Corporate Profile for Discreet, dated Jan. 12, 2001.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Jan. 12, 2001
Company Name: Discreet
Address: 10 rue Duke
Montreal
PQ
H3C 2L7
Canada
Main Telephone
Number: 514/393-1616
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.discreet.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Paul Lypaczewski
Chief Financial
Officer: Stig Gruman
Public Relations
Contact: Kevin Clark
Business number: 415/547-2457
E-mail address: kevin.g.clark@autodesk.com
Industry: Content Creation Software
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: Nasdaq:ASDK
-0- Company description: World Headquarters 10 Duke Street Montreal, Quebec, H3C 2L7 Canada Telephone: (1) 514.393.1616 (2) 1.800.869.3504 Fax: (1) 514.393.0110 (2) 1.800.305.6442 Global Offices Bombay, Chicago, London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Madrid, Miami, Munich, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Paris, Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r , San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Singapore, Tokyo.San Francisco office: 642 Harrison Street San Francisco CA 94107 Telephone: 415/547-2000 FAX: 415/547-2222 Global Employees Currently over 600 employees worldwide. Discreet Investor information: Discreet is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Autodesk, Inc., a California corporation, listed on the Nasdaq under ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) . Global Market Discreet provides the world's leading tools used by digital artists in four vertical markets: Post Production, Broadcast, Game & Animation, and Web content creation. The list of award-winning productions created with our systems continues to grow. For example: films such as Gladiator gladiator (Latin; swordsman) Professional combatant in ancient Rome who engaged in fights to the death as sport. Gladiators originally performed at Etruscan funerals, the intent being to give the dead man armed attendants in the next world. , Mission Impossible II, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, and The Matrix; 3D graphics for Super Bowl and elections coverage; games like Tomb Raider, Age of Empires, and Pharaoh. Not to mention the next level of rich media for the Web, such as NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. .com and The Tonight Show's groundbreaking online personality, Virtual Jay. Visual effects and animation systems inferno/flame/flint are Discreet's Academy Award-winning systems for online effects, compositing and finishing, that provide an intuitive interface, rich toolset, and resolution independence. Fast and interactive, Discreet's visual effects systems enable real-time creative image experimentation within an open architecture. Editing systems fire and smoke blend editing and effects capabilities to provide offline or online, nonlinear, noncompressed digital editing systems on open platforms for long- or short-form projects. edit is a fast, efficient, professional NT-based nonlinear editing See nonlinear video editing. system with tools for compositing, keying and visual effects. Production systems frost and frost virtual studio are Discreet's real-time production systems for 3D graphics creation and virtual studios designed specifically for the broadcast environment. Lightscape is Discreet's award-winning radiosity tool for lighting design and rendering. Desktop effects software combustion is a unified paint, 3D compositing, animation, and effects package that runs on the PC or the Macintosh, with professional paint, color correction Altering the colors in an image in order to print or display it properly or for special effects. Depending on the application, color correction can be a significant problem if the resulting image must be approved or a purchase is made because of color choice. , tracking and stabilization tools to create stunning visual effects. Desktop 3D animation and modeling software With 3ds max and character studio, Discreet is the world leader in 3D animation solutions for both PCs and workstations. Winner of more than 65 industry awards since its introduction, 3ds max is the world's best-selling 3D animation and modeling solution, with the largest developer community for any 3D application. character studio is the award-winning 3D character animation Character animation is a specialized process of the animation process, concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work. It is usually as one aspect of a larger production, and often to complement voice acting. system designed as an extension to 3ds max, with more ways to build and refine characters than any other product. character studio provides groundbreaking crowd controls, motion capture and patented footstep-driven animation to create fabulous 3D characters that walk, stroll, dance and jump. Game Authoring With its family of game development solutions, including 3ds max, character studio and Lightscape, Discreet is the 3D software supplier of choice among PC-based and console game
A console game is a form of interactive multimedia used for entertainment. developers. Discreet applications have been used to author some of the world's hottest 3D titles. More than 300 plug-ins are available for 3ds max, giving game developers an incredible selection of special effects and labor-saving tools. For more in-depth information on Discreet tools, visit us at: www.discreet.com. |
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