: While version 8.0 was a masterpiece, it was also the "beginning of the end." Around this time, Alias|Wavefront was secretly building Maya (codenamed "Maya" during development), which would eventually combine the best parts of PowerAnimator and Wavefront's Explorer into a more extensible, modern package.
Version 8.0 introduced significant workflow improvements aimed at professional productivity: Sgi alias studio power animator 80 irix cd1
: For a 90s digital artist, inserting that "CD1" into an SGI Indigo2 or Octane was a ritual. The IRIX installation process (often via the inst command) would unpack a suite of tools that felt like magic: Studio for industrial design and PowerAnimator for high-end character animation. : While version 8