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by Hirazi Blue » 18 Aug 2015, 19:27
Syflex has announced Sylyn, a “brand-new, fully node-based 3D animation” system. The new product, which is still in alpha, will include a full copy of Syflex’s eponymous cloth-simulation software.
A work-in-progress procedural animation system
There’s very little info about Sylyn on Syflex’s site, but it seems to be a completely procedural animation system.
Every part of its functionality can be represented as a node, while “new nodes can be created by combining and connecting nodes. These … can then be added to the menu, and become part of the software.”
Since any input to a node can be animated via a graph animation node, that opens up the possibility of creating a wide range of types of animation.
The montage of screenshots on Syflex’s website show both technical animation – for which this type of system would seem a more natural fit – and character work. There’s even what looks to be a Boolean operation.
The animation graph itself looks fairly simple, but the software is still early in development, and Syflex has a record of developing production tools, with Syflex itself having been used on a range of movies and cinematics.
Pricing and availability
Syflex is currently inviviting artists to alpha test Sylyn. There’s no information on pricing or a release date yet.
(Quoted almost in full from
here)
Exciting times...
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by Bullit » 18 Aug 2015, 20:55
Interesting. Now compatibility is what matters.
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by Hirazi Blue » 18 Aug 2015, 20:57
Like I already commented on the CGChannel: let us hope they invite enough Softimage users to the alpha... ;)
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by Helli » 18 Aug 2015, 22:46
Was about time that they bring out something new. Since ncloth I would say they lost a lot of ground on the cloth front.
And the EOL of Softimage wasn't pleasant for them neither I guess.
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by Pooby » 19 Aug 2015, 01:44
It's great that ICE like systems seem to be popping up left right and centre.
Let's hope they as intuitive to use. I'm looking forward to testing this one out.
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by FXDude » 19 Aug 2015, 05:24
Helli wrote:Was about time that they bring out something new. Since ncloth I would say they lost a lot of ground on the cloth front.
And the EOL of Softimage wasn't pleasant for them neither I guess.
Indeed! If you click on the first link, it brings-up posts related to Syflex, and this is what it shows
So who knows, maybe will Sylyn eventually become a good (or the next) "XSI replacement" in it's core desing phylosophy! (hopefully as advanced as approachable)
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by rray » 19 Aug 2015, 12:03
Everything prodecural in the market diverges so much, honestly I would've liked an announcement "syflex goes fabric" better
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by Hirazi Blue » 19 Aug 2015, 12:27
Don't you think this applies to all software (not just the proceduralistic approach)?
To sell, you must stand out... (edit: and what constitutes "standing out" is anyone's guess).
(not saying this is a good thing BTW)
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by rray » 19 Aug 2015, 14:56
applies to a lot more that's true, maybe it's some phase of something only market theorists know the name of
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by Bullit » 19 Aug 2015, 17:21
When a new industry starts shots in several directions. Everyone tries their one ideas, later , then the supposed good practices remain and there is consolidation. In this case the new industry is the "5D" nodal language.
Btw concerning the interface , i like the clean, stylish even not aggressive style of this Syflex one.
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by Hirazi Blue » 19 Aug 2015, 18:03
Bullit wrote:and there is consolidation
What you mean to say is:
and there is Autodesk
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by Werner » 19 Aug 2015, 18:49
Anything away from autodesk and nodal is good for me.
Would like to see more...
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by Hirazi Blue » 05 Aug 2016, 11:24
Not having heard anything about this since the original announcement,
I was wondering if this still is something we can still expect to materialize in the near future,
or if it died prematurely...
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by Bullit » 05 Aug 2016, 15:04
Yeah me neither.
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