Autodesk Softimage

Autodesk^® Softimage^® 2012 software extends the capabilities of existing content creation pipelines for today’s demanding television, games, and film projects. Building on the power and flexibility of the Interactive Creation Environment (ICE), Softimage 2012 introduces a new procedural modeling paradigm; adds integrated support for Syflex cloth using ICE and Lagoa Multiphysics solvers; and provides easier access to a wider range of effects and rendered looks. In addition, with enhanced interoperability with Autodesk^® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium products, and an extended software development kit (SDK), Softimage 2012 is more easily integrated into production pipelines; meanwhile, new tools that embrace latest technology trends help customers meet the evolving challenges they face.

What are the key strengths of Softimage?

• Node-Based Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) - ICE is a powerful platform for creating and sharing custom tools, dynamic effects, advanced character rigs, and procedural models without the need to script a line of code. The flexible, intuitive, visual programming interface helps artists to work more efficiently and easily explore new creative ideas, while a high-performance parallel processing engine helps increase interactivity and boost productivity. Artists can modify or extend effects using a standard editing workflow with the ICE FX Builder. ICE effects can be exported to Autodesk^® Maya^® 2012 software or Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2012 software.
  
  
• Softimage^® Face Robot^® Toolset - Softimage includes the Face Robot toolset, a professional solution for more quickly and easily rigging and animating large numbers of 3D facial expressions. Face Robot enables games and visual effects studios to create life-like facial animation at faster speeds, and features automatic lip-syncing for the generation of facial animation from an audio file. Fully-solved Face Robot heads can be exported to Maya 2012 for greater flexibility when creating believable characters.
  
  
• Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites Integrated Workflows - Available as part of the Autodesk^® Entertainment Creation Suites Premium 2012 alongside either Maya or 3ds Max, together with Autodesk^® MotionBuilder^® 2012 software and Autodesk^® Mudbox^™ 2012 software, Softimage leverages integrated workflows to help extend your pipeline’s capabilities. Export Softimage scene elements to Mudbox 2012 to intuitively add organic sculpted and painted details, and then update the scene in Softimage 2012 in one simple step. Import fully-rigged Face Robot meshes into Maya 2012. And use the power of the Softimage ICE particle system in your Maya 2012 or 3ds Max 2012 scene with just a few clicks. 3D geometry, animation, and map data can also be exchanged with Suites products and certain third-party applications via the Autodesk^® FBX^® 2012 and Autodesk^® Crosswalk technologies.
  
  
• Production-Proven Solution - Increased competition and tighter deadlines, combined with higher audience expectations for quality, mean that many jobs require artists to produce more creative content in less time than ever before. Softimage helps maximize productivity through advanced creative tools, efficient scene management tools, non-destructive workflows, and support for collaborative workflows. Repetitive tasks can also be automated through the Python^® scripting language. As a result, Softimage is one of the entertainment industry’s leading 3D production tools. It has been used extensively by award-winning film, game development, and broadcast production facilities.