Softimage 2014 features

Character rigging and animation

• New

  Camera Sequencer

  Enjoy directorial control over your scenes (video: 17:46 min.)

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  Skinning, weighting, and constraints

  Control characters’ movement with advanced tools.

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  Face Robot facial rigging toolset

  Quickly and easily rig and animate facial setups. (video: 1:54 min.)

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  Generalized attribute transfer operator (GATOR)

  Transfer surface attributes between models.

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  Nondestructive 3D character rigging toolset

  Create a character rig.

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  MOTOR animation retargeting

  Retarget motion capture data onto standard rigs.

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  Audio syncing tools

  Sync audio with 3D facial animation. (video: 5:54 min.)

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  FCurve Editor and Dopesheet

  The powerful FCurve Editor in Softimage.

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  Nondestructive 3D animation toolset

  Streamlined, nondestructive 3D animation workflows. (video: 17:45 min.)

ICE and dynamic simulation

• New

  ICE FX (enhanced)

  Procedural modeling with ICE. (video: 5:55 min.)

• New

  CrowdFX crowd simulation (enhanced)

  Create sophisticated crowd simulations. (video: 11:35 min.)

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  Bullet physics for ICE

  Enhanced obstacle collision with Bullet physics.

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  NVIDIA PhysX rigid bodies

  Rigid-body simulations with NVIDIA PhysX.

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  Soft bodies

  Deformation-based soft-body simulation.

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  Syflex cloth

  Create highly realistic cloth and flesh. (video: 15:38 min.)

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  Lagoa Multiphysics

  Create effects like plastic, liquid, and foam.

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  Hair and Fur

  Create long hair, fur, feathers, grass, and trees.

3D geometry modeling and texturing

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  High-performance modeling

  Create and edit complex meshes in less time.

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  UV texturing

  UV Unfold helps you create better UV maps. (video: 2:01 min.)

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  Ultimapper and RenderMap

  Create 3D game characters, props, and environments.

Rendering and compositing

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  Efficient rendering UI and workflow

  New render and viewport slates streamline workflow. (video: 2:30 min.)

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  Configurable render passes and channels

  Use configurable render passes and channels.

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  Integrated mental ray rendering

  Harness the power of the mental ray renderer.

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  Compositing, paint, and matchmoving

  Enhance and assemble render passes.

• New

  High-Quality viewport (enhanced)

  Evaluate your work in the High-Quality viewport. (video: 8:11 min.)

Pipeline integration and architecture

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  Single-step suites interoperability

  Use Softimage as part of a suites workflow.

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  Scene management and referencing

  Manage large amounts of data.

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  Tool development, SDK, and API

  Work with a choice of scripting languages. (video: 1:12 min.)

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  Softimage GigaCore architecture

  Handle large data and complex scenes.

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  Crosswalk interoperability workflows

  Exchange files using Crosswalk.

• New

  Enhanced FBX support

  Improved support for animation data in FBX.