Introduction

Welcome to Version 9.0 of Studio/Power Animator, which provides many improvements and fixes many limitations from previous versions.

For information on...	See...
Installing Alias	Installing Alias 9.0 on page 65
Setting up peripheral devices to work with Alias	Complementary Software and Peripherals on page 115
What's been fixed for Alias	The headings, "Limitations Fixed" in each of the sections in Release Notes on page 7
New and improved features available to you	The book, What's New in Alias 9.0
New limitations found	The various sections in Release Notes on page 7
Limitations remaining from previous releases	The various sections in Release Notes on page 7
Environment variables used by Alias	Appendix A: Environment Variables on page 157

Important Tips

• The online version of this document will not be as up-to-date as the printed version. Please refer to the printed version for any last-minute additions.

• You must install EvalViewer from its CD for it to work with the Studio advanced modelling/evaluation license. For EvalViewer installation and release notes, see the Quick Install & Release Notes for EvalViewer 9.0.

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Release Notes

This part provides general tips, addendums, and lists of limitations. It is divided into the following sections:

• General Notes on page 9

• User Interface Notes on page 13

• Modeling Notes on page 17

• EvalViewer Notes on page 29

• Animation Notes on page 41

• Rendering Notes on page 67

• Game Notes on page 89

• OpenModel and OpenAlias Notes on page 41

• Data Transfer Notes on page 53

• Documentation Notes on page 61