via Computer Graphics World – CGW Reveals Its Silver Edge Awards, Names First Winners.

Computer Graphics World (www.cgw.com) has unveiled its Silver Edge Awards, a designation presented to companies whose product represents the best of show at the industry’s leading conferences and exhibitions, including Game Developers Conference, NAB Show, and SIGGRAPH.

“There are a number of products—software, hardware, or possibly something that falls into a totally different category—that cause excitement and buzz at a trade show, or have the potential to greatly impact the industry. We wanted to formally recognize these cutting-edge offerings following the industry’s most important exhibitions, naming them as a CGW Silver Edge Award winner,” says chief editor Karen Moltenbrey.

via Autodesk – Autodesk Softimage Services & Support – Autodesk® Softimage® 2011 Service Pack 2.

The Softimage 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack version of this service pack is available from the Subscription Center.

These service packs are basically a repackaging of HotFix3 into a service pack.
From the README:

Coexistence
Softimage 2011 SP2 is a full build and can co-exist with Softimage 2011 and Softimage 2011 SP1.
Neither Softimage 2011 nor Softimage 2011 SP1 is required to be uninstalled first.

Licensing

Softimage 2011 SP2 uses the same license as Softimage 2011. When installing Softimage 2011 SP2:
– Enter the product key 590C1 and your Softimage 2011 serial number, and then click Next.
– If you have a Network license, click Configure to switch to the Network licensing method.

Documentation

Softimage 2011 SP2 includes full English and Japanese documentation

The full list of fixes is as follows:

FELX-1993: Scene Corruption and Failed Imports Using Models Containing Corrupted Materials
FELX-1991: Repair Shader corruption for previously persisted scenes
IMPORTANT: If problems still occur when working with external material libraries, change them to be internal.

Also included are the fixes that are found in HOTFIX 1 and 2 which addressed the following issues:

FELX-1702: Disconnected shaders when importing Referenced Model
FELX-1651: Scene Corruption due to Material
FELX-785: 3rd party renderers crash on Linux
FELX-670: Custom renderer DirtyList isn’t cleared properly
FELX-120: UVunfold fails to load when in suite license mode
FELX-88: Scene corruption – Softimage crashes when you try to load scene after saving it
UDEV00258435: Saved scene is corrupt

Autodesk – Autodesk Softimage Services & Support – Autodesk Crosswalk.

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VFX software firms need to standardise tools and processes if the industry is to continue to create high-quality images, according to Autodesk senior media and entertainment vice-president Marc Petit

via Autodesk calls for VFX standard | News | Broadcast.

Entertainment Webcast Series: Autodesk Softimage 2012 – The Incredible Power of ICE

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PST

Keynote Speakers: Mark Schoennagel

To register for this webcast, simply fill out the form below.

Description:

In this webcast, technical specialist Mark Schoennagel will take you through a comprehensive tour of the Autodesk® Softimage® Interactive Creative Environment, better known in the 3D industry as ICE. ICE is a powerful, node-based, multi-threaded visual programming language found only in Autodesk Softimage 2012. ICE is used by studios around the globe for creating stunning particle effects, deformations, character rigs, and now with 2012, procedural modeling effects.

During the webcast Mark will take viewers through the basics of ICE, creating and deploying user created tools as well as dive into some of the more advanced capabilities of this amazing technology. If you are in to visual effects this will be one webcast you wont want to miss!

via Autodesk – Entertainment Webcast Series: Autodesk Softimage 2012 – The Incredible Power of ICE.