#SOFTIMAGE 3D 3.7 EXTREME MANUAL UPGRADE#
^ “Microsoft Introduces Major Upgrade to Softimage 3D”, Microsoft, May 16, 1996 Hydraulic motors are powered by the steering pump.^ COMPANY NEWS – COMPANY NEWS – An Acquisition By Microsoft –.^ Myst and Riven Illustrated – Frequently Asked Questions.The Softimage|3D features are divided between five modules: Model, Motion, Actor, Matter and Tools. Productions that used Softimage|3D include the film “ Starship Troopers“, some of the Nick Jr ID’s from 1994 and the video game Super Mario 64. The last version of Sofimage|3D was version 4.0, released in 2002 at its lowest price ever, 1,485$ See Softimage, Co. Softimage|3D was gradually replaced by the company’s next product, Softimage XSI starting in 2000. 3D paint functionality was added a year later in version 3.7. In 1996, Microsoft began offering Softimage|3D Extreme 3.5, which included particle effects and the mental ray renderer. In 1994, Microsoft acquired the Softimage Corporation and renamed the package Softimage|3D, releasing a Windows NT port two years later.
Softimage was used by Industrial Light and Magic to animate the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, by Cyan to create the adventure game Riven. Softimage|3D was originally released at Siggraph in 1988 as the Softimage Creative Environment. Softimage|3D was a high-end 3D graphics application developed by Softimage, Co., which was used predominantly in the film, gaming and advertising industries for the production of 3D animation.