As of March 28, 2014, customers will no longer be able to purchase new standalone licenses. Softimage 2015 will be the last version release of the software. We regret any inconvenience that this may cause however, we believe that you will find our new transition product offerings very attractive. Autodesk wants to continue its relationship with you into the future. Upgrade paths are also available for customers who are not on Subscription.Īlthough this decision is a difficult one, we do believe that by focusing our development efforts, we can better serve the needs of the media and entertainment industry and provide customers with better products, faster. These options will be available until February 1, 2016. To help you, we are offering Autodesk Softimage Subscription customers special no-cost options to migrate to either Maya or 3ds Max software while continuing to use Softimage in production. We understand that you will now need time to re-evaluate your production capabilities. We will also provide Softimage support services (including Hot Fixes and Service Packs) to all Softimage customers with Autodesk Subscription, at no cost, until April 30, 2016. Autodesk will continue to offer product support until April 30, 2016. This final version is expected to ship on or around April 14, 2014. We regret to inform you that the upcoming 2015 release will be the last one for Softimage® software. Architecture, Engineering and Construction.Architecture, Engineering & Construction.Instead he made the decision to establish his own CG division, and recruited most of the researchers and management from NYIT, including Alvy Ray Smith and Ed Catmull, to staff the new division. Lucas was impressed but couldn’t come to contractual terms with Triple-I.
Industrial Light & Magic finished Star Wars, Lucas contracted Triple-I for several CG effects tests, including animating X-wing fighters (Art Durinski and Gary Demos produced the tests) for The Empire Strikes Back. In July of 1975, with the Star Wars saga already written and design work begun the previous year, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) was established to produce the visual effects for Star Wars. In 1971 he formed his own independent production company, Lucasfilm Ltd., in Marin County, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Always considering the Bay Area his home, Lucas returned to Northern California to pursue his film career. He attended the University of Southern California film school. George Lucas was born and raised in Northern California. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when Lucas began production of the film Star Wars. Industrial Light & Magic is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on by George Lucas.
The software was initially demonstrated at SIGGRAPH in 1988 and was released for Silicon Graphics workstations the following year as the Softimage|3D. In 1986, National Film Board of Canada filmmaker Daniel Langlois, in partnership with software engineers Richard Mercille and Laurent Lauzon, began developing an integrated 3D modeling, animation, and rendering package with a graphical interface targeted at visual artists. It was superseded by Softimage XSI in 2000. Softimage 3D is a discontinued high-end 3D graphics application developed by Softimage, Co., which was used predominantly in the film, broadcasting, gaming, and advertising industries for the production of 3D animation. CGI involves the creation of 3D images through the use of computer software. This was also the last film to use the method of hand-painted cel animation. Softimage|3D continued to be used in the future Disney films, including "The Little Mermaid" (1989).