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Transition Tips.
This article is aimed at users of Discreet's 3ds max who are transitioning to
Softimage XSI and covers the fundamentals. When time allows there will be follow-up articles
published which will take a closer and more in-depth look at the various aspects of Softimage
XSI such as the Net View, Synoptic Editor, Scripting, and lots more.
click here to read the article
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Animagic no longer maints the huge page with links to websites. Instead we have
opted to jointly maintain the links page in collaboration with our colleagues of
mantiCORE Labs. This will lighten the maintenance efforts for both parties.
click here to go the links
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As you will notice, all the old content in the form of articles and tutorials
have been removed from the site and a new clean space stands ready for fresh,
modern, and more up to date content.
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