Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., delivers innovative, artist-friendly character creation and effects tools to animators and digital artists in the film, broadcast, post-production and games industries. Its product line includes SOFTIMAGE|XSI, the industry's only non-destructive digital character production software, and SOFTIMAGE|Face Robot, the first production toolset that multiplies face animation productivity by simplifying the complex process of preparing the face for animation and by giving artists precise control over the results.

SOFTIMAGE|XSI is the most advanced 3D animation and character creation software for next generation games & film. The XSI Gigapolygon core, capable of handling massively detailed models with millions of polygons, is the number one reason why leading entertainment companies are switching their next generation projects to XSI. Built on the newest code base and designed for the way the artist thinks, XSI empowers you to bring your creative vision to life.

Next Limit Technologies has created a plug-in interface between it´s advanced light simulator Maxwell Renderä and XSI, allowing XSI users to render their XSI models and scenes with Maxwell Render.  Key features include:

• Multilight™
• Maxwell Materials
• Full Global Illumination
• Physical Sky

With the Maxwell Render plug-in, users simply model their scene in XSI, apply materials and other settings inside XSI using the plug-in, and render the scene.