Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced the availability of its 3D character facial animation technology, SOFTIMAGE Face Robot 1.9. SOFTIMAGE Face Robot enables professional 3D artists to create realistic human character facial animations quickly and easily, eliminating complex technical rigging steps. SOFTIMAGE Face Robot 1.9 is a complete technology that can scale to meet the needs of facilities varying in size and scope of project or game title.

SOFTIMAGE Face Robot 1.9 introduces a new Autodesk ® Maya ® exporter that facilitates moving completed facial rigs and animation data from Face Robot into Maya. The interoperative workflow enhances pipeline export and custom data exchange, allowing artists to integrate facial rigs created in Face Robot into pipelines built on SOFTIMAGE|XSI ® software, Autodesk Maya software, or between any other professional3D animation software packages.

SOFTIMAGE Face Robot 1.9 introduces a new export system for Autodesk Maya software that allows artists to create a shape-based version of Face Robot deformers, and move it directly into Maya. This new feature builds on the recent addition of a new 23-part training video supplement, seven ready-to-use preset head models, and seamless operation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI software and its Crosswalk , MOTOR (motion transfer), Delta Referencing and Animation Layers features.

“Face Robot allows us to really take full advantage of advanced facial rigging and facial-capture requirements that our clients send us,” said Stan Miskiewicz, Co-founder and President at Black Point Studios, San Francisco. “With the added Maya-exporter feature in Face Robot 1.9, this additional time-saving feature will allow us to deliver final production to our customers faster-and in this deadline-driven industry-that means a lot.”

Availability:
SOFTIMAGE Face Robot 1.9 is available now. For a consultation and Face Robot 1.9 pricing information, please find a local Softimage sales representative at: www.softimage.com/buy/