Contents

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Softimage Portal

Getting Started

Games-Related Topics

Document Conventions

What’s New in this Version?

Interface and Tools

Autodesk Licensing

Data Management

Crosswalk 3.2

Modeling

Animation

Texturing

Indirect Illumination

Rendering

ICE

Customizations

Documentation Updates

Using HTML Help

Using the HTML Help Viewer

Finding A Help Topic

Creating A List of Favorite Help Topics

Copying A Help Topic

Finding Topics Using the Toolbar Buttons

Navigation Shortcut Keys

Using Advanced Full-Text Search

Searching for Words or Phrases

Defining Search Terms

Using Nested Expressions When Searching

Searching For Words In The Titles of HTML Files

Finding Words Similar To Your Search Term

Searching Only The Last Group Of Topics You Searched

Using HTML Help on Linux Systems

Troubleshooting HTML Help

Copyright and Disclaimer

Interface and Tools

Starting and Interacting With Softimage

Starting Autodesk Softimage

Softimage Startup Options

Softimage and Window Management

Exiting Softimage

Interface — Commands and Tools

The First Time You Start Softimage

The Autodesk Softimage Interface

Accessing Commands and Tools

Modifying Properties in Property Editors

Setting Values for Parameters

Sampling and Bracketing Parameters

Defining Color Properties

Displaying and Rendering Gamma Correction

Undoing and Redoing Edits

Synoptic Views

Views

Working with Views

The Explorer

The Schematic View

The Spreadsheet

The XSI Explorer

The Browser

The Preset Manager

Net View

Viewing 3D Objects

Viewports

Object Views

Types of 3D Views

Navigating in 3D Views

Setting Camera Visibility

Setting Object Visibility Properties

Setting Polygons/Polygon Clusters Visibility Options

Setting Display Options

Displaying Attribute Values

Customizing the Display in 3D Views

Improving Scene Display Performance

Troubleshooting Viewing Problems

Rotoscopy

Basics of Rotoscopy

Rotoscopy Tips

Scene Elements

Basic Scene Elements

What Are the Elements in Softimage?

Element Names

User Keywords

Selecting

About Selection

Overview of Selection

Using Selection Tools

Selecting Objects

Selecting Components

Selecting Properties in the 3D and Schematic Views

Selecting in the Explorer

Modifying the Selection

Selecting by Name

Defining Selectability

Selection Tips

3D Objects

What’s an Object in Softimage?

Geometric Objects

Grouping Objects

Duplicating and Cloning Objects

Deleting Objects

Properties

What Are Properties?

Default Properties

How Properties Are Propagated

Applying Properties

Creating Presets of Property Settings

Overriding Properties

Parameter Maps

About Mappable Parameters

Connecting Maps

Weight Maps

Texture Maps

Components and Clusters

Components

Clusters

Manipulating Components and Clusters

Hierarchies

Creating Hierarchies

Selecting Objects in a Hierarchy

Navigating in Hierarchies

Cutting Links in a Hierarchy

Scene Layers

Scene Layers Overview

Tools for Working with Scene Layers

Working with Scene Layers

Setting Scene Layer Properties

Transformations

Coordinate Systems

Global and Local Coordinate Systems

Softimage Units

Transformations

About Transforming Objects

Transformation Basics

Translating Objects

Rotating Objects

Scaling Objects

Transforming with the Bounding-Box Manipulator

Transforming Objects about the Mouse Pointer

Nudging Objects

Center Manipulation

Working with Object Pivots

Freezing Transformations

Resetting Transformations

Setting Neutral Poses

Matching and Aligning Transformations

Transform Setup

Transformations and Hierarchies

Object Velocity & Acceleration

Reference Planes

About Reference Planes

Using Reference Planes

Creating Reference Planes

Activating Reference Planes

Transforming Elements with Reference Planes

Reference Plane Options

Snapping

Snapping to Targets

Defining Targets

Setting Options for Snapping to Targets

Controlling Grid Size for Snapping

Incremental Snapping

Data Management

Data Management in Softimage

Where Files Get Stored

Setting a Workgroup

Setting Thumbnails

Scenes

Creating Scenes

Deleting Scenes

Opening Scenes

Opening Scenes with Auxiliary Data

Merging Scenes

Saving Scenes

Displaying Scene Information

Getting and Setting Scene Data with the Scene TOC

Backing Up and Recovering Your Work

Managing External Files

External Files Manager Overview

Working in the External Files Manager Grid

Modifying External File Paths

Search and Replace Strings in Paths

Copying External Files to Projects

Clearing Unused Image Sources/Clips and Materials

Projects

The Project Manager

The Project Structure

Creating a New Project

Opening an Existing Project

Maintaining Project Lists

Models

What Are Models?

Creating Local Models

Exporting Models

Importing Local Models

Using Referenced Models

Instantiating Models

Locking and Tagging Scene Elements

About Locks

Locking Scene Elements

Unlocking Scene Elements

Getting Information about Locks

Using Locks with Scripts

Tagging Parameters

Importing and Exporting

Supported File Formats for Data Transfer

Preparing to Import

Importing and Exporting Softimage Models

Importing and Exporting dotXSI Files

Importing SOFTIMAGE|3D Scenes and Models

Importing and Exporting IGES Files

Importing and Exporting Wavefront OBJ Files

Importing and Exporting DirectX Files

Importing and Exporting With Point Oven

Importing a Face Robot Shape Animation Rig

Using Crosswalk for Softimage

Scripting Crosswalk for Softimage

Importing and Exporting dotXSI Files

Supported Scene Elements and Attributes for dotXSI

Importing and Exporting COLLADA Files

Supported Scene Elements and Attributes for COLLADA

Importing and Exporting FBX Files

Supported Scene Elements and Attributes for FBX

Using Crosswalk for Maya

Scripting Crosswalk for Maya

Importing and Exporting with Crosswalk for Maya

Softimage to Maya: Supported Scene Elements and Attributes

Maya to Softimage: Supported Scene Elements and Attributes

Maya to Softimage: Camera Interoperability

Using Crosswalk for Max

Scripting Crosswalk for Max

Importing and Exporting with Crosswalk for Max

Softimage to 3ds Max: Supported Scene Elements and Attributes

3ds Max to Softimage: Supported Scene Elements and Attributes

Importing SOFTIMAGE|3D Scenes

About the SI3D Loader

SOFTIMAGE|3D Conversion Table

Working with Character Rigs

Preserving Envelope Weights on Patch Objects

SI|3D Expressions

User Preferences

Accessing Preferences

Migrating Preferences and Other Customizations

Importing and Exporting Preferences

Restoring Preferences

Changing Interaction Preferences

Setting the Language for the User Interface

Custom Preferences

Modeling and Deformation Basics

Modeling

Geometric Objects

Useful Tools for Modeling

Building 3D Objects

The Process of Modeling

Operator Stack

Modeling Relations

Immediate Mode

Attribute Transfer

Starting From Scratch: Primitives and Text

Primitives

Creating Text

Generating Objects from Curves

About Building from Curves

Using Birail

Using Curve Net

Extruding Curves along Axes

Extruding Curves along Curves

Extruding with Two Profiles

Picking Boundaries Using Four-Sided

Lofting Curves

Revolving Curves around Axes

Revolving Curves Around Curves

Manipulating Components

About Component Manipulation

Transforming Components and Clusters

Using the Tweak Component Tool

Using the Move Point Tool

Transforming Points by Brushstrokes

Transforming Components about the Mouse Pointer

Nudging Components

Using Proportional Modeling

Manipulating Components Symmetrically

Push Paint

Manipulating Points by Volume

Cluster Centers

Deformations

About Deformations

Simple Deformations

Footprints (ICE)

Curve and Surface Deformations

Lattices

Cage Deformations

Spine Deformations

Smoothing and Relaxing

Shrinkwrap

Quickstretch

Waves

Muting Deformations

Polygon Modeling

Fundamentals of Polygonal Modeling

Polygon Meshes

Selecting Polygon Mesh Components

Showing Normals on Polygon Meshes

Viewing and Rendering Polygon Meshes

Hiding Polygons

Polygon Mesh Tips & Tricks

Modeling Polygons & Polygon Meshes

Creating Polygon Meshes

Adding and Editing Polygon Mesh Components

Removing Polygon Mesh Components

Disconnecting Polygon Mesh Components

Extruding, Duplicating, and Insetting Polygon Mesh Components

Offsetting Polygon Contours

Knifing and Slicing Polygons

Dicing Polygons

Symmetrizing Polygons

Beveling Polygon Mesh Components

Inverting Polygons and Polygon Meshes

Bridging Polygons

Blending and Merging Polygon Meshes

Performing Boolean Operations on Polygon Meshes

Filtering Polygon Mesh Components

Polygon Reduction

Quadrangulating and Triangulating Polygons

Converting Curves to Polygon Meshes

Converting NURBS Surfaces to Polygon Meshes

Extracting Polygons

Subdivision Surfaces

About Subdivision Surfaces

Creating Subdivision Surfaces

Making Creases and Spikes

Tips & Tricks for Subdivision Surfaces

Surface and Curve Modeling

Fundamentals of NURBS Modeling

Introduction to NURBS

Degree and Continuity

Points, Knots, and Segments

Parameterization

Multiplicity

Open and Closed NURBS

Geometry Approximation on NURBS

Curves

About Curves

Drawing and Manipulating Curves

Modifying Curves

Creating Curves from Other Objects

Importing EPS Files

Curve Tips & Tricks

Surfaces

About Surfaces

Building Surfaces

Modifying Surfaces

Projecting and Trimming with Curves

Surface Tips & Tricks

Surface Meshes

About Surface Meshes

Overview of Building Surface Meshes

Considerations for Modeling Component Surfaces

Snapping Boundaries

Assembling Surface Meshes

Modifying Surface Meshes

Animation

Animating in Softimage

Levels of Animation

Animation and Models

Tools for Animation

Setting Animation Preferences

Selecting Types of Animated Objects

Finding Animation Elements

Playing Animation

Setting the Scene’s Frame Format and Rate

Setting the Playback Frame Rate and Format

Playing the Animation

Playing Back All Frames or Playing in Real Time

Optimizing the Playback Speed

Capturing Animation in a Viewport (Flipbook)

Previewing Animation in a Flipbook

Tasks for Any Type of Animation

Marking Parameters for Animation

Locking Animation for Objects and Parameters

Ghosting Animated Objects

Copying Animation

Scaling and Offsetting (Retiming) Animation

Plotting (Baking) Animation

Muting (Deactivating) Animation

Checking for Animation Dependency Cycles

Removing Animation

Animating with Keys

Overview of Setting Keys

Keying Keyable Parameters in the Keying Panel

Keying with Character Key Sets

Keying Marked Parameters

Keying Parameters in Property Editors

Setting Keys Automatically

Moving Between an Object’s Keys

Animating Transformations

Tools for Animating Transformations

Animating Local versus Global Transformations

Manipulation Modes versus Transformation Values

Marking Transformation Parameters

Keying Transformations

Animating Transformations in Hierarchies

Transform Groups (Parenting with Null Objects)

Animating the Transformation of Object Centers

Animating Rotations

Visual Cues for Animated Transformations

Editing Keys in the Timeline

Moving Keys in the Timeline

Scaling Keys in the Timeline

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Keys in the Timeline

Deleting Keys in the Timeline

Editing Function Curves

The Animation Editor

Overview of the Fcurve Editor

Viewing Function Curves

Zooming, Panning, and Framing in the Fcurve Graph

Editing Safely with Snapshots of Function Curves

Selecting Function Curves

Selecting (Tagging) Keys

Moving Function Curves, Keys, and Regions

Adding and Deleting Keys

Removing Animation from Fcurves

Flipping Function Curves and Regions

Locking a Key’s Position

Snapping Keys

Scaling Function Curves, Keys, and Regions

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Keys and Function Curves

Choosing a Function Curve Interpolation Type

Editing a Function Curve’s Slope

Extrapolating Function Curves

Creating Function Curve Cycles

Editing Quaternion Function Curves

Shaping High-Density Fcurves (HLE)

Cleaning Up Function Curves

Deactivating (Muting) Function Curves

Converting Between Raw and Standard Fcurves

Applying Preset Function Curves

Saving and Loading Function Curves

Editing Animation in the Dopesheet

Overview of the Dopesheet

Controlling What’s Displayed in the Dopesheet

Zooming, Panning, and Framing in the Dopesheet

Working with Tracks

Working with Keys

Moving Keys

Scaling Regions of Keys

Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Keys

Deactivating (Muting) Animation in the Dopesheet

Animation Layers

Overview of the Animation Layer Workflow

Creating Animation Layers

Animating in a Layer

Editing the Layer’s Animation

Muting and Soloing the Animation in Layers

Ghosting the Animation in Layers

Collapsing the Animation Layers

Animating along Paths and Trajectories

Setting Objects on Paths

Constraining an Object to a Curve (Path)

Setting Objects on Trajectories

Creating a Path from Path Keys

Converting an Object’s Translation to a Path

Modifying the Path Timing

Modifying the Path Curve or Trajectory

Substituting a Path’s Curve

Removing Path or Trajectory Animation

Animating with Constraints

Selecting Objects with Constraints

Viewing Constraints and Their Information

Position Constraints

Orientation (Rotation) Constraints

Direction Constraints

Distance Constraints

Scale Constraints

Pose Constraints

Symmetry Constraints

Constraints between Points

Object to Cluster Constraints

Surface and Curve Constraints

Bounding Volume and Bounding Plane Constraints

Up-vector Constraints

Tangency Constraints

Creating Offsets between Constrained and Constraining Objects

Blending Constraints

Activating and Deactivating Constraints

Removing (Relaxing) Constraints

Linking Parameters

The Parameter Connection Editor

Linking to a Single Driving Parameter

Linking to Multiple Driving Parameters

Linking to an Object’s Orientation

Copying and Removing Link Animation

Tips & Tricks with Linked Parameters

Animating with Expressions

Jumping into Expressions

The Expression Editor

Creating Expressions

Writing Expressions

Validating and Applying Expressions

Copying and Removing Expressions

Editing an Existing Expression

Activating and Deactivating Expressions

Saving and Loading Expressions

Expressions and Other Animation

Expression Examples

Tips & Tricks with Expressions

Device Drivers

Managing the Device Drivers

Setting Up the Device Driver’s Channels

Capturing Animation Information

Character Animation

What Is Character Animation All About?

Character Animation in a Nutshell

Setting Up Characters within a Model Structure

Tips and Tools for Working with Characters

Using Ready-made Characters

Building Character

All-Purpose Tools for Increasing Productivity

Organizing and Protecting a Character’s Elements

Tools for Easy Animation

Using the Animation Mixer for Character Animation

Building Skeletons

Creating Chains

Displaying Chain Elements

Creating Shadows and Changing the Chain Element Display

Selecting Chain Elements

Duplicating Chains in Symmetry

Adding and Removing Bones

Resizing (Scaling) Chains

Setting Up a Basic Skeleton

Envelopes

About Envelopes

Before You Envelope

Assigning Envelopes to Deformers

Modifying Point Assignment Using Bounding Volumes

Changing Deformer Assignments Manually

Modifying Envelope Weights

Changing Reference Poses

Adding and Removing Deformers

Modifying Enveloped Objects

Enveloping Tips & Tricks

Character Rigging

Overview of Creating Your Own Rig

Constraints and Rigs

Getting Started with Predefined Rigs

Setting Up the Biped or Biped Dog Leg Guides

Creating a Biped or Biped Dog Leg Rig

Creating Quadruped Rigs

Creating Character Hierarchy Setups from a Guide

Creating a Spine

Creating a Tail

Spring Operators for Tail, Ear, and Belly Rig Controls

Creating Control Splines for Facial Rigs

Animating Characters

Copying Animation between Characters

Animating with Forward Kinematics

Animating with Inverse Kinematics

Choosing How an IK Chain Reaches Its Goal

Setting and Blending the Effector’s Orientation

Changing the Joint’s Preferred Angle

Constraining the Chain’s Up Vector (Direction)

Constraining the Preferred Axis of Rotation

Rolling an IK Bone

Changing the Bones’ Order of Rotation

Animating Pivots for Characters

Setting Restrictions on Movement

Creating Subchains for Independent Movement

Blending Between FK and IK Animation

Creating Neutral Poses for Skeletons

Storing a Skeleton Pose in an Action Source

Motion Capture for Characters

Importing Motion Capture Files

Transferring the Mocap Data to Your Rig

Plotting (Baking) and Storing Mocap Data

Changing the Bone’s Axis Alignment for Mocap Data

Cleaning Up Mocap Data (High-density Fcurves)

Adding Offsets to Mocap Data

Converting a Biped’s Motion to Deformable Tracks

Softimage® Motor (Motion Transformation) for Characters

Overview of Retargeting Animation with MOTOR

Tagging a Rig’s Elements

Creating and Editing Structure Files

Retargeting Animation from Rig to Rig

Retargeting Mocap Data from C3D or BVH Files to a Rig

Adjusting the Retargeted Animation on a Rig

Saving Animation Data in Normalized Motion (.motor) Files

Applying Normalized Motion (.motor) Files to a Rig

Plotting Retargeted Animation on the Rig

Preparing Softimage Characters for Export to Softimage Behavior

The Behavior Export Tool

Setting Up Your Character’s Hierarchy for Behavior

Initializing the Character

Setting the Character’s Home (Default) Pose

Tagging Nodes for Behavior

Setting a Node’s Visibility

Preparing the Character’s Animation for Behavior

Creating a Floor (Terrain Actor)

Generating a Behavior-Ready Actor

Setting Joint Limits

Setting Up the Scene and Models for Rendering

Importing and Exporting Actors

Nonlinear Animation

What Is Nonlinear Animation?

Models and the Mixer

Useful Tools for Nonlinear Animation

The Animation Mixer

Overview of the Animation Mixer

Viewing in the Mixer

Working with Tracks

Working with Clips

Ghosting Clips

Combining Clips into Compound Clips

Rippling Clips

Moving Clips

Scaling Clips

Copying Clips

Trimming (Cropping) Clips

Splitting Clips

Marking Frames on Clips

Creating Transitions between Clips

Setting an Infinite Length for Clips

Linking Clips Together (Relations)

Mixing and Weighting Clips

Importing and Exporting the Animation Mixer

Actions

About Action Sources and Clips

Useful Tools for Actions

Overview of Using Actions

Choosing What to Store in an Action

Storing Animation in Action Sources

Adding Action Clips to the Mixer

Baking Clips into New Action Sources

Creating New Clips Based on Driven Objects

Restoring (Applying) the Animation in Action Sources Back to an Object

Pasting Animation from Action Sources

Modifying Action Sources

Adding Keys to an Action Source

Mixing Fcurves with Action Clips

Modifying Action Clip Values

Modifying Action Clips with Clip Effects

Modifying Action Clips with Value-Mapping Templates

Offsetting Action Values with an Offset Map

Setting Offset Keys with an Offset Effect

Offsetting an Object’s Pose (All Transformations)

Aligning Clip Sequences

Filling the Gaps between Action Clips

Finding Animation Cycles in Action Clips

Cycling, Bouncing, and Holding Clips (Extrapolation)

Changing Time Relationships (Timewarps)

Creating a Bridge Transition between Action Clips

Equalizing Action Clips

Sharing Actions between Models

Connection Mapping Templates

Creating Action Source Presets

Creating External Action Sources

Importing and Exporting Action Sources

Audio and Animation

Supported Audio File Formats

Overview of Synchronizing Audio with Animation

Loading Audio Files in the Animation Mixer

Playing Audio Files

Viewing Audio Waveforms

Shape Animation

Animating Shapes

Getting Set Up for Shape Animation

Overview of Shape Animation Methods

Deformations and Shape Reference Modes

Creating Shapes in the Shape Modeling Construction Modes

Selecting Shape Keys

Storing and Applying Shape Keys

Building a Library of Stored Shapes

Applying Shape Keys

Duplicating Shape Keys (Sources)

Deleting Shape Keys (Sources)

Replacing Shape Keys (Sources)

Choosing a Shape Instance Mode for Shape Clips

Using the Animation Mixer for Shape Animation

Mixing the Shapes’ Weights

Displaying Phoneme Shape Weight Keys in the Dopesheet

Deforming a Shape Based on Poses or Orientation

Painting Shapes Using Weight Maps

Plotting (Baking) Shape Animation

Sharing Shape Animation between Objects, Models, and Scenes

Using the Shape Manager

Overview of the Shape Manager

Setting Up the Shape Viewer

Creating Shapes

Modifying Shapes

Creating Groups of Shapes

Locking Shapes

Working with Clusters in the Shape Manager

Animating the Shapes

Forces for Simulations

Forces

Types of Forces

Creating and Applying a Force

Setting Up Forces for Different Simulation Types

Particles

Basics for Particle-based Simulations

Viewing Particle-based Simulations

Finding Particle-based System Elements

Mappable Parameters and Particles

Getting Information about Particle-based Simulations

Playing Particle-based Simulations

Working with Individual Particles

Duplicating and Sharing Particle Simulations between Scenes

Particles

Creating a Particle Simulation

Setting Up the Particle Emission

Creating Particle Types

Animating Particle Type Parameters

Sketching Particles

Rotating Particles

Adding Noise to Particles

Adding Variation to Particles

Setting Up Particle Collisions

Making Particles Collide with or Avoid Each Other

Creating a Particle Event

Creating an Initial State for Particles

Creating Goals for Particles

Deforming Particle Simulations

Attaching Objects to Particles

Setting Up Forces for Each Particle Type

Creating Custom Parameters for Particles

Fluid

Creating a Fluid Simulation

Defining the Fluid Particle Type

Restarting Fluid Simulations

Explosions, Fire, and Smoke

Explosion Shapes

Explosion Structures

Creating an Explosion

Setting Up the Structures

Rendering Explosions

Rendering Particles and Fluid

Using the Particle Shaders

Connecting Shaders in a Particle Render Tree

The Basic Particle Render Type Shaders

Billboard Shader (2D)

Blob Shader (3D)

Sphere Shader (3D)

Setting a Particle’s Color

Rendering the Particle Color

Setting the Particle Transparency

Lighting and Shadows for Particles

Rendering Particle Shapes

Rendering Sprites

Rendering Particles in Fields

Hair

Hair and Fur Basics

Mappable Hair Parameters

Overview of Creating Hair

Creating Hair

Emitting Hair from Objects

Emitting Hair from Clusters

Emitting Hair from Subdivision Surfaces

Creating Hair between Curves

Viewing the Hairs

Styling and Animating Guide Hairs

Progressive Styling by Freezing the Stack

Selecting Guide Hairs

Brushing Hair

Combing and Recombing Hair

Changing the Hair Length

Shaping the Hair with Transformations

Puffing and Straightening Hair

Clumping Hairs Together or Fanning Them Apart

Working with Groups of Guide Hairs

Locking Selected Points on Strands

Making Hair Move with Dynamics

Setting Up Hair Collisions

Stretching Hair Segments

Setting Up Forces for Hair

Copying Hair Styles

Getting the Look with Render Hairs

Connecting Maps to Render Hair Parameters

Setting the Number of Hairs Rendered

Increasing the Number of Render Hairs

Removing Render Hairs (Density)

Setting the Render Hair Thickness

Setting the Render Hair Resolution (Segments)

Changing the Length of Render Hairs

Adding Frizz and Waves (Kinks)

Rendering Hair

Using Shaders on Hair

Connecting Shaders to Hair

Coloring Your Hair

Connecting a Texture Map to Hair Color Parameters

Creating a Surface for Texturing Curve-Based Hair

Setting the Hair’s Transparency

Lighting and Shadows for Hair

Using the Geometry Hair Shader

Rendering Objects (Instances) in Place of Hairs

Setting Up for Rendering Hair

Tips for Rendering Hair

Dynamics

Rigid Bodies

Overview of Creating a Rigid Body Simulation

Parts of a Rigid Body Simulation

Exporting Rigid Bodies in Models

Getting Set Up for Rigid Body Simulations

Tips for Working with Rigid Bodies

Choosing a Dynamics Engine

The Simulation Environment

Creating Rigid Bodies

Applying Forces to Rigid Bodies

Setting the Rigid Body’s Mass or Density (Inertial Properties)

Collisions with Rigid Bodies

Setting the Rigid Body’s Elasticity and Friction

Setting Limits on the Rigid Body’s Velocity and Acceleration

Setting the Accuracy of Rigid Body Simulations

Playing Back the Rigid Body Simulation

Caching the Rigid Body Simulation

Setting a Rigid Body’s Initial State

Rigid Body Constraints

Constraining Rigid Bodies

Types of Rigid Body Constraints

Constraining Two Rigid Bodies Together

Constraining Multiple Rigid Bodies to One

Constraining Rigid Bodies as a Chain

Constraining a Single Rigid Body to a Point in Space

Replacing Constrained Rigid Bodies

Making Rigid Bodies Move with Constraint Motors

Offsetting Spring and Slider Constraints

Soft Bodies

Getting Set Up for Using Soft Body

Creating a Soft Body Deformation

Applying Soft Body to Animated Objects

Setting Up Soft Body Collisions

Setting the Soft Body Deformation Behavior

Using Soft Body with Envelopes and Other Deformations

Saving and Loading Soft Body Presets

Tips for Using Soft Body

Cloth

Getting Set Up for Using Cloth

Creating a Cloth Simulation

Playing the Cloth Simulation

Controlling the Stretch with Spring Nets

Stitching Cloth Pieces Together

Using Clusters for Localized Effects

Setting Up Cloth Collisions

Using Cloth with Envelopes and Other Deformations

Setting Up Forces for Cloth

Saving and Loading Cloth Presets

Tips for Using Cloth

ICE

Working with ICE

Introducing ICE

The ICE Tree View

Understanding the ICE Framework

Creating an ICE Tree

Adding Nodes to ICE Trees

Connecting ICE Nodes

Specifying Scene References

ICE Particles

Overview of ICE Particles

Making Fire with ICE: A Particle Walkthrough

Moving from Non-ICE Particles to ICE Particles

ICE Particles Are Points

Creating ICE Particle Emissions

Filtering ICE Particle Emissions

Spawning ICE Particles

ICE Particle Rate (Amount)

ICE Particle Speed

ICE Particle Size

ICE Particle Mass

ICE Particle Direction

ICE Particle Orientation

ICE Particle Lifespan

ICE Particle Color

ICE Particle Shapes

ICE Particle Instances (Objects as Particle Shapes)

ICE Particle Blobs

Displaying ICE Particles

Using ICE Particle Attributes

Modifying ICE Particle Values

Randomizing Particle Values

Turbulizing Particle Values

Working with Unsimulated Point Clouds

ICE Particle Shading

Overview of ICE Particle Shaders

Making Fire with ICE, Part II: Rendering the Flames

Particle Volume Cloud Shader

Particle Density Shader

Particle Gradient Shader

Fractal and Cell Scalar Shaders

Bringing ICE Data into the Render Tree with Attribute Shaders

ICE Particle Shader Compounds

Sprites on ICE Particles

ICE Particle States

ICE Particle States

Creating a State System

Selecting the Trigger

Defining the Effect

Setting Particle Timers

ICE Particle Surface Interaction Behaviors

Motion Control and Surface Interaction Behavior for ICE Particles

ICE Particles Bouncing Off Obstacles

ICE Particles Sticking to Obstacles

ICE Particles Sliding on Obstacles

Emitting ICE Particle Splashes Upon Collision with Obstacles

ICE Particle Goals

ICE Particles Flowing Along a Curve

ICE Particles Flowing Around an Object

ICE Particles Orbiting Around an Object

ICE Particles Falling Like Leaves

ICE Particle Strands

About ICE Particle Strands

Creating Strands

Generating Strand Trails

Bending Particle Strands

Twisting Strands

Turbulizing Strands

Moving Strands with Sine Waves

Strand Attributes

ICE Rigid Bodies

ICE Rigid Body Dynamics

Making ICE Particles into Rigid Bodies

ICE Particle Collisions with Obstacles

Setting the Elasticity and Friction

Muting the Collisions

ICE Forces

Using Forces in the ICE Tree

Creating and Applying Forces to ICE Simulations

Types of ICE Forces

ICE Simulations

The Simulation Regions and Nodes

The ICE Simulation Environment

Playing an ICE Simulation

Creating an Initial State for ICE Simulations

ICE Caching

Caching ICE Data and Simulations

Setting the Default Paths for Cache Files

Plotting Simulation or Animation Data into Cache Files

Writing and Reading Cache Files in the ICE Tree

ICE Simulation Caching

Building ICE Trees

Understanding ICE Trees

Getting and Setting Data in ICE Trees

Controlling Execution in ICE Trees

Working with the Math Nodes

Working with Transforms

Using Geometry Queries

Working with IDs and Indices

Working with Arrays in ICE Trees

Working with Maps in ICE Trees

Working with Frames and Times

Working with Colors in ICE

Building Deformations

Debugging ICE Trees

Documenting Trees: Groups and Comments

Notes on Building ICE Trees

Building ICE Compounds

Overview of ICE Compounds

Creating ICE Compounds

Editing Compounds

Managing Exposed Ports

Setting Compound Properties

Exporting Compounds

Applying ICE Compounds

Versioning Compounds

Material and Shader Basics

Shader Basics

The Shader Library

Applying and Editing Shaders

Saving and Loading Shader Presets

Materials and Surface Shaders

About Materials

The Material Manager

Creating and Assigning Materials

Editing Materials

Deleting Materials

Managing Material Libraries

About Surface Shaders

Editing Surface Shader Properties

Shading Models

Reflectivity, Transparency, and Refraction

Using the soft_material Shader

Surface Shader Optimizations

Viewing Materials in the Explorer

The Render Tree

Overview of the Render Tree

Overview of Building a Render Tree

About Shader Nodes

Adding Shader Nodes to the Render Tree

Connecting Shader Nodes

Working with Shader Nodes

Working in the Render Tree Workspace

Using Shaderballs

Editing Multiple Materials in the Render Tree

Documenting Render Trees

Creating Shader Compounds

Saving and Loading Render Tree Presets

Tips, Optimization, and Troubleshooting (Render Trees)

Geometry Shaders

About Geometry Shaders

Applying Geometry Shaders

Working with Geometry Shaders

Texturing

Texturing Basics

Types of Texture

What’s in a Texture?

How Surface and Texture Shaders Work Together

Applying Textures

Manipulating Textures

Blending Textures with Mixer Shaders

Creating Gradients

Clips & Sources

The Default Image

Tools for Viewing Image Clips

Loading (Creating) Sources and Clips

Editing Image Clip Properties

Applying Clip Effects

Image Clip Memory Management

Setting Image Clip Video Texture/De-interlacing Options

Filtering an Image Clip

Image Clip OGL Display Settings

Manipulating Image Clips in the Animation Mixer

Using Memory-Mapped Textures

Using High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images

Using Image Proxies

Tips, Optimizing & Troubleshooting (Textures)

Projections and Supports

Types of Texture Projection

Texture Projections and the Operator Stack

Applying Texture Projections

Making Projections Implicit

Modifying Texture Projections

Attaching an Object to a Texture Projection

Using the Texture Support Object

Creating Texture Supports

Working with UVs in the Texture Editor

Texture Editor Overview

Opening the Texture Editor for the First Time

Selecting Sample Points

Moving Selections

Mirroring and Rotating Points

Copying and Pasting Sample Points

Flipping and Cycling Polygons

Creating Subprojections

Healing Separated Points

Relaxing Polygons

Matching Sample Points

Stamping UV Meshes

Editing Multiple UV Sets

Texture Layering

Texture Layer Workflow Overview

The Texture Layer Editor

Working with Base Layers

Working with Texture Layers

Setting Texture Layer Properties

Using the MAT Panel

Working with Texture Layers in the Render Tree

Other Tools for Working with Texture Layers

Controlling Surface Attributes with Textures

Using Textures as Maps

Creating Bump Maps

Creating a Displacement Map

Creating a Transparency Map

Creating a Reflectivity Map

Creating a Reflection/Environment Map

Generating and Baking Surface Attribute Maps (RenderMap)

Baking Surface Attributes with RenderMap

RenderMap Workflow Overview

Choosing and Configuring Maps to Generate

Setting General RenderMap Options (All Map Types)

Rendermapping Multiple Objects

Rendermapping Clusters

Rendermapping with Unique UVs

Transferring Surface Attribute Maps (Ultimapper)

Setting Up to Use the Ultimapper Tool

Ultimapper Maps Overview

Transferring Maps

Previewing Ultimapper Results

Ultimapper Tips and Tricks

Working with Tangent and Binormal Maps

Generating and Storing Tangents and Binormals

Applying Tangent and Binormal Properties

The Structure of Tangent and Binormal Properties

Editing Tangents and Binormals

Setting the Data Type for Tangents and Binormals

Lightmaps

Using the Color Sampler Shader

Vertex Colors

Working with Vertex Colors

Vertex Painting Workflow Overview

Creating Color at Vertices (CAV) Maps

Rendering Color at Vertices

RenderVertex

Lights and Cameras

Lights and Shadows

Scene Ambience

Creating Lights

Creating a Light Rig from an Image

Setting Light Properties

Setting a Spotlight

Using Selective Lights

Creating Shadows

Tips, Optimizing & Troubleshooting (Lights & Shadows)

Light Effects

Creating a Lens Flare

Creating a Glow Effect

Creating Volume Effects

Creating Depth Fading

Fast Subsurface Scattering

Cameras

Cameras, Viewpoints, and Lens Shaders

Types of Camera

The Camera Rig

Creating Cameras

Working with Cameras

Setting Camera Properties

Adding Lens Shaders to the Camera

Creating a Depth of Field Effect

Animating Cameras

Cameras and Rendering

Tips, Optimizing & Troubleshooting (Cameras)

Motion Blur

Defining and Rendering Motion Blur

The Rasterizer

Creating a Motion Blur Property

Optimizing Motion Blur

Troubleshooting Motion Blur

Indirect Illumination

Global Illumination and Caustics

Photon Lighting Overview

Creating a Photon Effect

Preparing Object Surfaces

Defining a Light as a Photon Emitter

Setting Photon Casting, Receiving and Visibility

Displaying Photons in the Render Region

Using Photon Maps

Using Importon Maps

Controlling the Photon Effect

Using the Light Shader to Create Photons

Preparing Global Illumination and Caustics for Rendering

Tips, Optimizing & Troubleshooting (Photon Effects)

Irradiance Particles

Irradiance Particles Workflow Overview

Storing Irradiance with Importons

Setting Accuracy and Interpolation for Irradiance Particles

Storing Indirect Light from the Environment

Using the Irradiance Particle Map

Final Gathering

Pros and Cons of Final Gathering

Final Gathering Workflow Overview

Setting Final Gathering Visibility Options

Setting Final Gathering Accuracy Options

Setting the Final Gathering Sampling Options

Setting the Final Gathering Falloff

Setting the Final Gathering Trace Depth

Using the Final Gathering Map

Using Final Gathering with Global Illumination

Lighting a Scene without Using Lights

Ambient Occlusion

Setting the Global Ambient Occlusion Options

Connecting the Ambient Occlusion Shader

Setting the Ambient Occlusion Shader Options

Reflective Occlusion

Toon Shading

Toon and Non-Photoreal Effects

Toon Shader Overview

Creating Ink Lines

Painting Object Surfaces

Creating Transparency and Reflections

Creating a Toon Render Pass

Realtime Shaders

Realtime Shader Basics

Realtime Shaders vs. Mental Ray Shaders

Building Realtime Shader Trees

Applying and Editing Realtime Shaders

Blending with Realtime Shaders

Displaying and Rendering OpenGL Shadow Maps

Viewing Realtime Shader Effects

Rendering Realtime Effects to File

Creating Your Own Realtime Shaders

OpenGL Realtime Shaders

Drawing Objects with OpenGL Realtime Shaders

OpenGL Texture Setup

Programmable OpenGL Shading

Setting Up a Cg Program Vertex Shader

Setting Up a Cg Program Fragment Shader

Setting Up a Unified GLSL Program

Programmable Shader Example: A Cg Program Bump Mapped Material

Effects Shaders (.cgfx Files)

Fixed Function OpenGL Shading

Fixed Function Shading Example: A Reflective Textured Sphere

DirectX Realtime Shaders

Drawing Objects with DirectX Realtime Shaders

DirectX Texture Setup

Programmable DirectX Shading

Setting up an HLSL Vertex Shader

Setting Up an HLSL Pixel Shader

HLSL Programmable Shader Example: Per-Pixel Phong Lighting

Setting Up an Assembly Language Vertex Shader

Setting Up an Assembly Language Pixel Shader

Effects Shaders (.fx Files)

Fixed Function DirectX Shading

Fixed Function Example: A Reflective Textured Sphere

Rendering

Rendering Basics

Passes & Partitions

What Is a Render Pass?

Render Pass Workflow Overview

Defining Render Passes

The Beauty Pass

The Shadow Passes

The Matte Pass

The Depth Pass

Creating Custom Render Passes

Defining Partitions

Setting Partition Properties

Applying Shaders to Partitions

Applying Shaders Using Overrides

Render Channels & Framebuffers

About Render Channels

Working With Built-In and Preset Channels

Working With Custom Channels

Previewing and Rendering Channels

Managing Rendering Options

Types of Render Options

Accessing Render Options

Accessing Render Region Options

Setting Global or Local Render Options

Overriding Global Renderer Options for a Pass

Copying Render Options

The Render Manager

Scene Rendering Options

Choosing a Scene Renderer

Setting the Output Directory

Setting the Frame Padding

Specifying Frames to Render

Setting Output Format and Resolution

Field Rendering

Setting Output Format Preferences

Pass Rendering Options

Pass Rendering Options Overview

Setting the Pass Renderer

Setting Pass Output Paths and File Names

Setting Pass Frames

Setting the Pass Output Resolution

Setting Pass Field Rendering Options

Creating Movie Files (Windows Only)

Setting Pass .MI Archive Options

Applying Shaders to Passes

mental ray Renderer Options

Activating the mental ray Renderer

Choosing a Rendering Algorithm

Controlling Aliasing

Setting the Sampling Contrast

Optimizing Large Scenes for Scalability

Mesh Splitting

Setting Sample Filtering

Antialiasing, Sampling, and Filtering Tips & Tricks

Creating Diagnostic Renders

Receiving Messages

mi Archives and Stand-Ins

Hardware Renderer Options

Activating the Hardware Renderer

Setting Hardware Renderer Options

Geometry Approximation

What Can You Approximate?

Where to Use Which Approximation

Parametric Approximation

LDA (Length/Distance/Angle) Approximation

Fine Approximation

Setting View Dependency (LDA and Fine Approximation)

Setting the Subdivision Limits (LDA and Fine Approximation)

Optimizing a Scene for Rendering

Modeling

Cameras

Shaders

Textures

Lights

Shadows

Photon Effects

BSP2 Raytracing Acceleration

Render Passes and Compositing

Distributed Rendering

Rendering Methods

Previewing Interactively with the Render Region

Previewing a Single Frame

Rendering to File from the Softimage User Interface

Batch Rendering

Ray3.exe Rendering

Distributed Rendering

How Distributed Rendering Works

Setting Up For Distributed Rendering

Testing Distributed Rendering

Launching Distributed Renders with Softimage

Troubleshooting

Compositing and Effects

Using Softimage Illusion

About Softimage Illusion

The FxTree

The Fx Viewer

The Fx Operator Selector

The Fx Operators

Setting Compositing Preferences

Building Effects

Building Effects

Masking Operator Effects

Setting Operator Output Options

Creating Garbage Mattes

Previewing Effects

Rendering Effects to File

2D Raster/Vector Paint

Setting Up the Interface for Painting

Raster Paint Overview

Vector Paint Overview

Getting Started: Painting on Images

Painting with the Paint Brush

Painting Lines

Using the Flood Fill Tool

Painting with Color Shapes

Drawing Rectangles and Ellipses

Marking Out Shapes

Drawing Freehand Shapes

Using the Paint Stencil

Overview of Editing Shapes

Transforming Shapes

Editing Shape Points

Animating Vector Shapes

Merging and Cloning

Tracking

Tracking Workflow Overview

Anatomy of a Tracker

Setting Up the Trackers

Creating Motion Paths

Applying a Match Move

Stabilizing and Destabilizing

Using the Output Rectangle

Warping and Morphing

Warping

Morphing

Customization

Customization in Softimage

Custom File Locations

Creating and Using Workgroups

Useful Tools for Customization

Scripts

Fundamentals of Scripts

Scripting Languages

Editing Scripts

Working with Commands

Running Scripts

Batch Scripts

Including External Scripts

Using the Command Box

Scripting Tips & Tricks

Custom Commands

About Custom Commands

Creating Script-based Custom Commands

Running Custom Commands

Modifying Custom Commands

Toolbars and Shelves

Custom Toolbars

Shelves

Removing Toolbars and Shelves

Layouts and Relational Views

Overview of Layouts and Relational Views

Creating and Editing Layout and Relational Views

Working with Panes and Framesets

Setting the Pane Contents

Defining Relationships

Advanced Layout and Relational View Editing

Setting Window Positions and Sizes

Removing Layouts and Views

Key Maps

The Keyboard Mapping Editor

Creating and Modifying Key Maps

Custom and Proxy Parameters

What Are Custom and Proxy Parameters?

Custom Parameter Sets

Simple Custom Parameter Sets

Script-based Custom Parameter Sets

Connecting Custom Parameters

Creating Proxy Parameters

Displaying Custom and Proxy Parameters in 3D Views

Creating Custom Preferences

User Data on Components

About User Data

Creating a Template

Creating a Data Map

Setting and Editing Map Values

Importing and Exporting User Data

Scripted Operators

About Scripted Operators

Scripted Operator Workflow

Creating and Editing Scripted Operators

Connections

Variables

Managing Scripted Operator Presets

Exporting Scripted Operators as Function Curves

Using Private User Data in Scripted Operators

Examples of Scripted Operators

Do’s and Don’ts of Coding Scripted Operators

Tips and Tricks for Scripted Operators

Events

What is an Event?

Creating Events

Managing Your Events

Sharing and Managing Customizations

Working with the Plug-in Manager

Working with the Plug-in Tree

Sharing Simple Customizations

Working with Add-ons

Managing SPDL Files

Cross-Platform Deployment

Synoptic Views

About Synoptic Views

Synoptic View Workflow

Creating and Editing Synoptic Files

Synoptic Scripts

Managing Synoptic Files

Applying Synoptic Properties

Synoptic Tips and Tricks

Intranets for Net View

Linking to Files in Net View

Running Scripts in Net View

Notes and Tips for Net View

Advanced Setup and Configuration

Crosswalk Setup

Standalone Crosswalk Setup (Windows)

Crosswalk Components and Install Paths

Environment Variables for Compiling Crosswalk Projects

Environment Variables

Setting and Using Environment Variables

Environment Variable Reference

Configuration Files

Modifying Configuration Files with User Tools

Editing the Environment Script (setenv.bat and .xsi_7.5)

Editing Other Batch and Resource Files

Configuring the linktab.ini File

The Structure of the linktab.ini File

How Softimage Uses the linktab.ini File

Standalones

Standalone Utilities

Using Standalone Utilities

Converting Images

Displaying Images

Creating and Extracting Thumbnail Images for Presets

Getting Image File Information

Getting Scene Version Information

Compositing Images

Interleaving Fields

Properties Reference

Viewing Properties

Display Property Editor

Visibility Property Editor

Visibility Property Editor (Clusters)

Interface Properties

Add/Remove Columns Dialog Box

AttributeDisplay

Brush Properties Property Editor

Context Property Editor

Scene Element Properties

3D Object Property Editor

Annotation Property Editor

Clone Multiple Dialog Box

Cluster Property Editor

Comment Property Editor (ICE)

Comment Property Editor (Render Tree)

Duplicate Multiple Dialog Box

Duplicate/Instantiate from Animation Dialog Box

Group/Layer/Partition Property Editor

Info Selection Dialog Box

Instantiate Multiple Dialog Box

Map Adaptor Property Editor

Null Property Editor

Scene Info Dialog Box

Standin Property Editor

Symmetry Map Property Editor

Symmetry Map Generator Property Editor

Weight Map Property Editor

Weight Map Generator Property Editor

Weight Maps Mixer Op Property Editor

Weight Painter Property Editor

Transformation Properties

Align Dialog Box

Global Transform Property Editor

Kinematics Property Editor

Local Transform Property Editor

Reference Plane Property Editor

Static Kinestate Property Editor

Transform Group Property Editor

Transform Setup Property Editor

Data Management Properties

Acclaim Import Dialog Box

Biovision Import Dialog Box

DirectX Export Dialog Box

DirectX Import Dialog Box

dotXSI Export Options Dialog Box

dotXSI Import Options Dialog Box

Loader SI3D Options Property Editor

Scene Property Editor

Wavefront Export Dialog Box

Wavefront Import Dialog Box

Crosswalk Import/Export Options

Export Crosswalk Options Dialog Box

Export FBX Options Dialog Box

Import Crosswalk Options Dialog Box

Import FBX Options Dialog Box

Polymatricks Property Editor

FBX Import/Export Warning Dialog Box

Model Properties

Delta Property Editor

Lock Property Manager

Model Property Editor

Topology Generator Properties

Arc Property Editor

Assemble NURBS Mesh (SCM) Dialog Box

Birail Property Editor

Blend Curves Property Editor

Blend Surfaces Property Editor

Boolean Generator Property Editor

Circle Property Editor

Cone Property Editor

Cube Property Editor

Curve Net Property Editor

Curve to Mesh Converter Property Editor

Cylinder Property Editor

Disc Property Editor

Dodecahedron Property Editor

Duplicate Symmetry Dialog Box

Extract Curve Property Editor

Extract Curve Segment Property Editor

Extrusion 2 Profiles Property Editor

Extrusion Property Editor (Curve along Axis)

Extrusion Property Editor (Curve along Curve)

Fillet Curves Property Editor

Fillet Surfaces Property Editor

Fit Curve Property Editor

Fit Surface Op Property Editor

Four Sided Property Editor

Geometry Property Editor (Arc)

Geometry Property Editor (Circle)

Geometry Property Editor (Cone)

Geometry Property Editor (Cube)

Geometry Property Editor (Cylinder)

Geometry Property Editor (Disc)

Geometry Property Editor (Grid)

Geometry Property Editor (Icosahedron)

Geometry Property Editor (Octahedron)

Geometry Property Editor (Sphere)

Geometry Property Editor (Spiral)

Geometry Property Editor (Square)

Geometry Property Editor (Tetrahedron)

Geometry Property Editor (Torus)

Grid Property Editor

Icosahedron Property Editor

Intersect Surfaces Property Editor

Loft Property Editor

Merge Curves Property Editor

Merge Meshes Property Editor

Merge Surfaces Property Editor

NURBS to Mesh Property Editor

Octahedron Property Editor

Polygon Mesh Property Editor

Revolution Property Editor (Curve around Axis)

Revolution Property Editor (Curve about Curve)

Sphere Property Editor

Spiral Property Editor

Square Property Editor

Tetrahedron Property Editor

Text Property Editor

Text to Curve Converter Property Editor

Torus Property Editor

Topology Modifier Properties

Add Edge Op Property Editor

Bevel Op Property Editor

Boundary Curve Adaptor Property Editor

Clean Curve Property Editor

Clean Surface Property Editor

Curve Boundary Adaptor Property Editor

Curve Point Adaptor Property Editor

Curve Shift Property Editor

Dice Polygons Op Property Editor

Disconnect Component Op property editor

Edge Filter Op Property Editor

Extend to Curve Property Editor

Extract Edge Loop Property Editor

Extrude Op Property Editor (Components along Axis)

Extrude Op Property Editor (Components along Curve)

FilterPointsByDistance Op Property Editor

FilterPointsByDistance Op Property Editor

GATOR Property Editor

Insert Crv Knot Op Property Editor

Insert Surface Knot Property Editor

Inverse Curve Property Editor

Inverse Normals Property Editor

Mark Hard Edge/Vertex Property Editor

Mesh Local Subdivision Op Property Editor

Mesh Subdivide with Center Property Editor

Open/Close Surface Property Editor

Polygon Filter Op Property Editor

Polygon Reduction Op Property Editor

Quadrangulate Op Property Editor

Raise Crv Degree Op Property Editor

Remove Curve Knot Op Property Editor

Remove Surface Knot Property Editor

Reparameterize Curve Property Editor

Reparameterize Surface Property Editor

Set Crv Knot Multiplicity Op Property Editor

Set Edge/Vertex Crease Value Property Editor

Slice Polygons Op Property Editor

Snip Surface Property Editor

Split Edge Op Property Editor

Split Polygon Op Property Editor

SubdivideEdge Op Property Editor

SubdividePolygon Op Property Editor

Surface Curve Adaptor Property Editor

Surface Shift Property Editor

Surface UV Swap Property Editor

Symmetrize Polygon Op Property Editor

Transfer/Merge Attributes Editor

Trim Surface with Space Curve Property Editor

WeldEdges Op Property Editor

WeldPoints Op Property Editor

Deformation Properties

Automatic Cage Assignment Property Editor

Bend Op Property Editor

Bulge Op Property Editor

Cage Deform Operator Property Editor

Center Property Editor

Cluster Center Op Property Editor

Curve Deform Property Editor

Deform by Spine Property Editor

Deform by Spine Operator Property Editor

Fold Op Property Editor

Lattice Property Editor

Lattice Property Editor (Deformation)

Move Component Property Editor

Move Proportional Property Editor

Offset Polygon Op Property Editor

Proportional Volume Operator Property Editor

Push Op Property Editor

QStretch Op Property Editor

Randomize Op Property Editor

SCM Fixer Op Property Editor

SCM Fixer Op2 Property Editor

Shape Jitter Op Property Editor

Shear Op Property Editor

Shrinkwrap Property Editor

Smooth Property Editor

Snap Boundary Property Editor

Sphere Volume Property Editor

Stitch Curves Property Editor

Stitch Surfaces Property Editor

Surface Deform Op Property Editor

Taper Op Property Editor

Twist Op Property Editor

Wave Property Editor

Wave Op Property Editor

Animation Properties

Cache Properties Property Editor

Caching Options Property Editor

Capture Viewport Dialog Box

Channel Property Editor

Channel Target Special Values

Device Manager

Device Driver Property Editor

Display Options Dialog Box (Flipbook)

Export Dialog Box (Flipbook)

Expression Property Editor

Interpolator Property Editor

Key Properties Editor

Open Images Dialog Box (Flipbook)

Play Control Property Editor

Plot Curve Dialog Box

Sequence Dialog Box

Expression Function Reference

Operators

TRUE (Expression Function Reference)

FALSE (Expression Function Reference)

PI (Expression Function Reference)

E (Expression Function Reference)

Linear Interpolation (Expression Function Reference)

Spline Interpolation (Expression Function Reference)

Plus (+) (Expression Function Reference)

Minus (-) (Expression Function Reference)

Multiply (*) (Expression Function Reference)

Divide (/) (Expression Function Reference)

Condition (Expression Function Reference)

Equal to (==) (Expression Function Reference)

Less than (<) (Expression Function Reference)

Less than or Equal (<=) (Expression Function Reference)

Greater than (>) (Expression Function Reference)

Greater than or Equal (>=) (Expression Function Reference)

Not Equal to (!=) (Expression Function Reference)

AND (&&) (Expression Function Reference)

OR (||) (Expression Function Reference)

Current Frame (Fc) (Expression Function Reference)

Start Frame (Fs) (Expression Function Reference)

End Frame (Fe) (Expression Function Reference)

Frame Rate (Fr) (Expression Function Reference)

Current Time (T) (Expression Function Reference)

Frame Offset (at_frame) (Expression Function Reference)

Time Offset (at_time) (Expression Function Reference)

Sine (Expression Function Reference)

Cosine (Expression Function Reference)

Tangent (Expression Function Reference)

ArcSine (Expression Function Reference)

ArcCosine (Expression Function Reference)

ArcTangent (Expression Function Reference)

Logarithm (Expression Function Reference)

Exponential (Expression Function Reference)

Power (Expression Function Reference)

Square Root (Expression Function Reference)

Absolute (Expression Function Reference)

Floor (Expression Function Reference)

Ceiling (Expression Function Reference)

Round (Expression Function Reference)

Minimum (Expression Function Reference)

Maximum (Expression Function Reference)

Average (Expression Function Reference)

Modulo (Expression Function Reference)

Center to Center (Expression Function Reference)

To Camera (Expression Function Reference)

To Camera Interest (Expression Function Reference)

Sinus (Expression Function Reference)

Oscillation (Expression Function Reference)

Ease In (Expression Function Reference)

Ease Out (Expression Function Reference)

Link (Expression Function Reference)

Random: 0 or 1 (Expression Function Reference)

Random: 0.0 to 1.0 (Expression Function Reference)

Random Custom (Expression Function Reference)

Noise (Expression Function Reference)

this (Expression Function Reference)

this model (Expression Function Reference)

Constraint Properties

Apply Path Dialog Box

Bounding Plane Constraint Property Editor

Bounding Volume Constraint Property Editor

Curve Constraint Property Editor

Direction Constraint Property Editor

Distance Constraint Property Editor

N Points Constraint Property Editor

Object to Cluster Constraint Property Editor

Orientation Constraint Property Editor

Path Constraint Property Editor

Pose Constraint Property Editor

Position Constraint Property Editor

Scale Constraint Property Editor

Surface Constraint Property Editor

Symmetry Constraint Property Editor

Three Points Constraint Property Editor

Trajectory Constraint Property Editor

Two Points Constraint Property Editor

Up Vector Options

Character Animation Properties

Automatic Envelope Assignment Property Editor

Biped Controls

Biped Dog Leg Controls

Chain Bone Property Editor

Chain End Effector Property Editor

Chain from Curve Dialog Box

Chain Root Property Editor

Character Designer Property Editor

Create Biped Guide

Create Symmetry Mapping Template Dialog Box

Envelope Construction Mode Warning

Envelope Operator Property Editor

Envelope Weights Property Editor

Face Maker Property Editor

Generate Actor Dialog Box

Handles from Velocity Dialog Box

Hierarchy From Guide Dialog Box

Import BVH Action Dialog Box

Import BVH Actor Dialog Box

Joint Limit Dialog Box

Kinematic Chain Property Editor

Kinematic Joint Property Editor

Limit Envelope Deformers Operator Property Editor

Load Actor Dialog Box

Loop Skill Dialog Box

Make Biped or Biped Dog Leg (Rig)

Make Control Spline

Make Quadruped (Rig)

Make Skill Dialog Box

Mocap to Rig Property Editor

Motor File Property Editor

Plot Retarget Dialog Box

Quadruped Controls

Render Setup Dialog Box (Behavior)

Retarget Adjust Property Editor

Rig to Rig Property Editor

Save Actor Dialog Box

Save Normalized Motion Dialog Box

Set Envelope Dialog Box

Smooth Envelope Weight Operator Property Editor

Spine Control Property Editor

Spine Maker Keys Dialog Box

Spring Operator Property Editor

Symmetry Mapping Template Property Editor

Tag Property Editor

Tail Control Property Editor

Tail Maker

Test Step Detection Dialog Box

Up Direction in the C3D Data Dialog Box

Nonlinear Animation Properties

Action Connection Resolution Dialog Box

Action Source Property Editor

Clip Display Options Dialog Box (Animation Mixer)

Cluster Shape Combiner Property Editor

Compound Clip Property Editor (Action)

Compound Clip Property Editor (Shape)

Connection Template Property Editor

Convert Shape Reference Mode Dialog Box

File Cache Source Property Editor

Find Cycles Dialog Box

Freeze Clips Dialog Box

Instanced Action Property Editor

Marker Property Editor

Marker Display Options Dialog Box (Animation Mixer)

Match Clips Dialog Box

Mixer Property Editor

Mixer Animation Clip Property Editor

Mixer Animation Track Property Editor

Mixer Audio Clip Property Editor

Mixer Audio Track Property Editor

Mixer Shape or Cache Clip Property Editor

Mixer Shape or Cache Track Property Editor

Model Mixer Container Property Editor

Paste Action Dialog Box

Plot Shape Dialog Box

Plot to Action Dialog Box

Relation Property Editor

Shape Animation Construction Mode Warning

Shape Source Property Editor

Store Action Dialog Box

Time Control Property Editor

Tracks Display Options Dialog Box (Animation Mixer)

Transition Property Editor

Value Mapping Template Property Editor

Forces and Obstacle Properties

Attractor Property Editor

Drag Property Editor

Eddy Property Editor

Fan Property Editor

Gravity Property Editor

Obstacle Property Editor

Toric Force Property Editor

Turbulence Property Editor

Vortex Property Editor

Wind Property Editor

Particle Properties

Add ParticleOp Property Editor

ExplosionOp Property Editor

Fluid Property Editor

Initial State Property Editor

Particle Emission Property Editor

Particle Event Property Editor

Particle Goal Property Editor

ParticlesOp Property Editor

Particle Player Property Editor

PType (Particle Type) Property Editor

Particle Variance and Seed Parameters

Particle Display Property Editor

Hair Properties

Hair Property Editor

Hair Dynamics Operator Property Editor

Hair Attenuate Operator Property Editor

Hair Clump Operator Property Editor

Hair Comb Operator Property Editor

Hair Cut Operator Property Editor

Hair Generator Operator Property Editor

Hair Lock Operator Property Editor

Hair Merge Operator Property Editor

Hair Pop Operator Property Editor

Hair Puff Operator Property Editor

Hair Recomb Operator Property Editor

Hair Resample Operator Property Editor

Hair Rotate Operator Property Editor

Hair Scale Operator Property Editor

Hair Shatter Operator Property Editor

Hair Split Operator Property Editor

Hair Unlock Operator Property Editor

Dynamics Properties

Ball and Socket Property Editor

Cloth Property Editor

ClothOp Property Editor

Dynamics Initial State Property Editor

PhysX Dynamics Operator Property Editor

ODE Dynamics Operator Property Editor

Environment Cache Property Editor

Fixed Property Editor

Force Controller Property Editor

Hinge Property Editor

Inertial Properties Editor

Rigid Body Properties Editor

Simulation Time Control Property Editor

Slider Property Editor

Soft Body Operator Property Editor

Spring Property Editor

Material Properties

GeoShader Property Editor

Material Node Property Editor

Material Library Property Editor

Texture and Map Properties

Binormal Property Editor

Binormal Data Property Editor

Clips Property Editor

Create Texture Projection Dialog Box

Image Clip Property Editor

Image Source Property Editor

Island Heal UVW Operator Property Editor

Layer/Port Property Editor

MatchUVW Property Editor

NURBS Surface Texture Operator Property Editor

NURBS Texture Ctrl Object Property Editor

Poly UV Contour Stretching Property Editor

PolyPackUV Property Editor

Relax Property Editor

Rename Dialog Box

RenderMap Property Editor

Tangent Property Editor

Tangent Operator (TangentOp2) Property Editor

Tangent Data Property Editor

Texture Layer Property Editor

Texture Map Property Editor

Texture Projection Property Editor

Texture Projection Definition Property Editor

Texture Projection Texture Operator

Texture Projection Geometry to Texture Operator

Texture Support Property Editor

Ultimapper Property Editor

Unfold Property Editor

Vertex Color Property Editor

Vertex Color Change Data Type Property Editor

Writable Image Source Property Editor

Light Properties

Flare Property Editor

Light Property Editor

Light Control Property Editor

Light Rig Builder Options Dialog Box/Property Editor

Volumic Light Property Editor

Volumic Scene Property Editor

Camera Properties

Camera Property Editor

Camera Display Property Editor

Camera Rotoscopy Property Editor

Camera Visibility Property Editor

Flare Property Editor (Camera)

Rendering Properties

Ambient Lighting Property Editor

ArchiveExportOptions Property Editor

Create Framebuffer From Render Channel Dialog Box

Create Render Channel Dialog Box

Export Object Render Archive Dialog Box

Geometry Approximation Property Editor

Glow Property Editor

Hardware Renderer Property Editor

mental ray Render Options Property Editor

Motion Blur Property Editor

Output Path Templates

Override Property Editor

Render Channel (Framebuffer) Property Editor

Render Pass Property Editor

Render Region Options Property Editor

Scene Render Options Property Editor

Compositing Properties

FX Tree Property Editor

FX Viewer Settings Dialog Box

Customization Properties

Add-On Information Dialog Box

Add Script Command Dialog Box

Command Editor

CPSet Wizard

Custom Color Property Editor

Edit Custom Parameter Dialog Box

Install Add-On Dialog Box

New Custom Parameter Dialog Box

Package Add-On Dialog Box

Synoptic Property Editor

TextProp Property Editor

Toolbar Wizard

Uninstall Add-On Dialog Box

View Properties (Animation Editor)

View Properties (Animation Mixer)

View Properties (Explorer)

View Properties (Image Clip Viewer)

View Properties (Netview)

View Properties (Object View)

View Properties (Property Panel)

View Properties (Shelf/Toolbar)

View Properties (Text Editor)

View Properties (XSI Explorer)

ICE Reference

ICETree Property Editor

ICE Nodes

Array

Build Array

Build Array from Constant

Find in Array

Get Array Average

Get Array Maximum

Get Array Minimum

Get Array Product

Get Array Size

Get Array Sub Indices

Get Array Sum

Insert in Array

Pop from Array

Push on Array

Remove from Array

Reserve Array

Resize Array

Select in Array

Set in Array

Sort Array

Sort Array with Key

Color

Add Color

Blend Color

Color

Color to Brightness

Color to Grayscale

Color to HLSA

Color To HSVA

Color to RGBA

Gradient

HLSA To Color

HSVA to Color

Multiply Color by Scalar

RGBA to Color

Subtract Color

Constant

2D Vector

3D Vector

3x3 Matrix

4D Vector

4x4 Matrix

Boolean

Integer

Quaternion

Rotation

Scalar

Shape

Conversion

2D Vector to Scalar

3D Vector to Scalar

3x3 Matrix to Vector

4D Vector to Scalar

4x4 Matrix to Vector

Axis and Angle to Quaternion

Axis and Angle to Rotation

Boolean to Integer

Direction to Rotation

Euler to Quaternion

Euler to Rotation

ID to Location

Integer to Boolean

Integer to Scalar

Matrix to SRT

Quaternion to Axis and Angle

Quaternion to Euler

Quaternion to Rotation

Quaternion to Scalar

Rotation to Axis and Angle

Rotation to Euler

Rotation to Quaternion

Rotation to Scalar

Scalar to 2D Vector

Scalar to 3D Vector

Scalar to 4D Vector

Scalar to Quaternion

Scalar to Rotation

SRT to Matrix

Switch Context

UV to Location

Vector to 3x3 Matrix

Vector to 4x4 Matrix

Data Access

Cache on File

Current Frame

Current Time

Delay Set Data

Get Data

Get Data At Previous Frame

Get Element Index

Instance Shape

Set One Data

Simulation Step

Debugging

Log Values

Execution

Execute

Filter

First Valid

If

Pass Through

Repeat

Select Case

While

Geometry Queries

Basic Collide

Generate Sample Set

Get Closest Location

Get Closest Points

Get Geometry Sample

Group Geometry

Is on Geometry

Point in Volume

Raycast

Reinterpret Location to New Geometry

Undefined Location

Math Basic

Absolute Value

Add

Blend

Clamp

Divide by Scalar

Exponent

FCurve

Invert

Linear Interpolate

Logarithm

Modulo

Multiply

Multiply by Scalar

Negate

Quaternion Interpolate

Random Value

Rescale

Round

Square Root

Subtract

Turbulence

Math Comparison

Compare

Maximum

Minimum

Math Logic

Combine Logic

Exclusive Or

Not

Math Matrix

Get Determinant

Is Singular

Multiply Vector by Matrix

Transpose

Math Statistics

Get Maximum in Set

Get Minimum in Set

Get Set And

Get Set Average

Get Set Or

Get Set Size

Get Set Sum

Math Trigonometry

ArcTan 2

Trigonometry

Math Vector

Are Parallel

Are Perpendicular

Cross Product

Dot Product

Get Angle Between

Get Closest Point to Line

Get Closest Point to Line Segment

Get Distance Between

Length

Normalize

Project Vector

Rotate Vector

Squared Length

Point Cloud

Add Point

Clone Point

Delete Point

Die

Simulation

Simulate Particles

Simulate Rigid Bodies

ICE Compounds

Task Tab - Deformation

Footprints

Get Bounding Box

Get Edges

Get Nearby Points

Get Neighbors

Get Point Normal

Get Point Position

Get Point Texture Map Color

Set Point Position

Task Tab - Particles

Blobs

Blobs

Conditionals

Every Nth Frame

Every Nth Particle

Test Bounding Box

Test Current Frame

Test Current Time

Test Distance to Goal

Test Distance to Neighbors

Test Distance to Surface

Test Inside Geometry

Test Inside Null

Test Num Particles

Test Particle Age

Test Particle Position

Test Particle Reached Age Limit

Test Particle Size

Test Particle Velocity

Test Random Probability

Test Visibility From Camera

Test Weightmap Value

Deleting Particles

Delete Particle

Delete Particle at Age Limit

Delete Particles by Volume

Emission Control

Align to Emit Location

Filter by Distance to UV Location

Filter by Null

Filter by Object Intersection

Filter by Texture Map

Filter by Volume

Filter by Weight Map

Inherit Emitter Velocity

Limit by Time Range

Limit Num Particles

Randomize Direction

Randomize Emitter Value

Set Particle Age Limit

Spread From Controller

Turbulize Emitter Value

Emitters

Emit Blast

Emit from Curve

Emit from Null

Emit from Position

Emit from Surface

Emit from Volume

Emit Splash from Surface Collision

Emit Trail at Surface Intersection

Forces

Add Forces

Coagulate Force

Drag Force

Gravity Force

Neighboring Particles Force

Null Controller Force

Point Force

Surface Force

Wind Force

Geometry Instancing

Control Displacement Instance Animation

Control Instance Animation

Set Instance Geometry

Set Particle Instance Animation Time

Getters

Get Distance to Neighbors

Get Distance to Object

Get Location by Raycast

Get Moving Towards Object

Get Moving Towards Surface

Get Neighboring Particles

Get Neighboring Particles by State

Get Num Neighboring Particles

Get Num Particles

Get Particle Age

Get Particle Age Limit

Get Particle Age Percentage

Get Particle Collision Location

Get Particle Color

Get Particle Emit Location

Get Particle Force

Get Particle Mass

Get Particle Movement

Get Particle Orientation

Get Particle Position

Get Particle Scale

Get Particle Shape

Get Particle Size

Get Particle Slide Location

Get Particle Stick Location

Get Particle Velocity

Get Texture Map Color

Get Vertex Color Value

Get Weightmap Value

Goals

Get Distance to Goal

Get Particle Goal

Move Towards Goal

Multi Goal Sequencer

Set Particle Goal

Switch to Next Goal

Modifiers

Modify Particle Color

Modify Particle Size

Modulate by Null

Modulate by Volume

Modulate Value by Age

Modulate Value by Age Percentage

Modulate Value Over Time

Modulate Velocity Over Time

Randomize Around Value

Randomize Color

Randomize Color by Gradient

Randomize Rotation by Cone

Randomize Value by Range

Randomize Vector by Cone

Turbulize Around Value

Turbulize Color by Gradient

Turbulize Particle Velocity

Turbulize Value by Range

Motion Control

Flow Along Curve

Flow Around Surface

Leaf Falling Motion

Orbit Around Controller

Orientation

Align on Velocity

Align Particle to Position

Align Particle to Surface

Align Particle to Vector

Roll Particle

Spin Particle

Setters

Set Particle Color

Set Particle Force

Set Particle Mass

Set Particle Orientation

Set Particle Position

Set Particle Scale

Set Particle Shape

Set Particle Size

Set Particle Speed

Set Particle Stick Location

Set Particle Velocity

Spawning

Spawn on Collision

Spawn on Trigger

Spawn Trails

Test is Spawned Particle

States

Get Particle State ID

Get State Value

Get Time in State

State

State Machine

Test Time in State

Strands

Align Strand to Particle Trajectory

Bend Strands

Bend Strands Towards Vector

Constrain Strand Length

Create Strands

Generate Strand Trails

Strand Sin Wave Movement

Turbulize Strands

Twist Strand

Surface Interaction

Bounce Off Surface

Get Closest Location on Geometry

Get Distance to Surface

Slide on Surface

Stick to Location

Stick to Surface

Test Collision With Surface

Test Should Drip

Unstick from Surface

Timers

Get Timer Values

Start Timer

Test Timer

Tool Tab

Color

Constant

Half Pi

Pi

Conversion

Frames to Seconds

Seconds to Frames

Data Access

Frame Cycle Control

Get Point ID

Get Remaining Frame Fraction

Get Remaining Seconds in Frame

Set Data

Geometry Queries

Is Valid Location

Math

Loop Value

In Range

Resize Vector

Point Cloud

Generate 3D Point Grid

Rotation

Increment Rotation with 2 Vectors

Unsupported Utility Compounds That Are Used for Building Other Compounds

Add Force

Align Strand Segments

Calc New Particle Velocity

Calculate Strand Ratios

Convert Rate Per Second to Num Per Frame

Filter if Emitted

Generate Points

Get Particle Color at Emit

Get Particle Parameter for Modify

Get Particle Velocity at Emit

Get State Transition Time

Init Force and Velocity

Init Particle Data

Iterate On Array

Jitter Emission Location Along Velocity Vector

Jitter Position Along Velocity Vector

Match Neighboring Particles Velocity

Move Towards Goal Location

Multi Goal Internal

Set State

Spawn Particles

Splash at Object Collision

State Transition Group

Test Should Unstick

ICE Attributes

Notes on ICE Attributes

Table of ICE Attributes

Shader Reference

Environment Shaders

Cubic Mapping 1

Cubic Mapping 6

Environment Blur

Environment

Environment Ray Switcher

Gray Ball

Mirror Ball

Spherical Mapping

Physical Sky

Environment - Soft3D Shaders

Legacy Atmosphere

Legacy Ball

Legacy Cubic

Legacy Day

Legacy Map

Legacy Night

Legacy Sphere

Environment - Tools Shaders

Cubic 1

Cubic 6

Spherical

Lens Shaders

Bokeh Lens

Camera Projection

Cartoon

Depth of Field

Fast Lens Effects

Flare

Lens Effects

Lume Distortion

Panoramic

Photographic Exposure

Self-Anti-Aliasing

Simple Tone Mapping

Starburst Flare

Stereoscopic

True Lens Emulator

Toon Ink Lens

Light Shaders

Fast Light Effects

Physical Sun

Portal Light

Soft Light

Lightmap Shaders

Color Sampler

Fast Subsurface Scattering Lightmap Write

Material Shaders

Anisotropic

Blinn

Constant

Cook-Torrance

Flat Light

Glossy Reflection

Hair Renderer

Hair Geo Shading

Lambert

Metallic Paint

Phong

Shadow

sib_hair

Strauss

Toon Host

Toon Paint

Toon Paint Ambient

Toon Paint and Host

Toon Paint Highlight

Toon Paint Rimlight

Toon Paint Rounded

XSI Ambient Occlusion Shader

Material - Illumination Shaders

Anisotropic Shading

Anisotropic UV Shading

Blinn Shading

Cook-Torrance Shading

Flat Light Shading

Lambert Shading

Phong Shading

Simple Shadow

Strauss Shading

Sprite

Translucent Shading

Material - mental images Shaders

Architectural Material

Architectural Material (Multi-Out)

Car Paint

Card/Opacity

Fast Skin Subsurface Scattering Shader

Fast Simple Subsurface Scattering Shader

Fast Subsurface Scattering Shader

Fast Subsurface Scattering Lambert Gamma Shader

Fast Subsurface Scattering Specular Skin Shader

Lume Edge

Lume Edge Shadow

Lume Metal

Matte Shadow

Material - Raytracing Shaders

Dielectric

Refraction Diffuse

Material - Soft3D Shaders

Dusty

Easy Atmosphere

Environment Atmosphere

Environment Ball

Environment Cubic

Environment Horizon Day

Environment Horizon Map

Environment Horizon Night

Environment Sphere

Fire

Peekaboo

Toon Material

Toon Soft

Toon Wire

Velvet

Material - Subsurface Shaders

Physically Accurate Subsurface Scattering

Output Shaders

2D Auto Depth of Field

2D Background Color

2D Background Pic

2D Contour

2D Depth Cue

2D Depth of Field

2D Fur

2D Glow

2D Halo

Flatten Depth

Lume Adjustments

Lume Glare

Motion Blur

Motion Vector

Particle Shaders

Particle Billboard

Particle Blob

Particle Color

Particle Explosion

Particle Gradient

Particle Renderer

Particle Scalar

Particle Shape

Particle Sphere

Particle Sprite

Particle Vector

Particle Volume Cloud (ICE)

Particle Density (ICE)

Particle Gradient (ICE)

Particle Gradient Control (ICE)

Particle Info (ICE)

Particle Shaper Compound (ICE)

Particle Renderer Compound (ICE)

Particle Gradient Fcurve Compound (ICE)

Particle Strand Gradient Compound (ICE)

Attribute Shaders

Attribute Boolean

Attribute Color

Attribute Integer

Attribute Scalar

Attribute Transform

Attribute Vector

Realtime - Cg Shaders

CgFX

CgColor

CgLightTracker

CgMatrix

CgProgram

CgVector

Realtime - DirectX Shaders

DXCubicTexture

DX Cubic Cross Texture

DXDraw

DXFx

DXFx2

DX10FX

DXPixelShader

DXPSColorConst

DXShade

DXTexCoord

DXTexture

DX Texture File

DXVertexShader

DXVSColor

DXVSLightTracker

DXVSMatrix

DXVSVector

DXHLSLColor

DXHLSLMatrix

DXHLSLProgram

DXHLSLVector

Standard Annotations and Semantics

Vertex Shader Input Semantics

Realtime - OpenGL Shaders

GLSLProgram

GLSLUniform

OGLParticle

OGLTCTrans

OGLCom

OGLDraw

OGLMulti

OGLShade

OGLT2D

OGL13CubicTexture

OGL13 Cubic Cross Texture

OGL13Draw

OGL13Shade

OGL13TexCoord

OGL13Texture

Texture Shaders

Cell

Cell Scalar

Checkerboard

Cloud

Constant (Texture)

Constant Black

Fabric

Flagstone

Fractal

Fractal Scalar

Gradient

Grid

Image

Marble

Ripple

Rock

Scalar Image

Snow

Terrain

Vein

Vertex RGBA

Wood

Z-Depth

Texture - mental images Shaders

Camera Map

Fast Subsurface Scattering Call Shader

Light Surface

Ray Switch

Ray Switch Advanced

Texture - Texture Space Generator Shaders

Texture Space Generator

Texture Projection Lookup

Texture - Texture Space Controller Shaders

3D Warp

Kaleidoscope

Texture Edit

Texture - Texture Generator Shaders

2D Checkerboard

2D Dot

2D Fabric

2D Gradient Shader

2D Grid

2D Image Implicit

2D Ripple

2D Terrain

3D Cloud

3D Fractal

3D Lattice

3D Marble

3D Rock

3D Snow

3D Turbulence

3D Vein

3D Wave

3D Wood

Image Filtered Lookup

Image Lookup

Texture - Switch Shaders

Color Boolean Switch

Color Multi Switch

Front Back

Ray Type

Scalar Boolean Switch

Scalar Multi Switch

Vector Boolean Switch

Vector Multi Switch

Texture - Surface Shaders

Incidence Shader

Texture - State Shaders

Color Save State

Scalar Save State

Scalar State

Vector Save State

Vector State

XSI Model Map

Texture - Share Shaders

Boolean Share

Color Share

Integer Share

Scalar Share

Vector Share

Texture - Raytracing Shaders

Opaque

Photon

Photon Render Tree

Reflection

Reflection Diffuse

Refraction

Thickness

Transparency

Texture - Mixers Shaders

Color Interpolate

Gradient Mixer

Mix 2 Colors

Mix 8 Colors

Toon Mix

Texture - Math Shaders

Average

Boolean Math Logic

Boolean Negate

Change Range

Color Math Basic

Color Math Exponent

Color Math Logic

Color Math Unary

Color Smooth Range Shader

Exponent Falloff

Inrange

Linear Falloff

Scalar Inrange

Scalar Math Basic

Scalar Math Curve

Scalar Math Exponent

Scalar Math Logic

Scalar Math Unary

Scalar Multi Math

Scalar Smooth Range Shader

Vector Math Scalar

Vector Math Vector

Texture - Map Lookup Shaders

Boolean Map Lookup

Color Map Lookup

Integer Map Lookup

Scalar Map Lookup

Vector Map Lookup

Vertex RGBA Lookup

Texture - Image Processing Shaders

Color Correction

Intensity

Invert

RGBA Keyer

Scalar Invert

HLS Adjust

Color Balance

Texture - Illumination Shaders

Photon Irradiance

Texture - Conversion Shaders

Color to Boolean

Color to Scalar

Color to Scalars

Color to Vector

HSV to RGB

Integer to Scalar

RGB to HSV

Scalar to Boolean

Scalar to Color

Scalar to Integer

Scalars to Vector

Vector to Color

Vector to Scalar

Vector to Scalars

Vector Coordinate Converter

Texture - Color Channels Shaders

Color2alpha

HLSA Combine

HSVA Combine

Pick Channel

RGBA Combine

RGBA Split

Scalar Matte Shader

Color Matte Shader

Texture - Render Channels Shaders

Boolean Store In Channel Shader

Color Store In Channel Shader

Integer Store In Channel Shader

Scalar Store In Channel Shader

Vector Store In Channel Shader

Texture - Bump Shaders

Bump Flakes

Bumpmap

Bumpmap (Old)

Bump Map Generator

Rounded Corners

XSI Normal Map2

Volume Shaders

Constant Density

Fast Volume Effects

Lume Beam

Volume Cigarette Smoke

Volume Effects

Volume Fog

Volume Layered Fog

Volume Lightning

Volume Smoke

SSS Compounds

SkinSSS Shader Compound

SimpleSSS Shader Compound

Unsupported Shaders

OGLShadowMap

2D Gradient Shader (Legacy)

DXShadowMap

DXShadowReceiver

Particle (Sparks) (Old)

Particle Blob (Old)

Particle Fluid (Old)

Bump Lens

Color Correction Shader (legacy)

Fisheye Shader (Legacy)

Foreground Mask

Gradient (legacy)

Incidence Shader (legacy)

Soft_material

Texture Rotate

nVBumpDraw

nVCubic

nVDraw

nVMeta

nVPPAtt

nVToon

nVidia Shadow Shader

Color2scalar

Color2vector

Vector2color

Vector2scalar

Fx Operator Reference

Common Options

B-Spline/Polygon Shape

Freehand/Bezier Shapes

Mask Options

Output Options

Using Parser Expressions

Color Adjust Operators

Bit Depth

Color Correct

Color Paste

Component Parser

Cutout

Grayscale

HSV Adjust

Invert

Lin2Log

Log2Lin

Pixel Parser

Pre/Un Multiply RGB

Swap Component

Tint

Color Curves Operators

Chroma Adjust

Chroma Extract

CMY Adjust

Color Extract

Comp Adjust

Comp Back Extract

Comp Extract

Difference Extract

Hue Extract

Luma Adjust

Luma Extract

RGB Adjust

Composite Operators

Composite with Matte

Gradient

Keyer

Math Composite

Over

Shape Cutter

Shape Paste

Z Composite

Distort Operators

Bump Distort

Bump Shade

Pinch

Spherize

Swirl

Turb Distort

Twist

Filter Operators

Band Pass Filter

Box Blur

Despeckle Filter

Directional Blur

Edge Detect Filter

Fast Blur

Field Filter

Gaussian Blur

High Pass Filter

Low Pass Filter

Median Filter

Min Max Channel Filter

Min Max Filter

Quartic Blur

Radial Blur

Rank Filter

Sharpen Filter

Grain Operators

Degrain

Grain Composite

New Grain

Noise

Video Noise Removal

Image/Paint Operators

File Input

File Output

From Clip

Mask Shapes

Paint Clip

PSD Layer Extract

To Clip

Vector Paint

Optics Operators

Depth Of Field

Lens Flare

Flare Ring

Painterly Effects Operators

Painterly Effects

Accented Edges

Angled Strokes

Bas Relief

Chalk and Charcoal

Charcoal

Chrome

Colored Pencil

Conte Crayon

Craquelure

Crosshatch

Cutout

Dark Strokes

Diffuse Glow

Dry Brush

Emboss

Film Grain

Fresco

Glass

Glowing Edges

Grain

Graphic Pen

Halftone Screen

Ink Outlines

Mosaic

Neon Glow

Note Paper

Paint Daubs

Painterly Effects

Palette Knife

Patchwork

Photocopy

Plaster

Plastic Wrap

Poster Edges

Reticulation

Ripple

Rough Pastels

Smudge Stick

Spatter

Sponge

Sprayed Strokes

Stained Glass

Stamp

Sumi-e

Texturizer

Torn Edges

Underpainting

Water Paper

Watercolor

Plugins Operators

Color Mix

Crystal

Fake 3D

Fancy Glow

Film Mask

Iris Wipe

Kaleidoscope

Lightning

Melt Wipe

Particle Blast

Particle Orbits

Particle Wind

Pattern Generator

Rollup

Sparkler

Retiming Operators

3:2 Pulldown

Deinterlace

Interlace

Linear Retime

Retiming

Linear Time Blur

Gaussian Time Blur

Transform Operators

Crop

Morpher

Resize

Tracking

Transform 3D

Warper

Transition Operators

Curtain Wipe

Dissolve

Fade Color

SMPTE Wipe

Paint Tools

Brush Property Editor

Color Shape Property Editor

Drop Shadow Property Editor

Flood Fill Shape Property Editor

Flood Fill/Magic Wand Properties Property Editor

Magic Wand Selection Property Editor

Paint Tool Settings Property Editor

Selection Shape Property Editor

Stroke Shape Property Editor

Wipe Shape Property Editor

Preference Reference

General Preferences

Animation Preferences

Compositing Preferences Property Editor

Data Management Preferences

Display Preferences

General Preferences

Interaction Preferences

Modeling Preferences

Output Format Preferences

Output Format Dialog Box

Plug-in Manager Preferences

Rendering Preferences

Scene Colors Property Editor

Scripting Preferences

Shaderball Preferences

Shape Animation Preferences

Simulation Preferences

Units Preferences

Command Preferences

Duplicate Options Property Editor

Transform Group Options

Editors Preferences

Animation Editor Preferences

Animation Mixer Preferences

Dopesheet Preferences

Explorer Preferences

Fcurve Editor Preferences

ICE Tree Preferences

Keying Panel Preferences

Scene Layer Manager Preferences

Material Manager Preferences

Material Panel Preferences

NetView Preferences

Object View Preferences

Preset Manager Preferences

Render Tree Preferences

Schematic View Preferences

Script Editor Preferences

Texture Editor Preferences

Texture Layer Editor Preferences

Weight Editor Preferences

XSI Explorer Preferences

Tool Preferences

Camera Preferences

Polygon Preferences

Selection Preferences

Snapping Preferences

Symmetry Preferences

Transform Preferences

Tweak Preferences