XSIBlog

QuickTime is in mutation. Let’s quote from Apple’s technote 2140 about the recent API changes :
“QuickTime has been around for some time now and has a deep rich history. First introduced in May 1991 and originally available for System 6.07 and System 7, it was designed as a full media architecture and offers a complete [...]

When creating rather complex hierarchies, there are some things you wouldn”t essentially want to deal with. To facilitate these one of my favourite ideas comes into play: Automation.

Updated Dec 12, 2006
I have written a codec which allows QuickTime to understand .pic files.
A few people have manually associated .pic files with the XSI flipbook or another viewer, but most people have them associated with the QuickTime Picture Viewer by default.
Installing this will not change your current file associations, but will allow the Picture [...]

Sometimes when you”re trying your hardest to put together a rig that the animators won”t break, you wish that XSI had something like Houdini’’s digital assets. In case you haven”t come across Houdini yet, “Digital Assets” are a way of encapsulating a group of objects and hiding everything except for certain items that you choose. [...]