Triggerfish?

[David Gallagher]

Triggerfish is still going? After the news related by Sandy Sutherland,
I was happy to hear this:

http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/buscemi-noni-rose-join-khumbas-voice-cast/

[adrian wyer]

i believe Sandy said it was a down-sizing, not a close down

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[Sandy Sutherland]

Dave - yes Triggerfish is still going, sorry I did not mean to make it
appear not, it is just that after Khumba they did not have budget to
keep us on. Right now it is ticking over with the partners there, they
are trying to get things going for a not so diffucult future. Raising
funds to do each movie a movie at a time, is a nightmare and I think
they are planning to avoid that method in the future!

However, it is not known when things might get sorted out, and as
someone with family responsibilities I am still very much looking for
opportunities.

Once again sorry for the confusion, Triggerfish did not close down, but
had to scale down after Khumba.

S.

[Leonard Koch]

I understood that very clearly Sandy.

I don't think you need to apologize, but it's of course always kind to do so.

Can you tell those on the list who don't know you as well what your expertise are?

That way we will know better what work to toss in your direction.

[David Gallagher]

Yes, no apology necessary and I really hope they (and you) succeed. Khumba looked like a great step up -- wonderful work that should be commended and successful.

[Sandy Sutherland]

Thanks Leonard,

Thanks - I just don't want there to be a misunderstanding on the TF
situation. If no-one minds I will do a quick rundown of what I am later
on, please do let me know if you do mind as I know this is not meant to
be a list to do such things?

Cheers

S.

[Andy Moorer]

There are some seriously skilled softimage talents who were at triggerfish, if there are any producers lurking the list this downsizing has resulted in a number of at-large artists of a caliber and experience level which would ordinarily be very difficult to find at all..

It's frustrating seeing studios in LA and NyC desperate for experienced softimage talent but unable to hire outside of the states because of visa issues. Time to grumble at my congressional rep (that's sure to fix it, right?)

[Sebastien Sterling]

i never thought of going to work so far a field, is it worth it ? conditions environment ? ...

[David Gallagher]

Which L.A./N.Y. Softimage studios are hiring?

[Ben Beckett]

If  you works as a company director, selling your services as a company the visa problem goes away (effectively a freelancer). 

Meaning you pay your tax as a reg company in the place were your company is Reg, a little more paper work, but you can travel, and the employer pays a company not a person.

If your single I highly recommend marring a accountant like me. it make for a easy life! 

All the big companies sell there services every were!

one bonus, More paper work = less tax

just my two cents or pence

[Ben Davis]

@Ben - Out of curiosity, what are the limits of doing your company trick? Can you stay more than 3 months for a long job? What if you have family, kids in school, etc?

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[Ben Beckett]

It's no trick you. Firstly you have to tell the company concerned you will be billing through a company so you do not go no there books. When you do your return it is better if the are multi sources of income coming from different places. 

The best thing to do is talk to a good accountant he or she may cost more but you will be better off for it.

[Sandy Sutherland]

Ben - are you in London by any chance?  Would not mind chatting if you are, I am coming over there for May still looking for something and doing a gig while I am there.

BTW instead of me posting about myself on this thread to bore everyone, anyone who might be interested, I have a linkedin profile - http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=164301689&trk=hb_tab_pro_top.  Only thing I did not yet put on there is that I was also involved in interviewing some of the hires at Triggerfish so can act at that level too.

Cheers

S.

[Adam Seeley]

Happy Friday Folks,

Does anyone know how to add extra Camera Views to a Layout?

I'd like to use the Layout Editor to create some extra camera views on my 2nd monitor in a dual layout mode.

"Camera" isn't one of the selectable views though when I create a new Pane.

"View Manager" is a selection, but it seems you can only have one of those at a time, which would blow away my normal camera views.

Many thanks,

Adam.

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[Eric Thivierge]

You can use an object view and set the view attributes to use specific cameras.

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[Vincent Ullmann]

I suppose you could ony have one ViewManager, becouse ist some limitation.

The only solution i came up with:
Create a "Object View" (Alt + 8) and set it to View-> All Objects

[Alok]

Yep that is the only solution that works. Select and lock all objects once in Object view. Only there is no default shortcut key assigned to object view. Alt+8 is for XSI Explorer.

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[Martin yara]

I wrote a simple script to create an object view with your selected camera or active view.

Maybe it helps a little

The blog is in Japanese but the script is in JScript :P

http://myara.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-171.html

Martin

[Adam Seeley]

Object Views worked fine...

I'm creating a multi projector animation so  I've lined up the 7 cameras in a custom layout on my second monitor to keep an eye on what comes into view & when.

Peachy thanks,

Adam

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From: Alok <alok....@modusfx.com>
To: soft...@listproc.autodesk.com
Sent: Friday, 26 April 2013, 17:16
Subject: Re: Creating new camera view in the Layout Editor

[Andy Moorer]

Hiring status is up to them and no doubt constantly changing, and but certainly the Mill, stereoD, Psyop MassMarket, Royale and PLF are likely to be very interested in skilled/experienced Softimage peeps and I don't think they would mind me saying so. I'm hesitant to name some of the others since I'm not sure any studios in particular really want me announcing their interest in soft but they are there, honest. :) Whether they are seeking staff I can't say since I'm a freelancer by choice.

Re: working conditions and the area, well they are both nice. I rather prefer NyC but that may just be the novelty since I'm out in LA far more often. For non-us citizens visas can be a real problem though.

The work is out there for sure. Maybe it's just because I ended up in a lot of Rolodexes, that I'm vocal about being a freelancer and everyone wants to hire by project now, or that I'm pretty visible online but I get a lot of requests for availability and from surprising places. The freelancers I chat with by mail seem to be doing well, too, for the most part. It's all very word of mouth, I haven't edited a reel in years I guess I'm very fortunate to have skilled folks say nice stuff about me (whom I probably don't thank as much as I should, thanks guys.)