Autodesk, Inc. and Avid Technology, Inc., announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage business unit for approximately $35 million.
Softimage was founded in 1986 by Daniel Langlois; its flagship product
is Softimage|XSI, an extensible 3D animation software solution used by
game companies including Ubisoft, Capcom, and Sega as well as major CG
companies.
Softimage Product Integration
Upon completion of the acquisition, Autodesk intends to continue
developing and selling Softimage's core product line, while integrating
certain Softimage technology into future versions of Autodesk solutions
and products. Autodesk plans to acquire and continue developing the
following Softimage products:
• SOFTIMAGE|XSI: Including XSI Essentials, XSI Advanced, XSI Academic,
XSI Mod Tool and the XSI software development kit. XSI is
production-proven 3D animation software for games, film and television.
It offers a complete 3D modeling, animation, rendering and development
environment for visual effects and custom tools.
• SOFTIMAGE|Face Robot: A complete software solution for easily rigging
and animating 3D faces. Face Robot enables studios to create life-like
facial animation at incredible speeds.
• SOFTIMAGE|Cat: This advanced character animation system is a plug-in
for Autodesk 3ds Max software. It is intended to be integrated into the
3ds Max product line.
• SOFTIMAGE|Crosswalk: This interoperability solution is intended to be
integrated with Autodesk's own interoperability technology.
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