Massive Software has announced the shipping of Massive 2.0, an updated version of its Academy Award-winning 3D animation system for AI-driven characters and digital stunts. The new release adds such features as Smart Stunts, fully anti-aliased viewing of agents and scenes, facial blend shape support, new motion tree workflow and a host of updates designed to streamline and speed the software’s overall operation and UI.
First used by director Peter Jackson to achieve the epic battle sequences in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Massive has since been adopted by many top film, television and commercial studios to produce realistic CG crowd and stunt animation featuring digital characters that can be multiplied fill the screen with hundreds of thousands of virtual extras.
The Smart Stunts functionality allows for dynamic digital stunts based on motion capture data, while facial blend shape animation helps vfx crews produce hero-quality animation for characters placed close to the camera. Users can also create more realistic behavior with Massive agents that now remember things and base their actions on what they’ve seen and experienced. Those agents can also create foot prints, ant trails and other traces of movement with the new agent painting tool.
Other new features includes audible agent sound, more efficient rendering, the ability to load animated background images into a camera and enhanced tutorials.
Massive 2.0 is available now with permanent interactive licenses priced at $18,000, plus $4,000 per year for updates and support. Additional licenses can be leased as needed for $2,000 per license, per month, including support. For more information, call (310) 837-7878 or go to www.massivesoftware.com.
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