But actually nothing should be private, to be honest. We are all in the same effin boat here and should all be given all the information that's needed to help us out. Just because some shout louder than others, we are ALL screwed by the decision to scrap Softimage so this process should be all inclusive.
On 10 March 2014 02:30, Perry Harovas <perryharo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Same here > > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:15 PM, Martin Contel <martin3d...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I'm interested in this "private discussion" too. >> >> -- >> Martin Contel >> Square Enix (Visual Works) >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Chris Marshall < >> chrismarshal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, how do we sign up for a private discussion? >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 9 March 2014, Chris Vienneau <chris.vienn...@autodesk.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Talking about this very topic and what we could do with this new >>>> framework is where we want contributors. The big thing we have tried to >>>> deal with this in this new framework is scale. A decent machine is chunking >>>> through 30-40 m particles and displaying that in the viewport which is >>>> impossible in Maya 2014. A great machine with lots of RAM (64 g) was >>>> working with 200 m flip particles. We are literally rendering out the >>>> scenes that will make up the new feature videos to show this off and I will >>>> probably just leak it here to keep the conversation going. The best >>>> starting point for the discussion is this article: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.fxguide.com/featured/bifrost-the-return-of-the-naiad-team-with-a-bridge-to-ice/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> But for those of that have signed up for a private discussion we will >>>> talk much more about what we are doing and what we could do to in the >>>> transition time frame so you can compare your options. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> cv/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com [ >>>> softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] on behalf of Gustavo Eggert >>>> Boehs [gustav...@gmail.com] >>>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 10:51 AM >>>> To: SI mailing list >>>> Subject: Re: Migrate Ice >>>> >>>> I hope it gets as broad a scope as ICE and can be used for other things >>>> than flip fluid sims... >>>> Although just those great flip fluid sims will attract much attention >>>> by itself I bet... >>>> >>>> ducks >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Chris Marshall >>> Mint Motion Limited >>> 029 20 37 27 57 >>> 07730 533 115 >>> www.mintmotion.co.uk >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > > > > > > Perry Harovas > 203-448-7206 > Animation and Visual Effects > > http://www.TheAfterImage.com <http://www.theafterimage.com/> > > -24 years experience > -Co-Author of "Mastering > Maya"<http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Maya-Complete-Perry-Harovas/dp/0782125212> > -Member of the Visual Effects Society > (VES)<http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/> > -- Chris Marshall Mint Motion Limited 029 20 37 27 57 07730 533 115 www.mintmotion.co.uk
