Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-29 Thread Chris Johnson
here's the link with a brief video explanation. http://www.blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?352666-Input-Custom-Blender-Setup-Silo-Maya-esque He has another version with added scripts for retopo and some other stuff but he paid for those plugins. On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:18 PM, Patrick N

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-29 Thread Patrick Neese
I am also interested in the UI improvements/link On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Doeke Wartena wrote: > Could you post some screens from the UI improvements? > > 2015-12-23 16:07 GMT+01:00 Pierre Schiller >: > >> I´m jumping into blender bandwagon 2 years from now. Last conference was >> very

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-26 Thread Doeke Wartena
Could you post some screens from the UI improvements? 2015-12-23 16:07 GMT+01:00 Pierre Schiller : > I´m jumping into blender bandwagon 2 years from now. Last conference was > very uplifting with what´s comming in the feature. > But, if you got a link to those UI improvements from your friend, ye

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-23 Thread Pierre Schiller
I´m jumping into blender bandwagon 2 years from now. Last conference was very uplifting with what´s comming in the feature. But, if you got a link to those UI improvements from your friend, yes, please share :D Thanks. On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Chris Johnson wrote: > I posted this a while

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-23 Thread Chris Johnson
I posted this a while back and caused a bit of a stir. A friend of mine has spent years in blender. Mostly modeling and using it for retopo work. Apparently lots of other great features. He's spent a lot of time customizing the ui for it to work better. He updates it regular ly with each new releas

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2015-12-23 Thread Doeke Wartena
I also started with blender now. The UI is way better then it has been. But still it could use some work. So far I kinda like blender, it being free and capable of a lot of things. Also the cycles render engine is great. The start up time is amazing btw, it starts in less then a second! 2014-04-03

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-23 Thread Paulo César Duarte
t I've been reading here lately Maya's is no bed of roses either... >>> >>> Yes, you can now bevel both in edit mode, or with an operator. >>> >>> Sent from my phone... >>> On 1 Apr 2014 07:19, "Sam Bowling" < sbowl...@cox.net> wrote: >&g

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-23 Thread Ahmidou Lyazidi
m my phone... >> On 1 Apr 2014 07:19, "Sam Bowling" < sbowl...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> They ever get a working bevel tool for blender? Last time I looked at >> it, there wasn’t even a decent way to do bevels and that was where I >> stopped looking at i

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread David Saber
Wasn't this posted just some days ago? On 2014-04-03 22:56, Andres Stephens wrote: I have been looking more and more into Blender. I use it mainly for compositing and video editing - and UV’s and some basic texture painting. It’s a fun software once you get the hang of the interface, and yes,

Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Andres Stephens
I have been looking more and more into Blender. I use it mainly for compositing and video editing - and UV’s and some basic texture painting. It’s a fun software once you get the hang of the interface, and yes, it is flexible but still lacking in the SI side of things... But I have been follo

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-03 Thread Paulo César Duarte
one > of the most basic modeling tools is just sad. Sure, it's great for free, > but it's still pretty bad for any real professional work. The interface is > also still terrible. > > > > *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listpr

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread philipp.oeser
acking one of the most basic modeling tools is just sad. Sure, it’s > > > > great for free, but it’s still pretty bad for any real professional > > > > work. The interface is also still terrible. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread Paulo César Duarte
professional work. The interface is >>> also still terrible. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ed Schiffer >>> *Sent:* Thursday, March

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread Jordi Bares
On Behalf Of Ed Schiffer > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:19 PM > To: Softimage Mailing List > Subject: Re: Another alternative to Softimage > > > > +1, Paulo > > > > I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give > Blend

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Dan Yargici schreef op 1-4-2014 8:41: I'm sorry but "the interface is still terrible" is just a cheap shot that is overused by people that have opened it for 10 minutes, found it's different, and closed it again. As someone how did a little bit more than merely opening it for 10 minutes, I

RE: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread Angus Davidson
@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Another alternative to Softimage It does tend to bloat its own interface, lot of panels opening up, similar to maya. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2ob8F3sJQ This may be an older version of Blender but it's the version i tried, have they fixed this ? i mean

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-04-01 Thread Sebastien Sterling
lso >> still terrible. >> >> >> >> *From:* softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: >> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] *On Behalf Of *Ed Schiffer >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:19 PM >> *To:* Softimage Mailing List >> *

RE: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-31 Thread Dan Yargici
*Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 7:19 PM > *To:* Softimage Mailing List > *Subject:* Re: Another alternative to Softimage > > > > +1, Paulo > > > > I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give > Blender a chance. > > > > On Thu, Mar

RE: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-31 Thread Sam Bowling
alternative to Softimage +1, Paulo I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give Blender a chance. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dan Yargici wrote: +1 I think it's foolish to dismiss Blender as some kind of joke DCC. It has a lot of nice things

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Paulo César Duarte
Maya style 3D-Viewport navigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12fqTUyDts0 2014-03-28 9:01 GMT-03:00 Leendert A. Hartog : > Oh, don't let my slight semantic cynicism fool you into thinking > that I don't "applaud them for what they're doing". > > Greetz > Leendert > > Dan Yargici schreef op

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Oh, don't let my slight semantic cynicism fool you into thinking that I don't "applaud them for what they're doing". Greetz Leendert Dan Yargici schreef op 28-3-2014 12:02: As with all things there is a threshold of economics/performance/convenience that needs to be crossed, but I believe we'l

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Dan Yargici
That's not what I meant to imply at all in my case. I absolutely believe I could use it for a commercial project, however I as I work primarily as a ICE TD (and Generalist) for pretty much all my work, I'm unable to; just as I am unable to use Max or Maya... As I freelance for other companies I c

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Jon Swindells
there are hotkey/navigation setups for maya and max either set it on the splash or ctrl+alt+u and they are in the input section. have a dig around for 'release confirms' and set the select to be lmb and you should find things start getting better faster :) -- Jon Swindells jon_swinde...

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Oh, my remark wasn't about Autodesk or the state of the industry/other software for once. My remark was solely about the perception of Blender. We all do want to love it (yes, we do!), but it still falls short. And believe me, I've been sampling Blender since the beginning of this century, desp

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Mirko Jankovic
e > alternative > which actually causes this mess people are facing now. > > cheers, Klaus > > - Original Message - From: "Leendert A. Hartog" < > hirazib...@live.nl> > To: > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: Another alternative t

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread klak06
facing now. cheers, Klaus - Original Message - From: "Leendert A. Hartog" To: Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:26 AM Subject: Re: Another alternative to Softimage Problem with Blender IMHO still is, that everybody invariably mentions how it's "making great str

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Stefan Kubicek
Blender is a foundation, hence does not "belong" to anybody, very much like the source code, which is open source.Funding comes mostly from Google and Microsoft (afaik), with individuals making occasional donations too. On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:49:30 +0100, Doeke Wartena wrote:Can blender be bough

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Leendert A. Hartog
Problem with Blender IMHO still is, that everybody invariably mentions how it's "making great strides"/"getting there", conveniently overlooking the fact that this simply implies that it's not there yet! Greetz Leendert -- Leendert A. Hartog – Softimage hobbyist AKA Hirazi Blue – Administrator

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Doeke Wartena
I tried blender before and it was horrible. But a lot seems to be changed. Once sofitmage get's to old for me or my pc i think i will give blender another change. I really like that it is open source. Nice list in the OP btw. Can blender be bought by a company? Or who owns blender? 2014-03-28 8

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-28 Thread Sebastien Sterling
I said it was obviously early days but they do get the color coded ports and tree assembly looks similar. On 28 March 2014 05:05, Paulo César Duarte wrote: > Well, I never said that it was close to the ICE, I just showed the > projects that are walking the path to get there. > > > 2014-03-28 1

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Paulo César Duarte
Well, I never said that it was close to the ICE, I just showed the projects that are walking the path to get there. 2014-03-28 1:34 GMT-03:00 Sebastien Sterling : > How the hell does blender get closer to ICE in 1 release then AD ? early > days still but they get an awfull lot of things right. >

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Sebastien Sterling
How the hell does blender get closer to ICE in 1 release then AD ? early days still but they get an awfull lot of things right. On 28 March 2014 02:34, Paulo César Duarte wrote: > Hello Ed > Well, I'm not going to leave Softimage, it's like part of my arm, five > years from now, will still

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Paulo César Duarte
Hello Ed Well, I'm not going to leave Softimage, it's like part of my arm, five years from now, will still be a great software, but I'm always following the evolution of Blender and make me happy every new release. 2014-03-27 23:18 GMT-03:00 Ed Schiffer : > +1, Paulo > > I'm still not prepar

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Ed Schiffer
+1, Paulo I'm still not prepared to let go of Softimage, but would definitely give Blender a chance. On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Dan Yargici wrote: > +1 > > I think it's foolish to dismiss Blender as some kind of joke DCC. It has > a lot of nice things going for it. I've been looking ov

Re: Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Dan Yargici
+1 I think it's foolish to dismiss Blender as some kind of joke DCC. It has a lot of nice things going for it. I've been looking over the 2.70 features this morning (before the government here decided to turn off YouTube...) and it's once again taken some good strides. DAN On Thu, Mar 27, 2

Another alternative to Softimage

2014-03-27 Thread Paulo César Duarte
Between, Houdini, Modo, Lightwave and Cinema 4d, Blender is also a good alternative, I'd say he's a middle ground between Modo and Lightwave, but the best thing about him is opensource and the community, any developer can implement something in it. Take a look in this "The best blender demo reel f