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Subject: Re: [AE] Softimage PRE-XSI scene files. (OT)
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Hi

Im quite sure Softimage XSI still can open and translate those files, i
remember when i started using it 10 years ago that it had that ability, and
i dont think they removed that.
In the latest version of Softimage (and last version too... R.I.P. :-(... )
they added an Alembic exporter that i think is your best way to get
anything reasonable translated into another app.
I have only v7.0 (the last Avid version, pre-Autodesk slowly murdering it)
and i can only export OBJ and buggy FBX, so i unfortunately can't help you
with this.

But maybe you can still download a 30 days trial from Autodesk, and
import/export those scenes yourself.
Else you have to find someone with a license of the latest release of
Softimage or the Autodesk Ultimate Creation Bundle (where it also should
still be included)

...still sad that Adobe didn't buy Softimage when they had the chance...
well, or just anybody else than Autodesk :-(

Robert
- still a Softimage user



2014-08-03 20:51 GMT+02:00 Robert Houghton <AE-List@media-motion.tv>:

> Hi everyone,
>
>     I was cleaning out my office on Sunday when I unearthed a box of old
> archival CDs from 14 years back. Unbelievably they still worked and I was
> able to access and download files off them. Back then I worked exclusively
> with Softimage 3D (pre XSI) on several ads and would love to look at the
> old files. Does anyone know of a way I can open them or translate the files
> to something Lightwave 3D or Cinema 4D can read?
>
>     -Rob
>
> --
> Robert Houghton
> -----------------
> Houghton Media
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hi<div><br></div><div>Im quite sure Softimage XSI still ca=
n open and translate those files, i remember when i started using it 10 yea=
rs ago that it had that ability, and i dont think they removed that.</div>

<div>In the latest version of Softimage (and last version too... R.I.P. :-(=
... ) they added an Alembic exporter that i think is your best way to get a=
nything reasonable translated into another app.</div><div>I have only v7.0 =
(the last Avid version, pre-Autodesk slowly murdering it) and i can only ex=
port OBJ and buggy FBX, so i unfortunately can&#39;t help you with this.</d=
iv>

<div><br></div><div>But maybe you can still download a 30 days trial from A=
utodesk, and import/export those scenes yourself.=C2=A0</div><div>Else you =
have to find someone with a license of the latest release of Softimage or t=
he Autodesk Ultimate Creation Bundle (where it also should still be include=
d)</div>

<div><br></div><div>...still sad that Adobe didn&#39;t buy Softimage when t=
hey had the chance... well, or just anybody else than Autodesk :-(</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Robert</div><div>- still a Softimage user</div><div><br>

</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">2014-08=
-03 20:51 GMT+02:00 Robert Houghton <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto=
:AE-List@media-motion.tv" target=3D"_blank">AE-List@media-motion.tv</a>&gt;=
</span>:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 I was cleaning out my office on Sunday when I unearthed a box=
 of old archival CDs from 14 years back. Unbelievably they still worked and=
 I was able to access and download files off them. Back then I worked exclu=
sively with Softimage 3D (pre XSI) on several ads and would love to look at=
 the old files. Does anyone know of a way I can open them or translate the =
files to something Lightwave 3D or Cinema 4D can read?<br>


<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 -Rob<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Robert Houghton<br>
-----------------<br>
Houghton Media<br>
<br>
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