set XSI_EDITORS_WHITE_BG=1
This undocumented env var was mentioned on the XSI mailing list back in 2008 (ice tree background), but I found out about it another, more brute force, way.
* undocumented env var #1 was XSI_DISABLE_NEW_PICK (see also here, where XSI_DISABLE_NEW_PICK is a workaround for failed component selection in a virtual environment like Parallels)
Rigging Class Videos
by Eric T
ehRSCamera for use with Redshift
Pivots and Alignment in Maya
Softimage-related tweet of the week
Old SOFTIMAGE|3D screenshot from 1998.
For those of you not on Subscription, here’s the current Report a Bug form.
hat tip: Jill Ramsay
And here’s an older post about writing good bug reports.
Intersection of curve and geometry
by Mathias
Softimage Domemaster3D Screen Space Weightmaps*
by AndrewHazelden
* this one is from a couple of weeks ago
Softimage to Maya Bridge: Exploring Maya’s Layout and Creating Shelves
Softimage|XSI screenshot from May 2000 (NetView is showing NBA playoff results from that year).
emTopolizer2 2.30 Tutorial 02 – Particle Cache File Tools
https://vimeo.com/95729676
More on Weights – Merge, Filter, Smooth compounds
Weight map Decay/Stay
by sant0s
The State of the Art
SOFTIMAGE|3D is the art, skill and rhythm of 3d animation –
system for animators who have consistently produced ground
breaking animation, signature effects and photo-realistic
imagery. It is the result of a decade of evolution – from
interface design that put control back into the hands of
artists, to the breakthrough character animation of
Godzilla. SOFTIMAGE|3D The State of the Art, Defined.
Suppose you want to emit particles from the instances in a point cloud. For example, suppose you have a point cloud of instances of a BigFish model, and you want to emit little fish from each BigFish instance.
One simple approach is to set up a point cloud on your master BigFish instance, and do the emitting there.
Then when you emit the point cloud of BigFish instances, use InstanceShape instead of Set Instance Geometry.
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