Pro 3D Graphics Animation Design w/Game Studio

Interface:



Revolutionary non-overlapping and non-blocking UI delivers unsurpassed workflow

Flexible and fully configurable window layout with as many screen setups as you prefer

Undo support on all levels

Anti-aliased fonts with international translation support

Any window space can be easily switched to any window type (curve editor, NLA, 3D view etc)

Built-in text editor for annotations and editing Python scripts

Graphical user interface for Python scripts

Custom themes

Consistent interface across all platforms



Animation:



Armature (skeleton) deformation with forward/inverse kinematics with pole target support

Auto IK allows posing FK chains easily

Non-linear animation editor for mixing individual actions created in Action editor

Automated walkcycles along paths

Animated constraint system

Audio playback, mixing and editing support for sound synchronisation

Timeline offers fast acces to many playback functions, autokey, help markers

Python scripting access for custom and procedural animation effects



Shape types:



Convex polyhedron, box, sphere, cone, cylinder, capsule, compound, and static
triangle mesh with auto deactivation mode

Discrete collision detection for RigidBody simulation

Support for in-game activation of dynamic constraints

Full support for vehicle dynamics, including spring reactions, stiffness, damping, tyre friction etc

Multi-layering of Scenes for overlay interfaces



Rendering:



Very fast inbuilt raytracer

Oversampling, motion blur, post-production effects, fields, non-square pixels

Tile-based and fully threaded

Render layers and passes

Integral support for the Yafray render engine

Export scripts available for external renderers such as Renderman (RIB), Povray, Virtualight, lux render, Indigo, V-Ray



Files:



Save all scene data in a single file, even images, sounds or fonts can be packed for easy transportation

Powerful built-in database system allo
wing instances, scene management, and dynamic linking multiple project files
Special format supports compression, digital signatures, encryption, forwards/backwards compatibility and can be used as a library to link to from other special format files

Read and write support for many other 2D and 3D formats



2D:

TGA, JPG, PNG, OpenEXR, DPX, Cineon, Radiance HDR, Iris, SGI Movie, IFF, AVI and Quicktime GIF, TIFF, PSD, MOV (Windows and Mac OS X)



3D:

3D Studio, AC3D, COLLADA, FBX Export, DXF, Wavefront OBJ, DEC Object File Format, DirectX, Lightwave, MD2, Motion Capture, Nendo, OpenFlight, PLY, Pro Engineer, Radiosity, Raw Triangle, Softimage, STL, TrueSpace, VideoScape, VRML, VRML97, X3D Extensible 3D, xfig export