Yep, you’ve read that right. Softimage announced SOFTIMAGE|3D v4.0 software at Siggraph 2001. New features and enhancements include multiple UV texturing vertex color shading, interactive editing of shading normals and additions to the Saaphire SDK. SOFTIMAGE|3D v4.0 software, which will also support the Linux platform, is scheduled for release in Fall 2001.