Firing up the Species Machine again

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Chris Covelli

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Aug 9, 2021, 11:30:04 PM8/9/21
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Hey everyone!

Not sure if anyone is still subscribed to this list, but I thought I'd mention that I'm developing Species again, this time as a Maya plugin!

We're still in very early days, but you can keep updated with the project by joining our new mailing list. I'll be posting updates on our progress, some of the new ideas I've got for Species, and I'll be giving away free models and other goodies along the way. Click the link below to sign up:


Hope to see you all there!


Gregor Punchatz

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Aug 9, 2021, 11:45:39 PM8/9/21
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Do you have any kind of feature list, video or anything describing what does incarnation of species is going to be like?

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Chris Covelli

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Aug 10, 2021, 12:14:05 AM8/10/21
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Sure!

Our main focus for a newer, better Species is to allow users to create any type of creature rather than just bipeds. With that in mind, we're working on a procedural modeling system, sort of similar to Zbrush's ZShperes, where you define your character's points of articulation and Species creates a basemesh for you. Our plan is to then build all the existing features of Species on top of that framework; all the same proportional rig>animation rig builders, the ability to attach new meshes, etc. All the tools that made Species so useful, but able to be used with bipeds, quadrupeds, birds, or some weird, multi-limbed creature, whatever you can come up with.

I'll have videos of our early tests to show in the actual emails I'll be sending, but I can give you guys a sneak peek at a few things in maybe this weekend.
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Oskar Gargas

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Aug 10, 2021, 5:22:12 AM8/10/21
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Nice to hear! Still using Species as base mesh generator for sculpting from time to time. Having it in Maya will be nice!

Zoltan B

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Aug 10, 2021, 5:50:50 AM8/10/21
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Sounds very good!

phil harbath

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Aug 13, 2021, 4:47:52 AM8/13/21
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I am happy to hear that.  I am still using Softimage but slowly learning other tools,  I bought/used Species for background crowd animation.  Species made the process much faster.
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Chris Covelli

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Aug 13, 2021, 8:28:01 PM8/13/21
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Thanks Phil! And thanks for signing up!

btw, I notice that the subject of your email says ******SPAM******. Are these and other emails from us ending up in your spam folder?
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Chris Covelli

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Aug 13, 2021, 8:39:54 PM8/13/21
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Thanks everyone!

Here are a couple videos I can sneak to you guys.

The first is a basic sweeping test:
https://youtu.be/tWjp3xvbOC4

This second is a bit more progress on a procedural mesh:
https://youtu.be/H4cfHxkNZRE
**PS, the second video isnt quite live yet so please try not to share or repost it.

Hope you guys like it!
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phil harbath

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Aug 13, 2021, 9:32:06 PM8/13/21
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It did end up in my spam, yes.

On 8/13/2021 8:28:04 PM, Chris Covelli <ch...@polygonpusherinc.com> wrote:

Thanks Phil! And thanks for signing up!

btw, I notice that the subject of your email says ******SPAM******. Are these and other emails from us ending up in your spam folder?



On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 1:47 AM phil harbath <phil.h...@jamination.com> wrote:
I am happy to hear that.  I am still using Softimage but slowly learning other tools,  I bought/used Species for background crowd animation.  Species made the process much faster.

On 8/9/2021 11:29:50 PM, Chris Covelli <ch...@polygonpusherinc.com> wrote:

Hey everyone!

Not sure if anyone is still subscribed to this list, but I thought I'd mention that I'm developing Species again, this time as a Maya plugin!

We're still in very early days, but you can keep updated with the project by joining our new mailing list. I'll be posting updates on our progress, some of the new ideas I've got for Species, and I'll be giving away free models and other goodies along the way. Click the link below to sign up:


Hope to see you all there!


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J R Sanchez

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Mar 18, 2023, 1:40:17 PM3/18/23
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How is this coming along? I still use XSI species. Such a great tool.

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