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User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 13:39
by Hirazi Blue
The documentation for Softimage 2014 appears to have gone live:
http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... userguide/

At the time of writing the SDK Guide still pointed to the Maya docs.

Hat tip: Zapp (from the German xsiforum)

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 13:56
by Superpositivo
Well, so, as aspected the leaked document was exact. They were all the new features, along with the bug fixes...

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 14:24
by McNistor
Yep, rather scarce in new features.
Not complaining about existing ones, it's just I feel that it could've been more, no? :-??

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 14:41
by mirkoj
.....

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 14:51
by bottleofram
Since your read will be very short on that one, heres something to kill your time...

...or compare or whatever...

http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... index.html

(couldnt find max docs)

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:00
by ace63
God I hate Autodesk...

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:04
by Sil3
So the "fears" are confirmed... oh well...

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:09
by mirkoj
complete SPIT in the face to all Softimage users...... last time I felt this bad was the day AD bought Softimage....
guess this is simple message from AD to us and road map where SI is going...
nowhere.....

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:09
by Superpositivo
Mh! The Maya one doesn't seem so great, either. Some good updates on existing tools.

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:13
by Falam
Superpositivo wrote:Mh! The Maya one doesn't seem so great, either. Some good updates on existing tools.
They didn't just target Softimage. There isn't the new Mia Materials either :(
I guess some people will continue with their subscription, while others will stop it for a while.

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:15
by Superpositivo
Of course, but that was to lower the feeling of Softimage users being always in the back...

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:24
by bottleofram
Superpositivo wrote:Mh! The Maya one doesn't seem so great, either. Some good updates on existing tools.
Hmmm... Feature for feature, there's no question where the resources have gone the last few years...

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:26
by isxsi
God I hate Autodesk... :-o

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:41
by Superpositivo
bottleofram wrote:
Superpositivo wrote:Mh! The Maya one doesn't seem so great, either. Some good updates on existing tools.
Hmmm... Feature for feature, there's no question where the resources have gone the last few years...
Yeah. Maya got some tools that were in Softimage since years. Now they have this new panel for modeling where you can select and edit more easily components and some tweak like the sliding components (the Tweak Tool with magnet icon active) and the Curvature Continuity for the edges.
I guess various Maya users won't use almost any of the new features. Well, I'm sure for some of them I know.

A funny thing:
I let see at two friends of mine (long time Maya users) the camera Sequencer of Softimage 2014. They said : "COOL! Very useful! Maybe they put it in Maya, too!"
I said "you already have it since 2 years!!! And it has even more features (like the EDL file to cut the clips)".
Answer : "Oh yeah? I didn't know, that. I never used it!".

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:44
by McNistor
Many new ICE compounds and nodes are introduced to provide more capabilities in the improved CrowdFX system. See the ICE Compounds and ICE Nodes topics in the ICE Reference to find out more information on the new ICE compounds and nodes.
Any idea how to find those new nodes?

Re: User Guide Softimage 2014 online

Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 15:49
by Superpositivo
McNistor wrote:
Many new ICE compounds and nodes are introduced to provide more capabilities in the improved CrowdFX system. See the ICE Compounds and ICE Nodes topics in the ICE Reference to find out more information on the new ICE compounds and nodes.
Any idea how to find those new nodes?
I guess they are these:

http://download.autodesk.com/global/doc ... d30e353113

Actually they say the truth. There are many new ones, browsing them.