http://area.autodesk.com/forum/ The Area en Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T09:13:36+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/composite-sss-passes--channels/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/composite-sss-passes--channels/page-last/#When:23:08:03Z What is the preferred blending mode for compositing SSS passes/channels ? I've been using screen which look good. Is their some other method I could be using ? 2011-11-18T23:08:03+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/componentparses-is-broken/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/componentparses-is-broken/page-last/#When:05:56:42Z When changing the alpha component in the ComponentParser it is returning odd lines and noise. Even when using simple expression (e.g. constant values like 0.5) it is behaving the same. This is happening in 2012, does any know if this is fixed in SP1? And if not what could be the workaround to merge the RGB components from one input, and the alpha from another input? Thanks, 2011-09-25T05:56:42+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/softimage-composite-blog/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/softimage-composite-blog/page-last/#When:16:09:42Z Hello Everyone, I just wanted to pass on what could be a useful site for all those Softimage users exposed to Composite for the first time. I run the EnigmaFX Blog, which is focused on Autodesk Composite, and you can find it [url=http://enigmafx.wordpress.com]here.[/url] It is fairly new and I plan to offer as much information as possible. I have been using Composite since TOXIK 2007, and I have launched Video tips and will offer more useful information like this, as time permits. Feel free to send me questions, but as I am also a working professional like you, I can only answer when I have time. So if it is of urgency, I may not be the best place to answer it. Also, if you have any suggestions please feel free to pass them on. Thanks for your time. cheers 2011-07-27T16:09:42+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/if-you-are-interesting-the-further-development-of-softimage-composite-please-check-out-this-poll/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/if-you-are-interesting-the-further-development-of-softimage-composite-please-check-out-this-poll/page-last/#When:21:18:58Z Hi all, the title says it all. http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-composite-toxik-and-combustion/general-discussion/please-take-a-moment-and-read-this-poll-question/ Just go to this link in the composite forum and select yes or no. cheers 2011-06-17T21:18:58+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/nuke-x-3d-camera-traking-to-softimage-workflow/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/nuke-x-3d-camera-traking-to-softimage-workflow/page-last/#When:17:40:56Z Hi ! I tracked a panoramic shot using Nuke X camera tracker and exported to FBX file. The tracking is near perfection with only good green tracks. The problem occurs once the new camera created with the FBX is in Softimage. First the scale of my scene is way bigger than the camera tracking tracking points cloud. Is there any ways to align back the original plate with this new camera. I tried to find some infos on a workflow from Nuke to XSI but there is about nothing available anywhere. thanks MatG 2011-04-23T17:40:56+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/softimage-2011-illusion/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/softimage-2011-illusion/page-last/#When:18:26:57Z Newbe,I am working in softimage 2011 Illusion,view layout compositing. I have an image sequence of a guy walking I want to roto. I have made the mattes and animate them. How do I output this so I just have the guy and no background,what operators should I use and is this done with passes, like the matte pass,rgb matte? I know this is basic,but I have look for step by step tut on roto in softimage 2011 and find none.I attach a pic. Any help would be great, Thank You 2010-10-28T18:26:57+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/pal-widescreen-setting/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/pal-widescreen-setting/page-last/#When:11:09:59Z Most commercial work in Australia is still being produced in SD PAL-D1widescreen instead of HD as the networks here will only broadcast commercials in SD. The standard for producing this work is 720 x 576 with a pixel aspect of 1.42 to create the 16:9 screen aspect. Yet Composite seems to be lacking in this preset & I've found that I'm having difficulty trying to set it manually. I'm curious as to why this is missing. I've used Combustion since the "Effect" days, and it always had the preset. It's there in Fusion & After Effects, it's even one of the presets in Mental Ray. Anyone know why it's not there in composite? Is there a simple work around....other than rendering square pixels at 1024 x 576? I've been eagerly looking forward to getting stuck into using Composite, yet this is a pretty significant roadblock for me using it in the pipeline. 2010-10-11T11:09:59+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/how-to-composite-render-channels/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/how-to-composite-render-channels/page-last/#When:18:06:34Z Hi there, I have a hard time compositing my render channels in the right way so they look correct. I rendered out a beauty and diffuse, ambient, specular,irradiance, reflection and refraction. I tried to composite the render channels so that they look the same as the beauty channel - without luck! Unfortunately there is nothing to be found about it in the manual or in this forum. Which blend modes need to be used and in which order? In my scene I used the mia_material. Thanks for any help or hint! tom 8) 2010-08-11T18:06:34+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/compositing-to-render-as-a-texture-on-the-fly/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/compositing-to-render-as-a-texture-on-the-fly/page-last/#When:20:59:49Z Just curious if it was possible to take a compositing flow and use its output as a texture on the fly (ala Houdini to Mantra) thanks -k 2010-03-22T20:59:49+01:00 http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/2011-compositing-enhancements/page-last/ http://area.autodesk.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/compositing/2011-compositing-enhancements/page-last/#When:20:05:05Z Where is it? The Softimage built-in compositor is the same old application from the first or second XSI version release. It was based on some old Avid application (Media Illusion and Matador, if i'm not wrong...) and it still remains the same up till now... There is not any new enhancement in the new 2011 version about compositor-tool... In the AD scenario, Combustion is dead and now Toxik is called Composite and it's bundled with Maya and now with Max. Nothing about Softimage... (sorry for my bad english language) 2010-03-20T20:05:05+01:00