SOFTIMAGE|XSI Foundation—A Powerful, Personal 3D Suite

XSI Foundation is hands-down the most complete entry-level 3D animation package available. It's packed with professional-grade features and powered by the XSI Gigapolygon core so it doesn't slow you down. Whether you're new to 3D, a long-time enthusiast or a freelance artist looking for an affordable solution, XSI Foundation is ideal for you. Try it today and see for yourself.

Model

Boasting the world’s fastest subdivision surface modeler, intuitive tools that make 3D modeling feel like sculpting, and a unique non-destructive environment, XSI Foundation keeps you focused on the art. With the XSI Gigapolygon core under the hood, you can push millions of subdivided polygons interactively, and scale your creations to unprecedented levels of detail. With XSI, you never have to wait for your 3D software to catch up to your imagination.

Animate

Fast, flexible animation is the heart of XSI. Streamlined workflows make it easy to pose and keyframe highly detailed characters. You get more keying done while watching your character in the viewports, without having to open another editor. Real-time playback means you can see what you’re doing without waiting for animation previews. A clean, responsive curve editor and dopesheet make it easy to manipulate animation.

Shade and Texture

From scales and skin, to metal and stone, to cartoon ink and paint, XSI's Quick Shade technology and texturing tools help you get the look you want. A fast, interactive texture editor lets you unfold UVs and place texture maps precisely, while the powerful render tree and texture layer editor make it easy to build complex materials. A fully integrated customizable shaderball engine renders preview thumbnails wherever you need them, so you can see what your materials look like, and how they're built.

Render

A shared-memory architecture with the award-winning mental ray renderer built right in makes XSI the best 3D animation package for cinematic-quality multi-pass rendering. You can delve into powerful shaders in the render tree and set up breathtaking photorealistic lighting with just a few clicks. The Gigapolygon core and shared-memory architecture mean that you can render more detail using less memory than in any other package.

Customize, Extend, and Develop

XSI keeps scripting and development flexible with an SDK that uses standard scipting and programming languages. Now with integrated C#, and support for Python v.2.5 and .NET compliant languages, XSI is simply the most customizable 3D package available.