GlobalStreams Teams with Electric Image for New 3D Software Suite; Universe 5 Delivers 3D Modeling, Animation and Rendering.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2003 GlobalStreams(TM), an industry leader in affordable, high-quality video communications, announced today that it has partnered with Electric Image, Inc., to create Universe 5 for GlobeCaster - a powerful 3D modeling, animation and rendering suite tailored to the needs of TV and web broadcast professionals. Universe for GlobeCaster, which began shipping recently, can be used to create real-time effects and virtual sets for GlobalStream's GlobeCaster Studio 4000 and 8000 products. "With Universe 5, we have combined Electric Image's legendary expertise in 3D animation with GlobeCaster's versatility to produce a truly powerful application," said Tim Hosler, General Manager of the GlobeCaster division for GlobalStreams. "It is further evidence that GlobeCaster is increasingly becoming an industry standard for TV and web broadcast professionals." GlobeCaster allows users to produce, present and deliver studio-quality broadcasts via television, cable, satellite and the Internet by combining the power of a traditional studio environment inside one space-saving production unit. GlobeCaster features include a full-function digital production switcher, comprehensive hybrid linear/non-linear editor, real-time digital video effects Visual effects created in the computer that provide interesting transitions from one scene to another rather than just switching frames. They include fading or dissolving the frame, wiping one frame over another and flipping the frame. See wipe, morphing and digital effects. , character generator (1) Circuitry that converts data characters into dot patterns for a display screen. (2) A device that creates text characters that are superimposed onto video frames. , virtual sets, and more. With Universe 5, GlobeCaster users can tap into the power of their hardware effects engine to create exciting real-time effects, including custom transitions and full raytraced reflective effects using multiple video sources. Universe 5 leverages the full power of the Universe renderer to create a whole host of exciting transitions and virtual sets. Universe Animator contains user interface elements specific to creating GlobeCaster effects. The Universe renderer can write directly to the GlobalStreams effects file format, .tfx. Universe 5 for GlobeCaster is priced at US $1500 MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) and will be sold through authorized GlobeCaster reseller and online through Electric Image, Inc. Dwight Parscale CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Electric Image noted, "We are very pleased to see the extensive feature set and versitility of Universe tailored to the GlobeCaster. The combination of GlobeCaster's real-time effects with the modeling, animating an·i·mate tr.v. an·i·mat·ed, an·i·mat·ing, an·i·mates 1. To give life to; fill with life. 2. To impart interest or zest to; enliven: and rendering power of Universe is sure to revolutionize broadcast production." For more information, visit www.electricimage.com, or contact the Electric Image sales department at eisales@electricimage.com, by telephone at 800-RENDER1. About Electric Image, Inc. Originally founded in 1987, Electric Image has pushed the limits of computer-generated imagery (graphics) computer-generated imagery - (CGI) Animatied graphics produced by computer and used in film or television. for over a decade with its award-winning 3D animation software. Designed by visual effects artists, Electric Image provides world-class animation tools for artists across all industries and is consistently called upon for the creation of blockbuster motion pictures and network television programs. Examples include "Austin Powers Goldmember", "xXx", "The Fast and the Furious", "Star Wars, Phantom Menace", "Star Trek  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Nemesis", "Titan A.E.", "Dinosaur", "Mission to Mars", "Space Cowboys" and "U-571," as well as "The West Wing," "Extreme Australia," and "Alias". About GlobalStreams, Inc. GlobalStreams(TM) is an industry leader in affordable, high quality live and on-demand video communications. Its business and professional communication solutions support internal and external corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. , including eTraining, eLearning and investor relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. , and other corporate production and broadcast applications such as news, sports, and entertainment. With offices in St. Louis, 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 and Sacramento, GlobalStreams holds ten US patents and has many US and international patent applications pending in video, graphics and animation. For more information, visit http://www.globalstreams.com |
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