SIGGRAPH 2008: XSI's ICE
Softimage announced it has begun shipping SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® 7, the latest version of its professional 3D animation software for games, film and television. Along with many substantial new features, SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 is shipping with ICE, a transformative open platform designed to capture the infinitely creative vision of content producers. With a visual interface and an easy-to-use node-based programming model, users will be able to quickly create complex visual effects. ICE allows artists to explore, learn and modify the robust library of particle-based visual effects and deformation tools available in SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 software, or simply build new ones from scratch.
?The new features in XSI 7, along with the new ICE platform, represent a major leap for Softimage,? said Aloys Baillet, Research and Development Lead, Animal Logic, Australia. ?The new ICE platform allows our artists and TDs to maximize their creative endeavors on our latest projects with new ways to create complex deformations and character effects in this impressive node-based workflow?and because it?s multi-threaded, we?re seeing significant performance gains on our multi-core workstations.?
SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 is available now for purchase from a local Softimage reseller or sales representative, or on the Softimage Web store at: http://www.softimage.com/buy/.
Pricing for SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 Essentials will be USMSRP $2,995.
Pricing for SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 Advanced will be USMSRP $4,995.
Posted at 09:45AM Aug 11, 2008 by ko maruyama in Events | Comments[0]
