Softimage Developer's Workshop

Friday February 23^rd, 1996

The Softimage SISDK Workshop will be held at Microsoft this Friday February 23^rd 1996. It will offer a forum for discussion and will showcase our new SAAPHIRE technology with demonstrations and presentations.

Softimage will also announce a new 3rd party Developers Program to extend our excellent service and support to a much wider developer audience.

Softimage® | SDK

The Softimage® | SDK is Softimage's next-generation API toolkit, a development environment which allows developers to create their own plug-ins and special effects. Incorporating three different toolkits, the SDK provides unparalleled flexibility for both third-party and in-house developers.

SAAPHIRE

Softimage Advanced API for Relations and Elements

One of the largest and most advanced 3D API's yet introduced, SAAPHIRE will set a new standard for 3D tool development by providing an interface which allows direct access to the Softimage | 3D modeling, animation, and render pipelines. Through the use of DSO (Dynamically Linked Objects) on SGI and DLL's (Dynamically Linked Libraries) on NT, developers can quickly develop powerful, cross-platform plug-ins with the native Softimage toolset.

mental ray Developer's Kit

The mental ray Developer's Kit allows the creation of shaders and render-time custom effects which range from simple material/texture mapping to advanced effects such as displacement mapping and volumic lights. Combined with mental ray's parallelized rendering ability, mental ray sets a new standard for high-quality visual effects.

Channels Developer's Kit

The Channels Dev Kit allows quick and easy creation of hardware and motion control interfaces for Softimage. Using technology which lies at the heart of our own Virtual Theatre, developers can enable real-time motion capture and motion control for their devices through the use of Channels' advanced memory management.

Stay tuned for futher information and updates on the Softimage Developer's Program.