DS. Now there's a hugely underestimated application.
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> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane
> Sent: 31-January-2006 06:37
> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Re: OT: Digital Fusion v Shake
>
> the nodes grouping thing you talk about is also present, and
> better implemented then in USAnimation, in AVID|DS (although
> it was born with a different purpose)
>
> in DS you can group nodes and actually even render them as a
> cache, so that if you modify the tree before that branch it
> will read the images cache instead of re-rendering the whole branch.
>
> it's also possible in Houdini's halo I believe (without the
> caching), where you can group nodes into one and create a
> CHOP to wrap them it with an interface that only exposes the
> input and output channels you want to use
>
> it's not particularly new, and it's such an intuitive and
> logical way to work that I'm still surprised this kind of
> feature isn't a standard in every nodal comp app by now.
>
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>
> Greg Smith wrote:
>
> > I agree on basic nodes, if you can replicate the functionality of a
> > big node with that of a simple nodes, you have that
> flexible level of
> > abstraction. I have to say though, after getting more exposure to
> > compositing in general, one of the most interesting
> concepts in tree
> > organization came from the most unlikely of places. When I
> worked for
> > Disney, we used USAnimation for compositing, a sub-par
> compositor for
> > sure, but the way it orginized its networks was cool. It worked in
> > multiple levels of networks where in your root tree, a
> subtree would
> > be represented as a single node, as you clicked in that
> node, it would
> > open up that subtree. Reminds me of how windows explorer works.
> > Granted it doesn't give you the ghestalt of having every
> component on
> > one layer, but if a simple and clean flow is really important. That
> > feature seems pretty nifty!
> >
> > Just thought I add my nonsensical ADD banter :-p
> >
> > Greg
>
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