Anima 2 Released! The ArchVIZ Populate Plugin

AXYZ design releases Anima 2, the definitive tool to populate your ArchVIZ scenes Introducing a completely revamped version of the crowd simulation software for populating scenes, aimed at fulfilling the needs of the architectural visualization industry.

Anima 2 has been designed for rapid simulation of large crowds while retaining the versatility and artistic freedom that users need. Nearly every aspect of an animation can be controlled, and for the first time it is now possible to import and use custom characters and motions.

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At the heart of Anima 2 is a brand-new simulation engine that dramatically improves animations, brings a host of new features, and paves the way for rapid development of future releases.

Anima 2 highlights include:

REWRITTEN FROM THE GROUND UP
Anima 2 is a completely new application, rewritten from scratch, and improved in every way.

ARTIST FRIENDLY
With a completely new WYSIWYG editor, Anima 2 makes crowd simulation simple. It’s as easy as drawing a path, adding actors and hitting play.

RAPID SCENE POPULATION
Whether a project requires one thousand characters or just one, Anima can spawn and simulate crowds of any size while adding subtle variations in textures and motions for incredibly realistic animations.

USE ANY ASSETS
Users are not limited to the bundled content. Using Animas editing tools it’s easy to import and use 3rd party rigged characters and motion capture data.

MOTION AND POSE EDITOR
Fine-tune characters and motion clips with the visual pose edit or, providing the ability to adjust the rotation of every joint. Also process, edit and loop motion clips using easy-to-understand tools.

REALISTIC INTERACTION
Anima creates natural looking crowd simulations using a sophisticated AI brain to anticipate collisions between actors and blend flawlessly between motion clips.

COMPLETE CONTROL
Precise control is possible when it is needed. Each actor is fully editable, providing complete control to direct the perfect animation.

WALKWAY TOOLS
New walkway tools provide sophisticated controls to direct walking, running and other locomotion animations. Advanced settings give users the power to control distribution, spacing, direction, clustering, and the ability to change the width of the path at any point.

RAMPS, STAIRS, ESCALATORS, AND MOVING WALKWAYS
Use Anima to add actors that walk, run, navigate slopes, ride escalators, tackle moving walkways and climb stairs realistically. Whatever a scene’s topology, characters can explore every corner.

OBSTACLES AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS
Characters navigate to avoid objects and walking and running actors can be stopped and started using traffic lights.

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STANDING CHARACTERS
Fill scenes with standing and seated characters using an extensive range of animations, or import more from 3rd party sources. Characters can move from walkways to fixed areas to socialize.

PHOTOREAL
Anima 2 uses the same high quality 3D people found in the Metropoly collections, so there’s no need to compromise on quality. Actors are driven by real mocap data and a sophisticated AI engine with automatic procedural motion to achieve super-realistic animations.

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NO NEED FOR POST PRODUCTION
Save time in post-production! Anima’s 3D characters look great from every angle and interact with the lighting and shaders in a scene to create accurate shadows, reflections, motion blur, depth of field, and color balance.

3D APP SUPPORT
Anima 2 comes with native import plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max® and Maxon CINEMA 4D®.

The release, as well as a free trial version, and online documentation, is available and distributed through AXYZ’s website. All scenes are courtesy of Evermotion®.

15 replies
  1. Wilalbert Gomez
    Wilalbert Gomez says:

    A ver si lo han mejorado, porque menudo marrón el primero!!. Bastantes dolores de cabeza y explosiones de max que nos ha ocasionado… ?

  2. Morten Olesen
    Morten Olesen says:

    Anima 1 was ridiculous. Most useless buggy software I’ve ever seen. I’m never going to buy from these guys again, but anyone considering to buy this should be sure to test it before.

  3. Mark La Frenais
    Mark La Frenais says:

    i agree – it will have to be the mother of all revamps. i have lost days of my life to this badly designed software. max populate plugin much better imho

  4. Jai Eakin
    Jai Eakin says:

    Please please AXYZ design help all the online render farms install and test.

  5. ronenbekerman
    ronenbekerman says:

    Well, that is why Anima 2 is here. I know it took them a long time and investment and anyone considering this tool should indeed test it before jumping on-board.

  6. Nildo Essa
    Nildo Essa says:

    Im trying out anima2.0 right now with max2016..and seems very solid..the only thing that happens is an error regarding materials..dunno why..but does not stop you from rendering..using octane for max btw…good job so far Anima guys

  7. mitchthemusic
    mitchthemusic says:

    It’s pretty much useless for anything beyond simple walks and idle animations. Actors constantly don’t step on stairs and escalators correctly. The collision detection is pretty awful between actors. The 3ds Max plugin is terribly buggy as well.
    Investigate alternatives before wasting hours of production time trying to make this software work for you.

  8. TJ Gardner
    TJ Gardner says:

    Just bought the full 2.5 version and within 1 hour I had a full scene with 60 actors working flawlessly. Looks like they fixed alot of the bugs. Happy so far.

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