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(February 7, 1999) Alias|Wavefront, a subsidiary of Silicon Graphics, Inc., recently announced Maya Complete, a new animation and effects solution that incorporates all the tools and features professional digital content creators need to produce animation and visual effects on Windows NTO or Silicon GraphicsO IRIXO workstations. Maya Complete includes Alias|Wavefront's award-winning 3D modeling, rendering, and animation technology, an explosive Maya F/X particles system with integrated soft-body dynamics, and innovative Maya Artisan tools for sculpting and modeling with a brush. Maya Complete has a SRP of $7,500 (US) and is the most powerful and complete, integrated solution for digital artists and animators on the market today. Maya Complete covers new ground by making state-of-the-art technology accessible to the broader professional market; allowing users to incorporate the same sophisticated tools currently used by high-end film production houses. "Alias|Wavefront has always been an innovator in the animation and digital content creation markets," said Dan Ablan, president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., an animation and visual effects firm in Chicago. "It's great to see that Alias|Wavefront is enticing a new community of animators and digital artists with Maya Complete software's extensive and robust features. By adding Maya to our production pipeline, we plan to catapult our business in ways that, until now, have not been possible." The broader professional market continues to demand more sophisticated results from technology, all the while striving to keep production budgets under control. "The new Maya Complete software pricing rewrites the rulebook for price/performance for high-end, cutting-edge 3D software," said Martin Foster of Click3x LA, a digital effects studio specializing in CG and cel animation, visual effects, and video editing and compositing. "All budget-conscious, boutique-size facilities should take a good, hard look at the new Maya Complete software." "We want to drive change in this industry. As the technological leader, we have to make sure that our technology is accessible to the broader professional market," says Tom Williams, general manager of entertainment business at Alias|Wavefront. "We believe that Maya Complete is going to change the industry by making the most powerful tools accessible to our customers, giving them a creative advantage over their competitors." Maya
Complete includes: · Artisan - unique, integrated brush interface for digital sculpting and modeling* · Modeling - industry-leading NURBS and polygon modeling tools · Rendering - film-quality rendering system with advanced visual effects · Animation - inverse kinematics (IK), powerful character skinning, and advanced deformation tools · MEL - open interface for programming and scripting Maya Complete * Previously offered as separately priced add-on components. Pricing
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