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Softimage Xsi: Making a Cage think it's a Lattice...kinda
Heya guyz :) Other people have posted similar problems as this, but mines a

0 1453 January 24, 2007
Frank Tinoco
Softimage Xsi: rgba_matte not working properly
I tried to create an rgba isolation matte. some selected objects in my scene.

0 977 January 24, 2007
dwp
3ds Max: Display text for dialogue in track bar/
Does anyone know how or if it is possible to display text in the track bar for

0 1154 January 23, 2007
Gloski
3ds Max: ugent: problem with IK setup when animating
Dear fellow 3d enthuitast I have set up a bones system for a cartoon

0 1177 January 23, 2007
Yarlagad
3ds Max: merge animation
When I merge an animation stored in an identically rigged model into another

0 1896 January 23, 2007
FireWall
Softimage Xsi: SI|3D differences
I've noticed the price drop in Soft.|3D but i haven't seen anything (and I

0 989 January 23, 2007
Viggo Hoskins
Softimage Xsi: XSI@mIRC ?
hi there ... Just curious ... Are there any chatrooms related especially to

0 1127 January 23, 2007
Alicci
Softimage Xsi: U and surfacel selection
I am trying to select the surface area or uv maps that i imported from lw.

0 1029 January 23, 2007
Rod Sigler
3ds Max: MaxScript question
Hey I just DL'ed Rollin' 1.0 from scriptspot. It calculates the amount of

0 1113 January 22, 2007
Frank Tinoco
3ds Max: Cluster-O-Matic and Morph-O-Matic
Anyone here ever use Cluster-O-Matic or Morph-O-Matic for facial animation. If

0 1364 January 22, 2007
Vertox
3ds Max: GRRRRRR Corruptions GGRRRRRRR
Had to happen didn't it.. a week after saying to a friend that I'd never had it

0 985 January 15, 2007
Viggo Hoskins
Softimage Xsi: Nice work!
If you have not seen this yet, you might want to take a look at

0 1089 January 15, 2007
Theamxyz
Softimage Xsi: make it planar ?
hi there ... missing out this button :) (i know i sound like maxing) is

0 1318 January 15, 2007
Sid Conner
Softimage Xsi: duplicate symetry
I get 'ERROR : " - " when trying to use

0 1499 January 15, 2007
Gina
3ds Max: Reactor cloth question
Hi all, I'm trying to animate a piece of paper a la alladin's magic carpet with

0 1411 December 28, 2006
Charles Smith
Softimage Xsi: mirror weight (again) with 2 symetrical
i guess a lot of ppl will model the way i do. The hands and legs of my

0 1686 December 28, 2006
DoggyJP
Softimage Xsi: how to apply motion from BVH or Acclaim file
how to apply motion from BVH or Acclaim file to defoult rig or skeleton (like

0 1747 December 28, 2006
indico
Softimage Xsi: Trajectories
i am looking for a way to display an animated object's trajectory (similar to

0 1621 December 28, 2006
Axan
3ds Max: Additions to rig...
Hi, -- Some additions to the IK- Rig including hands and

0 1224 December 27, 2006
3dRebel
Softimage Xsi: Linked parameter not updating
Hello people, So I linked parameters of several objects to the rotation of a

0 1194 December 27, 2006
Rod Politoff
Softimage Xsi: Getting rid of the Symetry Mapping Template
okay, i am playing around with Symetry Weight using Template these days to get

0 1177 December 27, 2006
Pyata
Softimage Xsi: SoftBody issues
Hi guys When I up the sampling rate of a softbody over 5 it stops any

0 1137 December 27, 2006
XsiBigot
Softimage Xsi: renderable splines?
ok ... short and easy question ... where can i set curves to be

0 1275 December 26, 2006
QuaGo
Softimage Xsi: Global Illumination, final settings
Hi people, I am wondering what are good settings for Global Illumination

0 1357 December 26, 2006
Fordicio
Softimage Xsi: Toon Help!
I've somehow agreed to have a toon shader ready to render in three hours, and i

0 1167 December 26, 2006
Vertox
Softimage Xsi: Clips and Softbody
Hi, I've the ears of my character animated with a soft body dynamics and the

0 1244 December 25, 2006
Etnic Evil
Softimage Xsi: isner spine
heya guys, I'm doing some character animation and looking at using that

0 1342 December 22, 2006
Pusher
3ds Max: Question using layers for animation
Okay, I was wondering if it's possible to load a motion capture file on a layer

0 1787 December 21, 2006
CC
Softimage Xsi: Frame Padding
does any know were to set frame padding in XSI like you can if maya..... yes I

0 2950 December 21, 2006
DoggyJP
Softimage Xsi: Cartoon Fight
Hi, Does anyone have any suggestions for making a cartoon fight scene in

0 1391 December 21, 2006
drop007
Softimage Xsi: Is there anyone had used DNT for XSI
I found there is no cloud simulation,and where is the Renderworld? This

0 1210 December 20, 2006
Kiffy20
Softimage Xsi: upper body rig
ive tried alot of combination none of them seem to work right any

0 1164 December 20, 2006
Natashka1954
Softimage Xsi: Adding shape source kills envelope??
I've generated some shape souces for facial animation and enveloped my

0 1310 December 19, 2006
Murat
Softimage Xsi: Multiple rig and skeleton on the same model ?
Hi, I would like to know how I can put 2 skeletons (and rig) on the same

0 1343 December 19, 2006
Max3D
Softimage Xsi: Motion capture special. Free data
Hi All. MOTEK Amsterdam has put online the generic part of STOCKMOVES mocap

0 1825 December 19, 2006
euGeniu
Softimage Xsi: Cluster Center
Hello, is there any way to easily move cluster center like pressing INS in

1 1332 December 18, 2006
Andyba
Softimage Xsi: static cling?
Hi folks me again, does anyone know if static cling is still included in XSI

0 1142 December 18, 2006
PiX
Softimage Xsi: Simulating Cloth, but without using cloth plu
Hello, Anybody know any tutor that can show me how can create object to

0 1158 December 18, 2006
drop007
Softimage Xsi: xsi to rib?
are there any FREE (meaning not softman) utilities/plugins out there that can

0 1339 December 15, 2006
Carlos Fillion
Softimage Xsi: Binding a hotkey to transformation modes?
Hi, I was wondering if it is at all possible to set a hot key to the

0 1230 December 15, 2006
Sid Conner
Softimage Xsi: Whats going on. New english version...
I created the eyelids from a sphere and in the sphere property page turned the

0 1138 December 15, 2006
TzinMaoSui
Softimage Xsi: URGENT Nebula with Xsi particle
HI i'm still searching some TUTORIALS or any kind of help to create a very

0 1101 December 14, 2006
UVlas
Softimage Xsi: Channel in xsi
There is a way to animate with a Mixer Midi in xsi Like Channel in 3.9

0 1236 December 14, 2006
Shawn
Softimage Xsi: Spanish XSI mail List
Salve! Anyone knows any Spanish XSI mailing list around? Thank

0 1236 December 14, 2006
Murat
xsi5 : Mirroring shape deformation?
Hi, all. I'm new to XSI so dont lough, please :). Can anyone, please, explain

0 1244 November 18, 2006
QuaGo
Realtime 3D Movie
I just want to show some works of our

1 1483 November 01, 2006
Andyba
xsi5 : Facerobot

1 1374 October 10, 2006
Andyba
xsi5 : Wave Op - Controling Spread
Hey guys, Quick question about the Wave Op's Spread value. I want to drive

0 1212 September 15, 2006
Imho
xsi5 : Flipping a pose
In Character-Studio I can select parts of a Biped (or all of it) and copy-paste

0 1377 September 15, 2006
ferroka
xsi5 : Intermediate shapes in xsi
Hello all, I would like to know if you can create intermediate target for

0 1213 September 15, 2006
PiX
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