It's very nice to know that the devs are lerking around.
Makes me kind of happy.
2013/8/21 Raffaele Fragapane <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com
<mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>>
I was involved with that from inception (of its integration) to
launch and for future integration steps (coming CGPortfolio revamp
GCS has been talking about for a while).
It's an offline rendering engine that pre-bakes a lot of stuff,
that's what it boils down to.
If you're willing to entertain the idea of having non-deforming
characters with channels limited to four entries into a single
pixel shader rendering offline for seconds to minutes before they
can be orbited around, then you could call it a viewport. Make
sure you don't blow the polycount limit either.
Me? I wouldn't call it that (a viewport).
If you want to beg for anything beg for the VP2 ubershader (DX11
only) that's in Maya, comparing Verold to a DCC viewport is apples
and oranges.
Please, could we have at least ONE thread spanning more than a
handful of e-mails at a time without using words like embarassing?
Particularly one where people wonder why developers are quiet on
the list.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Mirko Jankovic
<mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com <mailto:mirkoj.anima...@gmail.com>> wrote:
another one for survey..
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=2&t=1119260&page=1&pp=15
now inside browser you can have better viewport than in SI. it
is embarrassing to have to rely on 3d party small programs in
order to see your work with all textures that are industry
standard for years now. :)
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Chris Chia
<chris.c...@autodesk.com <mailto:chris.c...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
Hi Doeke,
This survey is posted here to seek for a bigger audience
as it's result would be useful for certain decision needed
for Linux support.
Of course we do contact the users and sometimes we brought
it offline [out of mailinglist] and emailed users instead
to collect more information.
And lastly, please rest assured that many eyes are on this
list.
Regards,
Chris
From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On
Behalf Of Doeke Wartena
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 3:19 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey
I wondered, are people that work on softimage ever active
on the mailinglist apart from asking for a survey?
In other words, how is the contact between the creators
and the users?
2013/8/19 Rob Wuijster <r...@casema.nl
<mailto:r...@casema.nl><mailto:r...@casema.nl
<mailto:r...@casema.nl>>>
Just a friendly warning, this only works without issues on
non-UEFI machines.
Due to the UEFI 'Secure Boot' Wubi will not run, and could
in some cases destroy data on disk.
So if you recently bought a new (W8) pc, chances are it
boots with UEFI. So YMMV on these pc's with Ubuntu....
But yes, there are tricks to work around this if you want ;-)
Rob
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On 16-8-2013 19:29, Alan Fregtman wrote:
If anyone is new to Linux but wants to get their feet wet
in the easiest way possible, check out the Wubi installer:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer
It will install as a program under Windows and will set up
dual boot perfectly for you without touching your
partitions (using a file as a virtual disk.) Because of
this virtual disk thing, it's not recommended for very
serious use, but it's a great way to try things out...
and if you don't like it, go to Windows, Control Panel,
Uninstall Programs, type in Wubi and that's it.
If you do end up liking I suggest install Ubuntu with the
install cd on a real partition. Copying your settings is
not hard, if you're worried about that.
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Andres Stephens
<drais...@outlook.com
<mailto:drais...@outlook.com><mailto:drais...@outlook.com
<mailto:drais...@outlook.com>>> wrote:
I'm curious about Linux. As.. the multiprocessor support
would be perfect for some machines we are thinking to buy
as servers for a renderfarm.
I use Windows 7 and 8 a lot, and I use thirdparty apps for
multidesktop features, with the functions like the ones
mentioned below. I am starting to use free software, like
GIMP, Blender and other suites for my needs, and wondered
what other pro's of Linux to consider the switch. It would
be nice to have Softimage as an easy package for Linux
based renderfarm solutions or alternative OS solutions.
The last mail you wrote was good to know, other than the
conflicting intuous/bamboo driver conflict and multi user
accounts logged in on different monitors at the same time,
I do do the same virtual desktop system in Windows
(Virtuawin or Dexpot) , and yes also, there are some other
great productivity tools I use in Windows I am sure I'd
miss in Linux. Many pro's and con's.
If SI was an option for some kind of linux system, I would
consider it once I upgrade to new hardware that Windows
couldn't take advantage of.
Any "ease of use" and "compatibility" development is welcome.
+1
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:34:51 +0200
> From: c...@glarestudios.de
<mailto:c...@glarestudios.de><mailto:c...@glarestudios.de
<mailto:c...@glarestudios.de>>
> To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
<mailto:softimage@listproc.autodesk.com>>
> Subject: Re: Softimage 2015 User Survey
>
> ...you do realize that i can make the exact same
statement with a search
> and replace for linux vs windows, do you?
>
> just sayin'...
>
> but joking aside: for me switching to linux brought a
lot more
> advantages than staying with good old windows.
>
> first i don't miss any tools. i have softimage, mudbox,
maya, photoshop,
> inkscape and all our inhouse editors. they all work
fine. secondly, the
> killerfeature of linux is its window managers. in my
case mate desktop.
> its slick, fast and powerful. i can have as many virtual
desktops as i
> want, keep several apps open in parallel (and not
stacked up behind each
> other), each screen is customized to my needs. sessions
get saved, i can
> switch and shuffle them around with a few keystrokes and
i almost never
> reboot - updates happen in the background...i have two
monitors chained
> to one desktop and another monitor on a second x session
that kind of
> acts like a second computer with a shared mouse,
keyboard and
> copy/paste-buffer for email etc.. it's the real life
equivalent of those
> funky hollywood-operating systems that we've all seen so
many times
> before and it's boosting my day2day performance a LOT.
>
> oh, and i can switch between wacom intous and bamboo without
> deinstalling and installing drivers. try that with
windows :)
>
> cheers!
> chris
>
> On 08/16/2013 06:05 PM, Mirko Jankovic wrote:
> > yea so far I also saw only problems with linux after
trying to switch
> > couple times....
> > fro missing so many other tools to making every day
tasks a nightmare.
> > sorry but if you don't have an Linux guru around then
you will spend more
> > time trying to do something on system instead of
actually working on your
> > job.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Martin
<furik...@gmail.com
<mailto:furik...@gmail.com><mailto:furik...@gmail.com
<mailto:furik...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> >> And why is that? What does make SI Linux better than
Windows version? From
> >> an artist point of view I see more cons than pros in
switching from Windows
> >> to Linux, apart from dealing with Linux based
networks and farms.
> >>
> >> M.Yara
> >> Sent from my iPhone
> >>
> >> On 2013/08/17, at 0:43, Bruno-Pierre Jobin
<bpjo...@gmail.com
<mailto:bpjo...@gmail.com><mailto:bpjo...@gmail.com
<mailto:bpjo...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Totally agree with Miquel. I'd switch to linux
tomorrow if the
> >> installation process was easier.
> >>
>
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