Autodesk Maya 2012 Hot Fix 2

Autodesk Maya 2012 Hotfix 2 includes several important fixes, refer to the readme for more information.

English Readme PDF.

Important notes:

• For installation on Mac OS X, if you have newer components on your machine (such as QuickTime or DMM), a warning message may appear at the end of installation indicating a failure. This message indicates a component failure, not a failure of the Maya installation.


• Every hotfix is cumulative; it contains the fixes from the hotfix(es) that preceded it. For example, Hotfix #2 includes the fixes released in Hotfix #1, therefore you do not need to download and install both hotfixes.

These new updates are now patches and not full downloads as before. You do not and should not Remove your installation of Maya 2012

The Foundry MARI 1.3 now available

MARI 1.3 is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extreme projects. MARI was developed at Weta Digital to handle the massively complex, highly detailed look development work demanded of the texture department by projects such as DISTRICT 9, THE LOVELY BONES, and AVATAR.

WHAT'S NEW IN MARI 1.3?

• Ptex - Per-Face Texture Mapping


• Displacement Preview *


• Snapshots


• Environment Mapping


• Tiled textures

Complete details and video at the Foundry!

Chaos Group May 2011 Newsletter!

The May Newsletter from Chaos Group is out.

Have a read and also don't miss the V-Ray 2.0 for Maya training videos.
Starting with the overview below and many more at the Chaos Group YouTube channel.

Autodesk Softimage 2011 Service Pack 2 Available

The latest service pack for Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 software is now available for download on the Autodesk website. Softimage 2011 SP2 includes several important fixes.

• For more information on this service pack, please visit the Autodesk Softimage Services & Support page.

 

Just to be clear this is for 2011 and includes these bug fixes below.

The full list of fixes is as follows:

FELX-1993:           Scene Corruption and Failed Imports Using Models Containing Corrupted Materials
FELX-1991:          Repair Shader corruption for previously persisted scenes

IMPORTANT:  If problems still occur when working with external material libraries, change them to be internal.

Also included are the fixes that are found in HOTFIX 1 and 2 which addressed the following issues:
FELX-1702:           Disconnected shaders when importing Referenced Model
FELX-1651:           Scene Corruption due to Material
FELX-785:             3rd party renderers crash on Linux
FELX-670:            Custom renderer DirtyList isn't cleared properly
FELX-120:            UVunfold fails to load when in suite license mode
FELX-88:               Scene corruption - Softimage  crashes when you try to load scene after saving it
UDEV00258435:    Saved scene is corrupt

Realistic Facial Animation & Motion Tracking

Check out this video of a facial animation from a company called Janimation. Pretty cool stuff.

Mocha Pro Remove Module Overview Video

Imagineer's Martin Brennand recently created this fun video showcasing some great examples of mocha Pro's remove module in action.

• object removal


• wire removal


• removing tattoos and blemishes


• multi-pass removals

If you are running mocha for After Effects, that ships with CS4 & CS5, this is what you are missing!

Save hours of time on complex tasks with mocha Pro.

Imagineer releases mocha v2.6

new release! version 2.6 for mocha, mocha Pro & mocha AE improved Nuke support, faster tracking & stability improvements

New point release for all current mocha products: Nuke Roto Export Improvements: now supports a 1:1 keyframe relationship between mocha and Nuke 6.2 roto keyframes.   Tracking on Windows Speed Improvements: multiprocessing optimization on Windows operating systems result in faster tracking speeds.   New SSF Batch Export Feature: ability to export unlimited roto layers in popular Shake .SSF format Improved After Effects tracking export Project Save and Load Speed Improvements   General Stability & Bug fixes · Upgrade is free to all customers with a valid mocha v2.x, mocha Pro, and mocha AE v2.5 license or support contract. Download the latest Release! Get mocha with improved Nuke Support at the Motion Media Store.