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Alienbrain 9.0 - Now Available  -

With the enhancements of the Remote Collaboration Server Alienbrain 9 increases the security level to keep sensitive data even more secure when working in distributed teams or partners outside the company network. The streamlined SCM workflows and the support for new versions of artist creation tools like Autodesk Maya 2009 and Adobe Photoshop CS 4 will help making an artist's daily work much easier. See what's new in Alienbrain 9.0

Store Files Securely Alienbrain makes all project files available from a secure central server where users can browse them, preview them, retrieve them for viewing, or lock them for editing using special client applications. The result: everyone knows where important files are, and who is working on them. Files are never accidentally deleted or overwritten, and everything can be managed from a single, central location.	Version and Track Digital Assets Alienbrain keeps a version history of all of your project's assets so artists can be sure that they're always working on the correct version. You can track modifications, and, if necessary, †œroll back" to any previous version, at any time, for any reason. All versions are stored in a central location, which frees up disk space on workstations and makes archiving a snap.
Manage Next-Gen Complexity Most digital asset management systems are built to handle source code, and work best with lots of small files. Alienbrain was designed from the ground up for large teams to work together on the massive digital art files required for next-generation productions — even from remote locations. Where other asset management systems fail under heavy loads, Alienbrain keeps powering on.	Collaborate, Review, and Approve Alienbrain is ideal for collaborative workflow. From the robust checkin/checkout system that tells you when files are in use, and who's using them, to the built in markup layers and messaging system that allow managers to assign tasks, review content, and approve changes (or not). A new simplified client and caching system make life easier for remote users so the whole team can work together, regardless of physical location. Best of all, Alienbrain scales to accomodate large teams working with large numbers of massive digital art files.
Work Visually Alienbrain's intuitive user interface and unique workflows are designed especially for artists. High-quality thumbnails and previews are available in every view — even for 3D scenes and models — so you can find the right file at a glance. Markup layers let you annotate and draw on images in separate layers, so you can communicate changes clearly.	Use the Latest Art Tools and Operating Systems Alienbrain boasts integrations for leading 3D and 2D art tools so artists can retrieve assets without leaving favorite applications. Alienbrain comes with integration for the following applications: Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4 SOFTIMAGE|XSI 5.x, 6.x, 7.x Autodesk 3ds Max 9, 2008, 2009 Autodesk Maya 8.0, 8.5, 2008, 2009 Autodesk AliasStudio 13.0, 2008 Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008
Manage Projects and Configurations Alienbrain gives administrators complete control over projects: from setting permissions and privileges, to modifying large numbers of files, to backing up projects and archiving older content. You can manage projects individually, or manage multiple projects at once. Advanced software configuration management tools make it easy to maintain multiple configurations of a project concurrently without duplicating its content, and even transfer of changes from one configuration to another.	Customize, Automate, Integrate Because every project is different, Alienbrain includes a complete set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow Technical Directors to programmatically access content and metadata, efficiently automate common tasks, and customize Alienbrain tools, views, and behaviors to suit the particular needs of a project. Add integrations with leading art tools, and you can see how Alienbrain integrates easily into next-generation game and film pipelines.

Store Files Securely

Alienbrain makes all project files available from a secure central server where users can browse them, preview them, retrieve them for viewing, or lock them for editing using special client applications. The result: everyone knows where important files are, and who is working on them. Files are never accidentally deleted or overwritten, and everything can be managed from a single, central location.

Version and Track Digital Assets

Manage Next-Gen Complexity

Most digital asset management systems are built to handle source code, and work best with lots of small files. Alienbrain was designed from the ground up for large teams to work together on the massive digital art files required for next-generation productions — even from remote locations. Where other asset management systems fail under heavy loads, Alienbrain keeps powering on.

Collaborate, Review, and Approve

Work Visually

Alienbrain's intuitive user interface and unique workflows are designed especially for artists. High-quality thumbnails and previews are available in every view — even for 3D scenes and models — so you can find the right file at a glance. Markup layers let you annotate and draw on images in separate layers, so you can communicate changes clearly.

Use the Latest Art Tools and Operating Systems

Alienbrain boasts integrations for leading 3D and 2D art tools so artists can retrieve assets without leaving favorite applications. Alienbrain comes with integration for the following applications:

• Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3, CS4
• SOFTIMAGE|XSI 5.x, 6.x, 7.x
• Autodesk 3ds Max 9, 2008, 2009
• Autodesk Maya 8.0, 8.5, 2008, 2009
• Autodesk AliasStudio 13.0, 2008
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008

Alienbrain 9 System Requirements

Alienbrain Server Operating System: Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition (SP 1 or later) Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Edition (SP 4 or later) Windows NT 4 Server Processor: Pentium-4 class CPU(s) or better Memory: RAM and storage suited to project size Native Client for Windows Operating System: Windows Vista Windows XP Home, Windows XP Professional (SP2 or later) Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Datacenter Edition Windows 2000 Professional, Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Edition Windows NT 4 Workstation, NT 4 Server Processor: Pentium-4 class CPU(s) or better Memory: min. 256 MB RAM and min. 1GB free disk space Cross-Platform Client Mac Operating System: Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 (Leopard) Processor: G5/G4 class CPU, Intel CPU Cross-Platform Client Linux Operating System: Linux/i386 Processor: Pentium-4 class CPU Supported Integrations SOFTIMAGE| XSI 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.5, 7.0 (32/64-bit), 7.5 (32/64bit) Autodesk Maya 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, 2008 (32/64-bit), 2009 (32/64bit) Autodesk 3ds Max: 8.0, 9.0, 2008 (32/64-bit), 2009 (32/64-bit) Autodesk AliasStudio 13.0, 2008 Adobe Photoshop 7.0, 8.0 (CS), 9.0 (CS2), CS 3, CS 4 (32/64bit) Microsoft Visual Studio 2003, 2005, 2008

What's new in Alienbrain 9.0

Integration Support for new Artist Creation Tools

Alienbrain 9.0 expands the list of digital content creation tool support:

Increased Security

Along with the growing importance of distributed development effort, security requirements are getting stronger. The Alienbrain Remote Collaboration Server (RCS) already provides a secure way to let users connect to selected Alienbrain databases from all over the world using secure https connections over the Internet. Now the Remote Collaboration Server offers new security enhancements such as additional configuration options to hide projects from the project list provided by the RCS.

Enhanced SCM Workflows

Next to great SCM improvements the merging workflow and experience has been streamlined and made much easier.

Enhanced Server Robustness and OS Support

Rising project and team sizes increase the requirements to the Alienbrain server. Therefore the new version of the Alienbrain server has been revised to address these requirements. The result is the Alienbrain 9.0 server with an overall increased stability.

The new Alienbrain server now also supports the new Microsoft Server OS:
Windows Server 2008.