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| * [http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_pickup/ "ET_Pickup" by Eric Thivierge] - a utility that makes it easy to use constraints for picking up and putting down objects. | * [http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_pickup/ "ET_Pickup" by Eric Thivierge] - a utility that makes it easy to use constraints for picking up and putting down objects. | ||
| * [http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_passmanager/ "ET_PassManager" by Eric Thivierge] - a utility for exporting passes and partitions in an XML file. | * [http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_passmanager/ "ET_PassManager" by Eric Thivierge] - a utility for exporting passes and partitions in an XML file. | ||
| + | * [http://kobayashystips.blogspot.com/2009/09/physical-sun-and-sky-in-softimage_21.html Updated Physical Sun and Sky Plug-in for Softimage(kobayashystips)] | ||
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Tutorials, articles, tools, papers, videos, and discussions about using Softimage.
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Learning
The following are some of the different learning resources available for Softimage.
ICE
- "Keeping Track of Softimage ICE" on moniphyl.com (http://monophyl.com/?page_id=184)
- "Softimage ICE Resources" maintained by Reinhard Claus (http://www.rray.de/xsi/)
- Many useful ICE compounds from Joe Compound (http://www.si-community.com/download/compounds/Joe_Compounds.zip)
- Demo scenes for some of the ICE compounds from Joe Compound (http://www.si-community.com/download/compounds/joe_demo_scenes.zip)
- Emit Particle Tree and Melt Geometry compounds by Joe Compound (http://www.si-community.com/download/compounds/Joe_melt_and_particle_tree.zip)
- "Building a Tree using ICE" by Chris Marshall (http://dot3d.blogspot.com/2009/10/softimage-ice-tree-building-step-by.html)
- "Building a Force from a Curve" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/1313863)
- "Build Your Own Bezier Curve Interpolation in ICE" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/11016782)
- "Visualizing Math Functions in ICE" by Thiago Costa (http://thiagocosta.net/?p=157)
- "Animation Tricks Using Bezier Nodes in ICE" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/11079196)
- Water Ripples in ICE
ICE Kinematics
- "ICE Kine Basics" by Eric Thivierge (http://www.vimeo.com/10916639)
Lagoa Multiphysics
- Lagoa Multiphysics - User Videos on vimeo (http://vimeo.com/channels/140058)
ICE Particles
- Stadium Wave Tutorial using instances and states by Manny Papamanos (http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/stadium_wave_tutorial_with_ice_using_states)
- ICE Particle Volume Shader Videos (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=12544118&id=15505585&siteID=123112)
- "An Artist Tour #1" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/1349449)
- "An Artist Tour #2" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/1392786)
- "Custom Particle Emissions" by Brad Gabe (http://withanar.blogspot.com/2009/03/introductionthe-supplied-factory.html)
- ICE Particles: An Introductory Walkthough
- "Water Condensation using ICE" by Ola Madsen (http://caffeineabuse.blogspot.com/2010/01/water-condensation-using-ice.html)
- "Goal Basics in ICE" by Helge Mathee (http://www.vimeo.com/1502921)
- Thiago Costa's Videos on ICE Fluids (http://vimeo.com/thiagocosta/videos)
ICE Strands
- "Growing Ranks in ICE - Moving Strands Along a Surface" by Helge Mathee (http://www.vimeo.com/1503174)
- "ICE Procedural Tree Generator" by Fabricio Chamon (http://iceduous.blogspot.com/)
- Video demo for "ICE Procedural Tree Generator" by Fabricio Chamon (http://vimeo.com/10434331)
- "Creating ICE Strand Hair" (Kristinka Hair) by Anto Matkovic (http://www.matkovic.com/anto/kristinka-hair.html)
- "Create Grass" ICE compound by nassosy (http://www.si-community.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=378)
- Strand Dynamics video and tutorial
Crowd Behaviors
- "Basic Flocking Tutorial using ICE" by Kim Aldis (http://www.kim-aldis.co.uk/drupal-6.1/ICE_BasicFlocking)
- "Boids" by Craig Reynolds (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/)
- "Steering Behaviors for Autonomous Characters" by Craig Reynolds (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/steer/)
- "Big Fast Crowds on PS3" by Craig Reynolds (http://www.red3d.com/cwr/papers/2006/PSCrowdSandbox2006.html)
- "PSCrowd Library" by Craig Reynolds (http://www.research.scea.com/pscrowd/)
- "Schooling Fishies" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/3219358)
- "Schooling Fishies 2" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/5285982)
- "Schooling Fishies 201" by Brad Gabe (http://vimeo.com/5295530)
Animation
- Softimage 2 Motion Builder Pipeline Tutorial on MocapClub.com (http://www.mocapclub.com/Pages/SoftMobuPipe01.htm)
Face Robot
- Face Robot Learning Movies (http://softimage.wiki.softimage.com/index.php/Face_Robot_Learning_Movies)
Modelling
- Advanced Modeling Techniques tutorials from cmiVFX (http://www.cmivfx.com/tutorials/view/272/+Softimage+Advanced+Modeling+Techniques)
Shaders and Rendering
- Rendering Diamonds with mental ray by Zap (http://mentalraytips.blogspot.com/2009/11/fire-and-ice-rendering-diamonds-and.html)
- Physical Sun and Sky in Softimage (kobayashystips) (http://kobayashystips.blogspot.com/2009/09/physical-sun-and-sky-in-softimage.html)
- Linear Workflow in Softimage (kobayashystips) (http://kobayashystips.blogspot.com/2009/09/linear-workflow-in-softimage.html)
General Softimage Learning
- Planet Softimage - Mark Schoennegal's blog on the AREA (http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/marks)
- Softimage tutorials on the AREA (http://area.autodesk.com/tutorials/softimage)
- Softimage New Feature Videos (http://www.autodesk.com/softimage-features)
- Softimage Production Series - Video Tutorials (http://www.vast.ws/resources/xsi/tutorials/tutorials.html)
- Softimage Certified Training - Video Tutorials (http://www.redi-vivus.com/index4.php)
- "Softimage Tutorial Posts" by Ola Madsen (http://caffeineabuse.blogspot.com/search/label/Softimage%20XSI)
Miscellaneous
- Softimage Gamma Discussed on the AREA (http://community.softimage.com/forum/autodesk-softimage/rendering/softimage-gamma/page-1/)
- Michael Isner's Quaternion Spells (http://www.isner.com/tutorials/quatSpells/quaternion_spells_14.htm)
- Vector Math Tutorial for 3D Computer Graphics (http://chortle.ccsu.edu/VectorLessons/vectorIndex.html)
- "Making a Ferret with Hair" tutorial by Sebastien Gaucher (PDF) (http://www.seb4d.com/tutorials/furet_makingof_english.pdf)
- "Stereo camera rig and tutorial" by Graham D. Clark (http://autodesksoftimage.blogspot.com/2010/05/s3d-camera-rig-with-expressions.html)
Tools
- GEAR rigging tools by StudioNEST (http://opensource.studionestbarcelona.com/gear.html)
- Brigks kinematic solvers by StudioNEST (http://opensource.studionestbarcelona.com/brigks.html)
- Momentum utility for rigid body dynamics by StudioNEST (http://opensource.studionestbarcelona.com/momentum.html)
- Kratos utility for shattering by StudioNEST (http://opensource.studionestbarcelona.com/kratos.html)
- Melena Hair Tools for ICE by StudioNEST (http://opensource.studionestbarcelona.com/melena.html)
- Weight Map Editor utility by Brad Gabe (http://www.xsidatabase.com/uploads/scripts/bg_weight_map_editor_v100)
- Tools for Creating ICE Features on michael-buettner.com (http://feathertools.michael-buettner.com/)
- "ET_AnimStore" by Eric Thivierge (http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_animstore/) - a utility for storing and applying poses.
Watch these videos first: "Installing Python for Softimage" (http://www.vimeo.com/12097088) and "ET_AnimStore Tutorial" (http://www.vimeo.com/12193368) - "ET_ControlSetup" by Eric Thivierge (http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_controlsetup/) - a utility for importing controllers and constraining objects to them.
- "ET_Pickup" by Eric Thivierge (http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_pickup/) - a utility that makes it easy to use constraints for picking up and putting down objects.
- "ET_PassManager" by Eric Thivierge (http://www.ethivierge.com/page/plug-ins/et_passmanager/) - a utility for exporting passes and partitions in an XML file.
- Updated Physical Sun and Sky Plug-in for Softimage(kobayashystips) (http://kobayashystips.blogspot.com/2009/09/physical-sun-and-sky-in-softimage_21.html)
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