Discreet Ships 3ds max 5 -- Highly Anticipated Release of Its Professional 3D Animation Software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002 From Blockbuster block·bust·er n. 1. Something, such as a film or book, that sustains widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales. 2. A high-explosive bomb used for demolition purposes. 3. Movies and Leading Video Games See video game console. to Product Designs, New Version of Company's Animation and Modeling Software Raises the Bar Again Discreet dis·creet adj. 1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect. 2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. , a division of Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADSK ADSK Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) ), today announced the first customer shipment of 3ds max 5 -- a significant feature release of its professional 3D animation and modeling software. From summer blockbusters such as "Minority Report" and "Spider-Man" to top-selling video games, including "Halo" and "Command & Conquer: Renegade," 3ds max software enables animators Famous animators no longer living
"3ds max 5 was the most solid beta I've tested in the ten years I've been beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the ," said Matt Merkovich, visual effects artist. "A fan of the product, I counted on its predecessor, 3ds max 4, when producing 80 complete shots for my work on `Minority Report.' In fact, I couldn't have finished the project on time without the robust feature sets it provided." 3ds max 5 software offers a robust new feature set designed to meet the needs of each specific market. In film, the software package enables new levels of rendered and physical realism while providing greater efficiency with significant enhancements to its animation workflow. It also provides greater abilities to manage, process and share data between products in studio pipelines including Discreet's own inferno, flame, flint flint, mineral flint, variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale gray flint is called chert. systems and combustion software. In games, 3ds max 5 continues its status as the premiere choice of game developers with support for new techniques and latest hardware abilities. The new features reinforce the software's reputation of proven productivity, extensibility and rich toolset for creating real-time worlds and pre-rendered cinematics. And in design visualization, 3ds max 5 allows designers and engineer professionals to achieve photo-realistic results for design investigations, presentations, training, marketing launches, virtual branding layouts, and more. Price and Availability Discreet's 3ds max 5 software has a suggested retail price (SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. ) in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. of US $3,495. Upgrades from 3ds max 4 to 3ds max 5 have an SRP of US $795. With this release, Discreet will also be launching its subscription program, both single user and network versions, for $390 the first year and $330 for renewals. Discreet Subscription ensures customers timely access to the latest upgrades and enhancements while simplifying the budgeting process. The Discreet Subscription program will be available in North America in August, with other regions to soon follow. 3ds max is available from local Discreet resellers and on the Discreet e-store: http://www.discreet.com/purchase. Visit Discreet at: www.discreet.com or call 800/869-3504 or 514/393-1616 for more information on 3ds max software and other Discreet products. About Discreet Discreet empowers moving media professionals to realize the visual experience, transforming their most evocative e·voc·a·tive adj. Tending or having the power to evoke. e·voc  a·tive·ly adv. and ambitious visions into
reality. Its range of award-winning systems and software is developed
for digital media creation, management and delivery -- across all
disciplines from visual effects and editing to animation, game
development, web and interactive. Discreet is based in Montreal, Quebec
and is a division of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading design and
digital media creation, management, and distribution company. Product
and corporate information is located on the Internet at
www.discreet.com.
Discreet is a division of Autodesk, Inc. Discreet, 3ds max, combustion, flame, flint, and inferno are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc./Autodesk Canada Inc. in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. (c) Copyright 2002, Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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