XSI may refer to SoftimageXSI , a high end three dimensional 3D graphics application South Indian Lake Airport , the IATA code for the airport in Canada Canon EOS 450D , a DSLR camera from Canon X Open System Interfaces Extension, a supplementary specification to the Single UNIX Specification A conventional XML namespace prefix for XML Schema W3C XML Schema instance information disambig de XSI it XSI ... more details
by Autodesk SoftimageSoftimageXSI . History Softimage 3D was originally released at Siggraph in 1988 as the Softimage Creative Environment. ref http web.archive.org web 20021015000229 www.softimage.com Corporate Press Facts 16years.htm Softimage Corporate Press Where Bot generated title ref Softimage was used by Industrial Light and Magic to animate the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park film Jurassic .... ref http www.microsoft.com presspass press 1997 apr97 3dwnntpr.mspx Softimage 3D Version 3.7 for Windows NT and IRIX Platforms Now Shipping , Microsoft , April 7, 1997 ref Softimage 3D was gradually replaced by the company s next product, SoftimageXSI starting in 2000. ref http findarticles.com p articles mi m0EIN is 2000 May 30 ai 62417642 Softimage Co. Announces First Customer Shipment of SOFTIMAGEXSI Version 1.0 Softimage Grants 17,000 Licenses of Next Generation 3 D Animation Software ...Infobox Software name Softimage& 124 3D logo Commented out because image was deleted Image Soft3DLogo.png 211px screenshot Image Softimage3D 392.png 256px caption Screenshot of Softimage& 124 3D 3.9.2 developer SoftimageSoftimage, Co. latest release version 4.0 latest release date August 2001 operating ... Proprietary website http www.softimage.com www.softimage.com Softimage 3D was a high end 3D graphics application developed by Softimage company Softimage, Co. , which was used predominantly in the film ... acquired the Softimage Corporation ref http www.nytimes.com 1994 02 15 business company news an acquisition ... title ref and renamed the package Softimage 3D, releasing a Windows NT port two years later. ref ... Softimage 3D Extreme 3.5, which included particle effects and the mental ray renderer. ref http www.microsoft.com presspass press 1996 may96 upgrdpr.mspx Microsoft Introduces Major Upgrade to Softimage ... softimage slashes 3d price 1145860.article Softimage slashes 3D price News Broadcast Bot generated title ref See Softimage company Softimage, Co. for detailed time line. Productions that used Softimage ... more details
software Proprietary website http www.softimage.com products xsi www.softimage.com Autodesk Softimage , or simply Softimage pron en s ft m , is a 3D computer graphics software 3D computer graphics ... to Softimage 3D Softimage pipe 3D , SoftimageXSI was developed by Softimage company Softimage, Co. , then a subsidiary of Avid Technology . On Oct. 23, 2008, Autodesk acquired from Avid the Softimage brand and 3D animation assets for approximately 35 million, thereby ending Softimage Co. as a distinct entity. ref http www.gamasutra.com php bin news index.php?story 20799 Autodesk Acquires Softimage For 35 Million , Gamasutra , October 2008 ref In February 2009, SoftimageXSI was rebranded Autodesk Softimage. Two different versions of the software exist to cater to the differing needs and budgets of users Softimage and Softimage Advanced. A further two versions of Softimage have been developed called Autodesk Face Robot, which has since been integrated into Softimage, and Autodesk Softimage .... Softimage also provides XSI Batch, a command line version of Softimage used for render farming. Support ... software Category IRIX software ar da SoftimageXSI de Autodesk Softimage fr Softimage it SoftimageXSI ja Softimage pl Autodesk Softimage pt Autodesk Softimage ru Autodesk Softimage sv SoftimageXSI zh Softimagexsi ...Infobox software name Autodesk Softimage logo Image Softimage2010 icon.png screenshot caption Screenshot of Softimage developer Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. latest release version 2011 9.0 latest release date ... architecture Softimage is advertised as the only 3D content creation platform that is fully multi ... 2009 Customizable workflow Softimage gives a variety of tools that allows users to customize Softimage ... artists and teams to build efficient pipelines. Non Destructive Workflow Softimage comes with many ... to another quickly. Collaborative workflow Softimage has numerous features that allow it to operate ... more details
3D and SoftimageXSI , are used in the creation of computer animation for film s, television advertisement ..., Softimage developed SoftimageXSI Softimage nowiki nowiki XSI , codenamed Sumatra to replace Softimage ... to port the products to Windows and financing the development of SoftimageXSI and Softimage ... ICE Interactive Creative Environment in XSI 7, acquisition by Autodesk 1987 Softimage President Daniel ... SoftimageXSI , and RenderFarm unveiled a Sumatra module never released . Films and Games Virtua Fighter ... BUF 2000 SoftimageXSI 1.0 image SoftimageLogo.png SoftimageXSI 1.0 is released ref cite news url http ... Customer Shipment of SOFTIMAGEXSI Version 1.0 Softimage Grants 17,000 Licenses of Next Generation ... 3D Optimized for Game Developers date March 2, 2000 work Business Wire ref SoftimageXSI 1.5 ... Worldwide Beta Testing Cycle of SOFTIMAGEXSI v1.5 year 2000 work Business Wire ref Adds Polygonal ... Object Model COM 2001 SoftimageXSI v1.5 begins shipping. SOFTIMAGEXSI v2.0 unveiled at Siggraph ... title Softimage Ships Its Much Anticipated SOFTIMAGEXSI 2.0 date December 13, 2001 work Business ... exports to SOFTIMAGEXSI customers. SOFTIMAGE 3D v4.0 unveiled at Siggraph 2001 2002 Softimage releases the SOFTIMAGEXSI Experience for version 2.0, a free educational software and training kit. ref ... ref http www.edharriss.com xsi version3.htm ref Introduces Softimage Behavior, a procedural animation ... mi m0EIN is 2002 July 23 ai 89418509 title Softimage Announces SOFTIMAGEXSI V.3.0 At Siggraph ... ref http www.xsibase.com articles.php?detail 65 ref 2003 SoftimageXSI v3.5 ref cite news url http findarticles.com p articles mi m0EIN is ai 89418509 title Softimage Announces SOFTIMAGEXSI V.3.0 ... SoftimageXSI v4.0 ref cite news url http findarticles.com p articles mi m0EIN is ai n6056584 title SOFTIMAGEXSI v.4.0 Now Available Worldwide date June 7, 2004 work Business Wire ref http www.edharriss.com ... http www.computerarts.co.uk news softimage releases softimagexsi 4 ref based on ODE ref http www.ode.org ... more details
orphan date October 2010 This is a tool to edit a top color in Autodesk Softimage . Blr. Vertex Color Tools or simply blr vct tools. History It was a script to edit the top color that was made to work that was original name of XSI Autodesk Softimage first. Developer Andrea Padovan Game development Category Autodesk ... more details
3d studio can refer to A studio location where 3D work is created 3ds Max , an animation software package previously named 3D Studio Max Any 3D animation studio such as 3ds Max , Blender 3D , Cinema 4D , Lightwave , Maya software Maya , Houdini software Houdini , or Softimage XSI XSI disambig ru 3D Studio ... more details
Syflex is one of the fastest and most powerful cloth modeling cloth simulators . Citation needed date February 2009 It is being used by a wide range of creative companies and individuals, from big name studios, to smaller special effects houses and independent animators. Syflex is available For Maya software Maya , Softimage XSI XSI , Houdini software Houdini and LightWave . External links http www.syflex.biz Category Computer graphics Compu soft stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Think Tank Training Centre is a privately owned 3D animation , Game Design , and Visual effects Visual Effects School in North Vancouver, British Columbia North Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , on the north shore in lower Lonsdale. It was founded in 2005 and offers students the ability to learn computer graphics in manner that reflects the needs of the industry. Think Tank offers a 12 month program in 3D animation , Computer model modelling , game design and visual effects . Software taught at Think Tank include, Maya software Maya , Softimage XSI XSI , Zbrush , Lightwave , Photoshop , Mudbox , and many others. External links http www.tttc.ca Think Tank Training Centre Official Site http www.thinktanktrainingcentre.com Think Tank Training Centre Canada Animation School Category Computer related organizations ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Animanium is a software package for character animation, written in Common Lisp and developed by SEGA . It is based on an advanced Inverse kinematics Inverse Kinematics IK engine, and supports multi chain IK, joint limits and various joint constraints. This allows for full body IK editing of two legged, four legged or multipedal characters. Both Forward and Inverse Kinematics editing is available. The interface is simple, and is based on the traditional pose to pose workflow. The package is presented as an alternative to motion capture , which is widely used in computer animation nowadays. Exporting of character rigs and importing of motion data is available for a number of popular 3D packages, including Softimage XSI XSI , Maya software Maya , Lightwave and 3D Studio Max . External links http www.animanium.jp sa2 Sega Animanium Website Primarysources date December 2006 Category Sega Category 3D graphics software ja graphics software stub ... more details
Infobox Software name Holomatix Rendition genre Ray tracing graphics Raytracer developer Holomatix Ltd latest release version 1.0.395 latest release date November 2008 operating system Microsoft Windows Windows , Mac OS X , Linux website http www.holomatix.com products rendition about Holomatix Rendition is a raytracing renderer, which is broadly compatible with mental ray . Its rendering method is similar to that of FPrime in that it displays a continuously refined rendered image until final production quality image is achieved. This differs to traditional rendering methods where the rendered image is built up block by block. It is developed by Holomatix Ltd, based in London, UK. Key application Features Realtime or progressive rendering engine Based on mental ray shader and lighting model Supports 3rd party shaders compiled for mental ray Rendering Features As it uses the same shader and lighting model as mental ray, Rendition supports the same rendering and ray tracing features as mental ray, including Final Gather Global Illumination through Photon Mapping Polygonal and Parametric Surfaces NURBS, Subdivision Displacement Mapping Motion Blur Lens Shaders Supported platforms Maya software Autodesk Maya 3ds max Autodesk 3ds Max Softimage XSI SoftImage XSI Supported Operating Systems Microsoft Windows on x86 architecture x86 and x86 64 x64 architectures Mac OS X Apple Mac OS X on x86 architectures Linux on x86, x64 architectures The renderer comes in both 32 bit and 64 bit versions. External links http www.holomatix.com products rendition about Holomatix Rendition home page http www.3d test.com interviews holomatix 2.htm Interview discussing Rendition with Holomatix CTO on 3d test.com Category 3D graphics software Category Global illumination software Category Rendering systems ... more details
Director multimedia application authoring platform. The in game 3D animations are made with SoftimageSoftimage 3D 3D and later SoftimageXSIXSI before they are imported as Sprite computer graphics sprites inside Director. The animated 3D cinematic s are also made with Softimage s technology and exported ... more details
Infobox Company company name company logo File TacticLogo 01.png TacticLogo 01.png company type foundation location Toronto , Canada key people Gary Mundell, CEO, Co Founder br Remko Noteboom, Chief Technology Officer, Co Founder industry Digital Asset Management , Feature Film Production, Visual Effects , Post Production , Game Development , 3D Animation products revenue net income num employees homepage http www.southpawtech.com tactic.html TACTIC Southpaw Technology TACTIC ref http www.southpawtech.com TACTIC Southpaw Technology ref is a web based production asset management system developed by Southpaw Technology . According to the company, TACTIC has been designed to maximize productivity by organizing and managing assets across entire organizations and large scale productions. TACTIC tracks production assets through the entire creation process and combines asset management, project management, workflow management, and communication tools into one system. Southpaw Technology created TACTIC to keep immense datasets in order and to enable teams of artists and animators to work freely with large amounts of production assets without confining them to a strict workflow. Customers Animation Lab Digital Domain LightStream Lockheed Martin March Entertainment Northeastern University O Entertainment Ubisoft base fx duber Eclipse Entrenched FANTAWILD Goldtooth Creative Human Ark Legend 3D OMNILAB Media Group Speakeasy Spin VFX technicolor Xing Xing Supported Operating Systems Mac OS X Linux Windows 2003 2008 Supported Browsers Mozilla Firefox 2 Internet Explorer 7 Safari 6 Integrated Middleware Solutions Autodesk Maya Maya 8.5 Softimage XSI XSI 7.0 Houdini Adobe Flash Flash 8 Qube Software Nuke software Adobe Creative Suite Framecycler Rush Supported Databases PostgreSQL Oracle References Reflist External links http www.southpawtech.com Southpaw Technology Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Technology companies of Canada ... more details
multimedia application authoring platform. The in game animations were made with SoftimageSoftimageXSIXSI before they were imported as Sprite computer graphics sprites inside Director. The animated 3D cinematic s are also made with Softimage s technology and exported as QuickTime movies. Notes reflist ... more details
Other uses RSP disambiguation Rising Sun Pictures RSP is an Australia n based visual effects company. It was founded in 1995 in Adelaide, South Australia, and is named after the Rising Sun Inn in Kensington, South Australia Kensington . Credits They have worked on such films as and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix , The Dark is Rising film The Dark is Rising , Charlotte s Web 2006 film Charlotte s Web , Blood Diamond film Blood Diamond , The Last Mimzy , The Core , The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King film The Return of the King , Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow , Batman Begins , Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , Superman Returns , Get Smart film Get Smart , The Ruins film The Ruins , Australia 2008 film Australia , Speed Racer film Speed Racer , Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince film Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince , X Men Origins Wolverine & Terminator Salvation . Involvement in open source projects Projects sponsored by Rising Sun Pictures include ref cite web url http open.rsp.com.au ?page id 4 title Projects at Open Source at Rising Sun Pictures accessdate 2007 12 13 publisher Rising Sun Pictures ref http open.rsp.com.au projects earth Earth a utility for finding files across a large network of machines and track disk usage in real time http open.rsp.com.au projects pyshake pyshake integrates Python with Shake. http sourceforge.net projects affogato Affogato a plugin for Avid s Softimage XSI 3D animation software Sun Grid Engine added Array Job Interdependencies References references External links http www.rsp.com.au Rising Sun Pictures Imdb company id 0044645 Category Companies based in Adelaide Category Companies established in 1995 Category Visual effects companies Australia company stub film studio stub ... more details
later in Avid DS s image compositing module. The newest product to make these available is SoftimageXSISoftimage pipe XSI v6.0 , released in December 2006, which features an integrated 2D image compositing ... was rebranded Softimage Elastic Reality after Avid separately acquired Softimage in 1998. Before ... Media Illusion and XSI 6.0, morphs can be performed with B spline curves and polygonal lines, can ... more details
Infobox software name DrQueue logo screenshot caption developer DrQueue.org latest release version 0.64.3 latest release date latest test version latest test date operating system Cross platform genre Rendering computer graphics Rendering license GNU General Public License GPL . website http www.drqueue.org www.drqueue.org DrQueue is an open source software tool used to manage a render farm . It provides distributed Rendering computer graphics render batch queue queueing on a per frame basis and management of these tasks. It is primarily used for animations used as visual effects in films and advertising. Overview The application is composed of three main tools master , slave and drqman . A task in DrQueue is composed of multiple batch job jobs all of which require a script which is distributed to the slave nodes of the cluster by the master . The master acts as a central server, where all tasks are stored. The slave software is run on each node in the cluster and it reports its status back to the master periodically. drqman is the GUI used to control jobs. Typical tasks are to reprioritize jobs, stop them, restart specific frames, change frames to be rendered and so on. It has direct control of Maya software Maya , Mental Ray , Blender software Blender , Softimage XSI XSI , Lightwave , Houdini software Mantra in Houdini , Turtle Illuminate Labs , BMRT , Shake software Shake , After Effects , Aqsis , Nuke software Nuke , Terragen , 3Delight , and Pixie renderer Pixie There is also a small Python programming language python web service called DrKeewee that allows you to check the status of the queue using a web browser . Script generators Drqueue comes with a number of script generators for render applications as well as support for general batch processing applications. It also has language binding bindings for Python programming language python as well as in beta bindings for Ruby programming language Ruby Script generators exist for, Blender software Blender Maya ... more details
Summary logo fur REQUIRED Article Softimage company Use Product HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source Application icon ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Autodesk Softimage Owner Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Portion Low resolution Yes Purpose To identify the Softimage brand Replaceability There is no free equivalent other information Licensing Non free logo ... more details
logo fur REQUIRED Article Autodesk Softimage Use Product HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Source Application icon ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Used for Autodesk Softimage 2010 Owner Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. Website History Commentary OVERRIDE FIELDS Description Portion Low resolution Purpose To identify the Softimage brand Replaceability There is no free equivalent other information ... more details
refimprove article date October 2009 notability companies date July 2009 PerspectX is a CG animation and software development company based in Ogden, Utah . History Founded in 2002, and incorporated in 2005, the company employs artists in the United States as well as abroad, specifically in the Philippines where they have a contract office. Overview Software design work revolves around user interface and human factors, interactive systems, gaming and network communications. 3D animation and modeling work are primarily done for Aerospace and Defense industry clients, with some work done for broadcast and advertising purposes. The company also produces a variety of 3D models for use in popular animation packages like 3D Studio Max , Autodesk Maya , Softimage XSI , LightWave 3D , Cinema 4D and other systems as well as simulators. In 2007 PerspectX entered into a partnership with Craft Animations ref Post Magazine, Craft Animations in partnerships with RFX and PerspectX , August 3, 2007. http www.postmagazine.com ME2 Audiences dirmod.asp?sid 63930E9D02644EC9A127AF67602DA756&nm E Newsletters&type Publishing&mod Publications Article&mid 8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier 4&id 9C6D81E76F0148D6806E3148C1EA3080&AudID 264F81CE85CD4C789563FFD73DEDC1EF ref to provide 3 D models that are pre rigged with Craft Director Tools. That allows you to import a model into your platform, for example, an Apollo orbiter into Maya, and then the spacecraft can be flown with a joystick with all the motion simulated by Craft Director Tools. One of the better known collaborations PerspectX has worked on recently was the April Fool s hoax, The Hotelicopter ref The Real Story Behind hotelicopter s Launch Campaign, June 17, 2009, Adam Healey. http www.hotelicopter.com blog 2009 06 17 the true story behind hotelicopters launch campaign ref ref UK Telegraph, Millions of web users fall for hotelicopter April Fool , April 1, 2009, http www.telegraph.co.uk news newstopics howaboutthat 5083003 Million ... more details
, positioning Softimage DS as a strong finishing tool for then typical off line Avid systems. Lastly the integration of the toolset of Softimage DS was beyond what other product offered. A Softimage ... Notes Major features 01 1998 WinNT 4.0 1.0 Softimage DS release on Intergraph TDZ workstation ... more details
Infobox Software name LuxRender logo File Luxrender logo 128px.png 128px Luxrender logo screenshot File Luxrender 0.7 Screenshot.png 250px caption A screenshot of Luxrender 0.7 Rendering a Desert Eagle developer Jean Philippe Grimaldi, Terrence Vergauwen, Jean Francois Romang, David Bucciarelli, Ricardo Lipas Augusto, Asbjorn Heid and others. ref name luxrender authors latest release version 0.7.1 latest release date release date and age 2010 10 18 latest preview version 0.8 RC1 latest preview date release date 2011 3 21 operating system Cross platform genre 3D computer graphics license GNU General Public License GPLv3 website http www.luxrender.net www.luxrender.net Portal Free software LuxRender is an open source software rendering system for physically correct image synthesis. The program runs on Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X and Linux and exporters are available for Blender software Blender , Cinema 4D , Softimage XSI XSI , DAZ Studio , and Maya software Maya . ref name luxrender exporters cite web url http www.luxrender.net wiki index.php Download Exporters title Downloads Exporters accessdate 2008 06 30 publisher LuxRender ref Overview LuxRender features only a Renderer 3D renderer it relies on other programs to create the scenes to render, including the setup of materials and cameras. Through the use of exporters, all relevant scene information will be written to a file that LuxRender will be able to understand. This content can then be exported from the application it was created in for rendering using LuxRender. After opening this file, the only thing LuxRender will do is render the scene. You can however tweak various post processing settings from the graphical interface of the program. ref http www.luxrender.net v manual ref History LuxRender is based on http www.pbrt.org PBRT , a physically based ray tracing program. ref name luxrender features cite web url http www.luxrender.net wiki index.php Features title Features accessdate 2008 06 30 publisher LuxRe ... more details
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