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Autodesk Softimage

3D Software Visual Effects & Games Production

Autodesk® Softimage® software is a high-performance 3D character animation and visual effects application. Intuitive, non-destructive workflows and the innovative ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) and Autodesk® Face Robot® facial animation toolsets extend Autodesk® Maya® or Autodesk® 3ds Max® software pipelines. With new creative tools, enhanced interoperability with Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite Premium products and support for the latest technology trends, Autodesk Softimage enables you to meet the evolving challenges in 3D game development and post-production.

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  • ICE modelling– Create procedural geometry in the Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) based on a set of rules, conditions and parameters.
  • Enhanced everyday workflows– Enjoy greater overall productivity and ease of use, with across-the-board enhancements.
  • Syflex on ICE– Use the power of ICE to achieve greater control and flexibility over Syflex cloth simulations.
  • UV unfolding– Save time and effort with new UV relaxing and pinning options.
  • Lagoa Multiphysics– Achieve plastic, liquid, soft-body, cloth and foam-like effects more easily.
  • Stereoscopic support– Take advantage of the trend for 3D films with a stereoscopic viewer and camera rig.

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System Requirements

Software

The 32-bit version of Autodesk® Softimage® 2012 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional
  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business (SP2)
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3)

The 64-bit version of Softimage 2012 software is supported by any of the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional
  • Microsoft® Windows Vista® Business x64 (SP2)
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 (SP2)
  • Fedora™ Core 14

Softimage 2012 32-bit and 64-bit software requires the following supplemental software:

  • A web browser to view any HTML documentation
  • Internet Explorer® web browser version 5.5 or higher

Hardware

At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Softimage 2012 software requires a system with the following hardware:

  • Intel® Pentium® D processor
  • Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® 1.5 (or higher) professional graphics card with latest graphics driver available from vendor
  • DirectX® 9.0c application programming interface and higher (recommended for support of the advanced features of DirectX® 9 application programming interface)
  • 1 GB free hard drive space. Setup requires additional temporary disk space for the system’s temporary folder when decompressing files during installation.
  • TCP/IP service protocol installed on both client and server computers
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 1280 x 1024 screen resolution recommended
  • Three-button mouse
  • Network adaptor with internet connection for licensing (non-internet connected licensing is also supported)
  • DVD-ROM drive

At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Softimage 2012 software requires a system with the following hardware:

  • Intel Pentium D processor
  • Certified hardware-accelerated OpenGL 1.5 (or higher) professional graphics card with latest graphics driver available on vendor’s site
  • DirectX 9.0c and higher (recommended for support of the advanced features of DirectX 9 application programming interface)
  • 1 GB free hard drive space. Setup requires additional temporary disk space for the system’s temporary folder when decompressing files during installation.
  • TCP/IP service protocol installed on both client and server computers
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • 1280 x 1024 screen resolution recommended
  • Three-button mouse
  • Network adaptor with internet connection for licensing (non-internet connected licensing is also supported)
  • DVD-ROM drive

Note:

  • Microsoft Windows:
    • To run Softimage, you can be a Restricted User (Users), Standard User (Power Users) or an Administrator.
    • To install and license Softimage, you must be an Administrator.
    • Autodesk does not support 32-bit applications running on 64-bit machines.
    • A licence for Softimage will activate both the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version of Softimage. The setups for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions can be run from the Softimage DVD or can be accessed via download.
  • Linux® operating system
    • Note: Softimage 2012 is also capable of running on other configurations such as boutique distributions of Linux. However, enumerating systems that are not tested and cannot be supported or that fall below the requirements for a productive user experience is beyond the scope of the online certification charts.