Archive notice: This article was originally published on July 19, 2012. Links and embedded videos are preserved as part of the historical record.
The special feature of Clarisse iFX is that the previous workflow of 3D programs is literally overturned. In "conventional" 3D programs, various stages are passed through sequentially up to a certain point. As an example, one can imagine a series of widely differing parameters in the compositing stage. Rendering is then initiated to check the changed parameters.
According to Isotropix, with Clarisse iFX the final image is intended to be at the forefront of production instead of sequential processing followed by checking.
One could almost say that the workflow is based on real-time 3D environments, but with layer functionality of the kind familiar from Photoshop. Entire scenes can, for example, be imported as 3D layers and adjusted through Massive Multi-Editing.
The Digital Production editorial team will take on this tool and publish a report on it in upcoming issues. In advance, however, here is a short demonstration video of the so-called revolutionary workflow:
