VIDI develops and publishes 3D modeling and animation software for the Macintosh. Established in 1986, it has long been recognized for technological vision and leadership in 3D modeling and multimedia.
It's clear to us at VIDI that 3D modeling and animation is the hot ticket in multimedia, film, game, and Internet design. As john Lasseter, "Toy Story" Director recently said. "There's unlimited potential for profit in 3D computer modeling and animation. And besides, it looks really cool." With VIDI's Presenter 3D makes 3D modeling and animation even cooler with capabilities its quality 3D spline modeling and its Digital SoundStage 3D animation:
- Directional 3D Sound(tm) with directional and omni-directional microphones that can record stereo and Doppler sound effects.
- Multi-target Morphing(tm) for facial, character and lip sync animation
- Real-time Surface Edits to speed up object surface attribute assignment
- RealPhysics(tm) object dynamics that simulate real-life and special motion effects
- Digital Clay(tm) spline-based modeling and Boolean solid modeling
- Outstanding support for Apple's QuickTime VR panorama, object, and multi-node movie generation
- Industry-leading support for Pixar's RenderMan
- Multi-target Morphing(tm) for facial, character and lip sync animation
The coolness of a product, however, is best measured by the work that can be created with it. With Presenter 3D:
- An industrial designer like Bob Sauls is able to produce for NASA the simulations of space shuttle docking, present flights of the mini-shuttle, and create examples of the vehicles to be used for Mars landings and exploration that were shown on CNN, Nightline, the national news programs, and the Discovery Channel.
- A visionary like Syd Mead is able to build the vehicles and worlds they carry around in their heads for major studios, auto makers, and game producers.
- A graphic artists like Gary Reisman can quickly and easily design and produce a NBC logo, peacock, map, and blinking light animation to highlight the location of its affiliates, design the "Inside Earth 2" introduction, and produce a flying saucer sequence to be added to the intro for "Third Rock from the Sun".
- An educator like Peter Ratner can get his students to realistically model and animate human and imaginary beings that can flex their muscles, make facial expressions synced to spoken words and reproduce the elegant flight motion of birds in a flock.
- A fine artist like Ron Davis , whose works are in permanent exhibit in major museums all over the world, can use Presenter 3D to visualize the color and geometry used in his final works.
- An architect like Dennis Holloway can use Presenter 3D to reproduce the architectural dwellings of the ancient Pueblo Indians, apply them to modern Indian structures, and get his work on the design of the Poeh Cultural Center for the Pojoaque Pueblo Indians published in "Contemporary Native American Architecture" by Oxford University Press.
- Medical researchers can animate the operation of muscles, the normal and abnormal operation of the heart or, like clinical researcher Shirley Bayer, be able to use VIDI's 3D software to create over 200 rendered images of prenatal brain development and get them publishes by CRC Press as the leading atlas on the subject.
To see for yourself how "cool" Presenter 3D is, we invite you to take a tour through VIDI's web site. Visit our At Work , User , and QuickTime VR galleries to see examples of the work created by our users. Look in our Tech Reports and Information areas to get Presenter 3D documentation and tutorials. Best of all, download a demo copy of Presenter 3D and try it for yourself.
VIDI
57 East Bonita
Arcadia, CA 91006
TEL: 626-462-1905
FAX: 626-462-0919
e-mail: VIDIsales@aol.com
Web: http://www.vidi.com/