Exocortex has recently released an update to Species, its character creation tool for Softimage which represents a Herculean third such release in six months. Exocortex Species has introduced a new set of animation tools designed to speed up workflow when working with Species AnimRig allowing you to mirror the pose of the selected controls to the opposite side of the animation rig.
In addition there is a new Mirror Swap tool which will swap the selected control to a different side as well as a Biped Match FK IK switch that will switch the selected limb from the current FK or IK mode to the opposite all while keeping the proper pose.
Exocortex Species simplifies the process of human character creation from designing your character’s unique attributes, integrating sculpting results, to rig creation, even animation. With Species, you will create higher quality animated characters faster and at a lower cost, while avoiding the generic look that often come when purchasing off-the-shelf models.
Exocortex Species also has some changes tot he AnimRig itself with new preset hand poses, a hand follow IK option, IK offset controls for arms and legs, a look at head control option, and an align for the leg IK.
If you are not yet using Exocortex Species, give it a try by downloading the trial from the Exocortex Species product page. For those already using Exocortex Species, you can download the 1.5 update directly from here. Exocortex Species supports Autodesk Softimage 2010 through 2013 on both Windows and Linux. Floating and node locked licenses are available starting at $299.
Some other changes to Species would include:
Synoptics
- Update synoptics with new controls
- Add hand poses to AnimRig Synoptics
Bug Fixes
- Left ForearmRoll deformers misaligned
- Hide FK arm bones on PropRig by default ( hides IK arm bones when switched to FK)
- Bank Param on right foot inverted
- AnimRig build cancel button doesn’t cancel
- Only display Dual Quat option if available
- Change preferences to be per user not per addon
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