Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
I don't have AE installed on my mac, but Softimage PIC is still listed in the Adobe Creative Cloud help as a supported import format. It's in photoshop it that it needed plugin. https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/importing-interpreting-footage-items.html#supportedimportformats -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
How about EXR's ? I Haven't come across a pic sequence since Si3D lol 8 bit can be fine for certain elements (like mattes), or as a last step not as "sources", but as "finals" for broadcast or for making compressed clips once all comp or any grading is done including introducing grain (while still in higher bit depth) to avoid banding once in 8 bit, which any digital display output (except for 10 bit displays) are still limited to. (whenever not destined to be printed directly to film) And for that, Png's are quite commonly used because they're tiny (originally made for web), and despite being compressed remain "lossless", and fast to load. On 04/09/16 5:18, Olivier Jeannel wrote: Thank's guys ! I'll do some conversion of what I already have, and will choose a mainstream format for the next renders. Le 9 avr. 2016 04:41, "Ed Manning"a écrit : .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 ! :) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
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 ! :) >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
not so aware of the mac universe nor after effects myself – but shouldn’t it work with the photoshop softimage .pic plugin – AE supports those no? (here for instance: http://www.edharriss.com/xsi/tools/tools.htm – I see there is a mac version! ) I’ve used .pic a lot over the years, and usually compositors were fine with it. (shake, nuke, fusion) But I’ve come to force myself not to use them anymore – and adding a precomp step for delivery – even if only for converting file format, naming and keeping renders separate from deliverables. Lately - just when I thought that the bar couldn’t get any lower - I had a ‘client’ unable to read a jpg, requesting to send a more universally compatible file format. I wanted to send an .exr but restrained myself. From: Olivier Jeannel Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 9:22 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ? 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 ! :) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.-- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
Thank's guys ! I'll do some conversion of what I already have, and will choose a mainstream format for the next renders. Le 9 avr. 2016 04:41, "Ed Manning" a écrit : > .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 ! :) >> >> >> -- >> Softimage Mailing List. >> To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com >> with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. >> > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
.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 ! :) > > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. > -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Re: Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
I would reject your softimage pic files in any compositor on any platform :D Instead of putting the burden on ‘them’ why not reach a common denominator in file types, e.g. TIFF, PNG, etc.? Andy > On Apr 08, 2016, at 21:22, 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 ! :) > > -- > Softimage Mailing List. > To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with > "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm. -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.
Semi OT Softimage pic pluggin for mac ?
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 ! :) -- Softimage Mailing List. To unsubscribe, send a mail to softimage-requ...@listproc.autodesk.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject, and reply to confirm.