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Imagina 1997

Im Januar 1997 besuchte ich die Imagine 1997 Konferenz und Messe in Monte Carlo.

Und beim Stöbern in alten Photoalben hab ich nun auch die "Beweisfotos" gefunden.

Softimage 3D Version 3.7 kam raus und Silicon Graphics stellte u.a. die Octane und O2 vor.

Imagina'97 - Silicon Graphics Octane

Imagina'97 - Silicon

https://www.behindtheconsole.com/2025/04/20/imagina-1997/

#VintageComputing #O2 #Octane #SGI #Softimage #VintageComputerLab #VintageComputing #BTC

"The Tides · Of Life"
The creation of the sculpture

Find the full quality videos of the installation also on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBd7EiaFUofgeUCavf6GkTwLx0yzj3MTL

#mastoart #art #3dprinting #3d #lamp #PLA #Cura #LED #Rhino #Softimage #XSI #Klipper #Creality #Ender5Plus #projectionmapping #Tooll3 #realtime #newmediaart #abstractart #generativeart #particles #livingpainting #creativecoding #hlsl #gpu #shader #generative #procedural #visualart #sounddesign #Zen #wuwei #dao #taichi #chigong #energy #flow

"The Tides · Of Life"
The creation of the sculpture

This video shows how the #sculpture was originally designed as a logo in #Softimage #XSI and rendered in different styles over the years

In 2024 we finally made it into the wall #lamp it always was supposed to be by 3D-printing it in four pieces on a #Creality #Ender 5 Plus

Learn more about the project on our website:
https://urbanflow.art/en/the-tides

#3dprinting #3d #mastoart #livingpainting #creativecoding #sounddesign #taichi #chigong #energy

Genuary 2025 Day 19: "Oops Art."

"The inbound Stream of Dreams"

So today I'll cheat and post one of my favourite images ever.
A sculpture I modelled long ago in Softimage XSI with subdivision surfaces and then tried to UV-unwrap generatively...
...which went beautifully wrong, the checkerboard grid was deformed into a fantastic pattern.
I have this hanging on my wall as a large print.

#Genuary #Genuary2025 #Genuary19 #Day19 #Softimage #XSI #3D #MastoArt #BlackAndWhite #sculpture #Flow #UV

The Story of Franz K (1993) [3 min] by Chris Landreth | #USA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAR96de3t2Y

#3D #3DAnimation #AnimatedShort #AnimatedShortOfTheDay #Animation #Softimage #NCSC #Strange #Creepy #ISEA #InternationalSymposiumOnElectronicArt

Many criticize the fact that #Blender wants to do too many things in one application, but there was also #Softimage which did everything in a single application and I think this is a great thing, I don't agree with those who think it should only do one thing, I prefer that the application gives you the tools for every use case.#b3d #Blender3d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiCBfytw_Fo

When I see this interface of #Softimage, I think that it was years ahead of the competition, but I also notice that #Blender was inspired by this application, I believe that #Blender3d is the natural heir.
Old #XSI developers where are now? They could help the community #b3d

Computer Graphics veterans share their memories of #Softimage founder Daniel Langlois #VFX #CG #ComputerGraphics #ComputerAnimation

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/softimage-founder-daniel-langlois-1235715129/

Truly tragic news. Seems Softimage cofounder Daniel Langlois was found dead #CGI #Animation #ComputerGraphics #ComputerAnimation #VFX #Softimage

https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-entrepreneur-daniel-langlois-and-partner-reportedly-found-dead-in-dominica

#Softimage /ˌsɒftɪˈmɑːʒ/ founder Daniel #Langlois found dead in Dominica. This is shocking to everyone in #ComputerGraphics.

https://bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67560517

RIP Daniel Langlois

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/04/canadian-death-investigation-dominica-potential-homicides

#software #3D #softimage #news

Another incarnation of the sculpture I posted yesterday.
This time rendered with a special C++ camera shader I developed for Mental Ray in Softimage XSI many years ago.
It allows to displace the camera rays with for instance a fractal noise like in this case.

For all my (3D) life I loved NPR rendering styles and this is one of the best results I got.
Love it! 🙂

#Softimage #XSI #MentalRay #Sculpture #painting #NPR #MastoArt #Design

Another incarnation of the sculpture I posted yesterday.
This time rendered with a special C++ camera shader I developed for Mental Ray in Softimage XSI many years ago.
It allows to displace the camera rays with for instance a fractal noise like in this case.

For all my (3D) life I loved NPR rendering styles and this is one of the best results I got.
Love it! 🙂

#Softimage #XSI #MentalRay #Sculpture #painting #NPR #MastoArt #Design

Another incarnation of the sculpture I posted yesterday.
This time rendered with a special C++ camera shader I developed for Mental Ray in Softimage XSI many years ago.
It allows to displace the camera rays with for instance a fractal noise like in this case.

For all my (3D) life I loved NPR rendering styles and this is one of the best results I got.
Love it! 🙂

#Softimage #XSI #MentalRay #Sculpture #painting #NPR #MastoArt #Design

Another incarnation of the sculpture I posted yesterday.
This time rendered with a special C++ camera shader I developed for Mental Ray in Softimage XSI many years ago.
It allows to displace the camera rays with for instance a fractal noise like in this case.

For all my (3D) life I loved NPR rendering styles and this is one of the best results I got.
Love it! 🙂

#Softimage #XSI #MentalRay #Sculpture #painting #NPR #MastoArt #Design

Another incarnation of the sculpture I posted yesterday.
This time rendered with a special C++ camera shader I developed for Mental Ray in Softimage XSI many years ago.
It allows to displace the camera rays with for instance a fractal noise like in this case.

For all my (3D) life I loved NPR rendering styles and this is one of the best results I got.
Love it! 🙂

#Softimage #XSI #MentalRay #Sculpture #painting #NPR #MastoArt #Design

buried in the crypts of reddit: #3d animator/modeller jeremy engleman posted this stunning unused #retrocgi render of a lagoon from cyan's #Riven

modeled and rendered with #softimage 3.51.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecgi/comments/wxkcy9/riven_lagoon_jeremy_engleman_1997_softimage_351/

Speaking of massive nostalgia, this video on #Softimage really did it for me earlier this week. Holy smokes. I remember when everybody in my peer group wanted it so bad. When friends got jobs involving it though, it was instantly boring. So I have nostalgia for the anticipation of Softimage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9zpXD1RNmg