Softimage lowers the price of XSI, adds some free rendering and a new entry 2004-04-19 - By lpiasecki76
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> Below are some highlights, but the entire press release can be found here
> if you are interested:
> http://www.xsibase.com/news.php?detail=916
> <http://www.xsibase.com/news.php?detail=916>
>
Sounds like great news!
They also added rigid body dynamics, MR 3.3,
I wonder what is the CDH and Xgs are in more detail.
The XML based UI sounds terrific.
BTW, Maya 6.0 also got announced. They included many things that XSI had and
were very missed in Maya.
Great news for the 3d world from both companies.
Luke
> "new version is now available in three distinct configurations: XSI
> Advanced, XSI Essentials, and the new entry-level XSI Foundation." Looks
> like the price of XSI isn't as high as it used to be either:
> "SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.4.0 Foundation is $1,995, Essentials is $3,995 and
> Advanced is $8,995."
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> New "free" mental ray rendering. "The software delivers up to eight free
> Satellite tile-based distributed rendering tokens per license, allowing
> artists to take advantage of accelerated render regions or multi-CPU
> renders of a single frame without purchasing additional rendering
> licenses."
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> Looks like they really put Matador inside XSI. "resolution-independent
> paint tools based on the legendary Matador TM technology."
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> Don't have to buy a render manager any more either... "Version 4.0 also
> includes the innovative BatchServe web-based processing and rendering
> queue management system."
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> Looks like fun.
> Should be an interesting year. (as always.)
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