Re: completly OT, AE Quicktime and sound related

[Robert Kjettrup]

How do you preview the audio in AE.
If you use Mercury Transmit to preview on a secondary monitor
(preferences->Video Preview), eg a SDI Reference Monitor, and the audio is
set to play through the SDI signal to be in sync on the secondary monitor
(Preferences->Audio Hardware), then if you only have been using your
computer monitor to check sync between the animation and audio, then it
will be off when played from a player, eg QT player, that will play the
audio through the normal computer audio output.

Make sure that the Audio Hardware setup is set to the same output as the OS
uses if you only ar using the computer monitor for everything.

if this is not the problem... then maybe use something other than the QT
player ;-)

Robert



2017-02-06 14:35 GMT+01:00 Olivier Jeannel :

> High guys, can't be more off topic, but maybe some advices might help.
> This is driving me nuts.
> I do a basic montage (with little effects) of rendered images coming from
> houdini.
> I edit everything based on the audio.
> In AE, the preview is in perfect synchro with the audio.
> I render it in quicktime (Animation, 100% quality, 25fps).
>
> When I play it in quicktime, I have a little decay between sound and audio.
>
> Every rushes are 25fps, the comp is 25fps. The audio comes from a
> quicktime 25fps too.
>
> I wonder if this could come from the quicktime player itself.
> A setting maybe ?
> I tried on a laptop, the decay varies a little bit between the 2
> differents machines, so it's hard to know what to trust.
>
> Anyone had that kind of experience ?
>
>
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Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?

[Robert Kjettrup]

Im pretty sure there was another .pic format that was different than
Softimage .pic, and that is what is "deprecated" on OSX. As far as i
remember it was an indexed format like gif so max 256 colors. So having
.pic support and its expecting an palette-indexed image and getting a
sofimage .pic with 8bpc it will probably fail to show the image correctly.
I have always used .sgi instead of Softimage pic, mainly for 16bit
support... and nostalgic reasons :-D

Robert


2016-04-09 4:41 GMT+02:00 Ed Manning :

> .pic is, I think, a deprecated "picture" filetype in Mac-OS-world. So
> Quicktime or Preview thinks it should be able to open it but fails. There
> once was a Quicktime 7 extension someone made for .pic maybe, but I doubt
> it's supported now.
>
> to avoid confusion, everyone I know sends jpegs, or if image quality is
> critical, .png or .tiff. If the client is super Web-centric, maybe .gif
>
> Of course, your client may be reviewing and making grading decisions about
> your 4K image on a smartphone in direct sunlight in a moving vehicle...
>
> have you checked rray.de/xsi/ ?
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Olivier Jeannel 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Is this possible to open on a Mac, in After Effects, a .pic picture ?
>>
>> Not very aware of the mac universe here, and i need to communicate with
>> "them" :/
>>
>> Thanks ! :)
>>
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Re: How do you guys make sure XSI files and Softimage 7.5+ files will open in 2016?

[Robert Kjettrup]

Hi

A bit late to this discussion.
But i had the exact same problem with an even older Softimage version
(v7.1), when i had the brilliant idea to switch my Local Windows account to
a Microsoft account login.
When i started with win8 i created a local account and everything worked in
softimage as in win7 (except some extra security dialog i have to OK each
time starting SI up), when i switched to the Microsoft Account method to
log into Windows, SI would start as usual, but any file browser just didn't
work. Knowing that the only thing i had changed since it worked, was the
account login method, i reverted back to a local account and SI works as it
should again.

So my only fear for the future compatibility of SI and win10 is that a
Microsoft account is needed instead of a local account, but i dont believe
that will be the case :-)

happy new year.

Robert

2014-12-23 18:15 GMT+01:00 Luc-Eric Rousseau luceri...@gmail.com:

 I have Softimage 2010 at home and it is already broken; every
 workflow that prompts for a file browser just hangs, and I can't fix
 it user-side, I've tried everything already short of re-installing the
 OS, which I won't do.

Re: Exocortex Crate (the Alembic suite) goes open source.

[Robert Kjettrup]

This is very generous of you guys.

i see that it only goes back to Softimage 2012, is there a anything
technical stopping someone getting it to work in Softimage v7?
(pre-Autodesk) ...other than the problem finding someone with more
programming skills than me, and having the issue like me with being stuck
on a 6 years old license :-D

Robert



2014-12-12 10:04 GMT+01:00 Andreas Böinghoff boeingh...@themarmalade.com:

 Very Nice Ben!

 This is so great - Since we are still on SI2014 and miss a abc-io-feature.



 On 11/12/2014 21:41, Ben Houston wrote:

 Hi all,

 I figured you may be interested to know that Exocortex Crate, the
 alembic suite for Maya, 3DS Max, Softimage, Arnold and Python just
 went open source.  You can download it for free and use it for free.
 Details here:

 http://exocortex.com/blog/exocortex_crate_alembic_goes_open_source

 Best regards,
 Ben Houston (Cell: 613-762-4113, Skype: ben.exocortex, Twitter:
 @exocortexcom)
 https://Clara.io - Online 3D Modeling and Rendering

Re: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

[Robert Kjettrup]

oh... finally i have something to contribute to the list, although way OT,
and then you overlook my answer :-(

no, problem, good that you found the software another way. Its actually a
quite nice working piece of software, being from Sony that is :-D

Robert



2014-06-18 15:25 GMT+02:00 adrian wyer adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com:

weird, didn't see that



 getting old mate!



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 *Sent:* 18 June 2014 14:20

 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* Re: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage



 You missed Robert's post then... ;)





 On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 2:17 PM, adrian wyer 
 adrian.w...@fluid-pictures.com wrote:

 someone from Sony got back to me, they recommend using Raw Viewer ;
 http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/rawviewer



 seems to work, aside from not compressing the exr files  and it's free



 just for the record



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 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *adrian wyer
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 17:54


 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage



 got the clips into resolve Lite, and it crashes immediately



 bravo!



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 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *adrian wyer
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 17:48
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 struggling to figure out getting media into resolve it's too damn hot
 in here!






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 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 17:30
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 Adobe CC, Resolve or FCP X seem to be able to handle it also.

 Ffmpeg as François said sounds good as well, and very cheap…

 *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:
 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *adrian wyer
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 17:08
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 assimilate scratch is one tool Envy mentioned they use, perfect, if only
 the client could condense their rushes delivery into one or two chunks

 instead of drip feeding for the next 6 months

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 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Fabrice Altman
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 16:14
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 http://www.assimilateinc.com/

 Rent by the day.

 *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [
 mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *adrian wyer
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 16:03
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* RE: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 vegas took nearly 2 hours to convert a 30 second clip to exr

 and it had drop frames

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 softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Francois Lord
 *Sent:* 17 June 2014 15:50
 *To:* softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
 *Subject:* Re: way OT... Sony F55 XAVC S-Log 4k footage

 I guess using ffmpeg to convert to png frames would be too time consuming?

 On 17-Jun-14 10:29, adrian wyer wrote:

 anyone ever come across this? can't read it in anything except Sony's
 media browser/Vegas  neither of which can reliably write it out into
 another (usable) format

 (read: drop frames and speed issues abound)

 post house says they use baselight to process it!  overkill much? not
 about to spring for a baselight to transcode rushes!

 long shot, but there you go

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 Fluid Pictures
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Re: Softimage v7.0.1 USB dongle driver on Win 8.1?

[Robert Kjettrup]

thanks all for the comments.

Just a small update on my progress on this.

Stephen Blair mailed me with some help, and as always he is the best
support AD ever had for Softimage even when he is not working for them :-)

My problem was that the SPM installer didnt install correctly and windows 8
was blocking the install of the USD dongle driver.
Forcing to run the installer as administrator (even when my user is set up
as a admin already) made the driver to install correctly, and after this
the License manager did see the USB dongle and i got it to work with the
key file i already had.
Then opening Softimage i got contstant crashes just when the UI had loaded,
every single time. Setting Softimage to always run as administrator also
fixed this, so now im up and running, hopefully without too many unknown
issues that i will discover along the way.

...
now i just wish i had a newer version with more ICE goodies but that
will never happen now :-/

- Robert



2014-03-28 23:38 GMT+01:00 Cristiano Policarpo 
cristiano.polica...@baloom.co:

 We have XSI 7 running on Linux and Windows 7 with dongle license. In
 windows 7 the dongle is recognized without any driver installation. I
 believe you need to put your license file in SPM folder.

 Best,
 Cristiano

 Cristiano Policarpo
 BaloOm Animation Studios
 www.baloom.co
 ---
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 www.poustex.com

 On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Robert Kjettrup rob...@maydayfilm.dk wrote:

 Hi

 I know i am a bit behind on my softimage license, v7.0.1, and from today i
 even cant upgrade it anymore... well havnt been able to for a long time :-(

 My more pressing problem though is i want to keep using this fine version,
 but im moving to a new workstation running windows 8.1, and im having
 trouble to get my USB ibutton dongle to be seen by the license manager.

 I have installed the 64bit drivers from here:

 http://www.maximintegrated.com/products/ibutton/software/tmex/download_drivers.cfm
 but the license manager just wont see the dongle.

 I can see on my former workstation that it is also a totally different USB
 device driver that is installed on that, so maybe it is just the wrong
 driver i have installed.

 so... Does any of you here on the list have the driver that was supplied
 by Avid for the dongle, i just cant find it in between all my softimage
 installer files.

 ...or is there some issues with softimage v7 and windows 8?

 I really dont hope i have to give up this nice software just now, although
 i only have an aging version, it is still nicer and more fun to use than
 most other 3d apps.


 Robert

Softimage v7.0.1 USB dongle driver on Win 8.1?

[Robert Kjettrup]

Hi

I know i am a bit behind on my softimage license, v7.0.1, and from today i
even cant upgrade it anymore... well havnt been able to for a long time :-(

My more pressing problem though is i want to keep using this fine version,
but im moving to a new workstation running windows 8.1, and im having
trouble to get my USB ibutton dongle to be seen by the license manager.

I have installed the 64bit drivers from here:
http://www.maximintegrated.com/products/ibutton/software/tmex/download_drivers.cfm
but the license manager just wont see the dongle.

I can see on my former workstation that it is also a totally different USB
device driver that is installed on that, so maybe it is just the wrong
driver i have installed.

so... Does any of you here on the list have the driver that was supplied by
Avid for the dongle, i just cant find it in between all my softimage
installer files.

...or is there some issues with softimage v7 and windows 8?

I really dont hope i have to give up this nice software just now, although
i only have an aging version, it is still nicer and more fun to use than
most other 3d apps.


Robert

Re: Luxology Modo 50% off for this mailing list - A new word from Brad Peebler

[Robert Kjettrup]

only been a lurker on this list, but a relative long time Softimage user
(since XSI v4), and considering my next options so count me in an webinar
too

Robert



2014-03-07 16:37 GMT+01:00 Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm:

  me too please

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 On Fri, Mar 7, 2014, at 05:00 PM, Bill Hinkson wrote:

 I'm interested in the webinar as well.


 On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.comwrote:


 Me too. I'm curious what else Modo can do well besides modeling.



 On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Mikael Pettersén 
 mikael.petter...@gmail.com wrote:



 I'm also interested in the webinar.

 On Friday, March 7, 2014, Chris Marshall chrismarshal...@gmail.com
 wrote:


 I wouldn't mind knowing more


 On 7 March 2014 10:33, Greg Maguire g...@inlifesize.com wrote:


 +1 on webinar







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Re: HDR 32 bit colors in SI and Photoshop.

[Robert Kjettrup]

Hi Olivier

As default is PS always colormanaged. Have you tried to turn on Proof
Colors in PS (View-Proof Colors) and set the proof color to Monitor RGB
(View-Proof Setup-Monitor RGB)
This way you will see the colors in PS as in all other non color managed
applications.

Does this correct it?

- Robert



2013/9/20 olivier jeannel olivier.jean...@noos.fr

 Hey Luc Eric,
 I'm rendering with RedShift.
 I've opened it in the FX Viewer and it's yellowish as well.

 If you think of something, let me know...

 Cheers,

 Olivier


 Le 20/09/2013 17:27, Luc-Eric Rousseau a écrit :
  the image clip ppg image is just an 8-bit preview with cooked
  conversion.  render out with mental ray to see the actual image. or
  look at it in the fxtree fxviewer , which does support floating point
  images. Of course, any hdr value will clip if you are not using any
  tone mapping
 
  On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:35 AM, olivier jeannel
  olivier.jean...@noos.fr wrote:
  Hello there,
 
  It's the first time I'm building my own HDR's environment from a
 serie of
  photos (Raw 8bit from Canon 5D).
  Basicly it's a desert set : Sand + cloudy sky.
 
  I'm using Photoshop to do this, I use Merge to HDR to build the .hdr.
 
  The thing is in photoshop I'm having fine colors :
  Sand is orange/brown and the sky is blue
  BUT
  In Softimage Sand is yellow and the sky is purple (-ish)
 
  See attached picture :
 
  Is there a setting somewhere (maybe even in photoshop) that I should
 check ?
 
 
  Thank's a lot !
 
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