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New CAT owner.(Avid Technology Inc. acquired Character Animation Technologies Ltd.)(Softimage released CAT 2.5)(Brief article)

Computer Graphics World

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Win Avid recently acquired Character Animation Technologies, Ltd., which offers CAT, a complete character animation system that provides artists in game development, film, and post industries with a unique tool set to produce animations more quickly and within a more flexible environment. Following this acquisition, Softimage released CAT Version 2.5, a plug-in for Autodesk's 3ds Max software. The new version includes logical rig ...

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