During this time, in 2000, Softimage acquired The Motion Factory, Inc. Until 2008, Avid's AlienBrain product was also branded with the name Softimage, even though it was developed by a separate company. Īvid initially grouped many of its visual effects products, such as Elastic Reality and Avid Media Illusion, under the Softimage brand, but in 2001 discontinued most of these products. which was looking to expand its visual effect capabilities. In 1998, after helping to port the products to Windows and financing the development of Softimage|XSI and Softimage|DS, Microsoft sold the Softimage unit to Avid Technology, Inc. ĭominique Boisvert, Réjean Gagné, Daniel Langlois, and Richard Laperrière won a Scientific and Engineering Award for the development of the 'Actor' component of the Softimage computer animation system The company went public in 1992 and was acquired by Microsoft in 1994 for US$130 million. Eddie would be acquired by Softimage from Discreet in 1992 and renamed Softimage|Eddie. In 1991, Director of sales Richard Szalwinski left to found Discreet and re-distribute Animal Logic's image compositor Eddie. The software was eventually replaced by SoftimageXSI, originally codenamed "Sumatra". It was the first commercial package to feature Inverse kinematics for character animation. Its first product was called the Softimage Creative Environment, later renamed to Softimage 3D. At the time, there were only three employees. He was joined in 1988 by founding director, Char Davies, a Virtual Reality artist who became vice-president of Virtual Research. Softimage was founded in 1986 by National Film Board of Canada filmmaker Daniel Langlois. ĭuring the Microsoft years, Softimage also developed a non-linear video-editing and compositing suite named Softimage|DS, which was available from Avid Technology under the name Avid DS, until its EOL on September 30, 2013. In 1997, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Softimage a Scientific and Engineering Award for the development of the "Actor" component of Softimage|3D. Its successor, Softimage XSI, was used in the production of the Academy Award-winning feature film Happy Feet, 300 and Charlotte's Web (2006) and the production of games such as Konami's Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Its first product, Softimage 3D, was used in the creation of special effects for movies such as Jurassic Park, Terminator 2, Titanic and The Fifth Element. A subsidiary of Microsoft in the 1990s, it was sold to Avid Technology, who would eventually sell the name and assets of Softimage's 3D-animation business to Autodesk. ˌ s ɒ f t ɪ ˈ m ɑː ʒ/ was a company located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that produced 3D animation software. Promax/BDA ASIA’98 Best Radio Promo Opus GOLDĪnything in the field of on-screen graphics & animation designs.Īble to generate concept/idea, executing & delivering independently.Softimage, Co. Malaysian Video Awards’96 Best Computer Graphics Rim Chart Show FINALIST Microsoft Frontpage97 – Microsoft Malaysia 1997.Quantel Paintbox Express – Quantel Corp, Hong Kong 1996.Quantel Henry V6 – Quantel Corp, Hong Kong 1996.Discreet Logic Flame – Discreet Logic, Singapore 1996.Alias|Wavefront PowerAnimator 8.5 – Alias|Wavefront Malaysia 1996.Softimage|3D Level 1 Softimage – ATC, Singapore 1996.Silicon Graphics, PC, Macintosh and Quantel Hope you can enjoy the small sampling of my work on this simple site of mine, thanks for visiting □ĢD – Photoshop, Getris Images Venice, Elastic Reality, Quantel Paintbox, Softimage Eddie, After Effects In terms of charges I’m pretty much open to negotiations & very passable at all times. I’m available for hire on project or contract basis. Please feel free to browse through my folio and if you like me to do some work for you, please feel free to contact me. I’ve been in this field of work since 1995 and I still enjoy doing it. I work as a freelancer from my home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I do 3D animation, design work for TV, websites and probably everything else that is related to graphic designing.