http://www.ethivierge.com The technical side of animation. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:26:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:20:56 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=499 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 from win32com.client import constants as c from win32com.client import Dispatch as d   [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/10/10/softimage-curve-copyicon/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/09/24/sydney-arrival/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/09/24/sydney-arrival/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:24:56 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=495 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I arrived in Sydney yesterday after around 24 hours of travel from Philadelphia to San Francisco (6.5 hrs) to Sydney (14.5 hrs). Although it was a very long trip it never felt terribly long. The timing of the flight was probably perfect as it had me traveling later at night on my normal time schedule. [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/09/24/sydney-arrival/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/05/25/bimbo/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/05/25/bimbo/#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 16:27:49 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=361 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } While at Janimation in July / August of 2010 I worked on some tool development for this project. Custom Synoptic view, Pose / Animation library. I'll be posting tool breakdown shortly.]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/05/25/bimbo/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 03:15:14 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=356 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } A walk through of the new version of ET PassManager. New features include: - GUI to allow selected of passes and settings to export - 1 file export / import - Scene Renderer Settings - Pass Environment Shaders on passes - Local Renderer Settings (local Mental Ray setting on passes) - Complete Rewrite to optimize [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/05/21/passmanger-3-0-preview/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/ http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 20:09:59 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=354 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } ( 360 / (2 * PI * radius) ) * object.kine.local.posz]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/animation/2011/05/13/wheel-rotation/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/ http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:12:26 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=350 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here is a sneak peak at ET_PassManager_v3.0:]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/plug-ins/2011/04/02/passmanager-3-0-teaser/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/ http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 02:19:41 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=344 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Fixed a bug which caused a layout error in the Pose List GUI. It wuld error out and not build the GUI if you had more than 3 poses in a category. Fixed now. Download (Right click, save target as)]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/daily/2011/03/21/animstore-v1-35/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:29:32 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=342 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 from win32com.client import constants as c from [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/03/10/chain-upvector-positioning/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/ http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 18:10:44 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=338 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } I've been working with XML for a while now and haven't found a solution to clean up the XML code in the written file until now. I searched for any articles about how to clean up the XML and finally fond some sample script here: http://snipplr.com/view/25657/indent-xml-using-elementtree/. I modified it a bit for my needs in [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/scripting/2011/02/06/write-clean-xml/feed/ 0 http://www.ethivierge.com/ice/2011/01/30/ice-kine-drive-from-particles-tutorial/ http://www.ethivierge.com/ice/2011/01/30/ice-kine-drive-from-particles-tutorial/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:50:06 +0000 admin http://www.ethivierge.com/?p=330 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } This tutorial breaks down how to use particles to drive positions of objects using ICE Kinematics. This setup is essentially the same as if you went to the new ICE Module in 2011.5 and selected Kinematics > Effects > Transform Objects by Particles. However the built in setup is a bit more encapsulated. My tutorial [...]]]> http://www.ethivierge.com/ice/2011/01/30/ice-kine-drive-from-particles-tutorial/feed/ 0