THIS BOOK INCLUDES: PART I: TOURING SOFTIMAGE: Exploring the softimage interface; getting started - Moving in space; Producing your first softimage animation; Advanced interface concepts; Animation concepts PART II: MODELING: The model shop- all about modeling; Polyon modeling; NURB modeling Meta - Clay modeling; Boolean modeling; Meta-Clay modeling; Duplicates and Instances; It looks pretty: Materian and textures PART III: ANIMATION & RENDERING: Animating with shape animation; Animating with deformations; The Actor module with inverse kinematics; Animating with dynamics; The mentl ray renderer.