Softimage announce animation software workflow family

SOFTIMAGE, a subsidiary of Avid Technology, have announced the availability of a new family of workflow-enhancing products for their Softimage|XSI nonlinear animation system and other third-party animation products.
The introduction of these new products, which fully incorporate mental ray v.3.0 technology, provide customers with the flexibility to create customised and highly optimised processing and rendering environments, with unique benefits when combined with Softimage|XSI v.2.0 software.
Available for immediate order are Softimage|XSI BatchUniversal v.2.0, an integrated environment for processing scenes generated in the Softimage|XSI system, including the ability to render files created in other third-party 3-D applications, Softimage|XSI Batch v.2.0, a full-featured, affordable batch-rendering solution, and the industry standard mental ray v.3.0 standalone renderer. (GB)