Autodesk Softimage 2013: A Tutorial Approach

Autodesk Softimage 2013: A Tutorial Approach textbook introduces the readers to Autodesk Softimage 2013, one of the world s leading 3D animation and visual effects software. This textbook covers all features of Autodesk Softimage 2013 such as modeling, texturing, lighting, rigid bodies, ICE, Syflex cloth, hair, Lagoa, crowd simulation, and visual effects. It also explains the use of the Face Robot toolset that is used to create different facial expressions. Wide coverage of tools and description of each concept through tutorials as well as the pedagogical arrangement of chapters make this textbook unique in itself.

The book will help you unleash your creativity, thus helping you create visual representations of the world around you on your computer screen much in the same way that a brush enables a painter to transform the blank canvas into a vibrant statement of human imagination. This textbook will make a painter out of you, with the mouse as your brush and Softimage's interface as your palette. Written with the tutorial point of view and the learn-by-doing theme, the textbook is ideally suited for learning at your convenience and at your pace.

Salient Features of the Textbook

Consists of 9 chapters that are organized in a pedagogical sequence covering a wide range of topics such as Softimage interface, polygon modeling, surface and curve modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, rigging, Rigid Bodies, ICE , Lagoa, Syflex cloth, hair, Face Robot, Crowd simulation, and Compositing

Contains of 3 projects based on real-world models that will allow the users to apply the skills learned in the text

The first page of every chapter summarizes the topics that are covered in it

Real-world 3D models and examples focusing on industry experience

Step-by-step instructions that guide the users through the learning process

Additional information is provided throughout the textbook in the form of tips and notes

Self-Evaluation test, Review Questions, and Exercises are given at the end of each chapter so that the users can assess their knowledge

Free Teaching and Learning Resources
CADCIM Technologies provides the following free teaching and learning resources with this textbook:

Technical support

Customizable PowerPoint Presentations of every chapter (For faculty only)

Softimage files of all tutorials and exercises

Instructor Guide with solutions to all review questions and exercises