Hi Stefan, Thats a very good question. I did look at it, it's a very nice plugin. I really like the collisions and how fast it is. But i wasn't satisfied with the grooming tools and distribution.
Beside this, i had already a scattering tools from a previous job i did(trees setup) which had good elements for a feather system. http://www.themill.com/work/johnnie-walker/rock-giant.aspx And obviously the last point would be than it's all open and we can do pretty much whatever we want with it now. Cheers. Vince. Ext: 2311 Mobile: 917-664-1830 www.the-mill.com ________________________________________ From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Kubicek [s...@tidbit-images.com] Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 3:33 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: Ice feathers.. Hi Vince, welcome aboard! With all the recent talk about custom feather systems being developed and employed at Psyop and The Mill, I was wondering if you looked at mbFeathers (http://feathertools.michael-buettner.com/) before deciding to build your own system, and why you ended up investing the time and taking your own rout. I assume you were looking for specific features you could not find in, or build upon, mbFeathers? Simply out of curiosity, I'd love to understand what it was you couldn't find elsewhere that justified building a feather system from scratch. Cheers, Stefan > Thank you very much Bradley. > > Yes it's a full on ICE feather system. > I started to layer all the main compound from scratch at the beginning of > Hallmark, then Dave Barosin joined a month later and help me out with few > very helpful features and scripts. > > Version 1.0 of this feather system at the end of Hallmark was really nice, > but version 2.0 that Bradley actually worked on is absolutely amazing and > pleasure to use! > We had a very nice time brainstorming and figure out how to improve it. > Bradley did all the hard work, cleaning it up and build a very nice interface > around it. > > We are using it now for an other bird (i can't mentioned the project yet, but > it looks great), and we are using it for other type of scattering like leaves > for trees for exemple. > Very very useful! > > I can't wait to show you the next projects using it! > > And i am glad i am finally on the Softimage list!!!! > It was about time. > > Thanks again Bradley! > > Vince. > > Ext: 2311 > Mobile: 917-664-1830 > www.the-mill.com > > > Please consider the environment before printing this email. > This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message > in error, please notify us and remove it from your system. > > Please use the following link to view The Mill Showreel 2012. > http://www.themill.com/work/the-mill-showreel-2012.aspx > > > ________________________________________ > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com > [softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Bradley Gabe > [witha...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:04 AM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Ice feathers.. > > You are correct. :-) > > This would be a good time to introduce Vince Baertsoen, VFX Supe here at The > Mill in NYC. He's the bearded fellow who appears at 1:25 in the video, and I > believe the main architect behind the feather system, along with David > Barosin. > > I've been working with Vince since the beginning of the year, a super nice > fellow who really should be more visible in the community, especially > considering The Mill here in NY are using ICE like crazy and are on the prowl > for talent. > > -Bradley > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Adam Seeley > <adam_see...@yahoo.com<mailto:adam_see...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > I spy Ice feathers.... > > https://vimeo.com/43978044# > > Adam. > > > -- ------------------------------------------- Stefan Kubicek Co-founder ------------------------------------------- keyvis digital imagery Wehrgasse 9 - Grüner Hof 1050 Vienna Austria Phone: +43/699/12614231 --- www.keyvis.at ste...@keyvis.at --- -- This email and its attachments are --confidential and for the recipient only--
