Product releases 2012

Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites 2012

The Autodesk^® Entertainment Creation Suites 2012 deliver the power of a world leader in 3D modeling and 3D animation technology, in a choice of software suites, at a significant cost saving of up to 42%*. The Entertainment Creation Suites include:

• Autodesk^® Maya^® 2012 software or Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2012 software
• Autodesk^® Softimage^® 2012 software **
• Autodesk^® MotionBuilder^® 2012 software
• Autodesk^® Mudbox^™ 2012 software

Autodesk^® Maya^® 2012

Delivers an end-to-end creative workflow with comprehensive tools for modeling, animation, visual effects, rendering, and compositing on a highly extensible production platform.

Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® 2012

A powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution that enable you to more quickly ramp up for production.

Autodesk^® 3ds Max^® Design 2012

3ds Max Design software helps you expand the visual context of your design concepts for more effective design validation and visual communication.

Autodesk^® Motionbuilder^® 2012

A leading, real-time 3D character animation software for high-volume game animation pipelines, director-driven virtual cinematography, and real-time character simulations.

Autodesk^® Mudbox^® 2012

A highly intuitive 3D digital sculpting and texture painting solution designed by industry professionals who understand how you work.

Autodesk^® Softimage^® 2012

Delivers intuitive, non-destructive workflows and the innovative ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) and Autodesk® Face Robot® facial animation toolsets to help you create sophisticated effects.

Autodesk^® FBX^® 2012

Open framework for 3D data transfer that creates a high level of interoperability among Autodesk products and certain third-party applications.

Autodesk^® Kynapse^® 2012

A leading artificial intelligence middleware solution for game development and the creation of real-time simulations for nonplayer characters (NPCs).

Autodesk^® HumanIK^® 2012

Create more believable, real-time character animation for games with Autodesk^® HumanIK^® middleware.

Autodesk^® Smoke^® 2012

Smoke offers powerful all-in-one editorial finishing on the Mac^®. Smoke combines the familiar workflow of a non-linear editor with proven Autodesk creative tools for keying, color correction, tracking, as well as 3D visual effects and finishing in a single application.

Autodesk^® Flame^® Premium 2012

A combination of Autodesk’s best tools for finishing to deliver real-time color grading, a fully integrated timeline workflow, and the full power of Flame 3D visual effects tools into a single solution.

Autodesk^® Showcase^® 2012

Autodesk Showcase 2012 real-time 3D presentation and rendering software enables architects, designers, engineers, and managers to easily transform 3D CAD data into compelling imagery, movies, and real-time presentations.

Autodesk^® Beast^™ 2012

Developers can aesthetically enhance their game with the Autodesk® Beast™ global illumination middleware. Light bounces, color bleeding, soft shadows, and other global illumination effects become possible with Beast.