Friday Flashback

[Stephen Blair]

>From March 1997.
Found these screenshots in a powerpoint presentation (that was in French).
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/friday-flashback

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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Sajjad Amjad
Sent: January-14-11 7:15 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: XSI list retrospective

Rounded and soft-bevel seemed to have been the order of the day back then :)

Would it be a good idea to start a "Friday Flashback" thread to the

list and keep adding to that?

Cheers,

Sajjad

On 14 January 2011 11:40, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the smooth segue ;-)
> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/friday-flashback

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[Luc-Eric Rousseau]

I think that was not an actual screenshot, but a photoshop mockup,
there countless of them.
This is closer to what the software looked like - but still not quite
(it's missing the jewel-like timeline button)
http://www.softimageblog.com/archives/175
we still have some of those bitmaps somewhere in the source tree..
note the Twister room buttom.

[Ludovick Michaud]

oh my gosh the twister logo. Brings back a lot of memories and long hours!

Cool stuff guys!

I want to see that mock up that gas did back in the days. That made a lot of  back in the days.

Ludo
Ludovick William Michaud
Sr. Technical/Creative Director
CG Supervisor

[Martin Belleau]

Twister.... import .mi files... took a minute for each frame change... oufff...

Long hours indeed!

 

I can still hear you yelling out of frustration in the next cubicle... that's when I would come in with a Nerf gun, then everyone around us would jump in and a Nerf war would start...

 

hehehe

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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Ludovick Michaud
Sent: January-14-11 10:17 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

[Luc-Eric Rousseau]

in 1998 softimage employees were running top-of-the-line Pentium Pro
200 Mhz...

[Ludovick Michaud]

Oh yeah I had this quad CPU machine for testing for like 2 months I was on top of the world. 

And yeah the nerf wars that was fun time indeed.

Oh and we had indigos and O2s on the desk!

Ludo

Ludovick William Michaud
Sr. Technical/Creative Director
CG Supervisor

[Olivier Jeannel]

But Dec alpha was ruling....
Le 14/01/2011 17:20, Luc-Eric Rousseau a �crit :

[Stephen Blair]

Flashback #2
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/friday-flashback-2/

[Vladimir Jankijevic]

YAY, that one was great!!! We had a lot of fun on that evening! ... as far as I can remember 8-)

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[Andy Nicholas]

Hi chaps,
I was just wondering if anyone would be able to help me out. There's some guys on XSI base who want a Win64 version of my Taut modelling operator, but I don't have access to a Win64 OS. Is there anyone out there who would be kind enough to have a look at doing a 64bit build for me?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

[Adam Seeley]

Hi,

Did anyone see/record the Autodesk Maya and Softimage Interoperability
webcast?

Any good? Worth hassling Autodesk for a downloadable version?

Thanks,

Adam.

Adam Seeley
Senior Animator, Commercials, UK

T: +44 (0)20 7565 1000
E: adam....@primefocusworld.com@primefocusworld.com

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[Stephen Blair]

Yeah I could do it if no one else does

[Marc-Andre Carbonneau]

Argh shoot I missed it!!!!

[Andy Nicholas]

That'd be awesome. Thanks a lot Stephen. I'll contact you off list.

[Bradley Gabe]

If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, does it end up on youtube? (21st century version)

[Rob Wuijster]

only if the squirrels have wireless ;-)

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[Steven Caron]

Haha! Spot the guy in the blur hoodie left front. It's was his birthday that day.

[Adam Seeley]

Hi,

reply below:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Adam

The webcast might appear online at some point but usually a US focused website and not the AREA.

There is something similar here on my AREA blog that might be useful to you:
http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/graham/ice_flow <https://webmail.vtr.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/graham/ice_flow>

It's done in a simple way, but the basics and logic of the Maya <> Soft interop work just the same.
Any questions about this, just drop me a mail.

Thx,

Graham

Graham Bell
Application Specialist
Northern Europe - Media & Entertainment
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Hi Graham,

A few people interested I think so have forwarded this to the list.

Not sure what the problem with just making it available is seeing as it was a worldwide webcast.
I'm sure a lot of people would just appreciate having it available to view.
To be honest I don't understand why these things aren't straight up on the site the next day.

Here's hoping.

Thanks,

Adam.

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[Steve mclean]

Mark Schoennagel mentioned it should be available online next week, the link would be posted on his blog. 

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks

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[Graham Bell]

No problemo. :)

I know it can appear confusing about webcasts being broadcast and why there isn't video straight away, but I think it's mainly because there are different Autodesk sites that get hosted by different regions, for different purposes.

Although the webcast was 'global' it was (I believe) actually hosted on a US site with US links and contacts that Mark and Lee have used before, and I did see a lot of US resellers advertising it. Which is probably why it didn't appear on a more public site like the AREA, or that there hasn't been any recorded video yet. At present we don't have the same type of thing on the EMEA side yet, otherwise we probably would of repeated the webcast at a more EMEA friendly time. We did host an EMEA webcast last Oct with live chat, which worked very well, so we're hopefully looking to do more in the year ahead.

However as good as this is, these types of webcasts do require registration, which can be tedious to some. Which is where sites like the AREA and the new Maya, Max and Softimage YouTube channels come in. Previously some webcasts have remained 'On Demand' for registrants, but personally I'd rather just get it out there. And I'm sure Mark will find a way to get this particular video posted.

If anyone has any questions/queries, especially from EMEA, then drop me a mail.

Graham

Hi,

Thx,

Graham

Hi Graham,

Here's hoping.

Thanks,

Adam.

Hi,

Thanks,

Adam.

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[Tim Leydecker]

Hi Graham,

while you guys are at it, there�s this nifty video of Mark
caching an XSI ICE particle sim (a campfire) and pushing it
over to Maya. Part of an XSI demonstration, a webcast or
a release video. Can�t remember, lost track of it.

It would be great to have that one linked as well.

You�re right, it�s tedious to log in, (ab)use DownloadHelper
or whatever to get to those videos scattered all over the place
or just get to know that a new video exists.

Cheers

tim

On 22.01.2011 01:30, Graham Bell wrote:
> No problemo. :)
>
> I know it can appear confusing about webcasts being broadcast and why there isn't video straight away, but I think it's mainly because there are different Autodesk sites that get hosted by different regions, for different purposes.
>
> Although the webcast was 'global' it was (I believe) actually hosted on a US site with US links and contacts that Mark and Lee have used before, and I did see a lot of US resellers advertising it. Which is probably why it didn't appear on a more public site like the AREA, or that there hasn't been any recorded video yet. At present we don't have the same type of thing on the EMEA side yet, otherwise we probably would of repeated the webcast at a more EMEA friendly time. We did host an EMEA webcast last Oct with live chat, which worked very well, so we're hopefully looking to do more in the year ahead.
>
> However as good as this is, these types of webcasts do require registration, which can be tedious to some. Which is where sites like the AREA and the new Maya, Max and Softimage YouTube channels come in. Previously some webcasts have remained 'On Demand' for registrants, but personally I'd rather just get it out there. And I'm sure Mark will find a way to get this particular video posted.
>
> If anyone has any questions/queries, especially from EMEA, then drop me a mail.
>
> Graham
>
>
>
>
>
> From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Adam Seeley
> Sent: 21 January 2011 20:37
> To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
> Subject: RE: Autodesk Maya and Softimage Interoperability - anybody catch it?
>
> Hi,
>
> reply below:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Hi Adam
>
> The webcast might appear online at some point but usually a US focused website and not the AREA.
>
> There is something similar here on my AREA blog that might be useful to you:
> http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/graham/ice_flow<https://webmail.vtr.co.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/graham/ice_flow>
>
> It's done in a simple way, but the basics and logic of the Maya<> Soft interop work just the same.
> Any questions about this, just drop me a mail.
>
> Thx,
>
> Graham
>
> Graham Bell
> Application Specialist

> Northern Europe - Media& Entertainment

[Graham Bell]

I know the one you mean, it's still up on Marks AREA blog here:

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks/video_tutorial_getting_ice_particles_into_maya

Hi Graham,

Cheers

tim

> adam....@primefocusworld.com@primefocusworld.com<mailto:adam.seeley
> @primefocu...@primefocusworld.com>

[Tim Leydecker]

ah, thanks!

I can never repro that one without a step by step tutorial.

I�ll keep that one on my USB stick.

Cheers

tim

[Stephen Blair]

Flashback #3.
Chinny hamming it up in Beijing.
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/friday-flashback-3

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Steven Caron
Sent: January-21-11 1:48 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

Haha! Spot the guy in the blur hoodie left front. It's was his birthday that day.

On Jan 21, 2011, at 4:27 AM, Vladimir Jankijevic <vlad...@elefantstudios.ch<mailto:vlad...@elefantstudios.ch>> wrote:
YAY, that one was great!!! We had a lot of fun on that evening! ... as far as I can remember 8-)

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
Flashback #2
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/21/friday-flashback-2/

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Stephen Blair
Sent: January-14-11 7:52 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Friday Flashback

>From March 1997.
Found these screenshots in a powerpoint presentation (that was in French).
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/friday-flashback






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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of Sajjad Amjad
Sent: January-14-11 7:15 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: XSI list retrospective



Rounded and soft-bevel seemed to have been the order of the day back then :)



Would it be a good idea to start a "Friday Flashback" thread to the

list and keep adding to that?



Cheers,

Sajjad

On 14 January 2011 11:40, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>> wrote:

> Thanks for the smooth segue ;-)
> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/friday-flashback


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[Chris Marshall]

and who was that other guy on the left!?

[Guillaume Laferriere]

An era of golden chairs!

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Chris Marshall
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 10:29 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

and who was that other guy on the left!?

[Luc-Eric Rousseau]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Guillaume Laferriere
<Guillaume....@autodesk.com> wrote:
>> Chinny hamming it up in Beijing.
>> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/friday-flashback-3

> An era of golden chairs!

An era when Chinny had hair.. (Eminen's hair)

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/friday-flashback-4/
Softimage|3D

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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: January-28-11 4:32 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

[Pete Edmunds]

"most people don’t know the name “Autodesk”"

oh how things have changed..

[Chris Marshall]

I was digging through a drawer of old clothes (steady!) the other day, and found a very old (though only worn once) t-shirt with 'Tools to Break the Rules" on it. Not sure how old that is, but probably late 90's I think. It was definitely pre XSI.

On 4 February 2011 11:21, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com> wrote:

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[Gerbrand Nel]

Anyone remember the "anti Alias" caps?
I think they came out about a year or two before my time, but I still think they were the best.
G

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[kim aldis]

I sat in the audience and listened to Mark make the crack that spawned the anti-alias hat.

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/friday-flashback-5/
Top reasons to buy/try XSI have evolved over the years...

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of kim aldis
Sent: February-05-11 6:37 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

I sat in the audience and listened to Mark make the crack that spawned the anti-alias hat.

On 5 Feb 2011, at 08:12, Gerbrand Nel wrote:

Anyone remember the "anti Alias" caps?
I think they came out about a year or two before my time, but I still think they were the best.
G

On 2011/02/04 02:00 PM, Chris Marshall wrote:
I was digging through a drawer of old clothes (steady!) the other day, and found a very old (though only worn once) t-shirt with 'Tools to Break the Rules" on it. Not sure how old that is, but probably late 90's I think. It was definitely pre XSI.

On 4 February 2011 11:21, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>> wrote:
http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/friday-flashback-4/
Softimage|3D

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Sent: January-28-11 4:32 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Guillaume Laferriere
<Guillaume....@autodesk.com<mailto:Guillaume....@autodesk.com>> wrote:
>> Chinny hamming it up in Beijing.
>> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/friday-flashback-3
> An era of golden chairs!

An era when Chinny had hair.. (Eminen's hair)

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[Ed]

THANKS Stephen!

i was looking for exactly that!

[Christopher Tedin]

How about this for a new list:

1. ICE
2. Lagoa
3. 3Delight
4. Arnold (even the dream of it keeps me warm at night)
5. Editable view cube (I love my Homer) ;-)
6. Repeat

[Christopher Tedin]

Hey folks who might be considering 3delight for Softimage, I just
purchased the 4 core version after doing some kick a** tests with DOF
and displacement. The cost for 4 cores is $400. That doesn't include the
discount for the 2 cores you already got for free! They don't advertise
this, but when you pay $400, you get a total of 6 cores! If you only
want 2 additional cores, just pay $200. I just went ahead and got a
year's support and 2 more cores for less than $400. :-)

[Steven Caron]

number one is 'companion to maya'? pffff... i dont want to start this again but the image right next to it didn't use a lick of maya. in fact, the model was done by one of blur's character modelers that uses softimage ;)

s

[Ed]

i like 2007 version better ^^

this "companion to Maya" ought to be 10th on the list

[Olivier Jeannel]

Hello list,

In Momentum, is it possible to have the particle size change (age
percentage) during simulation, with a correct RBD evaluation ?
So far my first test seems to show that the size\Scale is set at first
frame of simulation.

Any good idea ?

[peter boeykens]

yes, and then you can bump "Autodesk Subscription and Support" off the list.

Jeez!

 

 

From: Ed

Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:27 PM

To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com

Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

[Christopher Tedin]

Or not there at all...

Or on Maya's list: "a mediocre companion to Softimage"

Let the flame war begin! :-)

[Raffaele Fragapane]

Actually it's perfect, it's first point is that if you use Maya you need XSI to get stuff done.

Sent from not an iPhone

[Fabricio Chamon]

wait for momentum 2.0! =)

[Olivier Jeannel]

Do you have news ??

Le 12/02/2011 01:33, Fabricio Chamon a �crit :

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/friday-flashback-6/
Then and now. 1999 and 2011.

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Raffaele Fragapane
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 5:06 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

Actually it's perfect, it's first point is that if you use Maya you need XSI to get stuff done.

Sent from not an iPhone

On 12 Feb 2011 05:43, "Steven Caron" <car...@gmail.com<mailto:car...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> number one is 'companion to maya'? pffff... i dont want to start this again
> but the image right next to it didn't use a lick of maya. in fact, the model
> was done by one of blur's character modelers that uses softimage ;)
>
> s
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Stephen Blair

> <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>>wrote:

>
>> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/friday-flashback-5/
>> Top reasons to buy/try XSI have evolved over the years...
>>
>>
>> From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com> [mailto:
>> softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>] On Behalf Of kim aldis
>> Sent: February-05-11 6:37 AM
>> To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
>> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback
>>

>> I sat in the audience and listened to Mark make the crack that spawned the
>> anti-alias hat.
>>
>> On 5 Feb 2011, at 08:12, Gerbrand Nel wrote:
>>
>>
>> Anyone remember the "anti Alias" caps?
>> I think they came out about a year or two before my time, but I still think
>> they were the best.
>> G
>>
>> On 2011/02/04 02:00 PM, Chris Marshall wrote:
>> I was digging through a drawer of old clothes (steady!) the other day, and
>> found a very old (though only worn once) t-shirt with 'Tools to Break the
>> Rules" on it. Not sure how old that is, but probably late 90's I think. It
>> was definitely pre XSI.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4 February 2011 11:21, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>

>> <mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com<mailto:Stephe...@autodesk.com>>> wrote:
>> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/friday-flashback-4/
>> Softimage|3D
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:
>> softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>> [mailto:
>> softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:
>> softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com>>] On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
>> Sent: January-28-11 4:32 PM
>> To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com><mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com<mailto:soft...@listproc.autodesk.com>
>> >
>> Subject: Re: Friday Flashback
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Guillaume Laferriere

>> <Guillaume....@autodesk.com<mailto:Guillaume....@autodesk.com><mailto:

>> Guillaume....@autodesk.com<mailto:Guillaume....@autodesk.com>>> wrote:
>> >> Chinny hamming it up in Beijing.
>> >> http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/friday-flashback-3
>> > An era of golden chairs!
>>
>> An era when Chinny had hair.. (Eminen's hair)
>>
>>
>>
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>> 07730 533 115

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>>
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[Guillaume Laforge]

I love the 2011 screenshots Stephen :).

G.

[Bradley Gabe]

And here, a picture of Daniel Langlois, founder and President of Softimage from 1986-1998, as a child:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2694/4104991097_fb14a27b0f.jpg

Amazing what you can find on the internet!

[Gene Crucean]

These are great Stephen. Thanks for posting.

Funny way to slip those screen grabs out ;)

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:42 AM, Stephen Blair <Stephe...@autodesk.com> wrote:

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/friday-flashback-6/
Then and now. 1999 and 2011.

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[Vincent Fortin]

I didn't know Toshiba still provided VHS support back in 1999! Neat thing is, should you ever feel anxiety and suffocation by looking at the screen real estate, the computer can also be used as a seat :-)

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/friday-flashback-7/
GDC 2011 is just around the corner. Here's something from back in 2002.

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Vincent Fortin
Sent: February-18-11 11:03 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

I didn't know Toshiba still provided VHS support back in 1999! Neat thing is, should you ever feel anxiety and suffocation by looking at the screen real estate, the computer can also be used as a seat :-)

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Gene Crucean <emailgene...@gmail.com<mailto:emailgene...@gmail.com>> wrote:
These are great Stephen. Thanks for posting.

Funny way to slip those screen grabs out ;)

[Alan Fregtman]

Wow... a lot of use in games that year.

[Gene Crucean]

Well that IS the GDC (Game Developer Conference) reel, which was most likely tailored for that conference.

[Alan Fregtman]

haha, oops... I feel silly now.

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/friday-flashback-8/
A look back at a few of the Softimage "themes" for past GDCs

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/friday-flashback-9/
Trance'96 ... I was there

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Sent: March-04-11 12:59 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback

[David Gallagher]

Wow. Ambulate.

This is when I was getting started with Softimage.

Dave Gallagher

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>> [Gene Crucean] - [VFX& CG Supervisor/Generalist]

[Stephen Blair]

http://wp.me/powV4-JS
Splash screens through the years...

[ureche octavian]

seeing that 1.5 splash gives me the jeebies.

i can almost remember the smell of those 2 cd's 

when i got them in the mail.

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[Gene Crucean]

Hehe yup. 1.5 was the version that got me hooked on Softimage. 100% full time after v4 though.

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[Christopher Tedin]

3.8|3d got me a little interested, but v.4 Foundation completely hooked me as well. For $500, who wouldn't?

[Morten Bartholdy]

What can I say - the last three ones are ugly and boring, especially in
comparison. I am glad to say I think AD is a good thing for Soft but the
corporate crap is beyond me.

MB

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[Williams, Wayne]

Think the most effective of them all was the glass/liquid flowers.

[tak...@earthlink.net]

Hiring MeCompany to design the splash screen was pretty genius.

-T

[Eric Turman]

At least you can put your own splash screen in now :)

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[Chris Marshall]

Didn't someone comp Chinneys face onto Mr Hoodie?

[Adam Seeley]

Come on AD, allow a little creative design into the house, open a
competition for whoever would like to design the splash screens, a vote
by the users for their favourite and use that.

I'm sure lots of keen designers would like the Qudos of having their
work flash up every time the software was started in every office around
the world.

It would be like one of those community things.

Could work for Soft, Maya and Max.

Waddya say....?

Adam.

Adam Seeley
Senior Animator, Commercials, UK

T: +44 (0)20 7565 1000
E: adam....@primefocusworld.com@primefocusworld.com

www.primefocusworld.com

MB

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[Matt Lind]

I'll take the corporate crap over Mr. Hoodie Guy any day.

Agree the MeCompany flower was probably the best, along with the v7 ICE logo.

Matt

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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 8:58 AM
To: Softimage Userlist
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback

[Alan Fregtman]

Unless they took it away in recent versions, you can customize the XSI
splash screen via this undocumented environment variable:

set XSI_SPLASH=C:\some_path\my_splash.bmp

You could have a competition at your workplace for splash screen of the week. :p

[Alan Fregtman]

Ahhh... the 4.2 flower... that geometry wasn't created in Soft, was
it? It looks too fancy considering the old particle system and lack of
any liquids simulator back then.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Stephen Blair

[Ciaran Moloney]

Hand modeled IIRC...

[tak...@earthlink.net]

I'm pretty sure they modeled it. Totally within the reach of the technology back then I think (they did have subdees, it wasn't all nurbs).

-T

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>From: Alan Fregtman <alan.f...@gmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 18, 2011 2:02 PM
>To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
>Subject: Re: Friday Flashback
>

>Ahhh... the 4.2 flower... that geometry wasn't created in Soft, was
>it? It looks too fancy considering the old particle system and lack of
>any liquids simulator back then.
>
>

[Steven Caron]

ya, i believe it was...

[peter boeykens]

Seeing the splash screens from 2010-2011-2012 it's clear they put more
effort in adding features than adding eyecandy.
This said I do like the AD splashscreens - it's a "back to basics look" -
simple and to the point.

The v4 to v6 splashscreens were trying to hard to be hip.

The hoody is just so wrong.
Come to think of it - I stopped upgrading my personal license with that
version. Perhaps that’s no coincidence?
Why pay 2k on maintenance for a software targeted at skaters and crack
addicts (hint - I'm neither) ?

[Daniel H]

Dang it, and I thought this was the mailing list for skaters and crack heads..? And I like wearing hoodies too...  not listening to that Raffaele dude anymore.

[Thomas Helzle]

It's even easier, just drop an image with the name "splash.bmp" into
the main Softimage installation folder...
No need to edit anything.

I personally liked the hoody the most - when customers saw it, they
always got curious.
Quite an unusual look that was for a soft like soft...

Since AD took over with the boring stuff, I actually use the splash
replacement option... ;-)
Never thought I would when I first read the announcement.

The red flower was also great.

But yeah, the contest sounds like a nice idea!

Cheers,

Thomas Helzle

[Mark Schoennagel]

Awesome! kinda makes me want to dig out the old SGI and see if I can get 2.66 running! ...or get a shot of the 3.5 "cow patty"

Back to watching DVD's at 1.5x lol

[Stephen Davidson]

Or how about getting the rs-422 controller running to make one frame video edits, from the frame buffer, 

on pre-stripped 1" video tape...

Oh... sorry ... wrong century.

;)

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[Gerbrand Nel]

The XSI4 box artwork got me in a bit of a mess on a job once.
We had to do smoke for a commercial, and I was trying to explain to the client that wispy cigarette smoke was not something we could do easily, and with his limited budget. He just kept pointing to the box on my desk saying: I should look like this !!!� AFAIK that was shot smoke or something, but just try to explain to a director that we have pictures on our software of things the software can't do.
The of course the V5 box had a metaball looking thing on the box ( I know this was hand modeled) But I had to tell another client that we don't have working metaballs in softimage.
The hoodie dude scared the crap out of me cause I thought: Great, now softimage can't do characters either.
So if we do have a competition, Please let the rules be that you can only use softimage to make it :)
G
On 2011/03/19 03:59 PM, Daniel H wrote:

Dang it, and I thought this was the mailing list for skaters and crack heads..? And I like wearing hoodies too...� not listening to that Raffaele dude anymore.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM, peter boeykens <pet...@skynet.be> wrote:

Seeing the splash screens from 2010-2011-2012 it's clear they put more effort in adding features than adding eyecandy.
This said I do like the AD splashscreens - it's a "back to basics look" - simple and to the point.

The v4 to v6 splashscreens were trying to hard to be hip.


The hoody is just so wrong.

Come to think of it - I stopped upgrading my personal license with that version. Perhaps that�s no coincidence?

Why pay 2k on maintenance for a software targeted at skaters and crack addicts (hint - I'm neither) ?

I'll take the corporate crap over Mr. Hoodie Guy any day.

Agree the MeCompany flower was probably the best, along with the v7 ICE logo.


Matt

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[Schoenberger]

I think I liked the flower at most. Still have the package standing here.
Hmm, don't remember the SI|3D 4.0 splash screen.
Probably they already assigned me to XSI only at that time.

I think Hoodie was a plan to get Softimage fancy for youngsters :-)
Young, dynamic, new...
(also did not like it that much)

Holger Sch�nberger
technical director
The day has 24 hours, if that does not suffice, I will take the night

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[Jean-Philippe Delisle]

Maybe it's because I'm a youngster, but I thought the Mr. Hoodie was cool...
Anyway, you old farts dont know what is really cool^^

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From: Schoenberger
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:18 AM

[Juhani Karlsson]

4.2 was first SI I used, so it must be that its the most effective. ; )
I could have choosen maya or houdini.. but, no.. That damn orange fluid flower is full of drugs.

2011/3/22 Jean-Philippe Delisle <delis...@hotmail.com>

Maybe it's because I'm a youngster, but I thought the Mr. Hoodie was cool... Anyway, you old farts dont know what is really cool^^

-----Message d'origine----- From: Schoenberger
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 8:18 AM

To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: RE: Friday Flashback


I think I liked the flower at most. Still have the package standing here.
Hmm, don't remember the SI|3D 4.0 splash screen.
Probably they already assigned me to XSI only at that time.

I think Hoodie was a plan to get Softimage fancy for youngsters :-)
Young, dynamic, new...
(also did not like it that much)

Holger Schönberger

[tak...@earthlink.net]

Yeah! I'm gonna go out and do something rebellious like, tag some points...

-T

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>Sent: Mar 22, 2011 8:18 AM
>To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
>Subject: RE: Friday Flashback
>

[Bradley Gabe]

Five Points, to be specific:
http://tinyurl.com/4dkwv53

[kim aldis]

I'm an old fart. I liked the hoodie too. I'm unbelievably cool.

[Takayuki Watanabe]

I haven't been using any 3d software for a few years now, but back in the
days when I worked at a studio,
I've only used XSI v2.0 to v4.2 and I liked the v4.0 splash screen. I think
I still have those wallpaper
somewhere in my hard desk. Thought it was something like i am 4 & i am
britney.

[kim aldis]

But not as cool as Brad.

[Williams, Wayne]

I bet it was you in that hoodie wasn't it Kim.

-----Original Message-----
From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of kim aldis
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:37 AM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

[kim aldis]

Everyone knows that was Chinny.

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/friday-flashback-11/
This timeline comparison of XSI and Maya releases from 1998 to 2003 caught my eye when I was trawling through some old files.
Now we've finally caught up ;-) we're both 2011, soon to be 2012.

[Alan Fregtman]

3.5 was called "Jail"? :o That's not a very uplifting codename....

Was it.. restrictive?

[Grahame Fuller]

It started as some features developed for some customers in a country whose name begins with "Ja" and another large customer whose initials begin with "IL". Of course we realized that we could not use that codename publicly, so it was the only beta program we ever had that used the version number 3.5 instead of the codename.

gray

[Len Krenzler]

Does anyone have a collection of the old SI demo reals? I remember I
had one on VHS from about 1991 or 92 and it was great but I can't find
it now. I would still stand up well today. I remember it ended with
Def Leopard's music vid and it had some great ads at the beginning.
Would be nice to see those again.

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[Stephen Davidson]

you can find some here:

http://www.youtube.com/softimagetech

[Sven Constable]

this one is nice :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNQQvAKO2o

Softimage|3D and funny haircuts... "Yeah, we have it now on NT!"

 

 

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From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Davidson
Sent: Samstag, 26. März 2011 00:09

[Stephan Haidacher]

i still have a `99 demo CD.... ive uploaded 2 of 3 videos

    softimage showreel `99        http://vimeo.com/21514762
    softimage testimonals `99   http://vimeo.com/21515771      (including kim aldis ;) )

the third is a SI|3D "live" demo by chinny... i will upload it next week..

enjoy ;)

    --stephan

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[Sam J. Bowling]

Hey, wait, was that Titanic that I saw? I was under the impression that that was "all" done in LightWave. Of course, I was a LightWave user at the time and other LightWave users were my main source of information at the time.

The testimonial reel was cool although I wonder how we ever got anything done with such painfully slow computers.

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[ureche octavian]

afaik DD used soft 3d for all the digital double shots and some of the ocean shots (arete).

they also heavily used prisms for the effects, and i recall it being the first film

where they used their in house nodal based comping package, that would

later be known as nuke.

ps. in case i got some of my info wrong...i apologize, i was still dabbling with 3dsdos

when that film came out.

Ureche Octavian
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www.okto.ro

[Stephen Blair]

http://xsisupport.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/friday-flashback-12/
In under 10 years, we've gone from XSI 2.0 to Softimage 2012.

From: softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com [mailto:softimag...@listproc.autodesk.com] On Behalf Of ureche octavian
Sent: March-26-11 8:56 PM
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Subject: Re: Friday Flashback

www.okto.ro<http://www.okto.ro>

[Steven Caron]

even 10 years ago people were complaining about not having an OSX version ;) look at page 4 at the bottom right pros and cons section.

s

[Francois Lord]

To me, one of the biggest features of XSI at the time was the pass
system. I remember switching from Softimage|3D to XSI at version 1.5
and after discovering the pass system, didn't want to go back, even if
there were several features lacking.

And I still think it's one of the best features today. We tend to forget
it because it's been there since day one, but it's still awesome.