TGS Announces 3Space for Microsoft FrontPage 98 Using Chromeffects; 3Space Brings Chromeffects Media Functionality to FrontPage 98 Customers.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1998--At SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 98 today, TGS TGS Tokyo Game Show TGS Ticket-Granting Service TGS Ticket-granting Server TGS The Good Shepherd TGS Teen Girl Squad TGS The Gargoyles Saga TGS Texas Gourd Society TGS Tomato Growers Supply TGS Trinity Grammar School TGS Tomographic Gamma Scanner unveiled 3Space(tm) for Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage (later full name Microsoft Office FrontPage) was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and web site administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It was part of Microsoft Office application suite from 1997 to 2003. 98, a 3D art and animation add-on to the world's best-selling Web site creation and management tool. 3Space for FrontPage(tm) creates stunning graphics and animation using the new Microsoft Chromeffects interactive media technology. 3Space is a "native" add-on to the popular Web site creation and management tool and makes it a snap to add cool 3D text and art to Web pages. Supporting Microsoft Chromeffects, users of 3Space for FrontPage can instantly integrate new XML-based effects into their Web pages. Easy-to-use controls for animation and transition effects allow the user to create sophisticated results in seconds. With 3Space, TGS will enable a huge web authoring community to differentiate their sites with Chromeffects enhancements. "The TGS 3Space product is exactly the kind of application that will help mobilize Chromeffects interactive media into broad markets," said Chris Phillips Chris Phillips (born March 9, 1978 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He has been a member of the National Hockey League's Ottawa Senators for his entire career, which began with the 1997-98 season. , business development manager, Chromeffects at Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . 3Space for FrontPage is the latest in a line of products that TGS has introduced for specific market segments in the past year. 3Space Publisher creates more robust art and animation for the Web; LiveWork(tm) 3D is art and animation for 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. ; and Amapi(tm) 3D is a powerful modeler for 3D design markets. Also at SIGGRAPH 98 In related product announcements at SIGGRAPH, TGS unveiled ActiveStyles(tm), a new 3D rendering technology that adds value to standard rendering engines on the PC and Mac. ActiveStyles integrates Phong, selective raytrace and artistic rendering into a single platform. TGS also announced that the new release of Amapi 3D v4.0 is the first application product to include ActiveStyles rendering. Amapi is a popular modeler, which supports many advanced features, such as NURBS, Gordon surfaces and polygon-level tools. Designers and artists worldwide use Amapi to create models for character animation, film and print media, AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission and industrial design and 3D design. 3Space for FrontPage Pricing and Availability 3Space will be available in early 1999, with pricing to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. at a later date. For more information about TGS application products, visit www.tgs.com or call 619/457-5359. About TGS Based in San Diego, Calif., Template Graphics Software, Inc. (TGS) develops 3D graphics, modeling and animation authoring software for Web, CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). , digital design and business markets. The company also provides 3D PC/UNIX developer tool kits for C++ and Java that meet the requirements of commercial, corporate and academic software developers. For more information, visit TGS's home page at http://www.tgs.com. TRADEMARKS: 3Space, Amapi, LiveWork, ActiveStyles and the TGS logo are trademarks of Template Graphics Software, Inc. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies. CONTACT: Debbie Herrington, 512/335-8772 dherrington@bmwpr.com |
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