These are the features that provide your basic interactions with Autodesk® Softimage®:
• Starting and Interacting With Softimage
Covers the methods and startup options available for launching Softimage and the interaction model you will use when working in Softimage.
• Interface — Commands and Tools
Introduces all user interface elements and the basic tools for accessing commands and modifying parameters and properties.
• Views
Discusses the tools that let you examine your scene in varying degrees of detail. This includes the 3D views as well as the general-purpose views such as the Explorer view, the Schematic view, and Net View.
• Viewing 3D Objects
Describes the many ways in which you can view scene geometry in the 3D views.
• Rotoscopy
Introduces the rotoscoping technique in which video or film images are placed in the background of a 3D view to match your camera’s point of view with that of the images, for example.
Autodesk Softimage v.7.5