From: "Robert Kjettrup" Received: from mail-pd0-f174.google.com ([209.85.192.174] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 5541066 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:34:52 +0200 Received: by mail-pd0-f174.google.com with SMTP id fp1so9800828pdb.5 for ; Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:34:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=jZVpS4Pr3rswuH96MvbA+t2uXRRE327MC75LzwDVsP8=; b=LIdPyK91kUKY+jPYLZ5z7TGuBKd3kiK+7PCsNk+8SGPU2TGOZac4ohQdeF/yoU70Zt 05kXNzCPVfx3FsKcNEW+QNqLQXT1sPNIVieAYkpSUuNCctcUTf2ZdWNcxqmYHx78TukM YZeg2HgUslbhpZwVeqCsypwDHbWLA8KjU+lU0AcvDNIRQm9bcvfKsC+qLGd+dNrs+zn9 W+EagrZVkmsWbqcJ82pvm1ycHEy4TP8YesXmaEoRg9bw5gqnbNUqRWvAbdlCC9fD3Num o1UCc6Yr9cm6wH9865aBwbqtbUvdfCBxmiZkrt2LUNbMKIXJl7XmxItZRV4gMMtlCuge 3ULQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlctp34pieICdt5pusznSpFMAAI+jDn1vTvpQHoLl9V9SFcUmO7UZc5BMrm+Wjvx9oR/hjx X-Received: by 10.68.104.66 with SMTP id gc2mr24880837pbb.17.1407166491416; Mon, 04 Aug 2014 08:34:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.137.33 with HTTP; Mon, 4 Aug 2014 08:34:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:34:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Softimage PRE-XSI scene files. (OT) To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d6596dc739904ffcf7a82 --047d7b5d6596dc739904ffcf7a82 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 i didn't say that Softimage was buggy as an app, just that the FBX exporter in v7 was not too reliable... although ofcourse XSI has it quirks as all apps has :-D hoping someone from The Foundry or Maxon finally sits down and take a good hard look at the amazing workflow that Softimage has and take the good stuff and bring it to their app... untill then i will keep my license of Soft close... but im afraid i will wait forever for any of them catching up to a dead app in that department :-( Robert 2014-08-04 17:17 GMT+02:00 Robert Houghton : > Heh buggy that it was (although I haven't met a 3D application that > wasn't buggy in one way or another) I did enjoy that old version of > Softimage 3D. That business went and closed it's doors literally 3 months > after XSI was released so I really didn't get to sink my teeth into it as > much as I wanted to. RIP Softimage, you can take the cemetery plot next to > Commotion. > > -Rob > > > On 8/4/2014 8:08 AM, Robert Kjettrup wrote: > > 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 : > >> 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 >> >> >> +---End of message---+ >> To unsubscribe send any message to >> > > > -- > Robert Houghton > ----------------- > Houghton Media > > --047d7b5d6596dc739904ffcf7a82 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i didn't say that Softimage was buggy as an app, just = that the FBX exporter in v7 was not too reliable... although ofcourse XSI h= as it quirks as all apps has :-D

hoping someone from The= Foundry or Maxon finally sits down and take a good hard look at the amazin= g workflow that Softimage has and take the good stuff and bring it to their= app... untill then i will keep my license of Soft close... but im afraid i= will wait forever for any of them catching up to a dead app in that depart= ment :-(

Robert=C2=A0



201= 4-08-04 17:17 GMT+02:00 Robert Houghton <AE-List@media-motion.tv= >:
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Heh buggy that it was (although I haven't met a 3D application that wasn't buggy in one way or another) I did enjoy that old version of Softimage 3D. That business went and closed it's doors literally 3 months after XSI was released so I really didn't get to sink my teeth into it as much as I wanted to. RIP Softimage, you can take the cemetery plot next to Commotion.

=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 -Rob


On 8/4/2014 8:08 AM, Robert Kjettrup wrote:
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.=C2=A0
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,

=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 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?

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 -Rob

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