RE: News from the users group

Date : Thu, 3 Aug 2006 08:29:17 +0100
To : <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
From : "Andi Farhall" <andi(at)clearpost.co.uk>
Subject : RE: News from the users group
That goes towards the managements "hot-tub on the roof" fund!

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From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Meng-Yang Lu
Sent: Thu 03/08/2006 00:43
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: News from the users group


So what are you planning to do with the 85 cents in change from your dollar after the purchase?  :-P
 
-Lu

 
On 8/2/06, Andi Farhall <andi(at)clearpost.co.uk> wrote: 

	We've actually just bought one of these!
	
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	From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Alan Jones
	Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 4:13 PM
	To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	Subject: Re: News from the users group
	
	
	
	I got me a renderfarm ;-) http://www.sjacps.edu.hk/pix/life_eca/abacus_class.JPG
	
	On 8/2/06, VR XSI Forces <forum(at)virtualrepublic.org > wrote:
	> http://www.sammler.com/images2/abakus.jpg
	>
	> This in combination with some color pencils must be the mother of all
	> raytracing. 
	>
	> Pres
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM ] On Behalf Of
	> kim aldis
	> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 4:42 PM
	> To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> Subject: RE: News from the users group
	>
	> Yeah, I'd feed cheeky gits in one end and something useful came out the 
	> other.
	>
	>
	>
	> > -----Original Message-----
	> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM ] On
	> > Behalf Of adrian
	> > Sent: 02 August 2006 15:16
	> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> > Subject: Re: News from the users group
	> >
	> > i think kim's machine was more like this
	> > http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/babbage.gif
	> >
	> > Adrian Wyer 
	> > Fluid Pictures
	> > 33 Glasshouse Street
	> > London
	> > W1B 5DG
	> > ----- Original Message -----
	> > From: "Juan Brockhaus" < Juan(at)glassworks.co.uk <mailto:Juan(at)glassworks.co.uk> >
	> > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
	> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:56 PM
	> > Subject: RE: News from the users group
	> >
	> >
	> > > Giga CAD+ on the Commodore 64
	> > >
	> > > http://www.lemon64.com/museum/view.php?id=289&genre=manualmisc 
	> > >
	> > > Juan
	> > >
	> > >
	> > >
	> > > -----Original Message-----
	> > > From: Sandy E. Sutherland [mailto: sandy(at)waterfrontstudios.co.za <mailto:sandy(at)waterfrontstudios.co.za> ]
	> > > Sent: 02 August 2006 14:42
	> > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> > > Subject: RE: News from the users group
	> > > 
	> > >
	> > > Er.....which one - I bet you had the 4D 35 GT?????? He he - how
	> > > about
	> > a 4D
	> > > 25  and before that - SIGH - the Amiga, running Sculpt Animate and 
	> > such -
	> > > remember the graph paper to plot vertices!
	> > >
	> > > Jeez - making me feel old here!!!
	> > >
	> > > S.
	> > >
	> > > 
	> > >
	> > > -----Original Message-----
	> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of VR XSI Forces
	> > > Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 3:10 PM 
	> > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> > > Subject: RE: News from the users group
	> > >
	> > > O.K. ... let's go really old school: Personal Iris with 2.51
	> > >
	> > > -----Original Message-----
	> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM ] On
	> > Behalf
	> > > Of
	> > > adrian
	> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:37 PM
	> > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> > > Subject: Re: News from the users group 
	> > >
	> > > ahhhh the indigo2 Extreme.....
	> > >
	> > > brings a tear to the eye.....
	> > >
	> > > a
	> > >
	> > > Adrian Wyer
	> > > Fluid Pictures
	> > > 33 Glasshouse Street
	> > > London
	> > > W1B 5DG
	> > > ----- Original Message -----
	> > > From: "Sandy E. Sutherland" < sandy(at)waterfrontstudios.co.za>
	> > > To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
	> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 10:50 AM 
	> > > Subject: RE: News from the users group
	> > >
	> > >
	> > >
	> > > Octane - OCTANE - O C T A N E - foresooth - that is seriously hitech
	> > - we
	> > > used to drool at getting an Octane - used to be on Indigo2 and O2!!!! 
	> > >
	> > > S.
	> > >
	> > >
	> > > -----Original Message-----
	> > > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM on behalf of Kris Rivel 
	> > > Sent: Wed 8/2/2006 7:11 AM
	> > > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
	> > > Subject: News from the users group
	> > >
	> > > Ah well, it looks like I may be the first to post some info.  Mind 
	> > you
	> > > I'm a bit drunk right now as I just got back from the party but here
	> > ya
	> > > go:
	> > >
	> > > The event kicked off with Mark showing us some really cool stuff in 
	> > > something called, "Softimage 3d".  They ran it on this mysterious
	> > "SGI
	> > > Octane".....lol....actually I'm being serious.  They did this funny
	> > > flashback thing and played around a bit with SI3D on an old Octane 
	> > > to remind us all how how much we loved the stuff.  It is pretty
	> > > amazing
	> > to
	> > > compare SI3D's 60,000 polygon limit to XSI's millions of polygons.
	> > > 
	> > > A couple very funny pictures of Kim Aldis, Greg Punchatz and Steve
	> > Caron
	> > > were put on display.  I sure hope the pop up again and someone could
	> > > provide a link....they were very amusing. 
	> > >
	> > > Some cool demos by the Factor 5 guys and some Face Robot using the
	> > data
	> > > from the new Contour motion capture system by Mova.
	> > >
	> > > Finally, a sneak peak at some TECH PREVIEW stuff showing: 
	> > >
	> > > Shaderballs - yep, you heard it hear...shaderballs.  They are
	> > displayed
	> > > in a separate window or in each node in your render tree to show you
	> > the 
	> > > result of your tree up to that point.  Your default shader ball
	> > however
	> > > can be whatever geometry you might want it to be.
	> > >
	> > > Animation Layering - You can have multiple "layers" of animation. 
	> > > So you have some fcurves or clips driving a character.  You then can
	> > switch
	> > > to another "layer" to add more fcurves or clips.  The result is an
	> > > offset animation which you can tweak by going back and fourth 
	> > > through the layers....looks pretty cool.
	> > >
	> > > Render Region - A couple cool things to the render region.  You can
	> > have
	> > > multiple render regions open.  You can also save regions like you 
	> > would
	> > > save a view port view and toggle back and fourth to "compare" your
	> > > current region with a saved one.  No more "print screen" and
	> > > bringing 
	> > it
	> > > into Photoshop.
	> > >
	> > > Anyway, thats it for now.  Hope I don't get in trouble for that but
	> > oh
	> > > well.  I'm a bit toasted at the moment and I figure it was shown to 
	> > the
	> > > public so what the hell  :-)
	> > >
	> > >
	> > > Kris
	> > >
	> > >
	> > > Scott C. Lange wrote:
	> > >> 
	> > >> Hi peeps,
	> > >>
	> > >> I just wanted to reiterate Sascha's request for posting news from
	> > the
	> > >> users group meeting tonight. It would be greatly appreciated. 
	> > >>
	> > >> Thank you and wishing I could go,
	> > >>
	> > >> Scott
	> > >>
	> > >
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Sony Cinematic Solutions Group 
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