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Curious Labs' Poser Pro Pack Integrates With Cinema 4D and PiXELS 3D; Cinema 4D and PiXELS 3D Are Latest to Support Curious Labs' Products.


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LOS LOS Length of stay, see there  ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001

Curious Labs This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Inc., developers of the award-winning 3D character creation and animation tools, Poser(R) and Poser Pro Pack, today announce hosting support within two more professional 3D applications.

"We are so happy to announce the partnerships with MAXON and PiXELS See pixel.  3D," says Heidi Rosenberg, marketing director at Curious Labs. "It demonstrates the continued, and wide-ranging interest in hosting Poser scene files. Poser Pro Pack stands alone as an affordable 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. We believe people will continue using Pro Pack, and integrate it with the scene and environment tools they enjoy using -- like Cinema 4D XL and PiXELS 3D."

Currently, Poser and Pro Pack are tightly integrated with several popular modeling, animation, rendering and environment solutions including NewTek's LightWave(TM) and Discreet's 3ds max(TM). e-on Software has also recently added Poser support in their Vue d'Esprit version 4. Together with today's announcements of integration and scene hosting capabilities, Poser and Pro Pack offer users a tremendously versatile character animation system.

"We understand that artists and designers rely upon a variety of 3D tools to create their projects," says Steve Cooper, president and co-founder of Curious Labs. "With the latest Poser scene hosting support within Pixel's PiXELS 3D, and MAXON's Cinema 4D, users of these great products will have the freedom to incorporate Poser and Pro Pack character content into their existing production workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle.  to achieve best-of-breed 3D character animation."

The Cinema 4D plug-in will be available for download at no charge to Pro Pack customers from the Curious Labs Web site and will enable Pro Pack users to integrate and render their animated Poser scenes directly in Cinema 4D. The PiXELS 3D plug-in will offer similar functionality; distribution details will be announced once they have been formalized for·mal·ize  
tr.v. for·mal·ized, for·mal·iz·ing, for·mal·iz·es
1. To give a definite form or shape to.

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Curious Labs Poser 4 is known for its extensive libraries of ready-to-use 3D characters and easy-to-use interface. In late January 2001, Curious Labs launched Poser Pro Pack. Pro Pack was an immediate hit with Web developers, animation producers and advanced users, allowing for the creation of 3D characters for the Web, print, and video. Pro Pack enhances Poser 4's production capabilities with Macromedia Flash and Viewpoint Experience Technology export options, 3D integration solutions, features and content, and improved workflow.

Poser costs $219 and Pro Pack is available for $149 in the U.S. and Canada; both products may be purchased at the Curious Labs online store found at www.curiouslabs.com. International pricing may vary.

About EGISYS AG

EGISYS AG, Tubingen, is the visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all  and technology specialist in the 3D sector. In addition to its visualization and integration competence, as a technology company, EGISYS designs and develops its own tools, technologies, databases and solutions, which facilitate the integration of 3D animated models and movement data in the Internet, as well as with standard software products such as Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. . The company was founded by an independent research team at the University of Tubingen and is represented by its subsidiary companies in the USA, Ireland and Indonesia.

About Curious Labs, Inc.

Curious Labs, Inc, 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 EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser, and Poser Pro Pack, which focus on 3D human, animal and fantasy character visualization for print, Web and video. The company is located in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, city, United States
Santa Cruz (săn`tə krz), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866.
, Calif. For more information, go to www.curiouslabs.com.

Note to Editors: Poser is a registered trademark of Curious Labs, Inc. and EGISYS AG. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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