When ICE trees go bad

[Chris Marshall]

This is off topic, but as the list is pretty quiet...

I needed to work with an ICE tree made a while ago, and was slightly shocked to see what a mess I'd left it in.

Maybe some tidying up is required!?!

..as you were...

[christian keller]

thats the negative side of the positive side ;-)
you can do things in a very short time, then you to fix something, after
that you fix the the fix.
quite astonishing what youre able to achieve in a short time, perfect
for the commercial sector.

but, if you�ve got to open that project again, a couple of weeks later
it could be like reading hieroglyphs.

christian keller
visual effects|direction

+49 0179 69 36 248
chr...@gmx.de

[kim aldis]

Wouldn't it be kinder to just burn it? ;-)

> <icetreegonebad.jpg>

[Chris Marshall]

Indeed! I'm still trying to figure out what does what!

[John Richard Sanchez]

I just love the name of the topic. :)

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[Eric Lampi]

It's the CG equivalent of opening your refridgerator and wondering what the hell that thing is in the back with all the green hair on it.

Kill it before it starts looking for Sara Conner.

E

 

Freelance 3-D Animator, F/X Artist

[Christopher Tedin]

Wow, ICE has gotten REALLY powerful in this new version... ;-)

I like a nice complex network. Looks like you're actually doing something. You can't really impress anyone with those dumb "compounds". 3 nodes? Beh. Anyone can do that! ;-)

...as you were.

...Kill it before it starts looking for Sara Conner.

[Chris Marshall]

Exactly! This particular tree doesn't actually do anything, I just randomly connected loads of nodes together to impress. Clients love it! Then I load up the Little Dude Character and tell them I just built him with ICE! 

[Joe Williamsen]

It's a new joint FOX / BBC TV series....

[Alan Fregtman]

Group Comment nodes are your friend. :)

[Chris Marshall]

Actually you can see I started to use those in this tree, about 6 of them. Then I stopped and things just got out of hand!

[kim aldis]

Or you could go for a controlled explosion. Leave it lying around at a railway station, someone'll step up and do it for you.

[Adam Seeley]

It knows you're talking about it.....

Sleep tight.

A.

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[Matt]

I could also start a parallel thread called "when render trees go bad" !! I've had a few of those...

;)

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Matt