Autodesk introduces Softimage 7.5
Írta: Debra de Villiers
Autodesk has launched Softimage 7.5, offering timesaving new features, such as UV unfolding technology, a multithreaded Syflex cloth simulator and an integrated mental ray 3.7+ renderer. Artists have used Softimage to create numerous movies, commercials and video games, including the Oscar-winning film Happy Feet,’ Coca Cola's ‘Heist’ Super Bowl ad, and the ‘Fable II’ video game.
Key New Features
How to unwrap polygon models with just a few clicks
UV Unfolding Technology works well on complex organic models, which would be difficult to unwrap manually. Softimage 7.5 also help artists quickly create and edit UV maps and provides UV editing tools.
mental ray 3.7+:
Version 3.7+ of the mental ray renderer is now integrated into Softimage 7.5. Highlights include improvements to binary space partitioning for faster render times, multiple final gathering refinement passes and new motion-based displacement. These enhancements help users create high-fidelity images faster than ever before.
Multithreaded Syflex Cloth Simulator:
The production-proven cloth simulator in Softimage is now multithreaded, enabling artists to use the cores on their machine to iterate faster.
Scene Compatibility with Version 7.0: Scenes saved in Softimage 7.5 will load into Softimage 7.0.
source: CGS
