Create SI compatible eps files on Linux

[Thomas Volkmann]

HOW????
I am totally freaking about that one....
I will gladly accept any dirty hack/workaround/whatever as long as it
avoids Illustrator and Windows.

/Thomas

[Ponthieux, Joseph G. (LARC-E1A)[LITES]]

Is the EPS file you are using saved as Illustrator 8 EPS?

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[Thomas Volkmann]

Unfortunately no application I tried so far (inkscape, scribus, karbon,
libreoffice, xfig) had a checkbox for that. I guess they are using the
same library for saving eps anyway :/

[carl callewaert]

>I looking for information on how to create nice particles effects. I am
>not looking
for a tutorial that explains the sliders but more from a design viewpoint.
Any information out there?

c

[Paul Griswold]

That's way too broad of a question.  It's like asking a group of farmers "I'd like information on growing plants.  Any information out there?"

For general motion graphics, check out Motionographer and Stash.TV.  Otherwise you'll probably need to be a bit more specific on what you're trying to accomplish.

-Paul

 

[Angus Davidson]

Hi Carl

There are also so ICE tut on digital tutors that are free to access and are very useful for a beginner in particles

This one for example

http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/339-Getting-Started-with-ICE-in-Softimage

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[Leonard Koch]

There is a talk by Tim Borgmann from 2010 or 2011 I think in which he talks about a very particle heavy spot made for VW.

It is long and he really goes into depth about the different creative techniques he used to come up with the looks.

He also talks about the work flow of course, which is always nice to know.

Unfortunately I can't find that talk right now. It might be on vimeo, it might have been posted on a forum as a download somewhere, all I know is that it's from the German XSI Übertage meeting of 09, 2010 or 2011. 

[Peter Stevenson]

Might this be it Leonard? 

https://vimeo.com/34472230 ...if only my german was better, better than non existent at least...

p.s hello to the list!

[Christopher]

Nice Video, I'll have to see if I can get any relative to understand the video in German, I only know some of the bad German words :)

Christopher

Peter Stevenson

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:09 AM

Might this be it Leonard? 

https://vimeo.com/34472230 ...if only my german was better, better than non existent at least...

p.s hello to the list!

Leonard Koch

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 9:04 AM

There is a talk by Tim Borgmann from 2010 or 2011 I think in which he talks about a very particle heavy spot made for VW.

It is long and he really goes into depth about the different creative techniques he used to come up with the looks.

He also talks about the work flow of course, which is always nice to know.

Unfortunately I can't find that talk right now. It might be on vimeo, it might have been posted on a forum as a download somewhere, all I know is that it's from the German XSI Übertage meeting of 09, 2010 or 2011. 

Paul Griswold

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 7:16 AM

[Leonard Koch]

That is also a really really cool one, but it is not the one I meant.

I found a forum post by the event organizer which links to it, but the link is dead.

http://www.xsiforum.de/thread.php?threadid=6968

It's from the 2009 event and was probably in German anyway. It wouldn't have been of too much use to you.

[Cristobal Infante]

I am sure it was great, shame it wasn't in English!

[Marc-Andre Carbonneau]

Crowd source to get it translated.

 

Or even better…Tim and friends do a training DVD. From art to pipeline. From concept to result.

I’m sure that would get those C4D users interested too. :P

 

Tschüss! ;)

MAC

[Cristobal Infante]

I suggested that when it was uploaded.. I would be happy to chip in!

Now we need a German ICE translator... plenty around here right ;)

[Stephen Davidson]

A wonderful tool for  designing particle effects is actually not Softimage.

Particle Illusion is great for designing a look very quickly. It is inexpensive.

The particles are not 3D, however. So if you need 3D integration you

will need to learn particles in Softimage.

I use both, depending on how much time I have.

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