Wizart DCC (open source) is USD first DCC.

2 years since any news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia9tSUxystw

Video says email ak@wizartanimation.com/ for beta access

Would be great if this was open sourced and made available!

CGSociety CGTalk closing Jan 8 2024

https://cgpress.org/archives/cgsociety- ... -2024.html

Note that CGTalk.com url hasn’t functioned for a while.

http://forums.cgsociety.org/

Softimage founder Daniel Langlois & partner found dead Two bodies discovered in a burned-out car on the Caribbean island of Dominica have been identified through circumstantial evidence as Canadian entrepreneur & philanthropist Daniel Langlois, founder of the animation/VFX software Softimage...

A few weeks ago watched Al Artificial Intelligence Gore talking “Climate TACER” website on CNN Amanpour Many data sets including satellite and others used with AI to track emissions by countries, sectors and individual companies. This tool can be used to rank worst emitters! Because it uses AI and, ...

Just experimenting with OpenAI ChatGPT in XSI & 3D USD. Pixar USD & XSI .dotXSI and XSI Python These aren't quite fully formed but they are getting close. Prompt: Generate Pixar USD of a cube at the origin of size 10,10,10 The file doesn't import as a USD import in Blender but it has potenti...

The Complicated Story of Softimage

YouTuber InspirationTuts posts a video about the history of XSI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYkSyNVTYj0

The XSI Wiki has been closed down but may be found at archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20210508155147/http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/ A modern renderer can be added, Blender Cycles, for Softimage 'Sycles' https://ssoftadd.github.io/syclesPage.html See the active thread. To fix redraw iss...

The softimage.com, (?? the domain home of the wiki ??) site now seems to redirect to "Softimage final release announcement" First it would be good to find out if the 'xsi wiki' is going to be put back up anytime seen? softimage.wiki.softimage.com ( this is showing a wayback error for me ) ...

A couple of other open source Render Farm Management software in quick google around.... https://www.flamenco.io Flamenco is suitable as render farm management software, for tasks such as frames rendering, encoding, simulations, etc. It supports any Blender version, hardware configuration and any ot...

Anyone keen to port/research this to Sycles if porting is required? OpenCue : Apache License 2.0 An open source render management system. Sony Pictures Imageworks in-house render manager used on hundreds of films. https://www.opencue.io Haven't looked into this. Not sure if can use available rendere...

Thanks kiwimation. OpenCue An open source render management system. Sony Pictures Imageworks in-house render manager used on hundreds of films. https://www.opencue.io Haven't looked into Thinkbox Deadline or the this. Not sure if either can use available renderers ie Sycles, Arnold or Redshift, etc ...

$$$ Udemy Blender 2.8 Encyclopedia video training The version 2.8 of blender GUI this course covers is the mainly similar to the latest blender 2.91 release but a big jump from prior GUIs. So it’s covers the latest GUI. 44 lectures with 50.5 hours and counting. If it is popular they will create more...

and others... Functions System https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/InitialFunctionsSystem Source/Nodes/EverythingNodes https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/EverythingNodes Source/Nodes/Object Types https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/Object_Types Source/Nodes/Caching https://wiki...

Blender 2.8 Nodal (ICE) design documents Mesh Type Requirements https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/MeshTypeRequirements Breaking up the Modifier Stack https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/BreakModifierStack Simulation Architecture Proposal https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Nodes/Sim...

Still no dual Maya & XSI license. Autodesk now just don't reply to my support requests.

by Hirazi Blue
And I don't know if their "license server"-system is still active...

Bitwig 3 Beta 1 is a music/audio software with nodal system that has just been released to any current license holder. Bitwig is a music DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and now includes a nodal system like XSI ICE. It runs on Windows, macOS & Linux https://youtu.be/zvPhIm6Ttd8 Collaboration is b...