Strata 3D CX
modeling software
Company: Strata Software
Address: 567 S. Valley View Dr. #1
Zipcode: 84770
City: St. George
Country: USA
Tel: 4356285218
Fax: 4356289756
url: http://www.strata.com
email: rebeccat@strata.com
Strata Ships Strata 3D CX, Connects to Adobe®, Adds Muscle 500,000+ Strata Installed Base
Gets Major Upgrade
Strata, the company dedicated to adding a
new dimension to the designer’s toolset, announced today that its shipping Strata 3D
CX, a major upgrade to the award winning Strata 3D product line. This latest release
provides significant workflow enhancements, powerful new modeling tools and image
production technology.
Connected to Adobe
Strata 3D CX offers designers and illustrators significant workflow enhancements
by linking to Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) Photoshop® and Illustrator®. Photoshop files
can be read in as live-link textures – if the user changes the Photoshop
document the Strata surface texture updates automatically. Also, rendered images
can be output with Photoshop compatible transparency data. Native Illustrator
CS, PDF and EPS files can also be brought in and expanded to 3D geometry.
Extended Modeling Power
Strata 3D CX adds powerful new modeling tools with Polysplines and Meld.
Polysplines use subdivision surface technology allowing the user to push and
pull a surface to create virtually any shape imaginable. Meld causes two or more
objects to “melt” together - as if they were made of mercury - to form
MetaSurfaces.
Hyper-Real Image Creation
Also new is support for HDRI (High Dynamic Range Images) which can be used in
textures or as Lightdomes to light a 3D scene. Also, Strata’s famous Raydiosity
renderer has taken another leap forward with improvements in speed and accuracy
to generate true light-energy based images.
User Reaction
Early user reaction has been very positive:
“Visualizing packaging for clients
like Coca-Cola, Purina, and Coors often means
last minute changes. They want to see their products with different labels,
angles and shapes. Strata 3D CX and the new Polyspline modeler – combined with
the Photoshop texture linking – makes this process a snap.”
Jean Probert, principal at Jean Probert Studios
“As a designer and illustrator at
Ford, I don't design cars, I illustrate the
concept images that help move the company forward. That’s why Strata 3D CX’s new
rendering and lighting features are so important to me - they make it easy to
get just the right image.”
Chris Szetela, Industrial Illustrator for Ford Motor Company
Strata 3D Vector – $139 value –
included for a limited time
Customers who purchase Strata 3D CX before July 31st will receive a copy of
Strata 3D Vector for free. Vector allows the user to output Flash® (Macromedia –
Nasdaq:MACR) and Illustrator based line and region vector art versions of their
3D scenes. These images and animations are ideal for print work and web rich-
media. The Vector offer is available on new purchases or as part of the upgrade
available to the more than 500,000 Strata 3D userbase.
About Strata
Strata is a division of Corastar Inc. Corastar is a privately owned corporation
based in St. George, Utah, amid the beautiful redrock country near Zion National
Park and the Grand Canyon. Strata is dedicated to developing and publishing
powerful, easy-to-use 3D software tools for the creative individual. For more
information see www.strata.com, or call 800-678-7282.
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Strata 3D, Strata 3Dpro, Strata 3D CX and Red Rock Revival are trademarks of
and/or licensed by Corastar Inc. All other trademarks contained herein are the
property of their respective owners. Strata 3D Vector is based on RAViX II
technology from Electric Rain.
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