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 BodyStudio plugin for Maya Posted by: amigo
Source: Reiss Studio Press Release
Date: Tue Sep 03 2002
New plugin for A|W Maya from Reiss Studio wille enable Maya users to import Poser files and animations and play them back or render them from inside Maya. The press release follows:
OAKLAND, Calif.--Sept. 3, 2002--
Reiss Studio and Santa Cruz, California based Curious Labs have entered into a strategic agreement to enable Curious Labs' Poser(R) native animation technology in the Alias/Wavefront(TM) Maya(R) software. Reiss Studio's new plug-in, BodyStudio(TM), allows Poser users to render and playback animations created in Poser from within Maya.
"The response to BodyStudio has been truly wonderful," states Josh Reiss, CEO of Reiss Studio. "Maya users are excited to have quality, pre-rigged characters which can be just dropped into scenes, or used as a basis to create other quick characters. Poser users are excited to have access to the same award-winning tools used to create effects for movies such as The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, and Final Fantasy. BodyStudio enables anyone to get an immediate start using Poser content within Maya."
Easy Access to Content in Maya
Maya users with BodyStudio will enjoy having access to the largest source of pre-rigged characters, and props in the world.
"Poser has evolved into this enormous 3D character portal with hundreds of easily mutable human, animal and fantasy figures and as such, it's a great asset for any production team," said Steve Cooper, president of Curious Labs. "Designers regularly work with off the shelf typefaces for graphic design projects; with the rich array of pre-rigged 3D character content rigged for Poser, Maya users will have access to all these 3D characters, ready to be animated and dropped into any scene."
"Computer Artists are always asked to achieve more, in less time. Access to Poser content through BodyStudio provides a valuable asset to Maya users, allowing them to jump-start a production and start working with pre-rigged characters almost immediately," states Kevin Tureski, general manager of Maya Engineering at Alias/Wavefront. "This is yet another great addition to the community of third-party solutions available through our Conductor's program."
There is currently a community of over 100,000 Poser users, and a large selection of adaptable characters, and props. Most of these models are available for under $29.
The characters can be easily animated in Poser, and the fully textured, animated meshes will play back in Maya. These characters can interact with all aspects of Maya, such as dynamics, modeling, Maya Cloth(TM), and more!
Bringing a Poser file into Maya is accomplished easily using the File Import command.
Advanced Poser Hosting Ability
BodyStudio promotes the most advanced level of compatibility between Poser, and a high-end 3D Application. The shader translation ability, and the Real World Scaling Presets are the first of many planned features that set BodyStudio apart from other solutions for hosting Poser content.
With BodyStudio, when you host a Poser file, a custom shader network is created in Maya which matches virtually all of the shading features used by Poser. All File Textures are automatically set up, and assigned. In addition, there is also support for Poser's .bum file format for bump maps, and transparency maps are automatically inverted to match Maya's transparency functions.
BodyStudio's key features include:
-- Importing Poser Files - Automatic recognition of pz3, pzz, and pzr files.
-- Poser Animation Playback from within Maya - Create your own animations in Poser, or use Poser's automatic walk designer.
The geometry will animate and playback in Maya.
-- Make changes easily with Maya Construction History - After adjusting shaders or making additional deformers in Maya, you can change the figures position in Poser, and have the changes automatically update in Maya.
-- Shader Translation - BodyStudio translates all your shaders to Maya Shading Networks, and assigns them to the correct polygons on your characters.
-- Real World Scaling Presets - Multiple settings for converting Poser characters from Poser's internal scaling into Maya's units.
Pricing and Availability
BodyStudio, available for the Windows operating system, and soon to be available for the Mac OS X operating system, is priced at $299 (US). BodyStudio is available through the Reiss Studio network of authorized resellers or may be purchased online at: www.Reiss-Studio.com
About Reiss Studio
Reiss Studio was established to develop and promote graphics tools for 3D Professionals. Reiss Studio is located in Oakland, California USA. For more information about Reiss Studio and BodyStudio, please visit our website at www.Reiss-Studio.com
About Curious Labs, Inc.
Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser(R), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit the Curious Labs web site at www.curiouslabs.com.
About Alias/Wavefront
As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias/Wavefront develops software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial design, and visualization markets.
Entertainment customers include BlueSky Studios, Cinesite, CNN, Disney, Dreamworks Electronic Arts, ESC Entertainment, Industrial Light & Magic, Midway Games, Nintendo, Pacific Data Images (PDI), Sega, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Square Co., Ltd., Warner Feature Animation and Weta Ltd.
BodyStudio is a trademark of Reiss Studio. Poser is a registered trademark of Curious Labs, Inc. and EGISYS AG. Alias/Wavefront is a trademark of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Maya is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc., exclusively used by Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited and Maya Cloth is a trademark of Alias/Wavefront, a division of Silicon Graphics Limited. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. All other products, fonts, company names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Related Links: Alias|Wavefront website
Curious Labs website
Reiss Studio website
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