sIBL_GUI For Softimage

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sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 04 Dec 2012, 11:16

sIBL_GUI For Softimage
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Welcome to Smart IBL - sIBL_GUI For Softimage Thread!

XSIBase being dead, I decided to migrate over here :)

The idea behind Smart IBL and sIBL_GUI is to get one click IBL Lighting.

More informations and details are available here: http://smartibl.com/

If you have requests, questions or whatever, you can use this thread or the HDRLabs one: http://www.hdrlabs.com/cgi-bin/forum/Ya ... 609371/0#0

sIBL_GUI - Inspect Centric Layout
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Here is the Softimage Templates Centric Thread Post: http://www.hdrlabs.com/cgi-bin/forum/Ya ... 936394/1#1

Autodesk Softimage - Helper Script Addon

There is an Addon Helper Script that helps integrating sIBL_GUI smoothly with Softimage:

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sIBL_GUI_For_XSI - Helper Script Addon: sIBL_GUI_For_XSI

Autodesk Softimage - TCPServer for Softimage Addon

There is an Addon Server that enable sIBL_GUI to communicate with Softimage.

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TCPServer_For_Softimage Addon: TCPServer_For_Softimage

Screencasts

Two screencasts are hosted on HDRLabs Vimeo Channel:

sIBL GUI - In Depth: Wich is an In-Depth review of the application.

sIBL GUI - Quick Start: A Quick Start screencast showing a typical quick session under Maya.

Manual - Help File:

sIBL_GUI Manual

Api File:

sIBL_GUI Api

Changes File:

Changes File

sIBL_GUI:

Stable: Nightly: Archives: Sources:

sIBL_GUI Source Code is available directly from a GIT repository: sIBL_GUI GIT Repository On GITHub.

Don't hesitate to post feedback, features request etc :D

Have fun And enjoy :)

KS

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Rork » 04 Dec 2012, 11:33

Took you long enough :-P

But great call! And the latest sIBL_GUI stuff is great.

Again, thanks a ton for giving this to the community. :-bd

And to everybody, there's a new book on HDRI photography if you're interested in stuff like that: http://www.hdrlabs.com/book/index.html
Prefect companion to start creating those IBL sets ;)

rob
SI UI tutorials: Toolbar http://goo.gl/iYOL0l | Custom Layout http://goo.gl/6iP5xQ | RenderManager View http://goo.gl/b4ZkjQ
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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 04 Dec 2012, 12:36

Rork wrote:Took you long enough :-P
Hey Rob!

Yeah I was so busy working on the latest releases that I didn't realized it disappeared :)

Cheers for the kind words!

KS

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by kaizer_soze » 06 Dec 2012, 11:02

Great Tool .......... Thanx, Kel !!!

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 14 Jan 2013, 22:44

Hi!

Some users have been reported that sIBL_GUI stopped working for them yesterday, apparently an Avast update was the cause, if it happens to you, double check that your antivirus software is not in cause.

sIBL_GUI access the Web for two things ( It's maybe that behaviour that gets flagged as dangerous by Avast ):
  • Online version checking.
  • Exception / crashes reporting.
Voila!

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by grendizer » 15 Jan 2013, 16:19

Hello
What does this do exactly? Converts an image to an HDRI image then sets up everything in Softimage including passes etc?

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Bullit » 15 Jan 2013, 21:48

No, it makes an IBL scene from sIBL images (HDR images and optimized clones) - for example the IBL image used for ilumination is a blurred version of the HDR one.
This in your 3d application depending of rendering engine.

If this appears not clear to you read it better here: [url]http://www.hdrlabs.com/sibl/framework.html
[/url]
Anyone can do sIBL images but most are released trough Hdrlabs.
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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by eternal art » 16 Jan 2013, 04:35

Thank you for this great tools , waiting for the Vray for softimage support .
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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 16 Jan 2013, 21:56

VRay Template is in progress although I'm having some problems right now to link the rotations: http://www.si-community.com/community/v ... =16&t=3272

KS

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 27 Jan 2013, 17:00

Hi!

sIBL_GUI 4.0.6 is out!

This release is mainly a maintenance release ironing out some issues reported through Crittercism.

A first pass at a Softimage VRay Template has been done and is available with this build, the shadow catching ground is not implemented yet, but planned although I have some outstanding other project to finish before that. I'll however try to fix any issues or bugs encountered with this release.

Windows build now also have a Console executable that will come handy whenever sIBL_GUI doesn't start.

Here is the complete Change Log:

sIBL_GUI - 4.0.6 - Stable:

sIBL_GUI 4.0.6 - Stable - https://github.com/KelSolaar/sIBL_GUI/i ... ate=closed
Umbra 1.0.7 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/Umbra/issu ... ate=closed
Foundations 2.0.7 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/Foundation ... ate=closed
  • Add console support to Windows and Darwin Oses builds.
  • Replaced Py2App with Pyinstaller on Darwin Os.
  • Improved symbols expanding behavior in Script Editor Component.
  • Improved various dialog button sizes.
  • Darwin Os build should properly raise upon startup.
  • Fixed exceptions raised by actions triggered in Inspector Component when no active Ibl Set is defined.
  • Fixed exception in sIBLeditUtilities Component when attempting to edit an Ibl Set and nothing is selected.
  • Fixed exception in Database Operations Component raised while updating an Ibl Set file location.
  • Fixed shutil.copytree related exception in Database Component.
  • Fixed AttributeError exception in Inspector Component.
  • Fixed Qt related RuntimeError exception in Preview Component.
  • Fixed exception in Loader Script Options Component when an attribute has undefined type.
  • Fixed Python 2.6.x related exception in Inspector Component.
  • Fixed duplicated languages on Windows Os build.
  • Handled gaierror exception in Tcp Client Component.
  • Fixed Script Editor Component Save File As action unexpected behavior.
  • Fixed Script Editor Component searchAndReplace replace method.
  • Fixed slowdown when switching editor in Script Editor Component.
  • Fixed symbols matching in Script Editor Component.
  • Fixed socket module related exceptions in foundations.common.isInternetAvailable definition.
  • Handled non existing files and directories in foundations.pkzip.Pkzip.extract method.
Cheers!

KS


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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Bullit » 28 Jan 2013, 05:29

Thanks. Nice that you are looking into Vray.

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by caledonian_tartan » 28 Jan 2013, 08:49

sIBL 4 VRay 4 SI

how great is that! thanks a lot!

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by pluMmet » 28 Jan 2013, 10:38

It sounds like my workstation needs to be online in order to use this...?

That is unfortunate 3:-O

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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by eternal art » 28 Jan 2013, 14:28

Thanks you man for your effort .
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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Rork » 28 Jan 2013, 14:44

It sounds like my workstation needs to be online in order to use this...?
Yes, sIBLGUI will actively check for updates of itself, and templates.
and no, you don't have to be linked to the web to use sIBLGUI itself.

But maybe you can transfer the new templates to the proper folders on your pc after downloading from another machine.
SI UI tutorials: Toolbar http://goo.gl/iYOL0l | Custom Layout http://goo.gl/6iP5xQ | RenderManager View http://goo.gl/b4ZkjQ
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Re: sIBL_GUI For Softimage

Post by Kel Solaar » 21 Apr 2013, 11:34

Hi!

sIBL_GUI 4.0.7 is out!

This release focuses on bringing a neat new feature: Larges Panoramic Thumbnails!

Those are generated once from the background images ( With fallback on the preview ones ) upon startup.

Here is a video to showcase the stuff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGAL-QWe9qo

And some images:

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Unicode supports has been improved: Users with non ASCII characters in their names should have less issues.

Softimage Templates have received a precise per channel colors control property that will allow very fine tuning of the lighting solution:

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For Softimage 2013 users, I have also released a new compatibility build with stripped features for the TCPServer_For _Softimage Addon: http://thomasmansencal.com/Sharing/?dir ... es/Nightly

Here is the complete Change Log:

sIBL_GUI - 4.0.7 - Stable:

sIBL_GUI 4.0.7 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/sIBL_GUI/i ... ate=closed
Umbra 1.0.8 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/Umbra/issu ... ate=closed
Manager 2.0.4 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/Manager/is ... ate=closed
Foundations 2.0.8 - Stable - Milestone: https://github.com/KelSolaar/Foundation ... ate=closed
  • Implemented large thumbnails support.
  • Implemented better unicode support.
  • Implemented precise per channel color control over the IBL setup in Softimage Templates.
  • Fixed Softimage_Arnold_Standard and Softimage_Arnold_Dome_Light Templates color profiles issues.
  • Fixed exception in Softimage_VRay_Standard Template.
  • Dropped sqlalchemy-migrate support.
Thats all folks!

KS

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