Awesome work on the feathers! Thanks for the mention of my plugin Stefan. @Vince: Have a video of how your grooming and placement works? I'd love to see.
Cheers, Michael On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Vince Baertsoen <vi...@themill.com> wrote: > 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-- > > >
