RE: News from mootzoid: updates and stuff (Softimage)

2015-02-26 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Oh, and the TVC is finally online here: http://www.lego.com/da-dk/ninjago/videos/temple-and-ninja-charger-b71ea82692ad4cb88f4aa2ca8a250a7a Morten Den 26. februar 2015 kl. 16:09 skrev Morten Bartholdy x...@colorshopvfx.dk: Sven, I have been using emFluid5 for several years now and while I am

RE: News from mootzoid: updates and stuff (Softimage)

2015-02-26 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Sven, I have been using emFluid5 for several years now and while I am no ICE specialist I find it fairly easy to use and much more powerful than emFluid4. Also, whenever I run into a snag, Eric or someone else on the google list are quick to help out so I can get on with my shots. Here is an

Re: OBJ import problems

2015-02-26 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Thanks for the tip Alan - that is quite cool. FYI BTW Turbosquid has been quite helpful and converted all the problematic models to fbx for me now. Morten Den 24. februar 2015 kl. 14:36 skrev Alan Fregtman alan.fregt...@gmail.com: Don't forget that Houdini has some fantastic IO and

A hypothetically question regarding Soft 2015 license.

2015-02-26 Thread Leoung O'Young
I have a hypothetically question regarding Soft 2015 license Our support/maintenance will be up in 1 month for Soft 2015/Maya 2015 and since we bought it mostly for staying with Soft, we don't see a good reason to continue the support. But what would happened if the license server computer

RE: A hypothetically question regarding Soft 2015 license.

2015-02-26 Thread Sven Constable
http://static-dc.autodesk.net/content/dam/autodesk/www/products/autodesk-softimage/docs/pdf/Softimage_Last_Release_Announcement_FAQ_UPDATE_Dec_8.pdf Third point says: Customers will still be able to transfer their existing licenses to new computers, if required, after April 30, 2016.

RE: A hypothetically question regarding Soft 2015 license.

2015-02-26 Thread Sven Constable
Addendum: Changing MAC IDs can be a bit tricky if you have special network setups like bundling or trunking NICs for speed purposes. Then its not always obvious which MAC ID has to be changed since there are several burned into the NIC and only one is used by the OS. The IT guy will probably

Re: akeytsu animation software demo

2015-02-26 Thread Rob Wuijster
it seems the black choppers got to Jordi. ;-) Rob \/-\/\/ On 26-2-2015 10:44, Jordi Bares Dominguez wrote: The whole rigging paradigm is simply crippling animators and pimping it does not really help, this part of our workflow should change massively and I see

Re: akeytsu animation software demo

2015-02-26 Thread Jordi Bares Dominguez
The whole rigging paradigm is simply crippling animators and pimping it does not really help, this part of our workflow should change massively and I see akeytsu as the the first of many to come. It is insanity the level of micromanagement required to build a human rig, it is time for packages

Re: Maya thinks they're clever....and that's the problem

2015-02-26 Thread Jordi Bares Dominguez
Very true, consistency should be paramount. jb On 20 Feb 2015, at 19:39, Jason S jasonsta...@gmail.com wrote: I'd say both are happy(er) when things are consistent and predictable (however they work), with care to eliminate as many steps as possible, because sometimes even microsteps

RE: akeytsu animation software demo

2015-02-26 Thread Angus Davidson
Tuck and Roll Jordi ! From: Rob Wuijster [r...@casema.nl] Sent: 26 February 2015 12:09 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: akeytsu animation software demo it seems the black choppers got to Jordi. ;-) Rob \/-\/\/

parenting in Softimage vs. Maya.....confusion

2015-02-26 Thread john clausing
i've had the following conversation regarding parenting and hierarchies over on the he3d/maya page.would someone mind translating into Softilanguage for me? this seems like a crucial difference to me. and i don't like it as follows: This is probably helpful for anyone transitioning from

Re: akeytsu animation software demo

2015-02-26 Thread Raffaele Fragapane
Animators themselves are probably the ones crippling the rigging paradigm, not the other way around ;) That's half the reason. The other half is that 90% of TDs out there who would struggle to find their arse with both hands tied behind their back and an anatomical atlas open on the Gluteus

Re: A hypothetically question regarding Soft 2015 license.

2015-02-26 Thread Leoung O'Young
Hi Sven, Thanks so much for the info. Leoung On 26/02/2015 4:28 PM, Sven Constable wrote: Addendum: Changing MAC IDs can be a bit tricky if you have special network setups like bundling or trunking NICs for speed purposes. Then its not always obvious which MAC ID has to be changed since