i was looking into implementing PYQT at our studio for a while. I used both blur and PYQT for softimage and in the end decided to go with PYQTforSoftimage because it is much lighter. As jo and steven said, the blurcore has a lot of overhead, and I did not want to bloat our pipeline with tools that we might not use
On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Steven Caron <car...@gmail.com> wrote: > hey ana > > originally i planned on exposing blur's pyqt implementation and simplify > it but its proved a lot harder (not impossible). then jo came along and > showed us a much easier way to host a pyqt app inside softimage. so > pyqtforsoftimage is a lot lighter than blur's implementation. the python > key stroke rerouting is very similar, in fact is a near copy of it. > > as jo points out, blur's implementation has a lot of wrappers to provide > cross platform (3dsmax, softimage, motionbuilder) functionality but that > comes at a cost. outside that, they provide very similar functionality > because they really just expose pyqt. > > with all that said, pyqtforsoftimage needs to be tested more and pushed > harder. i would love to hear more about how people are using pyqt and > provide example code and tutorials. > > there is one issue someone logged last week... > https://github.com/caron/PyQtForSoftimage/issues/2 please test to see if > this is an issue for you and if it is provide feedback on the github issues > page. > > s > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:38 PM, jo benayoun <jobenay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Ana, >> >> Qt on windows relies on the win32 api as well as Softimage (MFC). As they >> share a common base, both are "hackable". >> So, whatever the strategy that is used, it still remains the same ... >> hooking a widget into the main softimage app by going thru the win32 api. >> The only main difference I would say by using pyQtSoftimage (except the >> source codes) is to not have to deal with all the overhead and extra layers >> Blur developers put over their modules/wrappers ... >> Those packages are both first steps considering more should be done by >> spending time on it and make things working better. >> I had lot of feedback around me saying studios are using this >> implementation ... so it should be solid enough to go with it. >> So feel free to make your own additions and come back here to share them >> with us ... >> >> :) >> -jo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 2012/5/7 Ana Gomez <agomezalca...@gmail.com> >> >>> Hello everybody! >>> >>> I'm trying PyQtForSoftimage and I'm wondering some questions. >>> As far as I know, this plugin is based on Blur tools. So, which are the >>> differences between them? Do they have the same features? (of course, from >>> the point of view of PyQt) >>> >>> Thanks in advance and thanks to Steven Caron and Jo Benayoun for sharing >>> it. >>> >>> >>> >> >
