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A short Python socket server script for remotely communicating with XSI using Telnet

XSI 6.0 was being finished pretty much at the same time as Vista was on RC so we didn’t have to fully test XSI on Vista in depth, there was just too many things going on at the same time. New compilers, new MainWin, new render core, new setups, etc.
On one hand, 6.0 adds [...]

Each release, we have a list of major projects we focus on. There is also some planned time for developers to do maintenance, and to enhance their areas, even if it isn’t necessarily part of the bigger picture. I think this constant progress in all areas is very important to the product. There is a [...]

This must be the most stupid piece of code I’ve ever written in Softimage XSI but unfortunately, sometimes I can’t help myself. And, truth be told, some of these wacky possibilities are some of the reasons I prefer Python over other scripting languages for a lot of my work.
A while back I talked about the [...]

Ever gotten an email with a .pic attached and would have liked to be able to just click on it to see it?
My Softimage .pic codec for QuickTime has been updated with a bug fix for a corrupted image issue reported by a few users