本教程是由Digital-Tutors机构出品的Softimage绘制ICE模块高级教程，时长：2小时38分，使用软件：Softimage，附工程源文件（7M），作者：Kyle Green，官方发布时间：2011年12月01日。

SOFTIMAGE公司是加拿大Avid公司旗下的子公司。SOFTIMAGE 3D是专业动画设计师的重要工具。用SOFTIMAGE 3D创建和制作的作品占据了娱乐业和影视业的主要市场,《泰坦尼克号》、《失落的世界》、《第五元素》等电影中的很多镜头都是由SOFTIMAGES 3D制作完成的,创造了惊人的视觉效果。

SOFTIMAGE XSI是AUTO DESK（AVID公司已经被AUTO DESK公司收购！）面向高端三维影视市场的旗舰产品，以其独一无二真正的非线性动画编辑为众多从事三维电脑艺术人员所喜爱。XSI将电脑的三维动画虚拟能力推向了极致。是最佳的动画工具，除了新的非线性动画功能之外，比之前更容易设定Keyframe的传统动画。是制作电影，广告，3D，建筑表现等方面的强力工具。

Digital-Tutors ICE Volume Rendering in Softimage

In this course we will learn how realistic volume effects such as smoke,clouds and flames can be rendered using Softimage ICE tree networks. This course will guide you through the entire start-to-finish process of building your ICE tree simulations and rendering the final results,with special emphasis on the concepts and workflows that you can incorporate into your own Softimage projects. We will learn how to create ICE trees and add dynamic forces such as wind and gravity to our simulations,we will learn how textures can be used to drive particle appearance and behavior,we will learn how to incorporate realistic light dispersion and absorption properties into our ICE volume particles,as well as many additional features,techniques,and workflows that will prove to be invaluable to all Softimage users who wish to use ICE tree simulations in their own projects.