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Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - def13 - 04-16-2019
Hi,
3 weeks ago, I've install Softimage|3D "4.0" (3.9.2) and … it's really a great software ; not as powerfull than Maya 6.5 or even Blender 2.48 but for a 2K software, it's incredible.
I love this austere UI, it remains me 3D Studio R4 or Blender 0.96 (the first version I've use).
It's not an easy software to learn and I spend lots of time to read PDF base docs and watch old trainings tapes saved on YouTube … Oh ! And now I understand the sentence : "mades on Alias, animate on Softimage" [^_^!]
Here is my first project made with Softimage|3D and rendered with Mental Ray 2.1 (the version delivered with SI3D 3.9.2). It's not and incredible modeling work, but this kind of project trainning me to understand how materials/shaders/textures/ambient color/lights work together during rendering.
Simple PHONG opaque material (no Mental Ray special shader)
Simple PHONG transparent material (no Mental Ray special shader)
Database name = Material_Test_Ball
The scene is composed of :
1 dome (inverted normals) + reflexion spherical texture
1 background - lambert light grey + grid texture
1 opened ball - used to test material
1 socle - used to test materiel
1 ball - lambert pure white + SI3D logo / key squares
1 point light
1 cam
TAR version
ZIP version
(admins can save/share this files on Irix Network server)
Enjoy !
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - BackPlaner - 04-17-2019
Good start!
Now keep going👍
It was the first SGI package I ever learned and still probably my favorite classic of them all. Its simplicity belies a lot of underlying power (especially for animation), you just have to learn how to use it, like anything.
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - gijoe77 - 04-17-2019
awesome work!
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - Intuition - 04-17-2019
Nice, material ball scenes are a great way to learn some modeling, lighting, and shading as well as navigation in each application.
I made this crazy over engineered material scene for modo when 301 came out.
I'm wondering how it would look with a slightly soft shadow?
I'll have to try it out soon.
Thanks.
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - cascatino - 04-19-2019
Inspiring scene! I've got SI3d on my O2 and every time I run it, reminds me when looking at those photos in CineFex magazine showing cgi artists at work inside ILM. :-)
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - Irinikus - 04-19-2019
Very Nice!
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - retronav - 09-25-2023
Hi
sorry for resurecting old thread but I started to play a bit with SI3.9 on my Octane2. There's really this nice oldschool vibe to this tool. I love it.
One question though: what is the textures file format? it asks me for .pic files but I cant figure out the file format. TIA
oh and btw. this pic is really nice too
RE: Softimage|3D - Material Test Ball - Gamefan - 09-27-2023
Love it!