Reiss Studio to Release BodyStudio, a New Maya Plug-in for Accessing Poser Content Within Maya.Business Editors and High Tech Writers OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 Reiss Studio and Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Santa Cruz had a total population of 54,593. based 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. have entered into a strategic agreement to enable Curious Labs' Poser(R) native animation technology in the Alias/Wavefront(TM) Maya(R) software. Reiss Studio's new plug-in, BodyStudio(TM), allows Poser users to render and playback animations created in Poser from within Maya. "The response to BodyStudio has been truly wonderful," states Josh Reiss, 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 Reiss Studio. "Maya users are excited to have quality, pre-rigged characters which can be just dropped into scenes, or used as a basis to create other quick characters. Poser users are excited to have access to the same award-winning tools used to create effects for movies such as The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, and Final Fantasy This article is about the Final Fantasy franchise. For the video game, see Final Fantasy (video game). For other uses, see Final Fantasy (disambiguation). Final Fantasy ( . BodyStudio enables anyone to get an immediate start using Poser content within Maya." Easy Access to Content in Maya Maya users with BodyStudio will enjoy having access to the largest source of pre-rigged characters, and props in the world. "Poser has evolved into this enormous 3D character portal with hundreds of easily mutable mu·ta·ble adj. 1. a. Capable of or subject to change or alteration. b. Prone to frequent change; inconstant: mutable weather patterns. 2. human, animal and fantasy figures and as such, it's a great asset for any production team," said Steve Cooper, president of Curious Labs. "Designers regularly work with off the shelf typefaces for graphic design projects; with the rich array of pre-rigged 3D character content rigged for Poser, Maya users will have access to all these 3D characters, ready to be animated and dropped into any scene." "Computer Artists are always asked to achieve more, in less time. Access to Poser content through BodyStudio provides a valuable asset to Maya users, allowing them to jump-start a production and start working with pre-rigged characters almost immediately," states Kevin Tureski, general manager of Maya Engineering at Alias/Wavefront. "This is yet another great addition to the community of third-party solutions available through our Conductor's program." There is currently a community of over 100,000 Poser users, and a large selection of adaptable characters, and props. Most of these models are available for under $29. The characters can be easily animated in Poser, and the fully textured, animated meshes will play back in Maya. These characters can interact with all aspects of Maya, such as dynamics, modeling, Maya Cloth(TM), and more! Bringing a Poser file into Maya is accomplished easily using the File Import command. Advanced Poser Hosting Ability BodyStudio promotes the most advanced level of compatibility between Poser, and a high-end 3D Application. The shader translation ability, and the Real World Scaling Presets are the first of many planned features that set BodyStudio apart from other solutions for hosting Poser content. With BodyStudio, when you host a Poser file, a custom shader network is created in Maya which matches virtually all of the shading features used by Poser. All File Textures are automatically set up, and assigned. In addition, there is also support for Poser's .bum file format for bump maps, and transparency maps are automatically inverted inverted reverse in position, direction or order. inverted L block a pattern of local filtration anesthesia commonly used in laparotomy in the ox. to match Maya's transparency functions. BodyStudio's key features include: -- Importing Poser Files - Automatic recognition of pz3, pzz, and pzr files. -- Poser Animation Playback from within Maya - Create your own animations in Poser, or use Poser's automatic walk designer. The geometry will animate and playback in Maya. -- Make changes easily with Maya Construction History - After adjusting shaders or making additional deformers in Maya, you can change the figures position in Poser, and have the changes automatically update in Maya. -- Shader Translation - BodyStudio translates all your shaders to Maya Shading Networks, and assigns them to the correct polygons on your characters. -- Real World Scaling Presets - Multiple settings for converting Poser characters from Poser's internal scaling into Maya's units. Pricing and Availability BodyStudio, available for the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , and soon to be available for the Mac OS X operating system, is priced at $299 (US). BodyStudio is available through the Reiss Studio network of authorized resellers or may be purchased online at: www.Reiss-Studio.com About Reiss Studio Reiss Studio was established to develop and promote graphics tools for 3D Professionals. Reiss Studio is located in Oakland, California “Oakland” redirects here. For other uses, see Oakland (disambiguation). Oakland (IPA: /ˈoʊklənd/), founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. USA. For more information about Reiss Studio and BodyStudio, please visit our website at www.Reiss-Studio.com 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(R), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit the Curious Labs web site at www.curiouslabs.com. About Alias/Wavefront As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization markets. Entertainment customers include BlueSky Studios, Cinesite, CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , Disney, Dreamworks Electronic Arts, ESC See escape character and escape key. See also ESC/P. ESC - escape Entertainment, Industrial Light & Magic, Midway Games Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. Midway's legacy includes landmark titles such as Ms. Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Mortal Kombat, and NBA Jam. , Nintendo, Pacific Data Images Pacific Data Images was a computer animation production company that was bought by DreamWorks SKG. It is now known as PDI/DreamWorks and is half of DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., the public company formed by merging PDI and the feature animation division of DreamWorks. (PDI PDI Protein Disulfide Isomerase PDI Personal Docente e Investigador (Spanish: Personal Educational and Investigating) PDI Pre Delivery Inspection PDI Professional Development Institute ), Sega, Sony Pictures Imageworks Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. is an Academy Award-winning, state-of-the-art visual effects and character animation company. Individuals at the company have been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with Oscars for their work on Spider-Man 2 , Square Co., Ltd., Warner Feature Animation and Weta Ltd. Alias/Wavefront is located on the web at http://www.aliaswavefront.com/ BodyStudio is a trademark of Reiss Studio. Poser is a registered trademark of Curious Labs, Inc. and EGISYS AG. Alias/Wavefront is a trademark of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Maya is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc., exclusively used by Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited and Maya Cloth is a trademark of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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