Editing Electric Image Animation System (section)

==Components==
The Electric Image Animation System is not a single program, but rather a suite of several programs designed to work together. Each of the primary programs handles a particular part of the production workflow:

===Animator===
Animator is the EIAS animation program. It can directly import 3D models in the Lightwave, 3D Studio, AutoCAD, Maya, and Electric Image FACT formats. In addition to animating models, Animator allows you to set up rendering settings. It efficiently supports the animation of very geometrically complex projects.

===Camera===
Camera is the EIAS rendering program, known for its speed and high image quality. As of version 9.0, it supports [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]], [[Phong shading]], [[scanline rendering]], [[spatial anti-aliasing]], [[motion blur]], [[Caustic (optics)|caustics]], [[Radiosity (computer graphics)|radiosity]], [[Photon mapping]], Irradiance Cache, Screen Cache and [[global illumination]]. Camera outputs to several file formats, like Quicktime and EI's own Image format. The latter is directly supported by Adobe After Effects CC and Adobe Photoshop CC.

===Renderama===
Renderama and Renderama Slave compose EIAS's distributed network rendering system. It allows for the rendering of a project to be distributed over a network's computers (i.e., for the formation of a [[render farm]]). It supports both single and multiprocessor computers, taking advantage of all available processors to distribute the workload. It also supports rendering across platforms (e.g., Windows 7/8 - 64 bits and Mac OS X 10.6.8 or earlier).

===Modeler===
Modeler saves its files in Electric Image's "FACT" file format for importing into Animator (see above). It supports [http://www.spatial.com/ ACIS] modeling, "ÜberNurbs" (EIAS' subdivision surfaces modeling  technology), LAWS (based on parametric formulas) as well as Boolean operations and other modern modeling tools.

Modeler last shipped in Electric Image Universe 5.0. As a result, users of EIAS 5.5 and newer use a third-party modeler instead. Electric Image recommends [http://nevercenter.com/ Nevercenter Silo] for this purpose. [[Form-Z|Form•Z]] from auto•des•sys is also popularly used as a companion for EIAS.