Sort Controller - Open Source Release!

[Jonah Friedman]

Hello Softimage List,

I'm pleased to announce the release of one of my favorite tools we have at Psyop- the Sort Controller! 

The premise is simple: using a simple 'partition = group' markup language, you write rules for procedurally sorting your passes. Groups are used as something like metadata tagging, and the sort controller sorts your partitions with it. By adding a layer of proceduralism to passes and partitions, the Sort Controller puts Softimage passes another five years ahead of... well.. never mind!

A simple example to show how this works:

Sort Code: 

Background_Objects_Partitions = *

characters = sg_characters

set = sg_set

Result:  

The first line puts everything into background objects to start clean. 

All objects in group(s) named "sg_characters" are sorted into the "characters" partition.

All objects in group(s) named "sg_set" are sorted into the "set" partition.

So if geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were added, or you're using the same passes in a different shot with different characters, your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups in the assets up to date. Overall though, it's very simple to use and none of our lighters has had any problems picking it up. The Sort Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these can be as simple or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all or nothing proposition. It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many years. 

Full Documentation: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller/wiki

Repo: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller

Happy sorting!

[David Saber]

Amazing! Thanks Jonah!

[Francisco Criado]

long live softimage! thanks a lot Jonah!

[Jason S]

On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:

So if geometry is added to your characters, or more characters were added,

your passes can be kept up to date by keeping the sort groups in the assets up to date.

Overall though, it's very simple to use and none of our lighters has had any problems picking it up.
The Sort Controller allows a lot of different workflows and these can be as simple or complicated as they need to be, and it's not an all or nothing proposition.
It works on jobs of all sizes and has served us well for many years. 

Man.. can't count how many times this would have been invaluable.. Thank you!

On 04/03/14 20:10, Jonah Friedman wrote:

By adding a layer of proceduralism to passes and partitions, the Sort Controller puts Softimage passes another five years ahead of... well.. never mind!

That would come to ~..17 ..and counting

[Ognjen Vukovic]

Thank you so much, this is an amazing tool.

[Andy Jones]

I'm very biased of course, but I have to say I'm a huge fan of this tool :)  Thanks for putting the release together, Jonah!

[Ed Manning]

An excellent timesaver that I've missed when at shops other than PSYOP.  

Thanks, Jonah, and Andy!  -- and the management beings who signed off on releasing it into the wild. 

Sanity check next?

Pleez?

[Sebastien Sterling]

Could only be cooler if it had tits and was on fire :)

[olivier jeannel]

Community Power !
Thank you, Psyop talents !

[Ed Harriss]

Thanks PSYOP! This is very a nice tool.

Ed

[Dan Yargici]

Thanks Jonah! and PSYOP!

[Simon Reeves]

Thanks Jonah, I have heard good things about this on the grape vine by a certain Englishman in new york (not sting)

Simon Reeves

London, UK

si...@simonreeves.com
www.simonreeves.com

www.analogstudio.co.uk

[Daniel Jahnel]

Somehow I didnt get the initial email of this thread, email provider
been acting up... can someone provide a link to this for me please?

Cheers...Daniel

[Christian Lattuada]

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Full Documentation: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller/wiki

Repo: https://github.com/Psyop/sort-controller

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[olivier jeannel]

[Steven Caron]

nothing wrong with that...

On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 10:18 AM, olivier jeannel <olivier...@noos.fr> wrote:

[Tim Crowson]

Well it was... I was enjoying my nap, thank you very much...
-Tim

On 4/7/2014 12:18 PM, olivier jeannel wrote:

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[Eugen Sares]

No news is good news... been hanging around this place far too long lately...

Can you believe it's more than a month since the EOL announcement?

 

 

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Well it was... I was enjoying my nap, thank you very much....

-Tim

On 4/7/2014 12:18 PM, olivier jeannel wrote:

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[Sven Constable]

I assume people having lots of work to do. In softimage, of course!
Forecast for next week:  I bit of overall noise is expected on april 14th. It will include joy, regretfulness and temperatures between uhm...  cold and hot. Depends on region. Heavy thunderstorms are expected in california. Raining frogs are possible in the San Rafael area. :)

sven

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