DAZ Launches Developer Program with New Version of DAZ Studio Version 1.3.DRAPER, Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah, United States, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people (as of 2000). -- SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). Offers Third Parties Extensive Access to the Free Digital Art Software, DAZ Studio DAZ Studio is a software application released by DAZ 3D Inc. It is compatible with most files intended for use in the Poser human animation application. It is available free of charge (registration required). Version 1.0 was released in Fall 2005. Version 1.7.1. 1.3; Plug-Ins Already Available Including an Importer/Exporter for BVH BVH Bounding Volume Hierarchy (ray tracing) BVH Volume of Blood in the Homogenized Tissue BVH Base Video Handler Motion Capture Files DAZ Productions Inc., a leading developer of professional quality 3D software and models, announced today the first release of the DAZ(R) Studio Software Development Kit (SDK) with the latest version of its free digital art software, DAZ Studio 1.3. By exposing the majority of the DAZ Studio API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. , the DAZ Studio SDK enables third-party developers  It has been suggested that First-party developer, Second-party developer be merged into this article or section. to completely integrate their own technology directly into DAZ Studio. With this digital 3D art market now open to third-party developers, the growth potential for a variety of new DAZ Studio features, tools and plug-ins is virtually unlimited. "Consumers across the globe demand engaging content and intuitive tools with which to manage it all," said Josh Darling, director of external development for DAZ Productions. "By fully exposing the DAZ Studio API, third-party developers will be able to push their own technology to its limits without wasting time trying to deal with constraints of the main application itself. The DAZ Studio SDK will unlock the potential for outside developers to successfully deploy truly robust plug-ins and add-on tools to the end-user." New third-party plug-ins are already available for sale or bundled with the release of DAZ Studio 1.3. A sampling of these plug-ins include: --Importer/exporter for BVH motion-capture files created by GMCC GMCC Grant MacEwan Community College GMCC German Mid Cap Conference GMCC Global Monitoring for Climate Change GMCC Ground Mobile Command Center GMCC GNAS Maintenance Control Center (FAA) Software and bundled with DAZ Studio 1.3. --FBX file-format exporter created by Bruce Lamming of MetaGin Designs and available for sale on the DAZ Productions Web site at: www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=3630. --Power Pose, a full-body inverse kinematics In 3D animation, a technique that provides automatic movement of objects. It allows elements of an object to be linked, such as the parts of an arm or leg, and causes them to move in a prescribed, realistic manner. (IK) pose tool created by Steve Huang of Opportunity International and bundled with DAZ Studio 1.3. --Mesh Deformation deformation /de·for·ma·tion/ (de?for-ma´shun) 1. in dysmorphology, a type of structural defect characterized by the abnormal form or position of a body part, caused by a nondisruptive mechanical force. 2. Tool (D-Form) created by John Brugioni and available for sale through the DAZ Productions Web site at: www.daz3d.com/shop.php?op=itemdetails&item=4137. "In the 20-plus years I've been developing, I don't think I've ever used a development system created with such obvious care and diligence in design, attention to developer-support features, and thorough documentation," said Bruce Lamming of MetaGin Designs. "This system proves that modular class design is an extremely powerful concept and provides an excellent example of achieving that goal." DAZ Studio SDK DAZ Studio SDK provides a very tightly integrated, fully object-oriented interface A graphical interface that uses icons and a mouse, such as Mac and Windows. which has been designed for maximum extensibility of DAZ Studio at all levels. The SDK provides developers with the ability to add new functionality, interfaces, scene components, render engines, file I/O Input/Output operations such as open, close, read, write and append, all of which deal with standard disk or tape files. The term would be used to refer to regular file operations in contrast to low-level system I/O such as dealing with virtual memory pages or OS tables of contents. and much more to DAZ Studio, including the ability to integrate new components into the native file structure. The SDK also enables developers to load DAZ Studio with full functionality from other applications, making it possible to directly import/export data as well as host live DAZ Studio content in other applications. DAZ Studio DAZ Studio boasts many robust features, including a full-color OpenGL Preview, integration with the powerful 3Delight(R) Render Engine (compliant with Pixar's RenderMan(R)), and Fast-Time(TM) Rendering via the user's video card hardware. DAZ Studio comes with three pre-configured 3D content scenes that are ready to be loaded and rendered into fantastic art Fantastic art is a loosely defined art genre. The first "fantastic" artist is generally believed to be Hieronymus Bosch. Other artists who have been labeled fantastic include Brueghel, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Matthias Grünewald, Hans Baldung Grien, Francisco de Goya, Gustave Moreau, at the push of a button. With its powerful content management system, DAZ Studio makes it easy to create, organize and access virtual scenes, objects and images. DAZ Studio also features a comprehensive Poser(R) animation and content import functionality which allows users to load and modify their favorite Poser content. For more information on DAZ Studio 1.3 and SDK, please visit the DAZ Productions Web site at http://www.daz3d.com/program/studio/. Pricing and Availability DAZ Studio 1.3 is free and available through the DAZ Studio Web site. The DAZ Studio SDK consists of two parts: The DAZ Script development kit which is available for free to the public, and the DAZ Studio Plug-in SDK, available to all registered third-party developers for a small license fee. To obtain a copy of DAZ Studio 1.3 and/or the DAZ Studio SDK, users must register for a free account on the DAZ Web site (www.daz3d.com) and then visit the Developer Information page online at http://studio.daz3d.com to obtain a copy of the SDK. About DAZ Productions Founded in 2000, DAZ Productions Inc., located in Draper, Utah, is a market leader in 3D software and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . The company's model library is renowned for containing high-quality 3D content at the industry's most competitive prices. DAZ also develops powerful software applications that support its content, including DAZ Studio, a free 3D digital art creation tool, Mimic(TM), a lip-synching application, and Bryce(R), a complete 3D environment and animation package. DAZ's products have been used in many professional productions, television shows and print publications such as "X-Men 2," "Spiderman," "Average Joe," "48 Hours," The Wall Street Journal, Popular Science, Scientific American Scientific American U.S. monthly magazine interpreting scientific developments to lay readers. It was founded in 1845 as a newspaper describing new inventions. By 1853 its circulation had reached 30,000 and it was reporting on various sciences, such as astronomy and , and The History Channel. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.daz3d.com. Copyright 2006 DAZ Productions Inc. DAZ Studio software is a copyright of DAZ Productions Inc. DAZ is a Registered Trademark of DAZ Productions Inc. |
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