Kaydara Launches MOTIONBUILDER 4.0

New 3D Character Animation Software Offers Innovative Workflow; Customers Applaud New Version

SAN ANTONIO - July 22, 2002 -  /PRNewswire/ - Kaydara Inc. today announced at SIGGRAPH 2002 the launch of MOTIONBUILDER(TM) 4.0, the company's next generation solution for 3D character animation. 

Available this fall with a completely new, drag-and-drop interface, MOTIONBUILDER provides a compelling professional 3D character animation solution that is substantially more powerful, faster, and easier to use than any other product on the market. Kaydara will be showcasing MOTIONBUILDER at SIGGRAPH 2002, booth 16084.

"When we designed MOTIONBUILDER, our goal was to simplify the complexity of doing 3D character animations," said Michel Besner, president of Kaydara. "MOTIONBUILDER has all the tools that you would normally have to program or script in a traditional 3D animation software.

MOTIONBUILDER has been previewed by many of Kaydara's key clients and is currently in the final rounds of an extensive beta site program. Feedback from beta testers gives MOTIONBUILDER high marks for its new drag-and-drop interface, ease-of-use, speed, and potential to redefine content creation for game, film and TV programs.

"MOTIONBUILDER's features look very promising. Many of my 'wish-list' features for managing character motion are included in this software, and will significantly improve my speed as an editor. With this new software, we should be able to do all our editing in one package, rather than having to rely on custom tools."

Brad Clark, Acclaim Studios Austin

"After having seen all the features of this new software, I can say that everyone in our studio is going to love it. We're going to be able to see more and do more with this software."

Brian Wright, Animation Tech Director, Midway Games

"This new software is going to significantly speed up and simplify our processes, so that both experienced and new animators alike can work a lot faster."

Steve Klett, Shiny Entertainment

With a new redesigned intuitive user interface, MOTIONBUILDER features an ease of use never achieved before by any other 3D software. New feature highlights in MOTIONBUILDER include automatic character rigging, improved lip sync and facial animation, real-time display and a drag-and-drop contextual interface.

MOTIONBUILDER also natively supports Kaydara's FBX file interchange format, a powerful format for 3D data that allows MOTIONBUILDER users to quickly and easily acquire and exchange 3D assets and media from a wide variety of sources. FBX is widely supported by 3D content and streaming media vendors such as 2D3, Alias|Wavefront, Autodesk/Discreet, DI-O-Matic, Digimask, Expression Tools, InSpeck, Motek, NewTek, QEDsoft, Reflex3D, Softimage, Turbosquid, Vicon, Viewpoint and Zygote.

Pricing and Availability

Kaydara MOTIONBUILDER will be available fall 2002 on Windows XP, Mac OS X, and Redhat Linux for USD $3,495. Prices outside of North America may vary.

About Kaydara Inc.

Over the course of the past decade, Kaydara has become a leader in the development of real-time 3D animation software solutions for the entertainment industry. Kaydara's product portfolio serves a vast and varied range of clients in the TV, film, game development, and Web content industries, including Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Midway Games, Acclaim, Mainframe Entertainment, Capcom, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Kaydara, Inc., is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and has an international presence with sales offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. 

http://www.kaydara.com/

http://www.siggraph.org/s2002/flashhome.html 

 

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