Hi Manny, Thank you so much for the 3DMastermind DVD's. I've skimmed through all the Chapters and they are really great. Of course, I've learnt a few things already just by doing that. :) Looking forward to going through them all in more detail.
Warmest regards, On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Manny Papamanos < manny.papama...@autodesk.com> wrote: > Ah yes Jason... Those were the days ;) > Whatever happened to Maude? > > The 3dmastermind training is still quite useful since the rigging tools > and techniques haven’t changed much and also shows some good animation > tricks. > Couple that knowledge with modern toolkits like Gear or Species and you > can get by just any character rigging/animation/lip-synch project with ease. > If you know someone who’s trying to get initiated to rigging in Softimage > let me know and I’ll give you a complimentary copy if you’re a member on > the list. > Send a message to 3dmasterm...@live.com<mailto:3dmasterm...@live.com> > > Ciao. > > > Manny Papamanos > Autodesk 3D Graphics Specialist : Softimage | MotionBuilder | Mudbox > > From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto: > softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Jason S > Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 4:22 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Rigging resources > > Known Manny for a long while, even before the SI years, at a small comany > called "PRH" > Showed me a number of tricks, and even then he was da' man :) > > On 21/01/2013 3:09 PM, Luca!!!! wrote: > Yeah, me too bought the DVD from Manny, about 4 or 5 years ago. I'd like > to see something more. His tricks were nice... > > 2013/1/21 Adrian Lopez <vfxw...@gmail.com<mailto:vfxw...@gmail.com>> > Manny Papamanos released a rigging DVD for Soft a few years ago, We > purchased and enjoyed it, but it may be getting a bit dated by now.. > Still, alot of useful techniques from someone very close to the software. > > Unfortunately a second edition was not forthcoming... > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jeremie Passerin <gerem....@gmail.com > <mailto:gerem....@gmail.com>> wrote: > A child cannot drive it's parent in Softimage. That might be a big problem > for May riggers sometimes. > I would love it to be possible actually. > > Another thing is the scaling hierarchy that is different in Softimage. > Though, you can have it behaving like Maya in XSI. I'm actually frustrated > that you an't have it behaving like Softimage in Maya :) > > > > -- > Adrian Lopez > CEO.Producer.Director > Liquid Light Digital > www.liquidlightdigital.com<http://www.liquidlightdigital.com> > > > > -- > [Image removed by sender.]...superpositiviii...qualunque cosa accada!... > > -- *Greg Maguire* | Inlifesize Mobile: +44 7512 361462 | Phone: +44 2890 204739 g...@inlifesize.com | www.inlifesize.com