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Re: Excellent Recent Gems

DANNY AND THE WILD BUNCH https://vimeo.com/107535313

Re: parenting in Softimage vs. Maya.....confusion

On 02/27/15 16:58, Cesar Saez wrote: Shape nodes are not equivalent to operators but the primitive itself (the parent of the operator stack with a P icon on the explorer). In the Softimage SDK we have access the primitive of an object

Re: parenting in Softimage vs. Maya.....confusion

Here it is with formatting (easier to make-out) This is probably helpful for anyone transitioning from Softimage to Maya. ( by the way, never, ever ever ever, parent under

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

Because that was the target. Target is secondary. Target is last in order. Like dragging and dropping?  Drag the folder to the file to move the file in the folder xD I guess what I meant by "good if consistant"  "however they work" is

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

Ice and other things in soft lets you leap over entire fleights of stairs at a time. For quite few things but only when experiencing pretty-much most other things do you notice how many steps you were skipping. On 02/20/15 14:39, Jason

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

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 make all the difference. On 02/20/15 14:08, Rob Chapman wrote:

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

On 02/20/15 13:24, Mirko Jankovic wrote: ... where one flaps is above his head, another flaps is in other side of the room ... Hahaha  xD On 02/20/15 13:24, Mirko Jankovic wrote: It really looks

Re: Friday Flashback #212

Reminded me of this one done a long time ago because I thought it was the default one was too ugly to be all over the place  :o]     On 02/20/15 12:00, Saeed Kalhor wrote: Anytime i see this noicon.pic, it remembers me

Re: OT Maya: ncache hell

Perhaps also this lingering/remaining  end-of-sales date (also pointless and forceful) isnt' exactly helping... On 02/20/15 10:38, Jason S wrote: On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Adrian Graham <adrian.gra...@auto

Re: OT Maya: ncache hell

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Adrian Graham wrote: Wow, this thread went off the rails quickly. Sorry, I guess I'm still perplexed, On Si-Community, Mauricio commented about why shake went-on while rea

Re: OT Maya: ncache hell

"Most of the softies studios in London are transitioning, " If that is the case, AD did a really good job at getting exactly what it wanted. (knew us pretty well.. big red easy button) On 02/19/15 4:28, Cristobal Infante wrote:

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

On 02/17/15 13:21, Francois Lord wrote: "Shader Designer Plus 2000" Lol  xD

Re: Syflex simulation for making paper with ICE forces

e wind) for each individual "paper" grid on the cloud. I need help with how to tie syflex forces react along ICE forces.. On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: Syflex simulation for making paper with ICE forces

Did you also check-out the "Falling Leaves" compound? http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/xsidocs/iceref_Falling_Leaves.htm Would that play well with syflex? On 02/15/15 15:14, Alan Fregtman wrote: What are you trying to simula

Re: Sj_radio shader?

kijevic <v.jankije...@gmail.com> wrote: Yeah, there is a version for Arnold too. I'll see if I can dig up the source somewhere. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:32 PM, J

Re: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

Sure Win7 is fine. But not earlyer for 2014 2015 if I remember correctly someone that said had systems with Vista where the installer complained. On 02/12/15 17:50, Pierre Schiller wrote: Thank you for your help Jason S. Could Softimage

Re: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

Here is some experience with B&H, which is perhaps not best if you want human interaction, but there are also other suggestions if you do.  CGTalk - Upgrade and subscription help On 02/12/15 16:42, Jason S w

Re: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

Sorry (ctrl-entered = send) At B&H : Autodesk Maya with Softimage 2015 Autodesk 3ds Max with Softimage 2015 I've seen it a few other places but they were 1 year licences. On 02/12/15 16:20

Re: Buying 3dsMax to get Softimage - Help

On 02/12/15 16:20, Pierre Schiller wrote: Thank you. One more thing if it´s possible: The 3dsMax bundle with softimage is offered also as rental? or none is available? - Do I have to buy the entertainment suite to get softimage

Re: Sj_radio shader?

Softimage. On 02/12/15 14:17, Vladimir Jankijevic wrote: Yeah, there is a version for Arnold too. I'll see if I can dig up the source somewhere. On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.co

Re: Sj_radio shader?

They were pretty useful (or 'are' if you sometimes use MR) You could 'transmit' different versions of settings like colors, toggles, levels, that drive existing shader paramaters  in different 'channels' (hence the name) going to receptors where oth

Re: Maya, sheesh!

Plugins aside, the process of actual animation is where I heard the least amount of complaining from XSI users concerning Maya. But it seems to be mostly setting (or fixing) custom stuff up (or making setups work) that's not quite the same experience. Which you can always figure out something

Re: Subscription Transition for New Software Licenses_

<< The companies that embrace these[imposed] changes will lead their industries toward a more nimble[strong-held], connected [to the cloud] and richer future [for shareholders]" Yes lets embrace all these transitions.

Re: maya graph dependencies

No doubt Maya has it's own set of pros, but through all pros and cons, for the non-somewhat large-ish shops with problem solving scripting departments, Soft... well... on top of whatever advantage, could just as well have had it's own ice-like shematic view, or direct brain to scene translation

Re: Sad days...

d inspiring! cheers, On 02/02/15 3:27, Laurence Dodd wrote: Denial is getting much harder these days. Thanks guys. On 2 February 2015 at 01:27, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote: I

Re: Sad days...

I would rather identify Softimage related declines as "Bullshit days". On 02/01/15 18:49, Matt Morris wrote: Man I loved the atmosphere of that first meeting! Ok we had some sound troubles, but the enthusiasm and just the sheer am

Re: Digital Tutors - All tutorials free for 3 days (if I read correctly).

These are probably way better ET_rigging courseware videos http://vimeo.com/album/1512001 On 01/28/15 16:00, Raffaele Fragapane wrote: There's actually some pretty decent stuff on DT, I've used them in the

Re: Softimage WIKI dead?

Guess we had to risk loosing it to know what we had (story of Softimage's life) On 01/28/15 15:08, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: well it's probably had more traffic today than in the last three years ;)

Re: Softimage WIKI dead?

No-no-no Thank you! :) On 01/27/15 21:21, Hsiao Ming Chia wrote: Thanks for reporting this. We are looking into it. No worries, it is not being killed. Hsiao Ming -Original Message- From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Beh

Re: Softimage WIKI dead?

Other recipients: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com, dr...@villagefx.com.au Just in cas

Re: Cobweb compound

Maybe mixed with (again) Nika's (Lagoa) tearing setup? Cloth tearing in Softimage ICE http://vimeo.com/76406290 Or... Peel effect using Verlet From Mário Domingos http://lickingtheice.tumblr.co

Re: Maya freelance list

Of course all chatter is (and should be) welcome. But if say Premo got released, (maybe for extra revenue in light of recent events?) which would make most SI users go ;    hey! fast, capable, and featuring (easily) manageable complex

Re: Feather System

Ideel looks very easy and fast to get very nice and directable results Awsome stuff ! On 01/23/15 16:38, Ognjen Vukovic wrote: I saw your feather plug in ages ago on vimeo. This is really a fantastic treat. Tha

Re: Maya freelance list

I suspect they'll  be soft activity until something comes or be-comes (way) more comparable. Which could provide (way) better reasons to migrate other than 'well at least it's not labeled as dead' Among many studios that are still on their own Maya

Re: New Shiite

Technically, Soft (bundled with and for the same price as 3DS or Maya) has been available to anyone since a few months ago, until Feb 2016. Or at least since this SI-Community banner pic :p     In no small way thanks to Jill (almost as a last

Re: Maya freelance list

On 01/22/15 13:14, Adam Seeley wrote: I realise for those that have transgressed to Maya that emotions can run deep. Regret, denial, guilt, shame,  etc. A. Who knows who, but SI Use

Re: Friday Flashback #208

On 01/23/15 8:38, Stephen Blair wrote: what was the purpose of the User name on the status line? Reminding us of Micheal Arias? :) Micheal was almost like an ambassador between Soft and various shops in Japan,

Re: New Shiite

On 01/21/15 17:23, Eric Turman wrote: I don't know Jason..."braught" has a certain linguistic weightiness to it ;) Maybe :), but I dont like mistakes that aren't intentional :) Speaking of OpenVDB, it's also pretty amazing, I'v

Re: New Shiite

On 01/21/15 16:51, Jason S wrote: ... who *braught us OpenVDB*, SPH and other awesome-nimities.. ... Or rather::  *who brought OpenVDB to Softimage  =)

New Shiite

For those who may have missed some of this, here are some recent developments.. Softimage Plugin: User Normal Translator http://vimeo.com/115104048   User Normal Translator is a normal edi

Re: Purchase 3rd party Softimage

Oops!  was supposed to be in this thread  :blush: On 01/08/15 15:44, Jason S wrote: You (now anyone) can currently get the Soft/3DS or Soft/Maya bundle from a reseller, or from here (below) if you don't want to deal

Re: convert back to 2014

You (now anyone) can currently get the Soft/3DS or Soft/Maya bundle from a reseller, or from here (below) if you don't want to deal with resellers or Autodesk : http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1079193-REG/autodesk_978g1_wwr111_1001_3ds_max_with_soft

Re: tricky pocdural animation problem

ICE Kine - Drive From Particles http://vimeo.com/19362874 Near the end, Eric shows how to set the initial position to the original while being driven by particles. If you would consider merging them which may be a bit easier,

Re: Excellent Recent Gems

-Draise Ph: +57 313 811 6821 From: Jason S Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎January‎ ‎2‎, ‎2015 ‎19‎:‎26‎:‎15‎ ‎ To: softimage@

Re: Excellent Recent Gems

27;s only the trailer for now. Softimage was used pretty much exclusively for this project. Best, Roman Am 03.01.2015 um 01:25 schrieb Jason S:

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

On 01/02/15 13:08, Angus Davidson wrote: ... while the news might have been bad the overall effect has been positive. Despite perhaps some positive aspects, I seriously doubt that the overall end effect(s)

Excellent Recent Gems

Detroit Electric - SP01   http://vimeo.com/111633614   Breakdown http://vimeo.com/111634069 We were approached by Ground Control to make this full 3D film for Detroit Electric's sports car: the SP01 Wrapped Teaser    http:/

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

There is a hack you can do make Windows 8.1 scale up an application, it's described here http://www.danantonielli.com/adobe-app-scaling-on-high-dpi-displays-fix/ your'e referring to using windows in High DPI but.. You would never turn down the screen resolution of the

Re: semi OT : running SI on a Macbook Pro

Thanks Graham for sharing your experience! In Parallels, you can set your VM rez and scale-up.. ... the screen will still shrink while the VM is "booting up," but once I log in to Windows, Parallels Tools kick in, and I can r

Re: How do you guys make sure XSI files and Softimage 7.5+ files will open in 2016?

p/t-965169.html On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Jason S <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote: I don't know.. just installed XSI ModTool 4.2 (2004 ~

Re: How do you guys make sure XSI files and Softimage 7.5+ files will open in 2016?

d runtime environment if you want to safely be able to run XSI in ten year and not just an archive of the old installers.  It's common sense and the subject of this thread. On Dec 25, 2014 8:00 PM, "Jason S" <jasonsta...@gmail.com&g

Re: Merry Christmas everyone

MMMerrry  Christmas!!!   :-)     :-P On 12/16/14 12:21, Dan Yargici wrote: Is he the sweaty one that was PM for something like 5 days?  Great! Massive dose of sarcasm aside, merry Christmas and good luck with your

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

Also in the FXTree, the 'shapes' masking system in general, but having it in every node is also very good. I mentionned the Eddie's paint, but the vector paint is also quite exceptional (was 'the best' or better than shake's after eddie until one of

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

Just to highlight the absurd I guess. On 12/19/14 9:01, Mirko Jankovic wrote: Is there any point to discus about it at all, it wasn't updated even when SI was alive and kicking ;) On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Leendert A. H

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

On 12/19/14 2:32, Matt Lind wrote: In your opinion, what would've needed to happen with the FXTree to make it a 'real contender'. Matt Realistic (but unlikely) Move node or drag connection pan

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

On 12/19/14 2:01, Graham D. Clark wrote: I still use it even over Nuke for some quick comps :) I assume your refferring to FXTree and not Eddie :) But Eddie was pretty amazing (!) it had basic transform and other standard controls w

Re: Lets Hope Autodesk Buys the Foundry!

there is also this.. http://flowbox.io/flowbox-features/ looks new and original, everything looks (almost too) good but curious to know the pros and cons, On 12/19/14 5:59, Paulo Cesar Duarte wrote: I see that no one ment

Re: Modo Sale again 40% off

fects-for-home-videos app – an AfterFX extra-light. Perhaps. From: Jason S Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 9:31 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subjec

Re: Modo Sale again 40% off

Maybe Apple is gonna buy Nuke because it really really needs it. On 12/17/14 14:07, pete...@skynet.be wrote: I remember iTunes disabling all optical drives in the registry upon installation on windows.

Re: great xmas anim from Glassworks

Lol!   :) Hand over your nuts! All mine! Gnahahah like a little Scrooge ;] On 12/16/14 12:32, adrian wyer wrote:

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

k.com] On Behalf Of Jason S Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 4:21 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: MILA shaders in Softimage   On 12/12/14 20:49, Sven Consta

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

On 12/12/14 20:49, Sven Constable wrote: They should just work with the standanrd mental ray. Indeed they should...

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

On 12/12/14 20:57, Steven Caron wrote: i guess i was just balking at the idea of something being fast and accurate which showed some pretty obvious splotches. That's why I mentionned Twas a quick/dirty test to see if it w

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

And do let us know how it goes (ideally with an image if you get it to work! :o)  ) On 12/12/14 20:30, Jason S wrote: The if like the GI stuff, the .DLL may previously appaear to already be there, so you can rename the old and

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

The if like the GI stuff, the .DLL may previously appaear to already be there, so you can rename the old and copy the new. cheers, J On 12/12/14 20:25, Jason S wrote: @ Sven  Actually, not sure Mila shaders were

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

d time were rendered at 1080HD before resizing to better fit the webpage at 720HD) On 12/12/14 19:39, Steven Caron wrote: are they calling this 'fast/accurate'? On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:04 PM,

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

12/12/14 15:13, Jason S wrote: Hi, while of course Arnold solves all of this in a worry free way, the 5 license min can be quite steep. And while Redshift also features that worry free side (with speed and perhaps more affordability),

Re: Friday Flashback #202

(sigh) On 12/12/14 15:37, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: i bet you didn't look at the pictures before replying On Dec 12, 2014 12:00 PM, "Jason S" <jasonsta...@gmail.com> wrote:

Re: MILA shaders in Softimage

Hi, while of course Arnold solves all of this in a worry free way, the 5 license min can be quite steep. And while Redshift also features that worry free side (with speed and perhaps more affordability), it's not always as customizable and/or flexib

Re: Friday Flashback #202

And perhaps those trying to forget? Still quite a memorable moment for everyone, when death was at the door, not the purolator guy. (I say screw death) On 12/12/14 10:25, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: only the guy from

Re: realistic hair shading SI-MR

(cutout opacity)  which would also be too bad if you cant have alpha cutouts (?) ) Nevertheless Wohoo! :) and that means the your new hair shader should also be in there Hirazi! On 12/08/14 11:29, Jason S wrote: Sor

Re: realistic hair shading SI-MR

Sorry, also a Link :) https://elementalray.wordpress.com/2014/07/29/new-gi-prototype-quick-start/ On 12/08/14 11:23, Jason S wrote: Or is it already ver. 3.12 of MR (like Maya 2015) that is in SI 2015? And

Re: realistic hair shading SI-MR

otion blur not supported Lens shaders not supported Hair is tessellated Visibility (cutout opacity) not supported Specular interaction currently handled by Final Gather On 12/08/14 11:07, Jason S

Re: realistic hair shading SI-MR

IMO Apart from from Hair, I would really hope, and I think it would be important that SI would include at least one of these latest versions of MentalRay (meaning before the last SI update) **for there to be an actually usable GI solution (performance-wise &

Re: Service Pack 1 available

Indeed! On 12/03/14 16:33, Martin Chatterjee wrote: Great, thanks! That's really helpful. Cheers, -M --        Martin Chatterjee   [ F

Re: Service Pack 1 available

ce.bat to update the registry. On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Jason S wrote: If I'm not mistaken, If the the seperate install is considered important, I think it has to do with when there are issues , it can be important to see if it's a version related thing or not (not so rare), especiall

Re: Service Pack 1 available

2015  .reg was saved-out from the registry and the 2015 folder copied someplace else, then uninstall, install SP1, then also save a .reg,  would that be a way to relatively easily switch between or "restore" versions? On 12/03/14 15:42

Re: Service Pack 1 available

If I'm not mistaken, If the the seperate install is considered important, I think it has to do with when there are issues , it can be important to see if it's a version related thing or not (not so rare), especially for fresh new updates (risky).  And people can n

Re: Service Pack 1 available

Single developer (Hsiao) on this list, but as far as we can tell, the others are still there including Ho Chung Nguyen. On 12/02/14 16:17, Eric Thivierge wrote: That poor single developer left on Softimage bug fixes. All of their hard work and all they get is a ripping on the list. Nice going

Re: Yellow Day

w comp did the transition from "night" to "day" in that frame you posted. -Tim On 11/28/2014 4:47 PM, Jason S wrote: Hi everyone,

Re: Need your opinion to improve Maya Outliner/ Attribute Editor

I guess there could be a thread just as long for most if not almost all aspects of Maya workflow. On 12/01/14 11:50, Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES] wrote: Shuting, I'm back in the office. Looking through my notes I do have some additional comments 1. Outliner should have the ability

Yellow Day

Hi everyone, A (pretty amazing) recent piece from Magnetic Dreams up on Soft.TV  :o] http://softimage.tv/yellowday-animation-highlights/   With some magic transforming desolation into ...   Allegedly done in record time! (using magical softwar

Re: Buy Softimage - > is this a real shop?

Just to be clear, by "interesting" I was referring to the software and it's features, and of course not the 'offer' which they could just take your money and send you a thank-you note :) On 11/1

Re: Buy Softimage - > is this a real shop?

You or Graham may not be Autodesk, but the 'not' in the following statement could more often than not, be very well translated in the -X axis. On 11/12/14 19:09, Luc-Eric Rousseau wrote: Well, I'm not personally Autodes

Re: Camera Field Guides

You could perhaps parent/constrain a grid to your camera (?) and have your grid semi-transparent if you want. On 11/11/14 15:29, François Painchaud wrote: > Too bad you can't set width and height separately. I agr

Re: The Ballad of Uncle Pat

Thanks for that great insight!     That's one fluffy, great looking bird btw! yeah ... to say the least :) The expressions, the 'feeling', .. and of course the fluff, (even at light glancin

Re: The Ballad of Uncle Pat

Whoa! lol! https://vimeo.com/110905739 Not bad for 'obsolete' zombie software :) On 11/05/14 20:20, Paulo Cesar Duarte wrote: Although all credits are in the link, I'm putting here too.

Re: Friday Flashback #195

You could put  a quadruple titan station inside, an array of flashing led lights in the front, and have that as your supercomputer render node :] On 11/03/14 5:13, Andi Farhall wrote: http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/pcw9-90pi4

Re: Upgrading Softimage. Was: Stand-Alone to Network license?

Oh sorry I replied before seeing that all is good.. (or maybe not 'all' good, but at least good within bad circumstances :] ) J On 10/31/14 13:07, Sven Constable wrote: There is no outstanding concern, thank you Jill. I was just a bit disgusted that the product I received was not exactly what I

Re: Upgrading Softimage. Was: Stand-Alone to Network license?

Hi Sven, sorry if I'm missing it too, even if say SI/3ds & SI/Maya bundles have different product keys, if a purchased licence is valid for either/both apps one bundle, why should it matter if different bundles have different keys? On 10/31/14 11:53, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) wrote: Sorry if I

Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?

Great, and even if it may have missed a point or two, the May version was already was quite straightforward. & Thanks very-much for your efforts in making it so! J On 10/29/14 12:14, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) wrote: Hi guys, Actually the resellers all have an extremely detailed FAQ with more in

Re: New ww.Lagoa.com

n You and Lagoa, Lagoa does not claim any rights to any Renderings or the intellectual property that You submit to Lagoa for the purpose of creating such Renderings, ______ On 04/06/13 23:13, Jason S wrote: While

Re: Thaigo's company Lagoa is being acquired by Autodesk for $62M

Moni-moni-moni-moni-monay! m-m-mmonay! (dirty) On 10/29/14 9:32, Leendert A. Hartog wrote: In this day and age one would expect Autodesk to hire companies, not acquire them, no? (Sorry, couldn't resist) Greetz Leendert

Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?

Thanks (again) Jill! Looking forward to it! J On 10/27/14 10:53, Jill Ramsay (Contractor) wrote: Hey guys, I agree the updated FAQ (May) should contain the information that you can purchase new seats of the bundle - I'll see if I can get that added. Please don't refer to the original FAQ bec

Re: emPolygonizer5 release (Softimage, Modo, Fabric Engine, Maya, command line)

I find this mapping feature (in particular) to be just amazing!   Kudos! On 10/28/14 11:03, Jens Lindgren wrote: I see, Eric. I can't find a upgrade price for emTopolizer 2 users to a

Re: Merging Meshes & Transferring Weights takes forever

Sorry, didn't want to give an oversimplified answer, but I also found this.. (from Mathaeus) using Multithreaded ICE :) http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=1199 a small tut about transferring attributes, even

Re: Merging Meshes & Transferring Weights takes forever

Don't know what is involved for implementation, but here's the best 'NumPy' description I found from here http://ipython-books.github.io/featured-01/ which also includes further optimisation tricks/recipies Featured Recipe #1: Getting the Best

Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?

2) You can buy the Maya + Softimage or Max + Softimage bundle for the same price as Maya or Max until Feb 1, 2016. Contact your reseller. 4) In neither of the above cases 2) or 3) do you need to be on subscription. That's great Jill, seems much more reasonable! and sorry if I confused the bun

Re: Stand-Alone to Network license?

 btw. But!... I got 3dsmax for free. Wohoo!   From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason S

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