Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

I remember that "MAYA FX" was also used to define the whole simulation toolset. Anyway, I'm sorry if I hurt you,It wasn't meant to and It was definitely not directed to you or someone at all. Now to come back to Greg's feeling and about the regular AD bashing and climate on this list since the acq

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

IMO it is a matter of "not seeing it" here, yes. It's a sampling device that allows to sample things that you can control in an extremely intuitive manner that you simply had no access to before (your hands and the amazing motion they can produce that no tacticle feedback interface or servo could e

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Afraid we are at odds again Raff :) i just can't see it, it seems gimmicky as all hell. a glorified web browser. there is a kind of uncanny valley effect when it comes to motion controls and user interaction, the closer you try to bring the technology to 1:1 user interaction the more unsettling the

RE: Strands

Rob, This is definitely the issue I am dealing with. Thanks! -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center __ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author a

Re: Maya Leap Plugin ( formerly; Why did I pay support?? ...)

i am a bit biased but check these guys out... http://www.threegear.com/ i know one of the devs, he is ILM alum, very talented. best part about them they are purely software and can work with various hardware configs... including the proven kinect On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Cesar Saez wro

Re: Maya Leap Plugin ( formerly; Why did I pay support?? ...)

Have you guys seen this review? http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/07/hands-on-with-the-leap-motion-controller-cool-but-frustrating-as-hell/

Re: Maya Leap Plugin ( formerly; Why did I pay support?? ...)

Oh I think it may be useful for non fine motor tasks, just not drawing, sculpting, and similar tasks. And you do have to touch the iphone to manipulate, therefore feedback, or is there an app I don' t know about that allows the same without touching the screen (:/? You make some good point abo

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Where is the like button? On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Paul Doyle wrote: > I got a Leap just so I can gesture to go through slides and other NI stuff > that's quite mundane but useful (and cool as anything in my book). I think > there are some fascinating possibilities for using the leap for

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

I got a Leap just so I can gesture to go through slides and other NI stuff that's quite mundane but useful (and cool as anything in my book). I think there are some fascinating possibilities for using the leap for animating/capturing with gestures. The fidelity of a mouse/tablet is often needed, bu

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Way back when (xsi 7 had just been released) i coded a xsi interface for my behringer mixer. going from a static mouse driven facial animation setup to something with tactile and physical feedback (behringer had automated faders) was a huge leap forward for immersion in the scene and it sped the wo

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

omfg I'm switching right now! So if I pour a glass of beer into the keyboard I'm gonna get a realtime Bifrost flooding sim :) On 31/07/2013, at 21.14, Sebastien Sterling wrote: > http://area.autodesk.com/mayaleapplugin > > > Meanwile ! Yay ! Warning ! its like a sick parody of kinect for may

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Tactile feedback for 80 bucks might be a long way to come :). There was a pressure based feedback piece at Siggraph this year that was interesting, but while pulse feedback (bursts of air pressure) is relatively easy and cheap to come up with, a continued feedback like the feeling of manipulating s

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

An interface for putting the model in the UI just as I picture in my mind, will be neat! 2013/7/31 Rares Halmagean > Neat. I'm all for improving the interface between user and app but as a > modeler, sculptor and texture artist I can see myself getting some serious > hand fatigue with this. Th

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Neat. I'm all for improving the interface between user and app but as a modeler, sculptor and texture artist I can see myself getting some serious hand fatigue with this. There needs to be some feedback to be of any long term use. On 7/31/2013 4:44 PM, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: When you look

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

When you look at how easy it is to produce controlled and interesting frequencies with your hand (things such as a beat, accel/decel etc.) an 80 bucks device that can sample 10 sources accurately at 200hz is very, very far from useless :) Yes, fatigue onset would make it a silly thing to orbit the

Re: Showreel 2013

Hey Octavian, I think you're being very modest about your work. There's some great stuff here. I'm a fan of the clash of cultures piece with the shoalin monk. That was tuica (plum brandy) the monk was drinking wasn't it ;]? Also enjoyed the soviet sub shots, girl in sunflower field and mount

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

leap thing may look cool.. for first coupe minutes.. let me see you holding your hands up in the air for longer than 15 minutes alone.. not to mention couple hours... completely useless waste of time and money if you ask me On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Jon Swindells wrote: > just as i was

Re: Showreel 2013

I know where you are coming from :-) Nice reel btw, I recognized some of the ads having aired in Austria too. Hey guys, Been lurking and sometimes chiming into conversations on this list for the past couple of years. Never actually showed anything of what i do. So finally, after realising th

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

just as i was getting some work done too. damn you! On 31 July 2013 23:42, Cristobal Infante wrote: > "get busy living or get busy dying" see you guys in Zihuatanejo > > > >> > -- Jon Swindells squi...@gmail.com

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

"get busy living or get busy dying" see you guys in Zihuatanejo On 31 July 2013 21:37, Daniel Brassard wrote: > Madness > This is Sparta! *[kicks the AD messenger into the deep well]* > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Sebastien Sterling < > sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> htt

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

Madness This is Sparta! *[kicks the AD messenger into the deep well]* On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Sebastien Sterling < sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://area.autodesk.com/mayaleapplugin > > > Meanwile ! Yay ! Warning ! its like a sick parody of kinect for maya so > not for t

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

http://area.autodesk.com/mayaleapplugin Meanwile ! Yay ! Warning ! its like a sick parody of kinect for maya so not for the faint hearted !, i wonder if any user money went into this, or if some resourceful little dude just cooked it up by himself? "Give your users the ability to imagine, design

Showreel 2013

Hey guys, Been lurking and sometimes chiming into conversations on this list for the past couple of years. Never actually showed anything of what i do. So finally, after realising this list might not be around for long, decided to go ahead and share what i've been up to for the past years. Not rea

RE: Who uses Arnold ? We Do !!!

Some may remember that a couple of months ago i was looking for information about Arnold in production pipelines. We where making a case to switch to Arnold for the next feature film we are currently working on. Well i'm 3delighted (mea culpa^^) to say we finally made the switch ! I would like

RE: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

As Conrad Siegfried would say: "'Zis is Kaos! We don't zuul, zuul, zuul, here!". Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:49 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subj

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

There is no Yoda, only Zuul! Eric Thivierge === Character TD / RnD Hybride Technologies On 31/07/2013 1:47 PM, Matt Lind wrote: Yoda? We're taking guidance from a foam rubber puppet? Matt

RE: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

Yoda? We're taking guidance from a foam rubber puppet? Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Zaloon Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:45 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Softimage Future (ag

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

Oh yeah, clever Yoda. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Eric Turman wrote: > Yup...all speculation at this point...and you know what Yoda said: > speculation leads to fear "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate > leads to suffering." I sense much speculation in subject ;) > > > On Wed,

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

Yup...all speculation at this point...and you know what Yoda said: speculation leads to fear "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." I sense much speculation in subject ;) On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: > Nothing definitive from Siggraph and

Re: Strands

Maybe it is the Strand Growth compound http://monophyl.com/?p=1149#more-1149 On 31/07/2013 11:39 AM, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: Andy, Thanks. I've been unable to find "grow strands" and a google search has resulted in very little. Any idea if it's a subnode to something els

RE: Strands

Andy, Thanks. I've been unable to find "grow strands" and a google search has resulted in very little. Any idea if it's a subnode to something else? -- Joey Ponthieux LaRC Information Technology Enhanced Services (LITES) Mymic Technical Services NASA Langley Research Center _

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

Nothing definitive from Siggraph and all is speculation. All we know is that 3dsMax and Softimage weren't present at the AD user event. No one knows for sure except the AD folks. Eric Thivierge === Character TD / RnD Hybride Technologies On 31/07/2013 11:05 AM, Malcolm Zaloon

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

This thread is simultaneously awesome and horrendous. I need anti-depressants -Tim On 7/31/2013 3:27 AM, Jordi Bares wrote: I meant "wherever the decision makers are now.." or course. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 31 Jul 2013, at 09:24, Jordi Bares

Re: OT: MeshFusion for Modo

That looks so sweet!! *Greg Punchatz* *Sr. Creative Director* Janimation 214.823.7760 www.janimation.com On 7/31/2013 8:15 AM, Stefan Kubicek wrote: This is sweet! It reminds me a bit on ProBoolean

Re: Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

ops, Siggraph 2013, sorry. ;) On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Malcolm Zaloon wrote: > Ok, good morning Guys. > > > Another Year, another Siggraph, and again the same rumors about SI > discontinuation by AD...(first time i see people talking about it from 8 > years ago!) > > People returning f

Softimage Future (again (Siggraph 2014 reincarnation)

Ok, good morning Guys. Another Year, another Siggraph, and again the same rumors about SI discontinuation by AD...(first time i see people talking about it from 8 years ago!) People returning from Siggraph again with the same blah blah blah...(panic) So, What real, what´s rumor this time? It is

RE: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

Ice3 -- Joey __ Opinions stated here-in are strictly those of the author and do not represent the opinions of NASA or any other party. From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sylvai

Re: OT: MeshFusion for Modo

This is sweet! It reminds me a bit on ProBooleans for Max, which would output SubD-friendly quads from Boolean operations, but Quadrangulation was more of a cleanup step rather than a premis, hence it never produced such a clean output. From what I understand, this is being built by the guy

Re: OT: MeshFusion for Modo

Everything? It's just another way of working I would say, so mix and match the best of each; polys, subds, psubs and now subdfusion. Seems like a like a powerful tool and one which works with clean animated booleans. As I understand it, you'll be able to bake the result to regular polys via meshin

Re: OT: MeshFusion for Modo

Looks a bit odd, I don't think I'd like to model everything via booleans ! On 31 July 2013 13:19, Paul Griswold wrote: > From what I understand, this is being built by the guy behind Groboto: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hfoT5lHoOYY > > http://www.youtube.com/wat

OT: MeshFusion for Modo

>From what I understand, this is being built by the guy behind Groboto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hfoT5lHoOYY http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VZhOPdmyI0c It looks like a cross between kit-bashing in 3D-Coat and modeling in MOI. -Paul

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

This thread is a gift that keeps on giving. It's now officially got better than Dexter season 2 and is just about near catching up to Breaking Bad. If AD should take anything from it it's probably not so much the hate and the mis-trust (although there is such a thing as getting a hint :) ), it's p

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Ahmidou Lyazidi wrote: > Nah, maya FX! ;) hey, could you please stop posting stuff like like this? When I switched the maya team I said I joined the Maya FX team. That's the name of the team that handles simluation and nucleus, etc, like saying this other guy's

Re: Analog are looking for a freelancer

Cheers guys! Good to know and obviously I +1 it too Rob I'm afraid not ;) Simon Reeves London, UK *si...@simonreeves.com* *www.simonreeves.com* * * On 31 July 2013 07:51, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > damn.. should spend more time in ICE instead of character animation as it > seems hehehehe > > >

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my money back!

This IS ridicules...what a mess!! And yes...this hand full of fixes over the past two years were not worth 1800 Euro. There would be so many things that need an upgrade... But for now there is no alternative to Soft right now. Am 31.07.2013 04:20, schrieb Luc-Eric Rousseau: On Tue, Jul 30, 2

Re: Future of Naiad

Or Clarisse?They currently have a special summer sale atm ($1500.- instead of $7400.- for 1 license and 5 render nodes, incl. support).Likewise, anybody used Katana?On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Sebastian Kowalski wrote: do I hear fabric engine? Am 31.07.2013 um 00:36 schrieb

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

I meant "wherever the decision makers are now.." or course. Jordi Bares jordiba...@gmail.com On 31 Jul 2013, at 09:24, Jordi Bares wrote: > I could safely say that since the acquisition it has been a downhill > experience and I can only think on blaming AD management, whoever the > decision m

Re: Why did I pay support?? Why did I buy a suite ? I want my moneyback!

I could safely say that since the acquisition it has been a downhill experience and I can only think on blaming AD management, whoever the decision makers are now let's make sure we keep an eye on them as it is very likely they will f*ck everything else they touch. Strategic thinking only, noth