Autodesk SoftimageAutodesk® Softimage® software (formerly SOFTIMAGE|XSI) is a 3D application for games production. Softimage is built on a high-performance, extensible architecture with a focus on nonlinear workflows. Softimage provides you with a comprehensive set of modeling, texturing, and animation tools to bring creative visions to life quickly, with the ability to make changes and reuse assets with less redundant work. Autodesk Softimage offers: - ICE (Interactive Creative Environment), a platform for building effects and tools visually using a node-based paradigm.
- Simple integration into existing pipelines with interoperability tools such as Autodesk® Crosswalk software
- Non-destructive modeling, texturing, and animation tools
- Polygon reduction
- Ultimapper normal mapping tools
- Collaborative technology with delta referencing capabilities
- Next-generation performance: 64-bit, multithreaded architecture
- Programmable, real-time shader support
- Support for major game engines and development frameworks
- Custom display with custom views within Softimage
- Dedicated tools development environment with support for Python® scripting-, C#-, Vbscript-, Jscript-, Perl-, and .net-compliant languages
- Comprehensive C++ software development kit (SDK)
A free* version of Softimage, the Autodesk® Softimage® Mod Tool (formerly XSI Mod Tool), is available for creating non-commercial games and modding. Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 is based on the same professional toolset found in Autodesk Softimage 7.5 software, used to create 3D characters, levels, props, and animation. Game developers can use Softimage Mod Tool to help extend the life of games and recruit talent with a modding community. | Lionhead Studios
Lionhead Studios used Autodesk Softimage to streamline creation of an enormous number of game assets. |
| Janimation
Learn how the team at Janimation used Autodesk Softimage and Autodesk® Face Robot® software to create four-and-a-half intense minutes of 3D footage for the James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace video game in just 5 weeks. |
Autodesk Softimage 2010 includes the Autodesk® Face Robot® toolset, a professional solution for rigging and animating large numbers of 3D facial expressions quickly and easily. It enables games and visual effects studios to create life-like facial animation at incredible speeds and export fully solved Face Robot heads into Autodesk® Maya® software for greater flexibility when creating believable characters. Using Face Robot, animators are free to concentrate on emotion, expression, and delivering unforgettable performances. Note: The Face Robot toolset is not supported on the Linux® operating system; however, the loading and rendering of Face Robot scenes is supported. *Free products are subject to the terms and conditions of the end-user license agreement that accompanies the software. Python is a registered trademark of Python Software Foundation. | 
