Re: Feet and inches in XSI

["Thomas Helzle" <xsi(at)screendream.de>]

Thanks Guillaume, but I only have Foundation...

Cheers,

Thomas Helzle

On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 21:47:02 +0200, guillaume laforge <guillaume.laforge.3d(at)gmail.com> wrote:

> > I do a lot of illustrations in After Effects nowadays, since everything
> stays changeable, you >have 2.5D space, DOF and Motionblur and more and
> better plugins. It also handles large >formats very well (5000x5000 pixels
> on my last job).
>
> Take a look at the FxTree Thomas. I use it for illustration too and its
> performances/quality is at the top. There is an ADD mode of course ;-).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Guillaume Laforge
> freelance Technical Director | Cg artist
>
>
>
>
> On 4/1/06, Thomas Helzle <xsi(at)screendream.de> wrote:
> > Yeah, I have read that before, but in my experiments linear dodge acted
> > very different from additive.
> > I do a lot of illustrations in After Effects nowadays, since everything
> > stays changeable, you have 2.5D space, DOF and Motionblur and more and
> > better plugins. It also handles large formats very well (5000x5000 pixels on
> > my last job). And it has that great additive mode that is just perfect for
> > everything to do with light. No other mode gives that rich and natural
> > interaction with a background.
> >
> > I tried for a day to get the same look in Photoshop, so I could deliver
> > everything in layers to my customer, but it was impossible. In the end, I
> > was able to convince my customer to accept flattened artwork directly out of
> > AE, but I wasn't happy with this solution. Especially since this is so
> > unbelievable crazy - there is no more simple layer mode than Additive...
> > AE even warns you when you try to export to "Layered PSD" that one used
> > layer mode is not available in Photoshop. Arghh ...
> >
> > Well, I'm sure they will sell it in an update as the hottest thing since
> > sliced bread ;-)
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion anyway, Oscar! Very much apprechiated! :-)
> >
> > Thomas Helzle
> > www.screendream.de
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:04:44 +0200, Oscar Juarez <
> > send.me(at)antropomorphia.com> wrote:
> >
> > > As far as i know additive in photoshop is called linear dodge. Dont ask
> > > me why
> > >
> > >
> > > Thomas Helzle wrote:
> > >> Well, you can finally edit HDR images in 32Bit in Photoshop CS 2 -
> > >> this is the only reason why I think about upgrading from version 6 ;-)
> > >> But I'm sure it will take another 5 versions until Photoshop will get
> > >> a simple "Additive" Layermode >LOL<
> > >> Anyway, it's the standard whatsoever.
> > >>
> > >> Cheers,
> > >>
> > >> Thomas Helzle
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