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might be good to take also a look at toxik to round up the node based compositors. it has 3d enviroment and is colaborating with maya quite close. all keyers of autodesk can be found here so it is quite strong in this section.
nanuk
@aesnakes 25925 wrote:
I tried Toxik…..and I have to say Im not a fan of the interface of workflow. I much prefer Nuke or Fusion.
Hope the link helps out.
for me it is completly different. i like the ui and the workflow in it. you can comp like you would do on a flame with supertools or you can go the “atomic way” like you do in shake or nuke. but the best thing is, you can combine both.
🙂what version are you reffering to? 2008?
nanuk
i wouldn´t shoot on dvc pro hd. specially when it come to keying! and the keylight will have serious problems keying that stuff! artefact party!!!
if you have the chance to shoot 1080p go for it! 😉
nanuk
uh, could you translate that? 🙂
thx alot! so it is possible somehow.
nanuk
thx alot! so it is possible somehow.
nanuk
want do you want it to do? grow, that the paint brush size will enlarge or that it looks like it expands from one point?
in general you can do all you could do with shake and a bit more.
nanuk
you can animate the lines´control points. when you draw a line it can be manipulated by the transformation box. this will happen when the button “edit” object is activated. if you activate the “edit control point” button the box will disapear and you will see the points of your line. this point are completly keyframeable.
hope that is what you where asking for.
nanuk
the only information i got at ibc was the there is no real development for c* at the moment, cause most of the dev guys are working on toxik.
so we will see what will happen to c*.
nanuk
Krish wrote:I am working on 2k resolution composite, while using particle operator at 2k res. particles not displaying at entire screen.😥
Krishna
i think particles are limited to some resulution. not sure if it is hd. they are also limited in bitdepth. so be a bit carefull in using them at hi res projects.
nanuk
and keep in mind that there is no backburner on a mac. so you have to build a workaround.
nanuk
chicolima wrote:I’d like to hear from Flame / Smoke users that are using Toxik how they have implemented it into their pipeline and what are it’s advantages over other node based comp. systems.hi chicolima,
i´m an ffi user and now toxik op.chicolima wrote:Is it stable?yes it is. like other tools. 😉 if you are using a machine, that meets the tech requirements. specialy the gfx
chicolima wrote:How does it integrate with the Flame/Smoke?toxik got wiretab onboard like combustion, so that you can access the stones. i think it is read only at the moment but will be write also in a short time.
chicolima wrote:Can it exchange compositing setups between these tools?
Or Gmasks and trakcing setups only?as far as i know, you can´t really exchange setups or gmasks. the problem here are more the systems. cause the architecture of toxik is too new and the others have to close the gap.
chicolima wrote:Any opinion towards the future of this product?it will rock. 😀 i never was in front of a tool, that is so intutive. toxik is a tool, that builds up your pipeline, you don´t add it to a pipeline. and that is somehow different to other tools. if it finds it´s way to the bizz (really hope and think it will) it will be a tool you can´t get around.
chicolima wrote:We work 95% on VFX for commercials.
Is the database tools really useful for short projects or only for features?
Is the database stable? Should we have a database specialist inhouse?
Is the oracle database a specialized database written specially for Toxik?
If yes is this an issue when you have a crash since only Autodesk is able to support it?
Is Autodesk M&E going to bring the tools from Inferno/flame/Smoke to this product (3D Keyer)?
Does it import 3D models?
Or are they going to always push Toxik back a bit in order to avoid competing competition with it´s systems Products?i think you have to difine your workflow and then bring toxik up to do the job. its concept is to go for feature film projects, but in my oppinion you can also use it for shorter projects, when working in small units. the database is stable and i think a python scripter will make life much easier, espacialy when you set up your workflow. oracle was not written for toxik. it is a generall database. you can merge or combine with other databases. discreet already brought tools from other apps in. diamond keyer, masterkeyer just to mention 2 of them. and other will follow. at the momnet you can only work with primitives from toxik, but fbx will be the exchange format for the 3d enviroment. don´t think that they will push it back, cause there is a different concept bihind it. but that is also a personal point of view.
chicolima wrote:As well as your opinion on node based compositing solutions.don´t get, what you are meaning here.
nanuk
loops wrote:Just a thought, you might want to check that your planes don’t intersect, cross each other or touch each other in any way. Shake really doesn’t like that. Things going transparent normally means they don’t have an alpha channel, or are in the wrong order… the 3D in Shake is pretty sketchy though, it could well be misbehaving. Is everything okay if you turn all your other planes off?hi loops,
i checked the posion of the zaxisl. there are no intersections. but i think i now find it out. this “look to camera” did the strange behavior. i guess. i turned it of and postioned the layer by my self and now it stays in place. the images have an alpha and i checked them with the analyser and all values seemed to be ok. don´t know.thx nanuk
i did build it by myself, but in never had problems with it. but i will get a quadro fx soon and then i hope all this problems will be gone. but i will also downgrade to 32bit windows, cause the pc becomes my toxik station and yet this only supports 32bit.
thx for your suggestions nanuk