OT: What was your biggest challenge/nightmare with Softimage and how did you overcome it?

2014-06-10 Thread David Rivera
Mine was rigging 3 fully shaped based and IK/FK - eyes, mouth blends, etc.. anthropomorphic characters rigged in only one month. 2 solid weeks coding expressions and then re-adapting to new characters, sculpting mouth (vocal) shapes for a whole week (synoptics included), and finally breaking rigs

Volume fog and Physical Sun - Softimage

2014-06-10 Thread David Rivera
Hi everyone. I came across to this set of nice layered fog pictures: Fog - Arnold for Softimage User Guide - Solid Angle Fog - Arnold for Softimage User Guide - Solid Angle This atmospheric shader node simulates the effect of light scattering, which causes more distant objects to appear lowe

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
The long story short remains that, sadly, pySide seems not to have made it through its post-launch hype. It's a shame, given it's the truly free alternative, and it was actually garnering support, but it's a risky bet right now.

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Steven Caron
he put an asterix... and he repeated the word "can" there was no "can't" mentioned On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Matt Lind wrote: > I’m commenting on the phrase as it’s certainly a stereotype that needs to > be squashed. > > > > Matt > > >

RE: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Matt Lind
I’m commenting on the phrase as it’s certainly a stereotype that needs to be squashed. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Eric Thivierge Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 6:03 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subj

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Eric Thivierge
Hey Matt, Re-read what Jon posted (I did). It's not the version of the saying you're thinking of. It's quite the compliment actually. :) Best, Eric T. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:57 PM, Matt Lind wrote: > Having owned and operated a training center as well as taught/mentored a > great number of

RE: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Matt Lind
Having owned and operated a training center as well as taught/mentored a great number of people on many things other than just Softimage, I don't appreciate ignorant statements like that as it casts an overtone that teachers are nothing more than hacks and industry rejects. Not only is it ignor

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Halim Negadi
Thank you guys, those insights are highly valuable. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: > Autodesk is continuing on Qt 4.8 and Python 2.7 this year, we'll see > what happens when the next platform upgrade. > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Jens Lindgren > wrote: > > P

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Halim Negadi
Thanks Eric, I've been teaching rigging in the past and those hours of footage represent very valuable material. Even if the knowledge is generic and not tight to Soft, it will help newcommers figuring out how advanced and straight forward is the package AD just killed. I could for sure make a good

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Jon Swindells
as the saying goes - Those that can, do. Those that can do, teach* that's what i meant by missed your calling :) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm * there are other versions of this saying. they are wrong On Wed, Jun 11, 2014, at 03:08 AM, Eric Thivierge wrote: Are you sa

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Eric Thivierge
Are you saying that I shouldn't be rigging? :P Eric Thivierge http://www.ethivierge.com On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Jon Swindells wrote: > Just had a watch through of these. > > I think you missed your calling Eric > > excellent stuff, thanks f

RE: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread gareth bell
Beautiful work from Blur, as ever. Fantastic job. Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:05:36 +0100 Subject: Re: Work from Blur From: malcriad...@gmail.com To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Amazing what Blur can take out of Max, must be painful! jaj! although since i have memory is always been the prefer

RE: displaying cluster color on vertices

2014-06-10 Thread Matt Lind
Nevermind. Figured it out. Matt From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lind Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:30 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: displaying cluster color on vertices I could've sworn this

displaying cluster color on vertices

2014-06-10 Thread Matt Lind
I could've sworn this was possible, but can't remember how to do it. When creating a point cluster on a polygon mesh, you can define a color using the RGB sliders on the cluster. I need this color to be displayed/rendered on the points which the cluster includes - much like how you see the vert

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Francisco Criado
Amazing what Blur can take out of Max, must be painful! jaj! although since i have memory is always been the prefered soft of the house. Congrats again. F. 2014-06-10 21:51 GMT+01:00 Jeremie Passerin : > Francisco > > > Modeling, Texturing : ZBrush, Mari, Max > Rigging/Animation : Softimage >

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Jeremie Passerin
Francisco > Modeling, Texturing : ZBrush, Mari, Max Rigging/Animation : Softimage SceneAssembly, Effects, Simulation : Max, VRay On 10 June 2014 13:11, Andres Stephens wrote: > Woah woah woah, The Division and Sunset Overdrive!? The character > animation on the main character in Sunset overdr

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Andres Stephens
Woah woah woah, The Division and Sunset Overdrive!? The character animation on the main character in Sunset overdrive is amazing! Fun stuff! And the Division could lend me to end my relationship with my girlfriend if I ever had this game!! Good work. Congratulations - especially on the use of yo

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Jon Swindells
Just had a watch through of these. I think you missed your calling Eric excellent stuff, thanks for sharing :) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...@fastmail.fm On Tue, Jun 10, 2014, at 10:45 PM, Eric Thivierge wrote: > Thanks Nick! > > On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 3:11:11 PM, Nick Martinelli wro

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Paulo César Duarte
Amazing works. 2014-06-10 16:08 GMT-03:00 Rob Chapman : > woweee lots of treats! great stuff and thanks for sharing > > > > On 10 June 2014 19:51, Francisco Criado wrote: > >> Jeremie, first of all congratulations! second thing; >> was this done with eol software? >> F. >> >> >> >> 2014-06-10 1

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Eric Thivierge
Thanks Nick! On Tuesday, June 10, 2014 3:11:11 PM, Nick Martinelli wrote: Eric and I went to Rutgers together, and I did have a chance to check these out a couple years ago. I can say first hand that if you are looking for rigging fundamentals (bone placement, workflow, etc.), these are a great

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Nick Martinelli
Eric and I went to Rutgers together, and I did have a chance to check these out a couple years ago. I can say first hand that if you are looking for rigging fundamentals (bone placement, workflow, etc.), these are a great starting point. Well done Eric. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Morten B

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Rob Chapman
woweee lots of treats! great stuff and thanks for sharing On 10 June 2014 19:51, Francisco Criado wrote: > Jeremie, first of all congratulations! second thing; > was this done with eol software? > F. > > > > 2014-06-10 19:31 GMT+01:00 Emilio Hernandez : > > Amazing! The Division trailer is si

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Francisco Criado
Jeremie, first of all congratulations! second thing; was this done with eol software? F. 2014-06-10 19:31 GMT+01:00 Emilio Hernandez : > Amazing! The Division trailer is simply breathtaking! > > Congratulations Jeremie and the rest of the team! > > Cheers! > > -

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Amazing! The Division trailer is simply breathtaking! Congratulations Jeremie and the rest of the team! Cheers! --- Emilio Hernández VFX & 3D animation. 2014-06-10 13:18 GMT-05:00 Jens Lindgren : > Great job, Jeremie! The Division trailer

Re: Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Jens Lindgren
Great job, Jeremie! The Division trailer is my favourite E3 trailer so far. Don't forget to release your new tools as open source ;) /Jens On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Jeremie Passerin wrote: > > > I thought you guys might like seeing our latest work > > Sunset Overdrive > https://www.yout

Work from Blur

2014-06-10 Thread Jeremie Passerin
I thought you guys might like seeing our latest work Sunset Overdrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS_i2HTJp2o and The Division http://youtu.be/yPq_NVi-TC4 I'm quite proud of these two because this is the first time we use my new rigs and my new tools in a production at Blur. Hope you like i

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread Francisco Criado
lol! F. 2014-06-10 15:13 GMT+01:00 Paulo César Duarte : > A beautiful work to be placed on the Autodesk Softimage Area in Customer > Stories, showing how it has used in the animation, crowd and effects, ops I > forgot, we no longer have Softimage, maybe then the Maya page showing how > it help

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
Autodesk is continuing on Qt 4.8 and Python 2.7 this year, we'll see what happens when the next platform upgrade. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Jens Lindgren wrote: > PySide isn't completely dead. But it would really need a company that is > actively maintaining it, like it had before. > Luc-

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Jens Lindgren
PySide isn't completely dead. But it would really need a company that is actively maintaining it, like it had before. Luc-Eric, why don't AD get together with The Foundry and invest some time and money into the UI framework we all use and rely on? /Jens On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Sajjad Am

Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Sajjad Amjad
Hey Alok, I'm curious about where you're getting information about development of PySide. When I had to pick a horse I chose PyQt partly because the most popular thread on PySide was about PySide being dead :-) Things may have of course changed over the last few years. On 10 June 2014 15:45, Lu

Re: Lagoa emitter problem

2014-06-10 Thread wavo
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Re: PyQt or PySide

2014-06-10 Thread Luc-Eric Rousseau
Not a lot of development going on in Pyside -- it doesn't even have a clear roadmap to support Qt 5. It's very frustrating. On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Alok Gandhi wrote: > Hi Halim, > > Although I think pyside is more actively developed but for more information > please dig up an old thr

Re: Shameless plug

2014-06-10 Thread Alan Fregtman
Nice work Matt! Congrats on the release at last. :) On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote: > Would be great having you and or someone else frmo team on softimage > ubertage to do a round up :) > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 12:18 AM, Matt Lind > wrote: > >> To clarify a bit, Sof

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread Paulo César Duarte
A beautiful work to be placed on the Autodesk Softimage Area in Customer Stories, showing how it has used in the animation, crowd and effects, ops I forgot, we no longer have Softimage, maybe then the Maya page showing how it helped in a part of the modeling. Thanks again Autodesk. 2014-06-10 6:1

Re: Softimage Rigging Videos

2014-06-10 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Cool - very generous of you Eric and big thanks! Morten Den 8. juni 2014 kl. 18:39 skrev Eric Thivierge : > Hello all, > > Since Softimage is EOL, I figured that I could share these videos with > everyone. It's a series of videos I created while teaching at Rutgers > University around 2010

Re: More acquisitions from Autodesk

2014-06-10 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Silly question, no doubt, but will there ever be an Android based FBXReview? Greetz Leendert AKA Hirazi Blue -- Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com

Re: More acquisitions from Autodesk

2014-06-10 Thread Graham Bell
MayaLT is actually aimed specifically at the indie game developer, many of whom are developing for iOS/Android platforms. The DX11 viewport support was a big thing for games guys and one of the reasons why it was done, as well as the .NET API support. That and the VP2.0 visual fidelity has been

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread Jacob Gonzalez
wrong place, sorry On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Jacob Gonzalez wrote: > from the softimge mailing list: > > > Primarily Modo, Zbrush, Mudbox for modelling > Mari and Photoshop for texturing > Softimage for animation, crowds, fx > Rendered with Arnold for Softimage > Nuke for comping > Marv

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread Jacob Gonzalez
from the softimge mailing list: Primarily Modo, Zbrush, Mudbox for modelling Mari and Photoshop for texturing Softimage for animation, crowds, fx Rendered with Arnold for Softimage Nuke for comping Marvelous Designer for cloth Houdini was used for stuff too Maya had a bit part (in modelling) J

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread David Saber
Wow, a whole short movie as a commercial? I loved it! David

Re: Nike "The Last Game"

2014-06-10 Thread Matt Morris
Very nice work, congrats Passion peeps! How did you tackle the hair? On 9 June 2014 23:22, Paulo César Duarte wrote: > Thank you for the info. Nice to see a project like that using Softimage > and the crowd system, I think the crowd in Softimage had great potential > for the future... > > >

Epic games visual scripting very similar to ICE

2014-06-10 Thread Nicolas Esposito
Hi guys, Since its release date I've been messing around with Unreal Engine 4 and I have to say that its great fun...and the price ( 19$ per month ) its ridicolously low and its worth a try. They've implemented a visual scripting system which is quite more powerfull than the one they used before,