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3D Animation is a Craft.(PRODUCTS: PLUG-INS)

Computer Graphics World

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Craft Animations, which offers various plug-ins for Autodesk's 3ds Max and Viz for fast, realistic 3D animations in real time, recently announced versions of these Craft Director Tools for use with Maya.

With the plug-ins, users can create motions related to specific objects; for example, Craft Airplane, priced at $496, lets modelers control and then record movements of a plane model. Similar software is available to control various types of camera motion. To select the animation path, users actively control a keyboard, joystick, 3D mouse (beta), or DirectX game controller. The motions are controlled and recorded with the company's Hyper Physics Engine and Razorback MoCap system, which enable real-time-based control and view-port motion capture of ...

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