I have asked that question of si-community a few times. How with all of the advances in the last 10 years we are still stuck with the same method, with a bit more polish and a few more tools.
________________________________ From: Jordi Bares Dominguez [jordiba...@gmail.com] Sent: 27 February 2015 12:11 PM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: akeytsu animation software demo Rigging should not exist in a perfect world, how is hat for a controversial statement? ;) jb On 26 Feb 2015, at 23:28, Raffaele Fragapane <raffsxsil...@googlemail.com<mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com>> wrote: Animators themselves are probably the ones crippling the rigging paradigm, not the other way around ;) That's half the reason. The other half is that 90% of TDs out there who would struggle to find their arse with both hands tied behind their back and an anatomical atlas open on the Gluteus Maximus page taped to their face. Maya, in small part, is responsible for having formed that generation of hacks with MEL and a number of other factors, but all in all I strongly believe the people are to blame for the state of things, not the software houses. There is no user base more resistant to change in the whole industry that I've ever seen than the coupling of animators and "riggers" who think scripting a blend is the height of technical achievement. Here's my controversial statement for the month, just in time for the end of it ;) On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Jordi Bares Dominguez <jordiba...@gmail.com<mailto:jordiba...@gmail.com>> wrote: The whole rigging paradigm is simply crippling animators and pimping it does not really help, this part of our workflow should change massively and I see akeytsu as the the first of many to come. It is insanity the level of micromanagement required to build a human rig, it is time for packages to provide such primitive objects and be able to play like lego with them. The fact that some rigging TD uses M <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> </tr> </table
