidas ZX Flux ADV

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hvala/Thanks Mirko! :)

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
wrote:

> Thanks Olivier!
> It's https://vimeo.com/76501318 and similar thing I made and it's all
> from Vincent Ullmann's vimeo tutorials.
>
> Thanks both of guys! :)
>
> Cheerio.
> Ivan
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>> Clean stuff ! Is this Anto Matkovic Knit ?
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Very proud on our first full spot done here at DAT.
>>> Softimage, Sitoa and ALS_Shaders.
>>>
>>> http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/adidas-zx-flux-adv/
>>>
>>> Making of:
>>> https://vimeo.com/155828513
>>>
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Re: Latest work - Adidas ZX Flux ADV

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Thanks Olivier!
It's https://vimeo.com/76501318 and similar thing I made and it's all from
Vincent Ullmann's vimeo tutorials.

Thanks both of guys! :)

Cheerio.
Ivan

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Olivier Jeannel 
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> Clean stuff ! Is this Anto Matkovic Knit ?
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> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Very proud on our first full spot done here at DAT.
>> Softimage, Sitoa and ALS_Shaders.
>>
>> http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/adidas-zx-flux-adv/
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>> https://vimeo.com/155828513
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Latest work - Adidas ZX Flux ADV

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi,

Very proud on our first full spot done here at DAT.
Softimage, Sitoa and ALS_Shaders.

http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/adidas-zx-flux-adv/

Making of:
https://vimeo.com/155828513

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Re: Maya rocks !

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Haha!
You got me!

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Olivier Jeannel 
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Re: Redshift users?

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

One lic here, but I would still give advantage to Arnold over RS.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Stephen Davidson 
wrote:

> Every render I run,  on Softimage is run through Redshift. I have been
> using Redshift since Beta,  and am a very happy customer.  No volumetrics,
>  yet,  though.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 7:32 AM Morten Bartholdy  wrote:
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>> Out of curiosity - how many of you have started using or completely
>> switched to Redshift?
>>
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Re: LK Lightning 2.5 Available & Now Free

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

You're the maaan Leonard!!!

Cheers.
Ivan

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Leonard Koch 
wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> I have a new version of LK Lightning for you today. I hope you don't mind
> my posting it here.
> The headlining feature for version 2.5 is *Stages* which allows you to
> create much more complicated behaviours by assigning different sets of
> controllers to particles based on which stage they are in.With these stages
> also comes a new category of compounds. *Triggers* that allow you to move
> particles between them.You can assign a new stage to strands that have been
> split off as well and thus give them a different set of rules. This is
> something that was requested many times by 2.0 users and is indeed super
> useful.Additionally there are a bunch of other useful tools for particle
> effects in here that stem from an awesome job I got to do at Digital Golem:
> http://www.digitalgolem.com/portfolio/detroit-electric-sp01/
>
> *LK Lightning is also free for everyone now.*
> With Softimage going EOL I just don't feel good charging people for an
> extension to a software that has been sentenced to death.Freelancers and
> companies who've approached me wanting to buy LKL in the past couple of
> months have already received it free of charge and with the new version I'm
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Re: use python installed with softimage

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Softimage reinstall helped, but I forgot about runonce.bat. Bet that would
help too! I've also removed python installation as well as pywin...

Thanks Eric, thanks Stefan!

Cheers.
Ivan

On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:09 AM, Eric Thivierge  wrote:

> Open the Softimage command prompt and run the runonce.bat
> On Oct 6, 2015 9:01 PM, "Stefan Kubicek"  wrote:
>
>> Are you saying that even when setting the preferences back to using
>> Softimage's "internal" Python version it would fail to initialize that
>> scripting language? I never had this problem. Try renaming the external
>> Python folders one by one and restart Softimage each time to see which one
>> is offending. If that doesn't help I'm out of ideas.
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have python26 and python27 on my C partition installed and now I am not
>> able to enable python that comes with softimage 2015. When I do and restart
>> soft there is no python, just vb and jscript.
>>
>> Anyone had and possibly solved this issue?
>>
>> Thanks.
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use python installed with softimage

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi,

I have python26 and python27 on my C partition installed and now I am not
able to enable python that comes with softimage 2015. When I do and restart
soft there is no python, just vb and jscript.

Anyone had and possibly solved this issue?

Thanks.
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Twice Upon A Time - Kickstarter "not so Short"

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi guys,

Sorry for the off-topic!

Here's a little project we've been helping out. When you find time maybe
you can take a look and spread a word around!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1576235681/twice-upon-a-time-animated-short

Thanks.
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Re: Continued use of Softimage question

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I agree with Andy and Francois here.
Main reason Soft is crashing is combination with Arnold, Redshift look
development is just great compared to Arnold.
Yes going to main take to change parameter, crazy... But I got used to stay
in main take and just change rendering take from drop down box. Not perfect
I know but not so bad I'd say...
And Houdini nodes, just great, copy paste from scene to scene, just change
paths for vdb's and alembic, not Soft still but far ahead of Maya(waiting
for their new passes system, I see lot's of copy paste from Soft, or it's
CUT paste now :/)

Cheers.
Ivan

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Francois Lord  wrote:

> Hi Andy.
>
> Did you move to Mantra, or stayed with Arnold?
>
> Softimage crashing too often in lookdev is the #1 reason why I'm actively
> looking elsewhere.
>
>
> On 19-Aug-15 10:35, Andy Goehler wrote:
>
>> We at Fiftyeight moved on from Softimage to Houdini for scene assembly
>> and rendering. While Houdini’s offerings may not be the designed/perfect
>> pass system currently, we’ve managed to adjust to a level of comfort.
>> Shading and lighting productivity has gone way up. Houdini has proven to be
>> very stable during shading and lighting, contrary to my frustration with
>> Soft crashing unacceptably often.
>>
>> We were not looking for the best solution currently available either, we
>> were looking for a platform to build upon. And are very happy with Side
>> Effects as a software vendor. Licensing, Bugs reports and fixes, feature
>> requests and implementation and daily builds make us a satisfied customer.
>>
>> Andy
>>
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Re: DAT showreel 2015

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Thanks Sven!

Ivan

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Sven Constable 
wrote:

> Solid reel. And interesting idea btw, delivering the model-texture-shading
> part only. Especially since startups tend to go fullservice. Good luck to
> you guys.
>
>
>
> sven
>
>
>
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Vasiljevic
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> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* OT: DAT showreel 2015
>
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
>
>
> Sorry for this off topic. This is our first show reel ever! :)
>
> So I wanted to post it here, plenty of SI works...
>
>
>
> http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/showreel-2015/
>
>
>
> We will be at FMX this year, so if anybody wants to chat with us let me
> know!
>
>
>
> Best.
>
> Ivan
>
>
>
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>
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Re: OT: DAT showreel 2015

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Thanks guys!

Ivan

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Francisco Criado 
wrote:

> Very nice reel! congratulations for your work.
>
> F.
>
>
> On Monday, May 4, 2015, Fabricio Chamon  wrote:
>
>> Great reel Ivan!!
>> Keep up the good work
>>
>> Em segunda-feira, 4 de maio de 2015, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> Sorry for this off topic. This is our first show reel ever! :)
>>> So I wanted to post it here, plenty of SI works...
>>>
>>> http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/showreel-2015/
>>>
>>> We will be at FMX this year, so if anybody wants to chat with us let me
>>> know!
>>>
>>> Best.
>>> Ivan
>>>
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OT: DAT showreel 2015

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi guys,

Sorry for this off topic. This is our first show reel ever! :)
So I wanted to post it here, plenty of SI works...

http://digitalassettailors.com/portfolio/showreel-2015/

We will be at FMX this year, so if anybody wants to chat with us let me
know!

Best.
Ivan

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Re: Alembic Crate workflow - what do you guys do?

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi Morten,

Here at DAT <http://digitalassettailors.com> we are exporting Maya geometry
via alembic to XSI for shading purposes(yes plenty geo big files = slow)
later on we export ASS archives for non-deformed parts from XSI shading
scene, logically split, front left wheel, rear left wheel, car body etc.
Then we plug it on standin objects in rendering scene where we transfer
animation via animation curves or via alembic...
I guess best way would be to export transformed nulls from Maya to Soft via
alembic for all those parts and attach standins to dummy objects under
those nulls?
Then you just overwrite your alembics per shot and your ass files when
shading updated.

Hope this makes sense.

Cheers.
Ivan

On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Simon Reeves  wrote:

> Yeah sounds tricky with so many objects! Good luck...
>
>
>
> Simon Reeves
> London, UK
> *si...@simonreeves.com *
> *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>*
> *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>*
>
> On 22 April 2015 at 13:20, Morten Bartholdy  wrote:
>
>>   I am not using the rig in XSI, just the render geometry in its
>> hierarchy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the illustrative ppg's :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Morten
>>
>>
>>
>> Den 22. april 2015 kl. 13:34 skrev Simon Reeves :
>>
>>   How much rig are you keeping in XSI for your render model?
>>
>> Personally I would prefer to only export the meshes from maya, without
>> hierarchy (and have none in xsi).
>>
>>  Doing that with crate doesn't *only* export deforming point caches, it
>> will export kinematics if the object is being animated in a hierarchy
>>
>> I did a simple test like that
>>
>>  *- Null* (animated)
>>  *  - Null* (animated)
>>  *- Geo* <-- export without hierarchy as point cache only
>>
>>  [image: Inline images 2]
>>
>> XSI:
>>  *Model*
>>  * - Geo*
>>
>>  Select the *Model*  import alembic with these settings
>>
>>[image: Inline images 1]
>> That should attach the cache to any objects in the selected model (import
>> root selection) that match the object names in the .abc file
>>
>> strip namespaces (likely you need to)
>> add the time control to the model rather than scene root (optional)
>>
>> And that attached cache to the kinematics so the object is rotating not
>> just deforming.
>>
>> I hope that's helpful! Sorry if it's too simplistic!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Simon Reeves
>>  London, UK
>>  * si...@simonreeves.com  *
>>  * www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com> *
>>  * www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk> *
>>
>>  On 22 April 2015 at 09:23, Morten Bartholdy < x...@colorshopvfx.dk > wrote:
>>
>>
>>   I have a complex vehicle which is animated in Maya and needs to be
>> exported to Softimage for shading and rendering. I am using Crate for
>> export and import, having a shaded Master model in Softimage and attaching
>> animation only to the existing geometry. There are some snags though, and
>> the Crate documenTation is kind of slim on this, so I thought I would ask
>> the Alembic savvy people here.
>>
>>
>>The model is rigged so rigid geometry is constrained to a hierarchial
>> rig which is then animated. Hierarchial meaning for instance a crane arm
>> with several hinged parts. There are deformed tubes which are part of the
>> crane arm, so eventually I need  pointcache  as well as SRT exported.
>>
>>
>>When I use the built in Maya alembic exporter I get almost all of the
>> animation, but it seems certain constraints are nok baked and exported,
>> plus a few parts jump to wrong positions where identically named parts
>> (with individual numbering) are positioned. Using Crate I can export the
>> geometry with animation and import the whole thing fine, but when I try
>> attaching the same file animation to existing geometry (the shaded master
>> model) I only get the top hierarchy controllers SRT. The naming is
>> identical and I strip Maya namespaces, so that should not be a factor.
>>
>>
>>How do you guys manage a Crate workflow similar to this and are there
>> any particular pitfalls, or do's and don'ts? Specifically I fail to find
>> the various export options comprehensively documented, so it is a bit
>> unclear how to be sure to export pointcache for deformed objects and SRT
>> for rigid ones.
>>
>>
>>Any insight in this wil be much appreciated - thanks!
>>
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>  Morten
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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RE: Linux distro ?

[Ivan Tay]

CentOS 6.2 / Fedora 14 or RedHat 6.2 are certified for Softimage 2015.
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/softimage/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/System-requirements-for-Autodesk-Softimage-2015.html

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Martin Yara
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 4:38 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Linux distro ?

I though that RH was the only certified one, and I was looking for a cheap 
option.

I'll try with CentOS.

Thanks.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Raffaele Fragapane 
mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>> wrote:
go for a certified system if licensing is a priority. CentOS or RH, or FC

On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Henry Katz 
mailto:hk-v...@iscs-i.com>> wrote:
Currently serving on Centos 6.5.


On 04/05/2015 03:00 PM, Martin wrote:
I'm considering using an old machine I have, put some Linux in it and use it as 
a server for my Autodesk licenses. What distro would you recommend ? My main 
objective is just the licenses at first, and using it as a rendering server and 
some other services later.

Thanks.

Martin
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RE: Will there be an SP2 for Softimage 2015?

[Ivan Tay]

Hi Eric,

We are aware of the issue. It was logged few months back – BSPR-18164.

-Ivan

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Turman
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 9:27 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Will there be an SP2 for Softimage 2015?

I had posted a replicable and verified bug regarding the fact that a few--and 
likely many--commands do not iterate over multiple deltas attached to a 
reference model. While I have no idea if that bug is a low enough hanging fruit 
to fix before all of us lose support in 2016, I also have no idea whether or 
not we will even be seeing an SP2 for Softimage. As my subscription is coming 
due in a couple months, I am wondering if it will even be worth it. It 
certainly is not worth it for Maya (even with Bifrost.) Also I am still unclear 
as to the status of the permanent license of Softimage if I do another 
subscription.

Thanks,
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RE: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

[Ivan Tay]

I did a quick try for Soft 2015 SP in Win 8.1 on Parallels 10 on a iMac and it 
did launch.  I will see if I have a Win 7 Sp image to try it out...

-Ivan

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Chris Marshall 
[chrismarshal...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 6:40 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

I decided to scrap the Parallels idea and ended up repartitioning my hard drive 
and went back to using bootcamp. Took a couple of days to wade through it 
though.

C


On 2 March 2015 at 12:05, Stephen Blair 
mailto:stephenrbl...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Win 7 is not good enough. You need Win 7 SP

On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:09 AM, Chris Marshall 
mailto:chrismarshal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Win 7 yes. Is the problem Soft running on Win 7 on Parallels?


On 2 March 2015 at 02:40, Ivan Tay 
mailto:ivan@autodesk.com>> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Is the parallel image a Win 7 SP ? Softimage will not work on Win 7.

-Ivan





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RE: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

[Ivan Tay]

Hi Chris,

Is the parallel image a Win 7 SP ? Softimage will not work on Win 7.

-Ivan

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 12:28 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

Is anyone else running Parallels and not had this issue? I'm still struggling 
here.
Thanks


On 27 February 2015 at 12:38, Chris Marshall 
mailto:chrismarshal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Unfortunately I have Parallels installed and running Windows 7 already. One 
suggestion is to isolate in the security settings Windows from the Mac OS, but 
that didn't work.

On 27 February 2015 at 12:31, Nono 
mailto:nnois...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Chris,
Usually I set it the other way.
Create a Boot Camp partition, install from there, then on the mac parallels use 
the bootcamp partition as a virtual machine (yes you can do that) works 100% 
plus works too if your osx or parallels is dead ;-)

http://kb.parallels.com/en/112941

Noël

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 at 13:15 Chris Marshall 
mailto:chrismarshal...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
I'm just trying out Parallels and I'm now having problems installing Soft. It 
says the operating system is unsupported, I'm assuming the installer thinks I'm 
trying to install on the MacOS, but I'm running the installer from within 
Windows. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks
Chris

On 3 January 2015 at 00:50, Jason S 
mailto:jasonsta...@gmail.com>> wrote:

On 01/02/15 13:08, Angus Davidson wrote:

... while the news might have been bad the overall effect has been positive.

Despite perhaps some positive aspects, I seriously doubt that the overall end 
effect(s) of SI's EOL has been a positive one generally.
(if not by far to the contrary)

On 01/01/15 0:49, Angus Davidson wrote:

Will sadly no longer need to run Softimage from this year

I think we could already see that, but I guess you definitely fall in the "have 
to" category,
if you kept-on teaching Soft, you would have had apples thrown at you :-]

Perhaps in the history class? where your student might go.. "screw our main 
courses, this is so much faster, easier, "fun-ner"!" lol

Then they would shower you with apples cause they would've finished their 
classes/demo's in half the time, or get twice as much done. :)

Also Happy  New Year





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RE: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

[Ivan Tay]

You will need minimum Windows 7 SP1  to run Softimage 2015.

-Ivan


From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Jason S 
[jasonsta...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 8:36 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

Sure Win7 is fine. But not earlyer for 2014 2015 if I remember correctly 
someone that said had systems with Vista where the installer complained.

On 02/12/15 17:50, Pierre Schiller wrote:
Thank you for your help Jason S. Could Softimage 2015 be installed on a windows 
7 system?
Cheers.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:11 PM, Jason S 
mailto:jasonsta...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Here is some experience with B&H, which is perhaps not best if you want human 
interaction, but there are also other suggestions if you do.

 CGTalk - Upgrade and subscription 
help<http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=1208547>




On 02/12/15 16:42, Jason S wrote:
Sorry (ctrl-entered = send)

At B&H :

Autodesk Maya with Softimage 2015 
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1079226-REG/autodesk_977g1_wwr11c_1001_maya_with_softimage_2015.html>

Autodesk 3ds Max with Softimage 
2015<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1079193-REG/autodesk_978g1_wwr111_1001_3ds_max_with_softimage.html/prm/alsVwDtl>

I've seen it a few other places but they were 1 year licences.



On 02/12/15 16:20, Pierre Schiller wrote:
Thank you. One more thing if it´s possible: The 3dsMax bundle with softimage is 
offered also as rental? or none is available? - Do I have to buy the 
entertainment suite to get softimage?

Thanks.

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Sven Constable 
mailto:sixsi_l...@imagefront.de>> wrote:
You cannot buy it online. You have to contact a reseller.

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 Pierre Schiller
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 8:13 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

Hi, I came across this url:
http://www.autodesk.com/store/3ds-max?licenseType=desktopSub&term=monthly&support=basic&mktvar004=ilt_wwm_amer_us_nc__topseller2_3dsmax___noprice_control
But nowhere it mentions they "also" ofer softimage into the download.
What´s the correct link to "buy 3dsMax bundle with softimage" online?
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Re: Sj_radio shader?

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hey Chris,

Here ya go:

www.datvfx.com/00_temp/sjRadio_sjTrace.rar

That's on my ftp at the moment not public link, will delete as soon as you
down it.

Good luck.
Ivan


On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:05 AM, Vladimir Jankijevic  wrote:

> Those are from Stefano Jannuzzo, try pinging him directly ->
> stef...@solidangle.com
> I have the sources for MR/Arnold somewhere on an old HD.
>
> Best,
> Vladimir
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Eric Thivierge 
> wrote:
>
>> I don't think that would exist for another platform. We used those years
>> ago and were, if I remember correctly, some shaders created by a Softimage
>> dev.
>>
>> Eric T.
>>
>> 
>> Eric Thivierge
>> http://www.ethivierge.com
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Chris Johnson 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone out there have this or one called sj_station? The link on rray
>>> doesn't seem too work? I'm working on porting assets too maya and this
>>> shader is missing.
>>>
>>> Any chance this same one exists for maya/mental ray?
>>>
>>
>>
>


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Re: Maya freelance list

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hey Adam, could you contact me in private regarding Maya freelance?

Best.
Ivan


On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Specifically Maya freelance  ? , care to share what diciplines the
> require, ? rigging lighting modeling texturing fx ...
>
> On 21 January 2015 at 12:49, Adam Seeley  wrote:
>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIIuR-HjFho
>>
>> On 21 January 2015 at 12:38, Adam Seeley  wrote:
>>
>>> I don't hang out down the dark dank alleys of the CG world where I might
>>> find such information. I hoped someone, who having survived and had
>>> returned from such a place might have heard tell of a resource or two
>>> between the garbled talk of dog fights, cheap thrills, simple workflows and
>>> illicit drugs.
>>>
>>> I feel pretty grubby being it up of course and am looking forward to
>>> returning home to a hot bath, a scrubbing brush and a bowl of caustic soda.
>>>
>>> A.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 21 January 2015 at 12:22, gareth bell  wrote:
>>>
>>>> #radiosilence
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> From: hack...@outlook.com
>>>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>> Subject: RE: Maya freelance list
>>>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:53:46 +
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #awkward
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> http://www.hackneyeffects.com/
>>>> https://vimeo.com/user4174293
>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andi-farhall/b/496/b21
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lord_hackney/
>>>> http://spylon.tumblr.com/
>>>>
>>>> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are
>>>> intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any
>>>> views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
>>>> necessarily represent those of Hackney Effects Ltd.
>>>>
>>>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither
>>>> take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone.
>>>>
>>>> Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email
>>>> in error.
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:51:08 +
>>>> Subject: Maya freelance list
>>>> From: adammsee...@gmail.com
>>>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Excuse the blasphemous nature of the post but the company I'm currently
>>>> working with are looking for some Maya freelancers.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a good place to find decent Maya people?
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Adam.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Re: Need your opinion to improve Maya Outliner/ Attribute Editor

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

110% to what Mirko is saying, outliner and node editor, just not even close
to explorer/render tree + passes and those are things that make me fill
like home when working in XSI.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:48 AM, Mirko Jankovic 
wrote:

> Again +1 as well for "make it like SI"
> It is not overstatement that SI explorer/outliner sister is best out
> there. gives you complete overview and scene organisation AND access to
> every single needed attribute and anything you can possibly need in working
> with scene.
> Softimage scene explorer is one of main workhorses and not without reason
> so be sure to see what was done there in any case.
> Not holding any fingers ofc but just an idea..
> There will always be comment make it like SI so that is completely
> natural, but SI scene explorer and render pass system should be No1 on list
> to push them into maya if possible at all.
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Sebastien Sterling <
> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 Gerbrand, it's good to remember that the ui reflects the way stuff was
>> initially setup, and not the other way around. thhere will most likely come
>> a time where surface polishing won't be enough without delving deeper.
>>
>>
>


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RE: softimage 2015 and Vista

[Ivan Tay]

Hi Phil,

Softimage 2015 requires a minimum system of Windows 7 SP1 / 64-bit.



From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of phil harbath
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2014 7:54 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: softimage 2015 and Vista


is there no way to install Softimage 2015 on Vista,  the installer refused to 
do it.
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Import huge number of objects

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi,

Is there a smart way to import huge number of objects in xsi. Dunno exact 
number but it's not loading alembic nor fbx even after an hour and a half...

Softimage 2014sp2

Cheers. 
Ivan

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RE: SI 2015 crash using Manipulate Mode

[Ivan Tay]

SOFT-10280 is the defect id. We are looking into this.

Thanks
Ivan

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Jason S 
[jasonsta...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 11:48 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: SI 2015 crash using Manipulate Mode

Hello Hsiao,

I know it's your job, but thanks to you an your team for being there

cheers,

On 10/08/14 2:57, Hsiao Ming Chia wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Thanks for reporting this.
> We have logged a defect on our side.
>
> Thanks,
> Hsiao Ming
>
> -Original Message-
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Alen
> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 12:45 AM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: Re: SI 2015 crash using Manipulate Mode
>
> yes, it crashes
>
> On 10/7/2014 10:15 AM, Stephan Haitz wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> Did anyone else notice a crash in 2015 when using Manipulate Mode /
>> Tool (shortcut: B) and picking a corner?
>> Hard crash: The whole Application disappears...
>> Or is it only me?
>>
>> No problems in 2014SP2
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Stephan
>>

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Re: ICE is not FX and hard to use..

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Agreed!

My question would be weather new Dfg in Maya will be just part of Bifrost or it 
will be as mighty as ice and so one could use it for rigging, non simulated 
particle anim, fur and million other things...
Hypershade, node editor, hypergraph and now dfg...

Cheers. 
Ivan

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 15, 2014, at 8:30 AM, Sebastian Kowalski  wrote:
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DucKeXM_gHM&feature=youtu.be&t=26m
> 
> 
> 

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

This works! Thanks for the help!

Ivan


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
wrote:

> Ah, I thought Cage thing is cached too... I'll give it a shot!
>
> Thanks.
> Ivan
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Jason S  wrote:
>
>>   On 07/30/14 21:58, Nick Angus wrote:
>>  - hide quoted text -
>>
>> Yes that is exactly the advice I followed and it worked every time after
>> that!
>>
>>  Thanks Paul
>>
>>  --
>> *From:* Busty kelp [p...@bustykelp.com]
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem
>>
>>  If you cache, (strandsize, strand position, strand colour) then apply
>> the cache before the cage, getting rid of the fuzz compound entirely as you
>> won't need it once styling is done, Then it will won't flicker and should
>> be generally faster too.
>>
>>Hi Paul, perhaps making a note of that in 'set up instructions.txt' ?
>>
>> By the way the next best 'fuzz' rendering I could find (anywhere, ever)
>> was actual pictures. :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
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> -
> Lighting TD
> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


-- 
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-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Ah, I thought Cage thing is cached too... I'll give it a shot!

Thanks.
Ivan


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:12 AM, Jason S  wrote:

>   On 07/30/14 21:58, Nick Angus wrote:
>  - hide quoted text -
>
> Yes that is exactly the advice I followed and it worked every time after
> that!
>
>  Thanks Paul
>
>  --
> *From:* Busty kelp [p...@bustykelp.com]
>
> *Subject:* Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem
>
>  If you cache, (strandsize, strand position, strand colour) then apply
> the cache before the cage, getting rid of the fuzz compound entirely as you
> won't need it once styling is done, Then it will won't flicker and should
> be generally faster too.
>
>Hi Paul, perhaps making a note of that in 'set up instructions.txt' ?
>
> By the way the next best 'fuzz' rendering I could find (anywhere, ever)
> was actual pictures. :)
>
>
>
>


-- 
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-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hi Nick,

Thanks for reply.
When setting up fuzz for animation it automatically set's up "cage
strands"(if that's what you were thinking of under "cage deform"?)
compound. So yes it's in my setup. I am also caching strands and not
simulating them. It is so not predictable for me. Sometimes it works,
sometimes not, so if you have anything that might help I would really
appreciate it!

Thanks.
Ivan


On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Nick Angus  wrote:

>  Hi Ivan, I got it working after some mucking around by using a cached
> version of the strands and using the 'cage deform' node from Paul's tools.
>
>  Works like a charm as long as you aren't doing dynamics!
> Let me know if you need a scene file or a diagram etc...
>
>  Cheers, Nick
>  --
> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Ivan Vasiljevic [
> klebed...@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 30 July 2014 01:52
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem
>
> So after testing various options I can say that my Fuzz setup always
> flickers inside view-port too, so nothing to do with rendering stuff.
>  I've seen tests on vimeo with fuzz animation(https://vimeo.com/91257776).
>  Did anyone had luck setting it up for animation without any flicker here?
>
>  Thanks.
>  Ivan
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
> wrote:
>
>>  I've cached the stuff. 100 frames took 8h to cache. ~800Mb file size
>> per frame. Still flickering!!!
>>  I'll investigate further... With smaller strand count but the problem
>> seems not to be consistent with smaller strand count if I remember
>> correctly.
>>
>>  Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah caching will definitely help, and is a proper way to go, it's just
>>> that it goes real slow with 4mil strands and I am not sure if caching on
>>> multiple machines would 'cause flicker, I'll go through that process on
>>> Monday, and keep updates here.
>>>
>>>  Thanks for suggestions everyone.
>>>  Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Busty kelp  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Cache out the strands and it should work.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On 25 Jul 2014, at 15:53, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hello list,
>>>>
>>>>  Did anyone had problems rendering Fuzz on the farm in terms of
>>>> flickering strands?
>>>>  Rendering in local goes fine.
>>>>
>>>>  Cheers.
>>>>  Ivan
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>>> -
>>>>  Lighting TD
>>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>>> -
>>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  --
>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>> -
>>>  Lighting TD
>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>> -
>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>>  Lighting TD
>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
>  Lighting TD
>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


-- 
Ivan Vasiljevic
-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

So after testing various options I can say that my Fuzz setup always
flickers inside view-port too, so nothing to do with rendering stuff.
I've seen tests on vimeo with fuzz animation(https://vimeo.com/91257776).
Did anyone had luck setting it up for animation without any flicker here?

Thanks.
Ivan


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:06 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
wrote:

> I've cached the stuff. 100 frames took 8h to cache. ~800Mb file size per
> frame. Still flickering!!!
> I'll investigate further... With smaller strand count but the problem
> seems not to be consistent with smaller strand count if I remember
> correctly.
>
> Ivan
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
> wrote:
>
>> Yeah caching will definitely help, and is a proper way to go, it's just
>> that it goes real slow with 4mil strands and I am not sure if caching on
>> multiple machines would 'cause flicker, I'll go through that process on
>> Monday, and keep updates here.
>>
>> Thanks for suggestions everyone.
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Busty kelp  wrote:
>>
>>> Cache out the strands and it should work.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On 25 Jul 2014, at 15:53, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello list,
>>>
>>> Did anyone had problems rendering Fuzz on the farm in terms of
>>> flickering strands?
>>> Rendering in local goes fine.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>>> -
>>> Lighting TD
>>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>> -
>>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>> Lighting TD
>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
> Lighting TD
> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


-- 
Ivan Vasiljevic
-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I've cached the stuff. 100 frames took 8h to cache. ~800Mb file size per
frame. Still flickering!!!
I'll investigate further... With smaller strand count but the problem seems
not to be consistent with smaller strand count if I remember correctly.

Ivan


On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
wrote:

> Yeah caching will definitely help, and is a proper way to go, it's just
> that it goes real slow with 4mil strands and I am not sure if caching on
> multiple machines would 'cause flicker, I'll go through that process on
> Monday, and keep updates here.
>
> Thanks for suggestions everyone.
> Ivan
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Busty kelp  wrote:
>
>> Cache out the strands and it should work.
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 25 Jul 2014, at 15:53, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:
>>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> Did anyone had problems rendering Fuzz on the farm in terms of flickering
>> strands?
>> Rendering in local goes fine.
>>
>> Cheers.
>> Ivan
>>
>> --
>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>> Lighting TD
>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
> Lighting TD
> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


-- 
Ivan Vasiljevic
-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Yeah caching will definitely help, and is a proper way to go, it's just
that it goes real slow with 4mil strands and I am not sure if caching on
multiple machines would 'cause flicker, I'll go through that process on
Monday, and keep updates here.

Thanks for suggestions everyone.
Ivan


On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Busty kelp  wrote:

> Cache out the strands and it should work.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 25 Jul 2014, at 15:53, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> Did anyone had problems rendering Fuzz on the farm in terms of flickering
> strands?
> Rendering in local goes fine.
>
> Cheers.
> Ivan
>
> --
> Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
> Lighting TD
> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


-- 
Ivan Vasiljevic
-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Rendering Fuzz on farm flicker problem

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hello list,

Did anyone had problems rendering Fuzz on the farm in terms of flickering
strands?
Rendering in local goes fine.

Cheers.
Ivan

-- 
Ivan Vasiljevic
-
Lighting TD
Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
-
reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
web:www.ivasiljevic.com
email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
   ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com

Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I noticed 5D values are off too, maybe conversion to inches was wrong? :)

Cheers.
Ivan


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> That is odd it should be 0.9354 x 0.5285  I will check it.
>
>
>
>
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-07-09 9:03 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>
> Yes but your ARRI camera back is: 0.7016 x 0.3964 while it should be
>> 0.9354 x 0.5262 after conversion to inches
>> Correct me if I am wrong please.
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> This are the settings for the cameras I am using
>>>
>>> #Define camera sensors size
>>> arriAlexa = ["ARRI_Alexa",23.76,13.365,1.77]
>>> redScarlet  = ["RED_Scarlet",27.7,14.6,1.78]
>>> redEpic   = ["RED_Epic",27.7,14.6,1.78]
>>> canon5D   = ["Canon_5D",35,20.3,1.77]
>>> canon60D  = ["Canon_60D",22.3,12.5,1.77]
>>> canon7D  = ["Canon_7D",22.3,12.5,1.77]
>>> nikonD800 = ["Nikon_D800",32.8,18.4,1.77]
>>> film239 =["Film 35mm 2.39",21.95,9.18,2.39]
>>> film185 =["Film 35mm 1.85",21.95,11.86,1.85]
>>> film177 =["Film 35mm 1.77",21.95,12.40,1.77]
>>> filmAcademy = ["Film 35mm Academy",22,16,1.375]
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-07-09 8:46 GMT-05:00 Emilio Hernandez :
>>>
>>> Yes that is the one that I am using.  The thing is that it is converted
>>>> to inches as Softimage's backsize is in inches.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>  ---
>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-07-09 8:35 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>>
>>>> Hey Emilio,
>>>>>
>>>>> Quick question.
>>>>> Where did you gather data for film back for example for Arri Alexa.
>>>>> From my search it's not matching to yours, not saying I am right, just
>>>>> wanna check.
>>>>> http://www.arrimedia.com/alexa/technical-data
>>>>>
>>>>> Capture 23.760 x 13.365 mm/0.9354 x 0.5262” 16:9 2880 x 1620
>>>>> Best.
>>>>> Ivan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much for your kind words Ivan.  I'll hope it servers
>>>>>> you well!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-06-04 4:16 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not only that it works, but it's really great piece of plugin you
>>>>>>> have there! Easy to work with, understand and push up the level of 
>>>>>>> quality
>>>>>>> with photograph approach!!!
>>>>>>> Thanks for doing this! :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ivan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Glad to hear it is working Ivan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2014-06-03 7:19 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That helped, thanks!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Toonafish 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  check the file size of the addon you downloaded, if it's too

Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Yes but your ARRI camera back is: 0.7016 x 0.3964 while it should be 0.9354
x 0.5262 after conversion to inches
Correct me if I am wrong please.

Ivan


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> This are the settings for the cameras I am using
>
> #Define camera sensors size
> arriAlexa = ["ARRI_Alexa",23.76,13.365,1.77]
> redScarlet  = ["RED_Scarlet",27.7,14.6,1.78]
> redEpic   = ["RED_Epic",27.7,14.6,1.78]
> canon5D   = ["Canon_5D",35,20.3,1.77]
> canon60D  = ["Canon_60D",22.3,12.5,1.77]
> canon7D  = ["Canon_7D",22.3,12.5,1.77]
> nikonD800 = ["Nikon_D800",32.8,18.4,1.77]
> film239 =["Film 35mm 2.39",21.95,9.18,2.39]
> film185 =["Film 35mm 1.85",21.95,11.86,1.85]
> film177 =["Film 35mm 1.77",21.95,12.40,1.77]
> filmAcademy = ["Film 35mm Academy",22,16,1.375]
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-07-09 8:46 GMT-05:00 Emilio Hernandez :
>
> Yes that is the one that I am using.  The thing is that it is converted to
>> inches as Softimage's backsize is in inches.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>  ---
>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>
>>
>> 2014-07-09 8:35 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>
>> Hey Emilio,
>>>
>>> Quick question.
>>> Where did you gather data for film back for example for Arri Alexa.
>>> From my search it's not matching to yours, not saying I am right, just
>>> wanna check.
>>> http://www.arrimedia.com/alexa/technical-data
>>>
>>> Capture 23.760 x 13.365 mm/0.9354 x 0.5262” 16:9 2880 x 1620
>>> Best.
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thank you very much for your kind words Ivan.  I'll hope it servers you
>>>> well!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-06-04 4:16 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>>
>>>> Not only that it works, but it's really great piece of plugin you have
>>>>> there! Easy to work with, understand and push up the level of quality with
>>>>> photograph approach!!!
>>>>> Thanks for doing this! :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Ivan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Glad to hear it is working Ivan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-06-03 7:19 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That helped, thanks!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Toonafish 
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  check the file size of the addon you downloaded, if it's too
>>>>>>>> small, try using the Dropbox download menu.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -Ronald
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 6/3/2014 13:22, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Hmm... No luck installing it here.
>>>>>>>> SI 2014 SP2, win 7 x64.
>>>>>>>>  Installation goes fine but no menu nor in
>>>>>>>> View->Toolbars->ehRSCamera...
>>>>>>>>  Anyone had similar experience?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Ivan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic <
>>>>>>>> klebed...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  Cheers.
>>>>>>>>> Ivan
&

Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hey Emilio,

Quick question.
Where did you gather data for film back for example for Arri Alexa.
>From my search it's not matching to yours, not saying I am right, just
wanna check.
http://www.arrimedia.com/alexa/technical-data

Capture 23.760 x 13.365 mm/0.9354 x 0.5262” 16:9 2880 x 1620
Best.
Ivan


On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> Thank you very much for your kind words Ivan.  I'll hope it servers you
> well!
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-06-04 4:16 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>
> Not only that it works, but it's really great piece of plugin you have
>> there! Easy to work with, understand and push up the level of quality with
>> photograph approach!!!
>> Thanks for doing this! :)
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Emilio Hernandez 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Glad to hear it is working Ivan
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-06-03 7:19 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>>>
>>> That helped, thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Toonafish  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  check the file size of the addon you downloaded, if it's too small,
>>>>> try using the Dropbox download menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ronald
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/3/2014 13:22, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>   Hmm... No luck installing it here.
>>>>> SI 2014 SP2, win 7 x64.
>>>>>  Installation goes fine but no menu nor in
>>>>> View->Toolbars->ehRSCamera...
>>>>>  Anyone had similar experience?
>>>>>
>>>>>  Ivan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Cheers.
>>>>>> Ivan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Toonafish 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Great stuff !! Thanks Emilio.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Ronald
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/3/2014 02:39, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Hello list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I want to share with you the ehRSCamera addon  for use with
>>>>>>> Redshift.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  In the link you will find a pdf file with the documentation
>>>>>>> describing its features and use, as well as the xsiaddon in case you 
>>>>>>> want
>>>>>>> to use it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  The plugin is free for any purpose.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Cheers and thank you all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/unk9jbeyrxyq6m1/AABbki4OHNTbvNpxLL3GKFe8a/ehRSCamera
>>>>>>>  ---
>>>>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  --
>>>>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>  Lighting TD
>>>>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>>>>> -
>>>>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>>>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>>>> -
>>>>>  Lighting TD
>>>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>>>> -
>>>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>>>> -
>>>> Lighting TD
>>>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>>> -
>>>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>> Lighting TD
>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>


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Re: Eric "MOOTZOID" Mootz is nominated for a 3D World CG Award!

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Good luck! You've earned it for sure!

Cheers.
Ivan


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Christian Lattuada <
christian.lattu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Go Eric!
>
> .:.
> Christian Lattuada
>
> tel +39 3331277475
> ...
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:53 AM, Arman Sernaz  wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Eric!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:03 AM, Eric Mootz  wrote:
>>
>>> Gee, I don't know what to say. Wow, just wow.
>>> I surely did not see this coming and am very honoured by this nomination
>>> by 3D World magazine.
>>>
>>> Thanks y'all!
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> www.lhvfx.com
>>
>
>


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Re: Shameless plug

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Looking awesome congrats, I've seen big prints yesterday here in Belgrade,
Serbia with your game!

Cheers.
Ivan


On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 1:21 AM, Eric Thivierge  wrote:

> You have a lot of patience Matt! I got bored of dinosaurs within a year!
> Good job, glad to finally see it released.
>
> 
> Eric Thivierge
> http://www.ethivierge.com
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Matt Lind 
> wrote:
>
>> No, not WOW, they’re our competitor ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Matt
>>
>


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Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Not only that it works, but it's really great piece of plugin you have
there! Easy to work with, understand and push up the level of quality with
photograph approach!!!
Thanks for doing this! :)

Ivan


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> Glad to hear it is working Ivan
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-06-03 7:19 GMT-05:00 Ivan Vasiljevic :
>
> That helped, thanks!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Toonafish  wrote:
>>
>>>  check the file size of the addon you downloaded, if it's too small,
>>> try using the Dropbox download menu.
>>>
>>> -Ronald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/3/2014 13:22, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
>>>
>>>   Hmm... No luck installing it here.
>>> SI 2014 SP2, win 7 x64.
>>>  Installation goes fine but no menu nor in View->Toolbars->ehRSCamera...
>>>  Anyone had similar experience?
>>>
>>>  Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!
>>>>
>>>>  Cheers.
>>>> Ivan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Toonafish  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Great stuff !! Thanks Emilio.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ronald
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/3/2014 02:39, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hello list.
>>>>>
>>>>>  I want to share with you the ehRSCamera addon  for use with Redshift.
>>>>>
>>>>>  In the link you will find a pdf file with the documentation
>>>>> describing its features and use, as well as the xsiaddon in case you want
>>>>> to use it.
>>>>>
>>>>>  The plugin is free for any purpose.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Cheers and thank you all.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/unk9jbeyrxyq6m1/AABbki4OHNTbvNpxLL3GKFe8a/ehRSCamera
>>>>>  ---
>>>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>>> -
>>>>  Lighting TD
>>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>>> -
>>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>>> -
>>>  Lighting TD
>>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>>> -
>>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>> Lighting TD
>> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>


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Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

That helped, thanks!


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Toonafish  wrote:

>  check the file size of the addon you downloaded, if it's too small, try
> using the Dropbox download menu.
>
> -Ronald
>
>
>
> On 6/3/2014 13:22, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
>
>   Hmm... No luck installing it here.
> SI 2014 SP2, win 7 x64.
>  Installation goes fine but no menu nor in View->Toolbars->ehRSCamera...
>  Anyone had similar experience?
>
>  Ivan
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic 
> wrote:
>
>>  Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!
>>
>>  Cheers.
>> Ivan
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Toonafish  wrote:
>>
>>>  Great stuff !! Thanks Emilio.
>>>
>>> -Ronald
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/3/2014 02:39, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hello list.
>>>
>>>  I want to share with you the ehRSCamera addon  for use with Redshift.
>>>
>>>  In the link you will find a pdf file with the documentation describing
>>> its features and use, as well as the xsiaddon in case you want to use it.
>>>
>>>  The plugin is free for any purpose.
>>>
>>>  Cheers and thank you all.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/unk9jbeyrxyq6m1/AABbki4OHNTbvNpxLL3GKFe8a/ehRSCamera
>>>  ---
>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>>Ivan Vasiljevic
>> -
>>  Lighting TD
>>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
>> -
>>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
>> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
>  Lighting TD
>  Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
>  reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
>  email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
> ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>


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Re: SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2014...any interest??

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

I've never been at Uebertage and I have big wish to visit one, so I will
push hard to make it this year.

Cheers.
Ivan


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Oliver Weingarten 
wrote:

>  Hey Stephan!
>
> I´ll let you know asap ;)
>
> And yes...that might be the way to go for the next years...if interest is
> high enough ;)
>
> cheers,
> oli
>
>
>
> Am 03.06.2014 11:43, schrieb Stephan Haitz:
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
> of course the Ubertage should happen Need helping hands?
>
> Perhaps the ubertage can be continued further with a wider topic than
> Softimage? As alternative / independent CG Event? No "we listen to our
> users but don´t care" companies involved...
>
> greetings
>
> Stephan
>
>
>  HI there!
>
> Due to certain decisions coming from AD this year, I have serious trouble
> to get sponsors for this year (ultimate?) UeberTage event. Resellers just
> have a very minor interest in Softimage right now...
>
> So I would like to check you interest before I start even harder to get
> some money and a nice line-up together for this year.
> You might vote here:
>
> http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5271
>
> If not, just reply here, please...I´ll
>
> Thanks!
>
> cheers,
> oli
>
>
>
>


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Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hmm... No luck installing it here.
SI 2014 SP2, win 7 x64.
Installation goes fine but no menu nor in View->Toolbars->ehRSCamera...
Anyone had similar experience?

Ivan


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Ivan Vasiljevic  wrote:

> Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!
>
> Cheers.
> Ivan
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Toonafish  wrote:
>
>>  Great stuff !! Thanks Emilio.
>>
>> -Ronald
>>
>>
>> On 6/3/2014 02:39, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>>
>>  Hello list.
>>
>>  I want to share with you the ehRSCamera addon  for use with Redshift.
>>
>>  In the link you will find a pdf file with the documentation describing
>> its features and use, as well as the xsiaddon in case you want to use it.
>>
>>  The plugin is free for any purpose.
>>
>>  Cheers and thank you all.
>>
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/unk9jbeyrxyq6m1/AABbki4OHNTbvNpxLL3GKFe8a/ehRSCamera
>>  ---
>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Ivan Vasiljevic
> -
> Lighting TD
> Founder, Digital Asset Tailors
> -
> reel:https://vimeo.com/72183649
> web:www.ivasiljevic.com
> email:  i...@digitalassettailors.com
>ivan_vasilje...@hotmail.com
>
>
>


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Re: Camera addon for use with Redshift

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing. I'll give it a go!

Cheers.
Ivan


On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Toonafish  wrote:

>  Great stuff !! Thanks Emilio.
>
> -Ronald
>
>
> On 6/3/2014 02:39, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>
>  Hello list.
>
>  I want to share with you the ehRSCamera addon  for use with Redshift.
>
>  In the link you will find a pdf file with the documentation describing
> its features and use, as well as the xsiaddon in case you want to use it.
>
>  The plugin is free for any purpose.
>
>  Cheers and thank you all.
>
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/unk9jbeyrxyq6m1/AABbki4OHNTbvNpxLL3GKFe8a/ehRSCamera
>  ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
>


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Re: invert AO

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Binary Alchemy shaders have it. ba_raylenght shader set to inverted
normals(egdes).


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 4:18 PM, li...@thomasvolkmann.com <
li...@thomasvolkmann.com> wrote:

> You could try inverted normals.
>
> Am Mittwoch, den 16.04.2014, 15:46 +0200 schrieb Chris Marshall <
> chrismarshal...@gmail.com>:
>
>  Sorry about this. What's the basic setup for inverting AO to get dirty
>> edges?
>> Thanks
>>
>
>


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Re: Another Lego-iser

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Kicks ass!


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> You are toying in god's domain my friend ! :P
>
>
> On 4 April 2014 12:46, Simon Reeves  wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> Here is something I've been working on recently.
>>
>> Created at Analog, the concept of lego blocks was originally for a pitch
>> a while ago - but I wanted to push the 'legoising' a but further than just
>> voxelising a grid of single points as I've previously made in Santander
>> etc.- so this version is able to use bricks of variable lengths (in this
>> example up to 4 but could be longer!) It also angles them randomly at 0 or
>> 90deg.
>>
>> https://vimeo.com/90961852
>>
>> Long live softimage!
>>
>>
>> Simon Reeves
>> London, UK
>> *si...@simonreeves.com *
>> *www.simonreeves.com <http://www.simonreeves.com>*
>> *www.analogstudio.co.uk <http://www.analogstudio.co.uk>*
>>
>
>


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Re: A confession

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Oooh and isn't this one of the biggest PITA , talking to Maya users who
actually never tried SI...
Common' if you haven't tried how can you now what's better

Ivan


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Martin Contel wrote:

> Sad but true, Jacob... The worst thing is that Maya users who have never
> tried something else don't know that the grass was greener on the other
> side.
>
> Saludetes!
>
> --
> Martin Contel
> Square Enix (Visual Works)
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Jacob Gonzalez wrote:
>
>> I had a very short expierence with Maya a while ago (mainly driven by
>> curiosity). It was to do with rendering. It went something like this:
>>
>> *Maya user*: I need to replace all the characters in my scene because
>> they are not referenced and there has been topology, shader  changes
>> (objects are called the same)
>> *Me*: That's cool. Bring the new characters, match Partitions and done :)
>> *Maya use*r:  . what?
>> *Me*: Match Render Layer Overrides ?
>> *Maya Use*r: not possible.
>> *Me *: Wow! what are you going to do.
>> *Maya User*: I will bring the characters one by one . And character by
>> character, render layer by render layer, object by object I will re-assign
>> all the relevant overrides or changes made in  this and my other 5 render
>> scenes!
>> *Me*: Ok. Let me know when you are done with this. You are
>> staying late?
>> 
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Sebastien Sterling <
>> sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Apt analogy, but you omitted that each nest is covered in bird shit :P
>>>
>>>
>>> On 19 March 2014 09:54, Nick Angus  wrote:
>>>
>>>>  First rule of Maya: forget ergonomics, the engine is powerful but the
>>>> cockpit is a giant birds nest constructed from thousands of tiny birds
>>>> nests.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my Windows Phone
>>>>  --
>>>> From: Alastair Hearsum 
>>>> Sent: 19/03/2014 7:33 PM
>>>>
>>>> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>> Subject: A confession
>>>>
>>>>  Folks
>>>>
>>>>  Here is a confession. I've never used Maya! Not really. I've had a
>>>> little poke every now and again but no more than make a sphere and spin
>>>> round it.
>>>>
>>>>  Now, the lack of Maya knowledge may diminish the value of my comments
>>>> in some eyes but I think that , on the contrary, it puts me in quite a good
>>>> position to appraise the software at a certain level. Here is an example of
>>>> the trouble I'm having that may bring a smile to people's faces. But first
>>>> just a couple of more sentences before I reveal my difficulty. I like to
>>>> bill myself as the sensitive artist/animator who is technically all fingers
>>>> and thumbs, like the woman by the side of her broken down car waiting on a
>>>> big strong man to help her out. The truth is that its not true. I do have a
>>>> degree in Fine Art but I also studied maths and physics at university and
>>>> programmed extensively in Lisp in my first job. So I'm not stupid BUT:
>>>>
>>>>  *I'm on my third night trying to adjust the resolution of a sphere
>>>> after I have applied n-cloth to it!*
>>>>
>>>>  Isn't that incredible?  Its one example plucked from many experienced
>>>> by people I work with who can and have used Maya. Its symptomatic of the
>>>> all encompassing interface workflow issues that Maya has that I think are
>>>> really fundamental problems and more important in some ways than headline
>>>> large features.  Admittedly I had had a couple of glasses of wine by that
>>>> point and it was a casual , before bedtime attempt to try something out but
>>>> I had already twice asked my colleague at work to explain what the
>>>> procedure was and I followed what he was doing at the time.
>>>>
>>>>  So there you have it. Is it me.?
>>>>
>>>>  Alastair
>>>>
>>>>  --
>>>> Alastair Hearsum
>>>> Head of 3d
>>>> [image: GLASSWORKS]
>>>> 33/34 Great Pulteney Street
>>>> London
>>>> W1F 9NP
>>>> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
>>>> glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/&

Re: A confession

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

You should go with something more simpler for start:

Try opening few outliners as you would often have few explorer opened in SI.
Since hypershade is passe try opening fancy node editor and try to branch
material based on your object selection, something default branched in
render tree.

I know there is more Maya-SI users let's have more of these here... I have
plenty more on my mind...

Ivan



On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Gaël Honorez  wrote:

>
> You have to open the hypershade, and graph the sphere.
>
> Then you  will get a awfully large network that is not humanely readable.
>
> So you will open the Node Editor, graph the sphere, and get a nicer graph
> in a interface that doesn't allow to do everything you need to do, but you
> will learn what to open in what case with time.
>
> Here you will see that the polySphere operator is still there.
> Click on it, and edit the subdivision.
>
> Why isn't that available after nCloth is applied? Nobody knows, you don't
> ask these questions when using maya. Or you go crazy very fast.
>
> It's not the "programming DCC" because it's flexible, it's the
> "programming DCC" because you have will have your shelves full of mel
> scripts to do simple things very rapidly :)
>
>
>
>
> On 19/03/2014 10:32, Alastair Hearsum wrote:
>
> Folks
>
>  Here is a confession. I've never used Maya! Not really. I've had a
> little poke every now and again but no more than make a sphere and spin
> round it.
>
>  Now, the lack of Maya knowledge may diminish the value of my comments in
> some eyes but I think that , on the contrary, it puts me in quite a good
> position to appraise the software at a certain level. Here is an example of
> the trouble I'm having that may bring a smile to people's faces. But first
> just a couple of more sentences before I reveal my difficulty. I like to
> bill myself as the sensitive artist/animator who is technically all fingers
> and thumbs, like the woman by the side of her broken down car waiting on a
> big strong man to help her out. The truth is that its not true. I do have a
> degree in Fine Art but I also studied maths and physics at university and
> programmed extensively in Lisp in my first job. So I'm not stupid BUT:
>
>  *I'm on my third night trying to adjust the resolution of a sphere after
> I have applied n-cloth to it!*
>
>  Isn't that incredible?  Its one example plucked from many experienced by
> people I work with who can and have used Maya. Its symptomatic of the all
> encompassing interface workflow issues that Maya has that I think are
> really fundamental problems and more important in some ways than headline
> large features.  Admittedly I had had a couple of glasses of wine by that
> point and it was a casual , before bedtime attempt to try something out but
> I had already twice asked my colleague at work to explain what the
> procedure was and I followed what he was doing at the time.
>
>  So there you have it. Is it me.?
>
>  Alastair
>
>  --
>  Alastair Hearsum
>  Head of 3d
> [image: GLASSWORKS]
>  33/34 Great Pulteney Street
> London
> W1F 9NP
> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
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Re: Open letter to Autodesk

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Guess they are busy working ;).
They sure sad lot with their new facebook cover photo.
https://www.facebook.com/Polynoid


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:24 PM, olivier jeannel wrote:

> Where are Polynoids ?
> Possibly I missed their voice with all the traffic on the list these days
>
> They are with (Tim Borgmann, and Oscar Gonzalez Diez, and others) my mind
> master... Did they say something ?
>



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Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Maybe someone started Maya and whole thing crashed including video stream
:).


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Daniel Sweeney wrote:

> one big circus act! *honk* *honk*
>
>
>
> Daniel Sweeney
> 3D Creative Director
>
> *Mobile:* +44 (0)7743429771
> *Email:* dan...@northforge.co.uk
>  *Web:* http://northforge.co.uk
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>
>> Maybe a problem with their new chatbox in Maya
>>
>> ---
>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-17 10:30 GMT-06:00 Emilio Hernandez :
>>
>> That is all folks!  We are glad that you watched all of our innovations
>>> and the amazing future we have prepared for you!
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-03-17 10:29 GMT-06:00 Steve Parish :
>>>
>>> This webinar is actually more relevant to people currently using 3D Max.
>>>>
>>>> How many times have they talked about Maya over 3D Max? Their road map
>>>> seems very clear from now on.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Smooth streaming here...they look a bit scared though
>>>>> SPOLIER: Softimage go open source will never happen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-03-17 17:08 GMT+01:00 Rob Chapman :
>>>>>
>>>>> it stutters - have to keep clicking on it for playback. hopefully this
>>>>>> will be recorded right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17 March 2014 16:05, Marc-Andre Carbonneau <
>>>>>> marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's actually not working for me. L anyone got it to work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>>>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *
>>>>>>> sku...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> *Sent:* 17 mars 2014 11:59
>>>>>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10
>>>>>>> minutes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for the link Marc.  I'm finally in the acceptance stage of
>>>>>>> grief and am resigning myself to using Maya, learning Houdini and
>>>>>>> continuing to use Softimage as is.  I hope they show of some of the
>>>>>>> upcoming Maya "Humanization" plans (not just shove ICE into maya).  
>>>>>>> Again,
>>>>>>> best of luck to all Softimage users out there, but this just fucking
>>>>>>> sucks...  And though this hurts me, best of luck to Autodesk as well 
>>>>>>> too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Re: Autodesk response

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

No it's dead all over the globe :). Italy, Serbia, England...


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Halim Negadi  wrote:

> The webinar just stopped and I cant' get it back.. It's all bullshit but
> am I the only one not accessing it anymore ?
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Stephen Davidson 
> wrote:
>
>> "It is also quite clear that both the visual effects and games businesses
>> are going through significant transitions: both from a business model and a
>> technology perspective. "
>>
>> Are they referring to this?
>> http://www.hollywoodendingmovie.com/
>>
>> Is this a reaction to the unsustainable business model of effects houses?
>>
>>  just trying to understand their response.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Alastair Hearsum <
>> hear...@glassworks.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello
>>>
>>> Following this article
>>>
>>> http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/rip-softimage-reaction-autodesks-decision-kill-3d-software-31410967
>>>
>>> here is Autodesk's response
>>> http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/rip-softimage-autodesk-responds-31411033
>>>
>>> Alastair
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>  Alastair Hearsum
>>>  Head of 3d
>>> [image: GLASSWORKS]
>>>  33/34 Great Pulteney Street
>>> London
>>> W1F 9NP
>>> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
>>> glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/>
>>>  Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at
>>> glassworks.co.uk
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>>
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>> sdavid...@3danimationmagic.com
>>
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>>
>>
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>>
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>>
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Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Broke here in Serbia.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:31 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> Maybe a problem with their new chatbox in Maya
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-03-17 10:30 GMT-06:00 Emilio Hernandez :
>
> That is all folks!  We are glad that you watched all of our innovations
>> and the amazing future we have prepared for you!
>>
>> ---
>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-17 10:29 GMT-06:00 Steve Parish :
>>
>> This webinar is actually more relevant to people currently using 3D Max.
>>>
>>> How many times have they talked about Maya over 3D Max? Their road map
>>> seems very clear from now on.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:12 PM, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Smooth streaming here...they look a bit scared though
>>>> SPOLIER: Softimage go open source will never happen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2014-03-17 17:08 GMT+01:00 Rob Chapman :
>>>>
>>>> it stutters - have to keep clicking on it for playback. hopefully this
>>>>> will be recorded right?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 17 March 2014 16:05, Marc-Andre Carbonneau <
>>>>> marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It's actually not working for me. L anyone got it to work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *
>>>>>> sku...@gmail.com
>>>>>> *Sent:* 17 mars 2014 11:59
>>>>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for the link Marc.  I'm finally in the acceptance stage of
>>>>>> grief and am resigning myself to using Maya, learning Houdini and
>>>>>> continuing to use Softimage as is.  I hope they show of some of the
>>>>>> upcoming Maya "Humanization" plans (not just shove ICE into maya).  
>>>>>> Again,
>>>>>> best of luck to all Softimage users out there, but this just fucking
>>>>>> sucks...  And though this hurts me, best of luck to Autodesk as well too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>


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Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10 minutes

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

This is so politics. These AD duo didn't answer questions, they're just
reading stuff from paper.


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Ognjen Vukovic  wrote:

> Its down,
> Someone probably stormed the studio with a mp5.
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Greg Punchatz wrote:
>
>>  just lost link
>>
>>  --
>> *Greg Punchatz*
>>  *Sr. Creative Director*
>> Janimation
>> 214.823.7760
>> www.janimation.com
>>  On 3/17/2014 11:23 AM, Ognjen Vukovic wrote:
>>
>> Just wow.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:21 PM, Artur Woźniak wrote:
>>
>>> Now they playing some sales material.
>>>
>>>  Artur
>>>
>>>
>>> 2014-03-17 17:18 GMT+01:00 Ognjen Vukovic :
>>>
>>>  Thanks autodesk, i just put my foot through a 500 $ dell monitor.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Nicolas Esposito <3dv...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Smooth streaming here...they look a bit scared though
>>>>> SPOLIER: Softimage go open source will never happen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2014-03-17 17:08 GMT+01:00 Rob Chapman :
>>>>>
>>>>>  it stutters - have to keep clicking on it for playback. hopefully
>>>>>> this will be recorded right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 17 March 2014 16:05, Marc-Andre Carbonneau <
>>>>>> marc-andre.carbonn...@ubisoft.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  It’s actually not working for me. L anyone got it to work?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
>>>>>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *
>>>>>>> sku...@gmail.com
>>>>>>> *Sent:* 17 mars 2014 11:59
>>>>>>> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
>>>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Softimage transition webinar is starting in 10
>>>>>>> minutes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for the link Marc.  I’m finally in the acceptance stage of
>>>>>>> grief and am resigning myself to using Maya, learning Houdini and
>>>>>>> continuing to use Softimage as is.  I hope they show of some of the
>>>>>>> upcoming Maya “Humanization” plans (not just shove ICE into maya).  
>>>>>>> Again,
>>>>>>> best of luck to all Softimage users out there, but this just fucking
>>>>>>> sucks…  And though this hurts me, best of luck to Autodesk as well too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>


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Re: MAYA community

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Something like that was my opinion too. I know many artist switched from
Maya to SI, and stay in that land, very happy... Vice-versa, I don't know
none.


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Alastair Hearsum
wrote:

>  Thanks Ivan
>
> You'll do for starters although a way of posing this question to a wider
> Maya user group would be good. The question is:
>
>
> "Are there Maya users here with direct experience of Softimage or who work
> alongside Softimage users in a larger facility who have opinions about what
> Softimage functionality they envy"
>
> The top 5 favourite features from our lovely Softimage list goes something
> like:
>
> 1) Clean elegant efficient user interface and logical workflow: enabling
> us to get things done quicker and with less pain. This so important and a
> really fundamental part of the fabric of the software.
> 2) ICE: its seamless powerful and all pervading presence; everything can
> connect to and control everything else
> 3) Render pass and partition system. It is absolutely robust and does all
> you expect. Indespensible.
> 4) Live operator stack and construction history.  Its all alive all of the
> time enabling highly complex layering of effects and processes
> 5) Animation, modelling and rigging toolsets. They are peerless.
>
>
>
> Alastair
>
>
>  Alastair Hearsum
>  Head of 3d
> [image: GLASSWORKS]
>  33/34 Great Pulteney Street
> London
> W1F 9NP
> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
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>  On 14/03/2014 15:13, Ivan Vasiljevic wrote:
>
>  Hello there.
>
>  @Alastair: I've starter with Maya 7-8 years ago and 4 years ago I "had"
> to switch to Softimage since I got my first job at Softimage facility back
> in the time. If there are any questions feel free to ask, here or of the
> list, I'll be pleased to answer.
>
>  Cheers,
> Ivan.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Emilio Hernandez wrote:
>
>>  Hey Alastair.  It is funny you mention the sphere approach for evaluate
>> the simplicity and how intuitive a program is.
>>
>>  The sphere model and animate from frames 1 to 100 paradigm,  is the one
>> I used when I switched from 3D Studio to Softimage 3D.
>>
>> Without opening any manual I sat at a Softimage workstation, and I was
>> able to create a sphere, translate it to an x position at frame 1, set a
>> key and then translate it again to another position at frame 100 and set a
>> key, and playback in 5 minutes.
>>
>>  This paradigm is something I have used from ever since to evaluate how
>> fast or slow I can start interacting with a new software, and gives me a
>> first approach of the learning curve.
>>
>>  I am not going to comment my experience in Maya when I applied this same
>> paradigm about 10 years ago...  But the result was that I uninstalled Maya
>> from the workstations at my former studio even that the Autodesk sales rep
>> at that time, left me with Maya "open demo licenses" that had some synth
>> music when he was installing them in my computers.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ---
>> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>>
>>
>> 2014-03-14 8:41 GMT-06:00 Alastair Hearsum :
>>
>>  Thanks
>>>
>>> The questions I wanted to pose were more along the lines of :
>>>
>>> "Are there Maya users here with direct experience of Softimage or who
>>> work alongside Softimage users in a larger facility who have opinions about
>>> what Softimage functionality they envy"
>>> The aim is to get some counterpoint from that side of the equation to
>>> use in any discussions with Autodesk.
>>>
>>> The other type of 

Re: MAYA community

[Ivan Vasiljevic]

Hello there.

@Alastair: I've starter with Maya 7-8 years ago and 4 years ago I "had" to
switch to Softimage since I got my first job at Softimage facility back in
the time. If there are any questions feel free to ask, here or of the list,
I'll be pleased to answer.

Cheers,
Ivan.


On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Emilio Hernandez  wrote:

> Hey Alastair.  It is funny you mention the sphere approach for evaluate
> the simplicity and how intuitive a program is.
>
> The sphere model and animate from frames 1 to 100 paradigm,  is the one I
> used when I switched from 3D Studio to Softimage 3D.
>
> Without opening any manual I sat at a Softimage workstation, and I was
> able to create a sphere, translate it to an x position at frame 1, set a
> key and then translate it again to another position at frame 100 and set a
> key, and playback in 5 minutes.
>
> This paradigm is something I have used from ever since to evaluate how
> fast or slow I can start interacting with a new software, and gives me a
> first approach of the learning curve.
>
> I am not going to comment my experience in Maya when I applied this same
> paradigm about 10 years ago...  But the result was that I uninstalled Maya
> from the workstations at my former studio even that the Autodesk sales rep
> at that time, left me with Maya "open demo licenses" that had some synth
> music when he was installing them in my computers.
>
>
>
> ---
> Emilio Hernández   VFX & 3D animation.
>
>
> 2014-03-14 8:41 GMT-06:00 Alastair Hearsum :
>
>  Thanks
>>
>> The questions I wanted to pose were more along the lines of :
>>
>> "Are there Maya users here with direct experience of Softimage or who
>> work alongside Softimage users in a larger facility who have opinions about
>> what Softimage functionality they envy"
>> The aim is to get some counterpoint from that side of the equation to use
>> in any discussions with Autodesk.
>>
>> The other type of question I have is something like
>> "I want to make a sphere and move it somewhere over time"  (as I struggle
>> manfully with dark lord, but I'm not making them too public yet.
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>>  Alastair Hearsum
>>  Head of 3d
>> [image: GLASSWORKS]
>>
>>  33/34 Great Pulteney Street
>> London
>> W1F 9NP
>> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
>> glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/>
>>  Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk
>>  (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office
>> 25 Harley Street, London, W1G 9BR. VAT registration number: 86729)
>>  Please consider the environment before you print this email.
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>> and confidential and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). Any
>> views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
>> necessarily represent those of the Company. If you are not the intended
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>> any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this e-mail is
>> strictly prohibited. If this transmission is received in error please
>> kindly return it to the sender and delete this message from your system.
>>  On 14/03/2014 14:05, Tim Leydecker wrote:
>>
>> You might like to google:
>>
>> maya_he3d google group
>>
>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/maya_he3d
>>
>> There´s many of the long-time Maya users there that transitioned
>> from the old/closed m...@highend3d.com listserver.
>>
>> The volume is quite low. For specific questions you may as well
>> probably go ahead and ask Stefan Andersson or Matt Estela.
>>
>> I think Matt set it up, in case you want to subscribe.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> tim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14.03.2014 13:44, Alastair Hearsum wrote:
>>
>> Folks
>>
>> Doses anyone know the equivalent of this list for Maya users? I wanted to
>> pose some questions to them.
>>
>> Alastair
>>
>> --
>> Alastair Hearsum
>> Head of 3d
>> GLASSWORKS
>> 33/34 Great Pulteney Street
>> London
>> W1F 9NP
>> +44 (0)20 7434 1182
>> glassworks.co.uk <http://www.glassworks.co.uk/><http://www.glassworks.co.uk/>
>> Glassworks Terms and Conditions of Sale can be found at glassworks.co.uk
>> (Company registered in England with number 04759979. Registered office 25
>> Harl

Re: A question on FBX

[Ivan Tay]

Have you try if the send to work for maya?

Ivan

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On 28 Jan, 2014, at 7:05 pm, Szabolcs Matefy 
mailto:szabol...@crytek.com>> wrote:

Is it possible to export data in a Z up system? AFAIK Maya, and Max (for sure) 
has this feature, and we now need it…

Cheers


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Re: The Autodesk folder - what goes and what stays?

[Ivan Tay]

Those are installer folders under c:\autodesk. Safe to delete them

Ivan

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 10 Dec, 2013, at 4:34 am, Paul Griswold 
mailto:pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com>>
 wrote:


Is there a FAQ or any documentation anywhere that can explain what can and 
cannot be deleted from the C:\Autodesk folder?

I'm in the process of cloning a system drive over to a 1TB SSD and noticed the 
C:\Autodesk folder contained around 31GB worth of files going back to Softimage 
2010.

I don't want to break anything, but I'd love to free up space.

On top of that folder, are there other folders that can be occasionally swept 
clean?

Thanks,

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Re: Hi guys. We made one opening animation with Softimage

[Ivan]

It's beautiful Daniel :)

Thanks for sharing!

Ivan

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> On 15 Nov, 2013, at 11:30 am, Daniel Kim  wrote:
> 
> Hi SI users.
> 
> We made one game promotion video with Softimage. It's not great quality like 
> other SI post-production work, but I like to show you guys. Softimage, Gear, 
> Arnold, FX Tree, After Effects are used for this movie.
> 
> Web version is a bit dark and looks desaturated, but I will figure out how to 
> correct the color for online streaming version later.
> 
> https://vimeo.com/79453321
> enjoy~ and don't feel so annoying even if it looks bad~
> 
> Thanks~
> Daniel
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kim
> Animation Director & Professional 3D Generalist
> http://www.danielkim3d.com
> ---
> 
> 

RE: XSIBatch python does not support named arguments?

[Ivan Tay]

Hi Schoenberger

We have logged this under SOFT-9740 for investigation.

Thanks!
-Ivan

-Original Message-
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Schoenberger
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 11:22 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: XSIBatch python does not support named arguments?

Hi


Quick question:
I have a new python script and I named the args, but XSIBatch ignores the arg 
names and placed them in the same order as written in the commandline. No 
matter the arg name.
The issue is that I do not want to/can not  specify all parameters.
So I cannot set them into the same order as in the script.
Am I missing something?


Commandline:
XSIBatch -thread 8 -script "kso_softimage.py" -lang Python -main main -args 
-inSName "rendertest.scn" -inDb "To_Delete" -inPass "PassA"  
-inKSOMode true


kso_softimage.py:
def main(inKSOMode="", inSName="",inDb="",inPass=""):
logMessage("","##")
logMessage("","inKSOMode " + str(inKSOMode))
logMessage("","inSName " + str(inSName))
logMessage("","inDb " + str(inDb))
logMessage("","inPass " + str(inPass))


Output:
  ##
  inKSOMode rendertest.scn
  inSName To_Delete
  inDb PassA
  inPass true



Holger Schoenberger
technical director
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Re: XSI 2GB file limit

[Ivan Tay]

The size limit is increased in 2014. You may consider referenced models to 
decrease the size usage.

Ivan
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> On 12 Oct, 2013, at 2:22 pm, "Leoung O'Young"  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Is there a way of overcoming  XSI 2gb file size limited, we are still using 
> 7.01?
> 
> Thanks,
> Leoung
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RE: softimage.tv - Hello World!

[Ivan Tay]

Wow!

Thanks for sharing. I have to let the team see this :)

-Ivan

From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Cristobal Infante 
[cgc...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 8:18 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: softimage.tv - Hello World!

Hi All,

Would like to announce the launch of softimage.tv<http://softimage.tv> created 
to showcase the best softimage work out there. It's meant to be mainly a video 
depository but hoping it will also function as a hub for the community.

The idea sparked from Andy Moorer's Nike Evolution write up on that Nike job, I 
thought amazing effort but how do we showcase it a bit more? The list and 
si-community are great place to discuss soft, but I think a lot users are not 
on it, not to mention producers, agencies and decision makers.

It is still early days so this is a work in progress, we will be adjusting the 
layout based on the predominant content we receive. This is where eveyone can 
help us a bit, If you ever created a tutorial for soft, uploaded a test, done 
an amazing tool,  have a  showreel to show off, finished a good looking job 
help us by submitting it.

You can directly submit your videos via very simple form in the website (Submit 
video). All you need to send is a title, vimeo/youtube url, and description. 
The wordpress will look after the thumbnails, then all we have to do is approve 
it. Ideally you will be logged in when submitting, so the system will put all 
videos under your profile.

The website was created by myself with the help of Cesar Saez . Would love to 
know what you guys think about it, and how we can move things foward.

Best,
Cris


<>

Re: unsubscribe

[Ivan Tay]

Let me know if it still come to your mail.



On 4 Sep, 2013, at 11:26 AM, "Chris Chia"  wrote:

> Done :D
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
> [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Guillaume 
> Laforge
> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 11:36 PM
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: unsubscribe
> 
> Please...
> 
> :)
> 
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Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey

[Ivan Tay]

Hi ,

We (Softimage team in Singapore) do subscribe to the mailing list. Your
inputs are important to us - and we do discuss issues including those in
the mailing list.

Please continue to feedback - we do read them :)


Thanks
Ivan Tay
ivan@autodesk.com



On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:19 AM, Doeke Wartena  wrote:

> I wondered, are people that work on softimage ever active on the
> mailinglist apart from asking for a survey?
> In other words, how is the contact between the creators and the users?
>
>
> 2013/8/19 Rob Wuijster 
>
>>  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 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
>>>
>>> > To: 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
>&

Re: Line-Up SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage2013

[Ivan]

Looks great:)

Ivan



On 7 Aug, 2013, at 6:52 PM, Oliver Weingarten  wrote:

> Hello there!
> 
> I´m happy to announce this year´s line-up for SOFTIMAGE|UeberTage 2013!
> 
> Teaser:
> http://vimeo.com/71882674
> 
> Here you go:
> 
> Rüdiger Kaltenhäuser, 3D Lead at Glassworks, Amsterdam/Netherlands : "Making 
> of.."  www.glassworksamsterdam.nl/
>
> Eric Mootz, Developer at Mootzoid, Saarbrücken/ Germany : "Current 
> Developments" www.mootzoid.com
> 
> Polynoid GmbH , Berlin/Germany : "Making of.." www.polynoid.tv
> 
> Stephan Wörmann, Developer, Dortmund/Germany: "Octane Render for Softimage" 
> www.otoy.com
> 
> Helge Mathee, Developer at Fabric Engine Inc. : "Fabric Engine: Splice in 
> Softimage" www.fabricengine.com
> 
> Oliver Weingarten, VFX Artist and 3D Generalist, Siegen/Germany: "Sneak Peak: 
> Redshift for Softimage" www.redshift3d.com
> 
> Register here and participate for free!
> http://uebertage.eventbrite.com/
> 
> See you!
> 
> cheers,
> oli

Re: FBX and vertex colors

[Ivan Tay]

Hi Szabolcs

I have filed this as an improvement SOFT-9150

Thanks
Ivan


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Ivan  wrote:

> Hi Szabolcs
>
> There is currently no such option in fbx export ppg that i am aware of.
>
> Ivan
>
> Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.
>
> On 17 Jun, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Szabolcs Matefy  wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> ** **
>
> Is it possible to turn off vertex color exporting for FBX export?
>
> ** **
>
> Cheers
>
> ** **
>
>
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Re: LEGO - the Movie Trailer

[Ivan Tay]

Fantastic ! looking forward to watching it.


On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 8:03 AM, Raffaele Fragapane <
raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Well, trailer's out:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnY2NjSjrg
>
> Animal Logic, so layout, rigging and animation are Softimage.
> Still in production.
>

Re: FBX and vertex colors

[Ivan]

Hi Szabolcs

There is currently no such option in fbx export ppg that i am aware of.

Ivan

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 17 Jun, 2013, at 4:02 PM, Szabolcs Matefy  wrote:

> Hi guys,
>  
> Is it possible to turn off vertex color exporting for FBX export?
>  
> Cheers
>  
> 
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Re: Crowd FBX won't save in scene

[Ivan]

Hi Andi

Without baking the fbx, does the CLSid errors occur? This issues occurs for 
more than 1000 actors?

Ivan

Sent from my iPad. Please excuse for typos.

On 7 Jun, 2013, at 10:33 PM, Andi Farhall  wrote:

> 
> Hello,
>  
> I understand there are issues with CrowdFX and exporting via FBX, and I 
> wanted to check if the issues I seem to be having are part of that known 
> issue. I'm using 2013sp1
>  
> I can bake out an FBX fine, and read it into a new scene and it works fine 
> and dandy. Then i try and save the scene and it refuses, citing a load of 
> CLSid errors. It works as expected if i have less than about a 1000 actors 
> but more than this and the problem appears, and seeing as a production sized 
> bake is taking nearly an hour to import I'm wastin gtime i haven't got.
>  
> Apart from that, this is the first time i've opened the crowdFX box and i 
> have to say it's pretty darn good.
>  
>  
> cheers,
>  
> A>
> 
> 
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Re: Setting and Manipulating Keys Very slow in Referenced Model

[ivan tay]

HI,


Had an exchange with Enrique. This is a known issue - logged as SOFT-7029 -
Key Referenced Parameter Slower.

Thanks for bringing this up.

-Ivan


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Raffaele Fragapane <
raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Even with no C++ knowledge you should be able to take different routes
> around it, just to see if the bottleneck is specifically in one of the
> wrappers or far enough upstream. Give it a shot.
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Enrique Caballero <
> enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks raf and everyone for the advice, its really helpful.
>>
>>
>> I will now reduce their ability to key scaling on the majority of the
>> rig. I will also try to code my way around it, problem is I don't know c++
>> so I'm stuck with python which I doubt will be able to save me when it
>> comes to slow keying.
>>
>>
>> I did test in 2014 btw, and it is a bit faster, but its still massively
>> slow.
>>
>> I've sent the scene to Autodesk, we still have a year on Subscription so
>> hopefully they can send us a QFE
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Raffaele Fragapane <
>> raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds like a regression.
>>> I've had rigs with controls in the hundreds of objects with quite a few
>>> added properties and custom parameters, adding up to packs of thousands of
>>> keyframes at a pop. It's never been blazing fast, even with rig-centric
>>> dedicated commands, but I would have been skinned alive if it took more
>>> than a second or two to key out a couple thousand curves.
>>>
>>> Consider trying to write your way around it to see how pervasive it is,
>>> and if not too far reaching possibly stop them from staring daggers at you.
>>>
>>> Keying a ref model will always be slower, there's no two ways about it
>>> when you have to deal with delta tracking rather than simply adding data
>>> somewhere, but shouldn't be in that measure, it should be just a few
>>> percentage points at the most.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Enrique Caballero <
>>> enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> the keys are being set just by pressing the K key and the keying mode
>>>> set to "Key all Keyable"
>>>>
>>>> this is the command that gets spit out
>>>>
>>>> Application.SaveKeyOnKeyable()
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Enrique Caballero <
>>>> enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> thanks guys,
>>>>>   yep I've already sent the scene to Softimage. Its definitely a
>>>>> Softimage 2013 Sp1 issue though and not scene related.
>>>>>
>>>>> The parameters that the animators can key is already fairly limited as
>>>>> I'm pretty careful with keyable parameters. but I will strip down what i
>>>>> can for now.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is slow whether or not the Fcurve editor is open.  Basically
>>>>> setting a key on a gear rig referenced model with 180 objects takes 6
>>>>> seconds, a local model is instant.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've stripped down our workgroup to nothing but gear, same problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> Really quite distressing! The animators are giving me dirty looks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Raffaele Fragapane <
>>>>> raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried changing how the keys are set?
>>>>>> 150 objects with the entire local transform set isn't that many
>>>>>> curves, we have had issues but that's with thousands piled up on more
>>>>>> thousands.
>>>>>> Lastly, is that with the FCurve editor open or not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggest you send the scene to Soft if it can be packaged up.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Enrique Caballero <
>>>>>> enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> well its a gear rig so there are a fair but of custom parameters.
>>&g

Re: Setting and Manipulating Keys Very slow in Referenced Model

[Ivan]

Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 20 May, 2013, at 6:02 PM, Enrique Caballero  
wrote:

> Hey Ivan, 
>   Thank you, Yep I do, I will send it to you in a few minutes, just packaging 
> up the referenced models
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:54 PM, ivan tay  wrote:
>> Hi Enrique,
>> 
>> Do you have a scene file for this ?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ivan
>> Email : ivan@nospam.autodesk.com  (please remove nospam from email)
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Enrique Caballero 
>>  wrote:
>>> Sorry this is in softimage 2013 sp1
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Enrique Caballero 
>>>  wrote:
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>   I am running into a distressing problem.  
>>>> 
>>>> An animator just came up to me and complained about it being very slow to 
>>>> key their animation.
>>>> 
>>>> When they select all of the controls on the rig and drag the keys around 
>>>> or simply set a key there is a fairly major delay.
>>>> 
>>>> I just did some testing and verified that it is quite slow. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I made the referenced model local, and the speed of setting or 
>>>> manipulating keys increased quite dramatically.
>>>> 
>>>> We are using GEAR rigs on this project, which I've never had an issue with 
>>>> before, and I don't really think its gears fault. Maybe its something I 
>>>> layered ontop.
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone run into this problem before?  Our pipeline is heavily 
>>>> dependent on referenced models and I have no plans to use local models in 
>>>> our pipeline at all.  I'm hoping that its just one little oversight that 
>>>> is causing this.
>>>> 
>>>> Any insight would be appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> -Enrique
> 

Re: Setting and Manipulating Keys Very slow in Referenced Model

[ivan tay]

Hi Enrique,

Do you have a scene file for this ?

Thanks
Ivan
Email : ivan@nospam.autodesk.com  (please remove nospam from email)


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Enrique Caballero <
enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry this is in softimage 2013 sp1
>
>
> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Enrique Caballero <
> enriquecaball...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey everyone,
>>   I am running into a distressing problem.
>>
>> An animator just came up to me and complained about it being very slow to
>> key their animation.
>>
>> When they select all of the controls on the rig and drag the keys around
>> or simply set a key there is a fairly major delay.
>>
>> I just did some testing and verified that it is quite slow.
>>
>>
>> *I made the referenced model local, and the speed of setting or
>> manipulating keys increased quite dramatically.*
>>
>> We are using GEAR rigs on this project, which I've never had an issue
>> with before, and I don't really think its gears fault. Maybe its something
>> I layered ontop.
>>
>> Has anyone run into this problem before?  Our pipeline is heavily
>> dependent on referenced models and I have no plans to use local models in
>> our pipeline at all.  I'm hoping that its just one little oversight that is
>> causing this.
>>
>> Any insight would be appreciated.
>>
>> -Enrique
>>
>
>

Re: WWD the 3D movie

[Ivan]

Amazing :)

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 2 May, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Raffaele Fragapane  
wrote:

> Thought I'd plug it here since all rigging and animation (not to mention a 
> considerable amount of topology work) is Softimage, and some familiar names 
> from the list worked on it:
> 
> http://io9.com/walking-with-dinosaurs-3d-trailer-is-simply-stunning-486248262
> 

Re: 2014 bug? Please confirm, guys

[ivan tay]

HI,

Thanks for the report. This is filed under SOFT-8948 - Unhide all polygons
deselect currently selected polygons.

Regards
Ivan




On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:13 PM, Chris Chia  wrote:

> Hi Szabolcs,
> Sorry for the trouble. We'll investigate this asap to see if it is really
> a regression in 2014. Thanks for reporting!
>
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 30 Apr, 2013, at 6:13 PM, "Szabolcs Matefy"  <mailto:szabol...@crytek.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> 2014 users could you confirm please, that using Unhide All Polygons
> deselect currently selected polygons? It was working brilliantly in 2013,
> but now it’s crap, almost max-like shit. I’m really upset, we moved on 2014
> because of the bugfixes, and we bump into a serious bug. C’mon Autodesk,
> why on Earth you touch something that is working perfectly And we have
> to wait several month to have a fix for this again??? Amazing. I’ll
> write my own tool for this meanwhile, but it’s a shame, and shame on me
> too, because as a betatester I haven’t noticed this bug. Autodesk MUST
> deliver hotfixes for small bugs, or must deliver service packs quite
> quickly…
>
> Sorry for ranting, but I’m really upset, seeing Softimage having suffering
> from these
>
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Re: ICE Tree on reference model, what gives?

[ivan tay]

Hi Vincent,

I have repro-ed this and this is tagged under SOFT-8906 for further
investigation.

Regards
-Ivan


On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Chris Chia  wrote:

> Hi Vincent,
> Thanks for the info.
> I have forwarded this issue to the team for further investigation.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Fortin
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:38 PM
> To: softimage
> Subject: ICE Tree on reference model, what gives?
>
> Hi List, long time no see :-)
>
> I read this in the Softimage 2013 SP1 fix list<
> http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/Autodesk_Softimage_2013_SP1.pdf>:
>
> SOFT-  Saving a scene with an ICE tree on a referenced model and
> loading it back up and you lose the ICE Tree completely.
> However, when doing the following I lose the ICE Tree completely:
> 1) Get Primitive > Character > Biped
> 2) Right-Click > Convert to Reference
> 3) Create an ICE Tree on the character mesh
> 4) Save and reopen the scene
> 5) ICE Tree has disappeared!
> Looks like it may be related to the enveloppe since everything works if
> the character is frozen or if I test against a simple sphere.
> Someone confirmed to me that the same happens in 2014.
> Any ideas?
>
> Vincent
>

Re: autodesk install housekeeping

[Ivan]

Yes it is safe to delete the folder

Ivan

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 17 Apr, 2013, at 9:50 PM, "Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]" 
 wrote:

> Every time I install Autodesk software it leaves behind a folder in 
> C:/Autodesk with a lot of stuff that looks like installer content. Does 
> anyone know if this stuff is safe to delete or remove? Are there any adverse 
> effects in getting rid of it?
>  
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Re: Softimage promo

[ivan tay]

Great presentation Adam!


On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 4:30 AM, Sebastien Sterling <
sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeay Adam Sale !
>
>
> On 11 April 2013 19:32, Tim Leydecker  wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> as part of the Autodesk Unfold event in Montreal, Softimage was a part
>> of the show.
>>
>> A montage of the presentation can be seen here:
>>
>> http://area.autodesk.com/**2014unfold/live/unfoldevent/**workflow.html
>>
>> Topics: 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, MotionBuilder, Mudbox
>>
>> There´s quite a bit of interesting stuff to be seen in the above,
>> maybe not in the ultrahighest level of finishing but at least at
>> a glance that allows to get updated on possibilities.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> tim
>>
>
>

Re: Spam:Animated Short Film Masterclass with Lucas Martell

[ivan tay]

The class looks interesting :)


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:43 AM, Angus Davidson wrote:

>  His Pigeon Impossible Podcasts were awesome.
>
>
>  --
> *From:* Paul Griswold [pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com]
> *Sent:* 08 April 2013 09:16 PM
> *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
> *Subject:* Spam:Animated Short Film Masterclass with Lucas Martell
>
>I don't think anyone has posted this yet:
>
>
> http://martellanimation.com/blog/2013/4/8/announcing-the-animated-short-film-masterclass
>
>  8 one-hour sessions starting in May.
>
>  Lucas is really talented & if you've seen him on video before you know
> he's got a great sense of humor too, so it should be a pretty fun class.
>
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Re: Render Region Fail

[ivan tay]

Hi,

Is this a frequent occurrence ? What are the visibility option ?


Thanks
Ivan



On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Steve Pratt  wrote:

> I've had the same thing intermittently for months (Soft 2103 64), quitting
> and re-starting has been the only solution I've found.
> Steve
>
>
> On 16 April 2013 08:09, Tim Crowson wrote:
>
>>  For some reason, my View B won't let me draw out a render region. At
>> all. The cursor icon is correct, but clicking and dragging across the
>> viewport does zilch. Selecting items works fine. The other 3 views are just
>> fine. Is there some obscure visibility option I"ve missed somewhere that
>> prevents render regions from being drawn? Again, it's only in one viewport
>> of the view manager (View B).
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tim Crowson
>> **Lead CG Artist*
>>
>> *Magnetic Dreams, Inc.
>> *2525 Lebanon Pike, Building C. Nashville, TN 37214
>> *Ph*  615.885.6801 | *Fax*  615.889.4768 | www.magneticdreams.com
>> tim.crow...@magneticdreams.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
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> Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
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>

Re: Pinnochio 3D characters

[ivan tay]

Yes! Give it a try and let us know how you feel about it. We like to hear
from you :)

-Ivan
ivan@nospam.autodesk.com (remove nospam. from email)


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:51 AM, Adam Sale  wrote:

> yeah, its been nice to use it for some crowd work I was doing, and the
> characters work well with Motionbuilder too.
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Jeff McFall  wrote:
>
>> I thought this was pretty cool, wish I had discovered it a few months ago.
>>
>> http://projectpinocchio.autodesk.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: A must see

[ivan tay]

Beautiful !



If you're on Vimeo and more specially in the Softimage Ice Video don't
> miss
> https://vimeo.com/60296337
> It's the making of this
> https://vimeo.com/59230893
>
> Awarded at Annecy, Ice poetry...
>
>

Re: symmetry template fail

[Ivan]

Thanks!


On 27 Mar, 2013, at 12:59 AM, Kris Rivel  wrote:

> Sure, let me get a repro scene and I'll get it over to you.
> 
> Kris
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:20 AM, ivan tay  wrote:
>> Hi ,
>> 
>> Just to be sure that it is the same as SOFT-7399, could you send me a scene 
>> file so that we can investigate it ?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Ivan
>> 
>> Email : ivan@nospam.autodesk.com (please remove nospam from email 
>> address)
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Kris Rivel  wrote:
>>> Any idea why creating a symmetry mapping template just fails?  I have a 
>>> mesh it will not initiate for. The ppg pops up but I get errors.  But 
>>> another mesh is fine.  What gives?
>>> 
>>> Kris
> 

Re: symmetry template fail

[ivan tay]

Hi ,

Just to be sure that it is the same as SOFT-7399, could you send me a scene
file so that we can investigate it ?

Thanks
Ivan

Email : ivan@nospam.autodesk.com (please remove nospam from email
address)

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Kris Rivel  wrote:

> Any idea why creating a symmetry mapping template just fails?  I have a
> mesh it will not initiate for. The ppg pops up but I get errors.  But
> another mesh is fine.  What gives?
>
> Kris
>

Re: symmetry template fail

[ivan tay]

Thanks for the explanation.

For the Maya to Softimage envelope issue, we have filed this sometime back
as SOFT-1717.  But please bring up any issue to us.


Thanks again!
-Ivan
Email : ivan@nospam.autodesk.com (please remove nospam from email
address)


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Martin  wrote:

> Hi Ivan,
>
> I had this problem some time ago. I don't remember exactly which version I
> was using but I think it was 2011. I'm not sure what FBX version was used
> but the problem was from an outsource that was using Maya and converting it
> to SI through FBX before sending it to me. I had a few errors with symmetry
> template and discovered that the problem was in the envelope/weights.
>
> Wrote a few simple scrips to detect <100% weights, and round weights to
> fix them and everything went fine.
>
> M.Yara
>
>

Re: symmetry template fail

[ivan t]

Hi Martin,

Which version of Softimage which you observe this happening ? I am trying
to repro it.

Thanks
Ivan

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Martin  wrote:

> Hi, I've noticed that when I import Maya skinned objects through FBX, the
> weight per point isn't 100% but 99% and something. Trying to create a
> Symm.Temp with this will just fail.
>
> Rounding the weights solves the problem.
> I don't know any way to round weights without scripting, but I think
> smooth could help.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Christopher Crouzet <
> christopher.crou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It happens to me whenever I import a skinned mesh from Maya through FBX.
>> In my case, deleting the envelope operator and creating a fresh one fixes
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 March 2013 09:50, Kris Rivel  wrote:
>>
>>> Any idea why creating a symmetry mapping template just fails?  I have a
>>> mesh it will not initiate for. The ppg pops up but I get errors.  But
>>> another mesh is fine.  What gives?
>>>
>>> Kris
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: symmetry template fail

[ivan t]

Hi Martin,

Which version of Softimage which you observe this happening ? I am trying
to repro it.

Thanks
Ivan

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Martin  wrote:

> Hi, I've noticed that when I import Maya skinned objects through FBX, the
> weight per point isn't 100% but 99% and something. Trying to create a
> Symm.Temp with this will just fail.
>
> Rounding the weights solves the problem.
> I don't know any way to round weights without scripting, but I think
> smooth could help.
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 5:59 AM, Christopher Crouzet <
> christopher.crou...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It happens to me whenever I import a skinned mesh from Maya through FBX.
>> In my case, deleting the envelope operator and creating a fresh one fixes
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 16 March 2013 09:50, Kris Rivel  wrote:
>>
>>> Any idea why creating a symmetry mapping template just fails?  I have a
>>> mesh it will not initiate for. The ppg pops up but I get errors.  But
>>> another mesh is fine.  What gives?
>>>
>>> Kris
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: symmetry template fail

[ivan t]

Hi Kris ,

Is it this error ?
 ERROR : Invalid procedure call or argument:
'CreateSymmetryMappingTemplate' -

This is filed a couple of months ago as SOFT-7399 as it is broken for bones.

-Ivan


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Kris Rivel  wrote:

> Any idea why creating a symmetry mapping template just fails?  I have a
> mesh it will not initiate for. The ppg pops up but I get errors.  But
> another mesh is fine.  What gives?
>
> Kris
>

Re: Something new we made

[ivan t]

Thanks for sharing. It is beautiful!

-Ivan

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 5:14 AM, john clausing  wrote:

> here's a little something we made recently
> https://vimeo.com/61292772
>
> john clausing
>
>

Re: Last day

[Ivan]

Good luck Sandy!

Keep us update on your next gig :)

-ivan

Sent from my iPhone, please excuse for typos.

On 28 Feb, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Sandy Sutherland 
 wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Just letting you all know today is d-day for us at Triggerfish - end of day 
> today the entire staff has been set loose.  
> 
> I will be in London as from 5th March - so would absolutley love to meet up 
> with fellow softies when there, maybe have a beer or two and plot the 
> downfall of the 'dark side', or something like that..
> 
> I will still be on this list and will check mail when in the UK so please do 
> all let me know if you would like to say hello!
> 
> Hoping for bigger and better things - and all the TF boys on this list, it 
> has been a real pleasure finding such talent still in SA that could create 
> two features way way way above the financial level they should have been, 
> that have done so well and still will - Khumba just rocks, wish we could show 
> more online!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> S.
> 
>
> Sandy Sutherland | Technical Supervisor
>   
> 
>