Though all of my current and previous computers were without exception too underpowered for any professional work, I have nevertheless always played around with #3DGraphics. It started on the #Commodore64 with #GigaCAD and ended nowadays – of course – with #Blender3D. In between the usual suspects (#PovRay, #3DSMax, #SoftImage, #Maya, #Rhino, etc.).

For the #Amiga I bought the #bookware "#Reflections 2.0" which seems to have been lost. While the @internetarchive has copies of the books of version 1, I couldn't find version 2 anywhere (not even in printed form). The software itself is also nowhere to be found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Reflections

#RetroComputing #Rendering

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

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

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/

Op het Caraïbische eiland Dominica zijn de verkoolde lichamen gevonden van een vermiste Canadese tech-miljonair en zijn partner. De stoffelijke resten van Daniel Langlois (66) en zijn vrouw Dominique Marchand zaten in een uitgebrande wagen. De politie pakte volgens de Canadese openbare omroep ‘CBC’ vier mensen op, onder wie de buren van het koppel, met wie ze al jaren ruzie hadden over een toegangsweg.

#Softimage

https://www.hln.be/buitenland/liep-burenruzie-compleet-uit-de-hand-verkoolde-lichamen-vermiste-canadese-miljonair-en-partner-gevonden-op-caraibisch-eiland~a2def8f8/