It's because they are discontinued, you can buy second hands one but then you have no warrany. I understand the 980ti will be announced anytime now..
On Monday, 25 May 2015, Chris Johnson <chr...@topixfx.com> wrote: > Yeah I'm having a hard time finding the 780's?! > > Looking forward to going the way of the redshift! > > > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 5:23 AM, Arvid Björn <arvidbj...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','arvidbj...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Cheers everyone, glad you like it! >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Jens Lindgren < >> jens.lindgren....@gmail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jens.lindgren....@gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >>> Awesome work Arvid! >>> >>> /Jens >>> >>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 1:41 AM, Sylvain Lebeau <s...@shedmtl.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','s...@shedmtl.com');>> wrote: >>> >>>> VDB’s and Yeti!!! >>>> >>>> I wait for this before really going to try it seriously!! >>>> >>>> thanks for sharing all this infos Arvid!! >>>> >>>> sly >>>> >>>> *Sylvain Lebeau // SHED* >>>> V-P/Visual effects supervisor >>>> 1410, RUE STANLEY, 11E ÉTAGE MONTRÉAL (QUÉBEC) H3A 1P8 >>>> T 514 849-1555 F 514 849-5025 WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/> >>>> <http://WWW.SHEDMTL.COM <http://www.shedmtl.com/>> >>>> VFX Curriculum 03: Compositing Basics >>>> mail to: s...@shedmtl.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','s...@shedmtl.com');> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 23, 2015, at 6:20 PM, Arvid Björn <arvidbj...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','arvidbj...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Highly recommended! We're running mostly gtx780 6gb (great bang for the >>>> buck if you can find them), we basically render on the workstations and a >>>> few designated gpu boxes as a farm using Royal Render. 10 RS nodes equate >>>> to like 50 Arnolds measured in final render time, it's that fast. I always >>>> render brute force with all the bells and whistles too. Our racked cpu farm >>>> mostly do Nuke jobs these days, some Mantra ifd's and the odd Clarisse job >>>> too. >>>> The other beauty of RS is that you can generally run a batch render on >>>> the gpu and keep working with other stuff on the workstation if you like, >>>> you can hardly notice it's working most of the time. Makes Soft more >>>> responsive too, and everything just works. The day RS supports VDBs, my >>>> life will be complete ;) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 23 maj 2015, at 14:19, Chris Johnson <chr...@topixfx.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','chr...@topixfx.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Amazing...buying my license of redshift in the VERY near future! What >>>> cards are you running on your work stations? What have you set up for a >>>> render farm or are you just using local stations for rendering redshift? >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Srecko Micic <srecko.mi...@gmail.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','srecko.mi...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Amazing work! >>>>> >>>>> On May 23, 2015, at 09:56, Alok Gandhi <alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com >>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alok.gandhi2...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Very cool! >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 9:10 AM, David Gallagher < >>>>> davegsoftimagel...@gmail.com >>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','davegsoftimagel...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Impressive! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/22/2015 2:37 PM, Arvid Björn wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi guys, just wanted to show a couple of shots we did for the >>>>>>> Swedish tv series "Jordskott." We did all the 342 vfx shots for all 10 >>>>>>> episodes, all cg in Softimage, rendered in Redshift, Houdini for smoke >>>>>>> sim >>>>>>> and Nuke for comp. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's some of the more interesting ones I think (excuse the >>>>>>> compression): >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Full cg env and destruction. Redshift+ICE instance scattering >>>>>>> achieved the level of detail, comped using deep data to combine Redshift >>>>>>> and Mantra smoke renders. RS frame time was about 20 minutes on this, >>>>>>> which >>>>>>> is the highest I've ever reached with Redshift I think. >>>>>>> https://app.frame.io/f/9839ef2c-0a25-4c41-8308-548078b613b1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Here's a bunch of cg ravens rigged and animated in Softimage, >>>>>>> rendered in Redshift. >>>>>>> https://app.frame.io/f/17a5c43d-0b29-4928-a0ae-35779930a492 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is a face wound-type thing in a dream sequence, Soft+Redshift >>>>>>> https://app.frame.io/f/e7740833-7faa-4e13-a92e-b0be2f75f3b0 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> All the underwater environments in this sequence is full cg combined >>>>>>> with some green screen uw-plates of the actress. The "entity" is made >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> a bit of ICE strand magic. Soft+Redshift, RS really has awesome >>>>>>> volumetrics >>>>>>> btw. >>>>>>> https://app.frame.io/f/680ec84a-573d-4e9f-b0e3-9d68a0c3ad3a (with >>>>>>> sound, without grade) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And about 300 other shots.. =) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We worked for ~8 months with a core team of 3 artists including >>>>>>> myself, and a few more for shorter periods. I also supervised the vfx on >>>>>>> the show, which was a true pleasure! Can't imagine a better tool for the >>>>>>> job than Soft and RS, it's quite remarkable how well they work together, >>>>>>> it's all rendered on cheap GTX780's as well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> So Softimage is alive and well over here at least! The Maya licenses >>>>>>> doesn't even work as a door stop, not sure why we keep them around >>>>>>> really. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We'll do a proper reel for the whole season soonish, hope you like >>>>>>> it! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jens Lindgren >>> ------------------------------------ >>> VFX Supervisor & Lead TD >>> Magoo 3D Studios <http://www.magoo3dstudios.com/> >>> >> >> >
