Alienbrain Versions

Alienbrain is available in a number of configurations to match your production requirements. A detailed Alienbrain client comparison is available below.

• Alienbrain Essentials for Artists
• Alienbrain Essentials for Programmers
• Alienbrain Advanced
• Alienbrain Cross-Platform Client
• Alienbrain Reader
  

Alienbrain Essentials

Alienbrain Essentials comes in two flavors, optimized for artists and programmers respectively.

• Essentials for Artists – Everything artists need: with unrivaled support for 3rd-party applications via intuitive 2D/3D integrations into leading art tools. Artists can work visually with graphical assets using fast previews, thumbnails and an easy-to-learn user interface user interface.

• Essentials for Programmers – Everything the programmers need: with state-of-the-art software configuration management, advanced branching, change sets, a top-notch Visual Studio integration and a copy of the award-winning Araxis Merge™ Professional (a $269 value).

Pricing and purchase options.

Alienbrain Advanced

Advanced includes all of the features of Essentials plus:

• Sophisticated reporting tools: elaborate reporting and communication tools help managers effectively track and control project status, detect resource conflicts in project workflows, and take appropriate action.

• Plug-ins for high-end design and animation tools such as Autodesk StudioTools; and a copy of the award-winning Araxis Merge™ Professional (a $269 value).

Pricing and purchase options.

Alienbrain Cross Platform Client

Alienbrain Cross Platform Client is a special version of the Alienbrain client for Mac OS X and Linux.

Pricing and purchase options.

Alienbrain Reader

The free Alienbrain Reader allows read-only access to Alienbrain repositories. Typical applications for the Reader include:

• Rendering: read-only access for render nodes and batch processes

• Review & Approval: read-only access for reviewers who don’t modify assets

Alienbrain Client Comparison

Feature	Advanced	Essentials for Artists	Essentials for Programmers	Cross Platform Client	Reader
Version Control Features
Check-in / Check-out
Multiple check-out
Check-out of previous versions
Automatic/manual merging (text)
Non-destructive rollback
Server-side recycle bin
Get Latest
Synchronize on get (structural)
Smart Get (check only for updates)
Get Version (by date, label, change set)
Get Version (structural)
Local file states (workspace view)
Local versions (get version x of y)
File shares					(1)
Version history with thumbnails
Visual differencing with thumbnails
Standard meta-data (keywords, …)					(1)
Feature	Advanced	Essentials for Artists	Essentials for Programmers	Cross Platform Client	Reader
Configuration Management Features
Change Sets					(1)
History searches
Change Set searches
Setting Labels
Branching					(1)
Merging
Visual Merging tool for all file types
Keep merge result in a change set
Bundled with Araxis Merge Prof.		optional
Feature	Advanced	Essentials for Artists	Essentials for Programmers	Cross Platform Client	Reader
Productivity Features
Thumbnails (configurable size)
Image Preview (image, office, text)
Image Scribbling and Annotations
References					(1)
File and folder coloring
Single button quick searches
Regular expression searches
Advanced status searches
Searches for local files (disk items)
Integrated messenger
Single Sign-On (on Windows platforms)
Feature	Advanced	Essentials for Artists	Essentials for Programmers	Cross Platform Client	Reader
Management Tools
List export to HTML
List export to Word®, Excel®
Integrated sign-off workflow
Workflow Reports
Workflow overview
Workload by user
Overdue files by user
File Management Reports
Active check-outs by user
Stale check-outs by user
Modification activity by user
Integrations
Adobe® Photoshop®
Autodesk® 3ds maxtm
Autodesk® Maya®
Autodesk® AliasStudio
Softimage® XSI®
MS Visual Studio®
Customizability
Support for custom meta-data					(1)
Execution of custom event scripts
Preview own file types
GUI customization
Customizable toolbar
Custom  views/layout management
Custom merge tools
(1): read-only