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by McNistor
03 Jun 2015, 21:03
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: thingsyou hate about softimage
Replies: 21
Views: 4478

Re: thingsyou hate about softimage

The "royal pain" that is laughingly called "XSI Hair". ~x( I'm curious, what do you find a PITA about the hair? For grooming, I find it quite good. Certainly not the best around, but decent. They even used it for "98% human" or whatever was called that Ape campaign wit...
by McNistor
30 May 2015, 10:52
Forum: News
Topic: News from Fabric at FMX2015
Replies: 6
Views: 2194

Re: News from Fabric at FMX2015

Love the robotic rigging system you've presented there.
by McNistor
14 Feb 2015, 20:23
Forum: News
Topic: AD: Subscription Transition for New Software Licenses
Replies: 32
Views: 5768

Re: AD: Subscription Transition for New Software Licenses

You're reading too much into it :ymalien:
by McNistor
14 Feb 2015, 20:20
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: How long will softimage be Competative...?
Replies: 77
Views: 10449

Re: How long will softimage be Competative...?

Yep, all "serious work" is rendered with 3rd party renderers- Arnold, PRman, Vray, 3delight (is it still alive?) and... Mray in the past when it was still strong and 3rd party for most apps.
by McNistor
13 Feb 2015, 21:34
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

The imminent death of the generalist software has been foretold numerous times in the last decade or so and yet they’re still around. Interestingly enough for example Modo is a package that is “regressing” from a pure modeler to something very akin a generalist app at every new version. ;) That's a...
by McNistor
13 Feb 2015, 00:18
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

mantragora wrote:
McNistor wrote:Dude, are you following me? Haha, j.k... :D
I know what you did last summer. ;)
nooo!!! :-ss
please, just... :-$
by McNistor
12 Feb 2015, 23:58
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

Dude, are you following me? Haha, j.k... :D You have some good points and some not so good. For example, one of those not so good is that nobody intends or expects Houdini to become a modeling app. Is Softimage or Maya a modeling app? No, they're multi-purpose and that's what Houdini needs to be to ...
by McNistor
12 Feb 2015, 21:40
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

In his own words..."Under the hood this is simple edit node with all it`s features", so no. More Like a hack of what is already there. Isn't that an adequate definition of most plugins? :D I don't think so, no. I'd slap that characterization on a "tool". Traditionally, for plug-...
by McNistor
07 Feb 2015, 10:56
Forum: Finished Work
Topic: Domo House
Replies: 12
Views: 7838

Re: Domo House

Very nice renders. The trees (foliage) look a bit too low poly, but otherwise very good lighting and mood - love the overcast.
by McNistor
31 Jan 2015, 15:59
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: 3DMax/Maya
Replies: 5
Views: 1735

Re: 3DMax/Maya

Rork wrote:But who is silly enough to still use inches on this planet... Oh wait... the US... ;-P
I think you don't have to look as far: in UK, even though officially the metric system is used, the imperial system is still widely used by the public. If wikipedia lies, I lie too.
by McNistor
17 Jan 2015, 14:25
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

Some processes are single threaded while others multi. Rendering, as is with any rendering engine, is always multi so having slightly slower more cores is better than slightly faster fewer cores most of the time.
Double Xeon systems however are much more expensive than an i7 platform, so that's that.
by McNistor
27 Dec 2014, 23:37
Forum: WIP
Topic: Landscape and forest
Replies: 76
Views: 32429

Re: Landscape and forest

Not a big fan of mixing the "real" hair with the cardboard one, but otherwise the characters look great!
by McNistor
25 Dec 2014, 00:37
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Where is the community?
Replies: 44
Views: 8886

Re: Where is the community?

For some reason I have the odd feeling that we'd be BFF IRL if we had the chance to meet each other.
It's just a feeling obviously. :)
by McNistor
24 Dec 2014, 23:24
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Where is the community?
Replies: 44
Views: 8886

Re: Where is the community?

... My father died at 59 from Alzheimer's. My terminal illness of choice for my analogy was random. Or, most likely influenced by a cultural norm, which unfortunately uses cancer for a doomed human condition. What bugs me is this: do you have hard feelings (because you know why) towards me or you o...
by McNistor
20 Dec 2014, 16:57
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Where is the community?
Replies: 44
Views: 8886

Re: Where is the community?

I'm not out to shit on people's moods or happiness and I'm sorry (not really :P) if I'll manage to do just that, but in spite of the Soft's awesomeness there's one thing nobody can contest: XSI's days are numbered. Sure everything dies, but just like a patient being told they (because "he"...
by McNistor
09 Dec 2014, 06:41
Forum: News
Topic: Houdini14 Sneak Peek
Replies: 114
Views: 22310

Re: Houdini14 Sneak Peek

Since when did artists and TD's become completely separate things?[...] They're obviously not necessarily two separate things. There's a spectrum and one can reside at one extremity or another but there's a lot more in between therefore it is there most people are standing on. [...]To me what's mis...