Autodesk has just announced Softimage Mod Tool 7.5, a free modeling and animation package based on the higher-end Softimage. They’ve added alot of new features includeing the Interactive Creative Environment, a new Shader API, and new learning material from Noesis Interactive that demonstrating creating models for use in Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0.
Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 supports the Realtime Shader API version 3.0, which Autodesk says helps make real-time shader development simpler and more flexible. The new version offers an architecture focused on programmable shaders (GLSL, HLSL) and file-based effects (CgFX and DxFX). With these capabilities, what game developers see in Softimage Mod Tool is what they get in the game.
via Autodesk launches Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 for game designers – Network World.
