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    <p>Hi Mark,</p>
    <p>A very interesting question for you then is:  can you share info
      on how Houdini integrates with USD and how to make sure Blender
      will work flawlessly in mixed software pipelines?</p>
    <p>Thanks,<br>
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      -Ton-
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      Ton Roosendaal - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ton@blender.org">ton@blender.org</a> - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.blender.org">www.blender.org</a><br>
      Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br>
      Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the Netherlands<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/10/2020 00:57, Mark Tucker wrote:<br>
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        was to stay on topic, but perhaps I was not clear in my
        question. Let me try again:
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          <div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Is Blue Sky using Blender
              to produce USD assets in production at the moment? And if
              so, can you tell us a little bit about the process.</span></div>
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        <div><span style="font-size: 10pt">I am happy to have this
            conversation off-list with Chris if you would prefer, Ton. I
            am new to this list, and there has not been a lot of
            traffic, so I'm just making some guesses about what would
            constitute on and off topic here.</span></div>
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        <div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Thanks,</span></div>
        <div><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mark</span></div>
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          <p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 10/25/2020
            9:46:33 AM, Ton Roosendaal <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ton@blender.org"><ton@blender.org></a> wrote:</p>
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            <p>Hi,</p>
            <p>It looks like a diverse range of companies participate in
              this list now. Everyone's really welcome!<br>
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            <p>However, I always insist on a strict policy to stay on
              topic on our mailing lists. We are here to discuss how to
              improve Blender with USD integration.<br>
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            <p>If you are curious to hear who's using Blender for what,
              please use private mails.<br>
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            <p>Thanks,<br>
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            <div class="moz-signature"> -Ton- <br>
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              Ton Roosendaal - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                href="mailto:ton@blender.org" moz-do-not-send="true">ton@blender.org</a>
              - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                href="http://www.blender.org" moz-do-not-send="true">www.blender.org</a><br>
              Chairman Blender Foundation, Director Blender Institute<br>
              Buikslotermeerplein 161, 1025 ET Amsterdam, the
              Netherlands<br>
              <br>
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            <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/10/2020 04:19, Mark
              Tucker wrote:<br>
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              <div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size:
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                Chris!
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                <div>Is Blue Sky using Blender in production at the
                  moment?
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                  <div>Mark</div>
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                  <p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On
                    10/24/2020 9:26:47 PM, Chris Rydalch <a
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                      href="mailto:crydalch@gmail.com"
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                    wrote:</p>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Hello! I'm Chris Rydalch, I'm in
                        Production Technology at Blue Sky, helping with
                        our new pipeline. I’m primarily involved with
                        USD Workflows and tools, particularly Houdini;
                        but I’m really excited to see where USD and
                        Blender will go.</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Looking forward to joining the
                        discussions!</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Thanks!</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Chris</div>
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                    -- Bf-usd mailing list <a
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                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
                      href="https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-usd"
                      moz-do-not-send="true">https://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-usd</a>
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