If that is all you are searching for Modo might do the rick. Should be a nice tool to get your data in for rendering.
2015-08-19 14:41 GMT+01:00 Stefan Kubicek <s...@tidbit-images.com>: > Hi Francis, > > thanks for your insights into Renderpass-alike mechanisms in Houdini. > I was about to investigate those in hope to find a viable alternative to > Softimage for scene assembly _and_ rendering, but what you wrote about > Material Style Sheets and Takes has discouraged me enough to hold it off > for now. > > S > > > > I know some companies in Montreal are still using Softimage, while >> preparing their exit. In our case (Oblique), we are moving more slowly >> than I was expecting. There are several reasons for this. Change >> resistance from the artists is one. But also the lack of a good pass >> system in the other softwares makes it difficult to use them as a hub to >> gather the assets and finish the shots. The Maya guys said they were >> working on it 2 years ago and we're still waiting. The Houdini guys >> released the material style sheets which doesn't do half the job, and >> wasn't even designed as a pass system. Don't get me started on Takes in >> Houdini, it's almost there but it's not what we need. It wasn't designed >> as a pass system either. >> >> We've taken the awesome Sort Controller plugin from Andy Jones and Jonah >> Friedman and modified it extensively. This has catapulted Softimage far >> ahead of any competitors (except Katana) in terms of pass management >> when using ref models. So I guess we will continue to use Softimage as >> our main hub until someone comes with a nice solution. I'm eyeing Katana >> even though it's overpriced. >> >> By the way, I do plan to release our version of the Sort Controller, but >> I need to fix a few things in it before. >> >> F >> >> On 19-Aug-15 06:08, Sandy Sutherland wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> After a stint out of the Softimage fold - mainly in setting up a >>> Houdini rendering and VFX pipeline somewhere, and now I am at Axis >>> animation, doing pipeline tools and setup - I wanted to get a feel for >>> this - >>> >>> Who in the world is continuing to use Softimage? Who might still be >>> on the lookout for high end Soft Riggers, pipeline, tools etc...? >>> >>> Just wondering, as I consider the future for myself and family. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Sandy >>> >> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Stefan Kubicek ste...@keyvis.at > ----------------------------------------------------- > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > Phone: +43 (0) 699 12614231 > www.keyvis.at > This email and its attachments are > confidential and for the recipient only > > -- ------------------------------------------ cont...@marioreitbauer.com 0049 (0)157 86272215 Professor-Brix-Weg 9 22767 Hamburg ------------------------------------------
