Hi Luc-Eric will be MMB for repeating menus integrated also in to other bunch 
of editors ( texture, hypershade, graph…) ?

Thanx






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From: Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎14‎, ‎2015 ‎9‎:‎31‎ ‎AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com





It's not just an icon change, the UI has been revisited to remove visual noise 
and adapt to different font size and UI scaling. But more critically,  all the 
menus have been revisited to be organized more logically. It's a new Maya, and 
there are deep unifications changes in modeling workflows too.  There is a 
single modeling and FX module, and the organization is different in those too.  
Should make it easier for anyone new to get into.



Btw, the bit about hitting H to hide objects like in XSI... Maya added this in 
2015 extension 1, along with MMB for repeating menus.  Bifrost has a compound 
editor similar to ICE, but we still need to work on it.








On 13 April 2015 at 23:23, Sylvain Lebeau <s...@shedmtl.com> wrote:



I am emotional too Sven, But i am also realist, 



By saying putting a new coating on the old car was a bit sarcastic dood. Take 
it easy smooth. 



I hear you…And I am with you if you didnt catch it. 




You’ve never heard about a company blending 2 softwares togheter because there 
was no existing one that needed to do so. Ever! Pretty normal.  Of course! 
Newtek never had to blend 2 softwares togheter per exemple.  Nor does SideFx. 




It’s not about blending 2 softwares togheter. Its about blending workflows 
togheter.  Its a bit different. I mean workflow things. Wich I hope will come 
more and more.  The best from Xsi inside of Maya. When you hit H shortchut….it 
hide’s the object….if you hit H again…it shows up the object back.  Simple.  
Multiple selection property changes for example… The list can go on and on.   




They didnt changed it’s look… just the icons.  A simple refresh at the UI.  I 
know!!!







I could write a bitching novel on Maya that would take me years to write. But 
since my old email rant (wich you probably all remember)  on how much i was 
upset on the desmise of XSI and then after our switch to Maya to test the 
waters, …. i can say that I have find positives things in Maya. While I still 
miss so many things from Xsi.   Render passes in front of the line. But we got 
a powerfull pre render script that encompass this. Thanks to Laurent.  




Still Maya make’s us able to deliver our jobs. It’s not as funny as before, of 
course. 







it’s not the end of the world.  













sly








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On Apr 13, 2015, at 9:02 PM, Sylvain Lebeau <s...@shedmtl.com> wrote:




You point is still good Sven. 




Of course Maya’s Gui is far from getting to the point Xsi is… I profoundly 
think that Xsi got the best Gui in all softwares that ever existed.  The new 
aqua icons are not a revolution of course. Still good to the eye to paint the 
old car with a fresh clear coating. :-) 




We’ve had Autodesk at our studio a couple of times and I must admit they we’re 
very opened to listen to us softimage users. And they we’re taking good notes. 
I think they are doing good efforts to keep Xsi users happy in the transition 
while at the same time not frustrate good old Maya users.  It will take time to 
blend the two. 







About ICE.  Maya is node based all around and I cannot imagine AD to own these 
(ICE) pattents and not create the same workflow inside of Maya. With new 
operops, and merging all of it’s tools inside of a new unified workflow node 
UI. Of course this will take time to make everything talk togheter. But to me, 
it should be the priority for AD to implement this.  




I barely see any other futur ventures that could bring back Maya as the top 
contender in the 3D world. Houdini is pushing hard. And it’s doing just that at 
it’s roots.  So if they want to compete in the long term, it really should be 
in the oven.  Well I hope so for them. 







Does 2016 finally got the node based UI for Bitfrost? Would be a good start. I 
was on beta but never got the time to play with it. 







We’ll see in a week or two. But so far nothing about this in the videos. 




sly


 

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V-P/Visual effects supervisor
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On Apr 13, 2015, at 8:26 PM, Sven Constable <sixsi_l...@imagefront.de> wrote:




sry, didn’t want to adress the developers of course. But the company behind 
them. Marketing means something. The more overwhelming positive it is, the more 
it turns me towards other directions. Same with Newtek and lightwave years ago.



 



From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sven Constable
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 2:18 AM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: OT: Hypershade changes in Maya 2016

 

I had a look at the vids and must say the whole GUI looks as sturdy and antique 
like before. Besides this, if a developer says something is the "biggest thing 
ever"…I'll take it as a  warning sign.

 

sven 

 



From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of adrian wyer
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 6:32 PM
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: OT: Hypershade changes in Maya 2016

 

looks like a biog step in the right direction, kudos to the devs

 

now, about ICE.......

 

a

 






From: softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com 
[mailto:softimage-boun...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: 13 April 2015 17:11
To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: OT: Hypershade changes in Maya 2016

 

The node editor remembers the last graph when you reopen it.  Tabs allow you to 
remember multiple graphs.


On Apr 13, 2015 11:02 AM, "Ognjen Vukovic" <ognj...@gmail.com> wrote:


What irkes me is the fact that you need to create tabs to save your network 
graph lay out. This should just be default instead of drawing it out every time 
you decide you to graph it... Its not really that important, but its just 
shabby.


 


On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Simon Reeves <si...@simonreeves.com> wrote:


yeah it's much better, the node editor is much improved, responsive when making 
connections much more rendertree/ice like than the clumsy old version


 


They could have improved the horrible shaderball area though...


 


 










Simon Reeves

London, UK

si...@simonreeves.com
www.simonreeves.com

www.analogstudio.co.uk



 


On 13 April 2015 at 10:47, Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> wrote:


Makes me somewhat sad that there will be no new features for  Si 2016, However 
must say while I am forced to use Maya I am at least excited about the 
hypershade finally getting some much needed love. 


 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRVXXw5NZC0


 


 


 


 



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