Wing Feather Tool Version II
August 8, 2008
Working further on the wing feather tool for xsi, I decided to rewrite the tool partly and enhance it in terms of appraoch and usability. The next version of the tool introduces a guide feather approach to control the feather behaviour. It is still procedural in terms of generating your feathers and now gives you easier access to switch the interface inbetween various feather layers.
Quick Tour:
In detail overview:
http://www.edjstudios.be/rigging/j_feather_tool_V2_inDetail/j_feather_tool_V2_inDetail.html
All is written in Python(XSI), Actionscript 3.0(GUI) and Vbscript as link inbetween those two.
Any feedback would be very welcome 
!
Jo
September 13, 2008 at 11:22 am
HI Jo,plz can u give us more info about linking Flash action with Python function and command passing with VBscript,actualy i don’t have big knowledge on how to use VBscript to link Python and Flash but i love the idea.
resource or help would be interesting soo,
ah i fogot to say good work
September 22, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Hi Jo, I watched the video, and have to say that it looks like a wonderful tool! I’m doing a non-profit project right now and will be working on some wing creation in xsi. I’d like to try your tool if possible, and could give you some feedback on its usage. Let me know if it would be available for testing! Thanks.
September 22, 2008 at 11:08 pm
@saber: I’ll be publishing a post on how to use flash inside of xsi soon!
@Josh: Thanks! You can defo give it a go, I’ll drop you an e-mail soon.
October 10, 2008 at 10:53 pm
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October 13, 2008 at 1:04 am
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October 13, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Hi Joe, Just wondering how I can buy your Feather tool, I would love to use it in my game projects… Tom.
October 25, 2008 at 11:01 am
Hi Jo can I use your very exiting tool?
where I can download it?
thanks
October 30, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Hmmmm will this tool be sold or free? Thx(my name is Joe too
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December 3, 2008 at 11:37 am
Hello Joe
I’d be interested in using your feather tool. Is it for purchase or free?
I sent you an email but got an error message in return : “I’m sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients, blah blah”.
Please give me a working email address, thanks!
David
December 5, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Hello. This looks like a great tool, I would like to try it. Great work!!!
December 7, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hi Joe!
I saw those 27 best minutes well spent of my life on your video about the j.wing tool II! I wish I could´ve had that tool when I was animating this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsDjJmFotsE
you could watch to the end of the video the girl flying with textured wings.
I am currently working with a stylized toon look on my animated characters, and I´d love to give the tool my comments on toon shade
Congratulations on this work! This gives me solid base to back up my words and not let them switch to 4d cinema at work!
I love the interface, such a clean, pretty functional design, and the inverse curve…man, that´s bull´s eye!
Awesome tool.
December 7, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Oh, one more thing about this j.wing: the texturing process is as one would regularly texture an object or is there a way the tool will pick up a textured feather?
Bests.
April 14, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Can I get a Download link?
July 1, 2009 at 3:47 am
Hi, Jo. (If you don’t mind I call you Jo.)
I found it is cool the J-feather-tool-v2.
I want to try the tool within XSI 7.5
Would you please send me over the tool? ^^
And hope your Animal Logic life will be great.
Waiting for your present.
July 22, 2009 at 6:07 am
the feather tool is amazing can you give us a chance to test it
July 23, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Wow this tool is awesome
I will love to have it Jo again the same question, are you selling this piece of art?
Please let me know
Appreciate it
September 15, 2009 at 9:44 am
Looks great I am about to start a project with birds and wold love to have this tool … if its available please send me more info.
thanks
October 21, 2009 at 6:19 am
hi im learning xsi, and im about to initiate my final project where i want to make some angel wings (this plugin is awesome) is there any posibility for me to use your plugin (itll help me a lot since i dont have to much time), thnx in advance!
November 5, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Hello Jo,
I just watched the detailed overview of your tool and it is truly amazing. Im currently a final year animation student and my current project is based around an advertisement on conservation. Anyway the main character is a bird and the wing development that you have made would be perfect if i could use it.
I dont have much experience with rigging so would really appreciate it if i could try your tool.
If i could use it that would help me greatly and i will report any issues/ bugs i come across ect.
i await your reply,
thanks