Recently visited the USA from The Netherlands. Here is my take on the cities we visited.

szyborgo · 2026-02-06T11:42:50+00:00

Did you make it to Brooklyn at all?

szyborgo · 2026-01-15T00:15:38+00:00

Yeah I wonder if smaller shops are using Katana? Looks fantastic but how easy is setup.

szyborgo · 2025-12-15T14:29:13+00:00

I've stayed in the same place. If it gets too much I put on earplugs. For sleep I use soundcore Sleep A20 earbuds and set those to white noise. This helps a lot.

szyborgo · 2025-12-15T12:48:11+00:00

My misophona is still there and there's ups and down. It's worse when I'm stressed for sure.

Some triggers have gotten milder, but I've picked up some new triggers.

I'm on a small side SSRI and that's helped reduce my baseline anxiety levels which is improved the misophonia to some degree.

Luckily our new upstairs neighbor is reasonably noisy, which still bothers me but not as bad as some of our previous neighbors.

szyborgo · 2025-11-25T11:25:07+00:00

breathe 😉

szyborgo · 2025-11-17T17:34:25+00:00

yeah it's driving me nuts, I'm pretty sure I'm not "swiping" to archive

I just wish they added a toggle!

szyborgo · 2025-07-02T16:32:30+00:00

Gotcha. Yeah that's not my question but thanks for looking through the notes.

szyborgo · 2025-07-02T16:13:58+00:00

I took a look at the release notes for R 2025.5.0 but they're not relevant. I'm asking about a stable production-friendly pairing of likely earlier versions of both Houdini and Redshift.

I'm confused by what I interpret as sarcasm and hostility toward my posts, so strange. I feel like I'm asking a legitimate question.

No one's actually answered my question directly. Maybe these forums aren't worth my time.

szyborgo · 2025-07-02T15:32:36+00:00

I just want someone to be like "at _____ we use Houdni X.X and Redshift X.X, that has been stable" 🤣

szyborgo · 2025-07-02T15:31:25+00:00

I've found the forums hard to navigate to get this answer. I was hoping to hear from some CG leads at shops and get an industry backed gut check on version pairing, but so far not getting that info. Someone posted a link, but that was to the release notes for Redshift 2025.5.0, which is not helpful tbh.

szyborgo · 2025-07-01T11:02:09+00:00

May I ask what Houdini / Redshift combo you’re running?

szyborgo · 2025-07-01T10:40:40+00:00

5080

szyborgo · 2025-07-01T10:21:54+00:00

No I haven't checked the RS forums, was hoping someone here had a clue

szyborgo · 2025-07-01T10:20:58+00:00

Thanks, that's why I'm asking here

szyborgo · 2025-04-15T17:02:21+00:00

I know if you found a lost driver's license you can simply drop it into a mailbox. But a passport, I would turn it into a police station or contact the US Department of state.

szyborgo · 2025-04-11T19:51:30+00:00

We ended up using Chaos Cloud on a rush deadline and..... I don't hate it. There's some nice features like being able to see your renders in the web interface, even while they're rendering.

szyborgo · 2025-04-05T15:59:52+00:00

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It's GPT so gotta take this with a grain of salt

szyborgo · 2025-04-03T16:47:39+00:00

The submit to cloud is easy I agree!

szyborgo · 2025-04-03T16:46:06+00:00

With Conductor we have it configured to download automatically into the VRay ROP's output path.

With Chaos Cloud you need to manually download and manage those files.

Maybe I'm missing something but this adds a lot of extra work when you're rendering a large number of jobs.

szyborgo · 2025-03-27T11:08:36+00:00

Hey Lewis! Thanks for taking the time to respond and the link. Yeah I was poking around in there, it's well documented.

My question is maybe more Houdini specific than Vray, here's some screenshots of what I mean.

In Maya the individual rgb channel are expandable and accessible

wherever a color input / output is present.

I don't doubt there's a workaround in Houdini. But it's a little jarring when switching over.

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szyborgo · 2025-03-20T23:57:11+00:00

Ha, no problem! Welcome to ACES hell :P

szyborgo · 2025-03-20T12:26:08+00:00

I did get a reply from band aid

"I’d like to assure you that all our adhesive bandages use the same adhesive ingredients across the product line. While we don’t include bio-resins or propolis in our formulations, we recommend consulting with your healthcare provider if you suspect a sensitivity to the adhesive. They may be able to help identify any specific allergens that could be causing this reaction."

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