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Oct 5, 2010 Sample CDS Tools in Maya Subscription Pack

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Craft Animations Provides Sample CDS Tools to Users of the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk Maya 2011

Free Select Camera and Vehicle Simulation Tools Enhance Production Quality and Efficiency; CDS Upgraded to Include Maya OS X, 64-bit Compatibility

Craft Animations™ announces the integration of select Craft Director Studio™ (CDS) tools within the Subscription Advantage Pack for Autodesk® Maya® 2011, currently available to customers on Autodesk Subscription at www.autodesk.com/advantagepack-maya.

View Autodesk’s short tutorial on the tools included in the Subscription Advantage Pack for Maya 2011

CDS is based on cutting-edge research in autonomous control systems, and provides interactive control and simulation of cameras and vehicles which helps to significantly reduce animation production times. The free CDS sample bundle for Maya 2011 includes:

Craft Animations offers over 20 additional animation tools and six Specialty Edition bundles ideal for 3D animators and visual effects artists, game developers, forensic specialists, CAD professionals, and architectural designers. All tools are compatible with the Maya OS X 64-bit operating system.

Apr 8, 2010 Craft Director Studio v10.1 and Promotional Edition Released

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craftlogo1 Craft Director Studio v10.1 and Promotional Edition ReleasedNew version of Craft Director Studio. Are you a 2011 owner of 3ds Max or Softimage? Then you should read the section on how to install the promotional package that gives you access to Craft ObserverCam, Craft HumanizerCam, Craft MultiStateCam, Craft SoftMotionCam and 4 Pre-Rigged Models for free.

 

 

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Apr 3, 2010 Autodesk Integrates Craft Director Studio

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craftlogo Autodesk Integrates Craft Director StudioAutodesk Integrates Craft Director Studio into 2011 Versions of its 3ds Max and Softimage Software!

Craft Animations™ and Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced the integration of certain Craft Director Studio™ plug-ins within the 2011 versions of Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design and Autodesk® Softimage® software. Based on cutting-edge research in autonomous control systems, Craft Director Studio provides interactive control and simulation of cameras and vehicles, which helps greatly reduce animation production times.

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V-Ray Now Available with Support for 3ds Max 2013

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• New “Matte for reflection/refraction” option to the VRayWrapperMtl material and the V-Ray object settings
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Chaos Group announces V-Ray for Softimage, the newest addition to its suite of innovative rendering solutions.

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V-Ray Now Available with Support for 3ds Max 2013
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V-Ray Now Available with Support for 3ds Max 2013

The latest V-Ray update offers an extensive list of new features and improvements including:

• Support for 3ds Max 2013
• Support for motion blur (transformation and deformation) with V-Ray RT and V-Ray RT GPU
• Optimized interactive rendering using the NVIDIA CUDA™ architecture in addition to OpenCL
• New “Matte for reflection/refraction” option to the VRayWrapperMtl material and the V-Ray object settings
• Support for Ornatrix 2.0

The update is free to registered V-Ray for 3ds Max users and can be downloaded from the Chaos Group website.

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