Softimage|XSI Demo available

[Grafox]

Just a copy and pase from Polycount

 

That ever resourceful Fabool from the boards has posted that there is now a demo version of SoftImage|XSI available for download. The demo version is also available for order on CD, for those of you still living in modem land. You can get the low down on what the demo has and what you can do with it here at the SoftImage site. That page doesn't mention amything about disabled features or watermarks and I still haven't had a chance to pick it up yet, but if you are ready to get a little touch of the SoftImage stuff, you should head here and download it.

[PerfectJamie]

great, im just getting it, now i think we should discuss how we can make new JO animations with it

[Kururin]

It wont let me download it. It says I need a customer ID.

[Twisted Vertex]

I can't wait until they have the softimage 3 experince cd. *faint*

 

 

If anybody ahs anyquestions about softimage, you can ask me, and i'll do my best to help you.

 

 

 

Boba......I think you have to resgieter at the softimage site first.

[Kururin]

I did register

[Twisted Vertex]

Maybe your downloading it fromt eh wrong section. I did a quick run through of the site and got this for you.

 

http://www.softimage.com/Products/xsi/v2/ExperienceCD/Get_It.htm

 

 

 

 

 

lol, i justed clicked the link about and its the same as mine. I tshould work once you fill out all your information. I did it as a tester and it worked.

[PerfectJamie]

well uhhhhhhhhh............i would like to ask you, how do i import the jk2 skeleton into this? and how do i edit it?

[Kururin]

216 Mb that will take me about 5 hours to download !!!!

[Twisted Vertex]

Ok, to import a Jedi knight skeleton, there is an import function called import DOT xsi. But first you'll need to covnert from xsi 3.0 which the jk2 skeletons are in.........i think...... The jedi trainier is probably going to be the only skeleton that works.

 

One you import convert your camera viewport to a user viewport. On a side note I hope you have a mouse with three buttons, for it will speed up your workflow........I however don't .......

 

Learn the hotkeys.

[PerfectJamie]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm, ok (i have the 3 button mouse) so does that mean that different characters have different skeletons? then can i edit one to fit my model in droduction?

[Twisted Vertex]

No no.....I mean three buttons, your workflow will improve. At the bottom of the screen you see the letts L M R. whenever you select something look at the botton of the screen. The letter corresponds to the mouse buttons.

 

The zoome button for example

 

L .....pan

 

m....zoom in

 

R...... zoom out.

 

did you succesffully import the models. What I did was get the xsi>max plugin from the softimage site. I load the model in max, and exported it out as xsi 2.0.1 compatiable.

[PerfectJamie]

well the first problem is................i cant start the program, it opens my browser then sits there:(

[Twisted Vertex]

what resoulution do you run.

 

http://sv2.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10851

 

 

this thread might clear things up.

[Twisted Vertex]

I was reading the siggraph press release.......I could be horrbily wrong. If you have any questions about the basic layout and such, I can try to help you. The best tip is LEARN THE HOTKEYS

[Emon]

Still doesn't help. You still need to import the damn GLA to add on to player anims. Making new anims for new creatures has been possible since the first editing tools.