Viz Artist 3

Viz Artist 3 is a feature-rich animation and visual effects creation tool. It is designed to create high-quality 2D and 3D real-time graphics both in SD and HD.

Viz Artist 3

Creating real-time graphics for live content

Viz Artist 3 is a complete redevelopment of Vizrts successful graphics tool. The application is now even more versatile, having an unmatched feature set that is perfectly suited to build complete virtual sets and complex 3D animations. Maps and even videos are now fully supported throughout the workflow. The application also facilitates everyday tasks such as building geometry and creating fonts for lower third graphics. Take a look at some of the features that make Viz Artist 3 the one tool for all your design needs. It allows you to create graphics for all the other Vizrt products. It supports 2D and 3D real-time animations in both SD and HD, as well as export to the Internet. An enhanced user interface gives direct access to its new functionality and makes working with Viz Artist easier and more effective than ever before.

Animations and more Innovative scenes, compelling graphics, and stunning animations: Viz Artist 3 releases designers from repetitive standard tasks and gives them complete freedom to concentrate on the creative side of their work. Video Viz Artist 3 fully supports video as part of the creation process. Videos can be used as parts of a scene, or as textures mapped on geometry using UVW coordinates. Splines The built-in spline editor allows users to fully control every aspect of an animation. Parameters can be adjusted either by their keyframe values or with the attached handles. Directors Controlling animations has never been simpler: directors control the animations on the timeline. They can be split and merged and even grouped hierarchically. A clear representation of complex animations is provided.

VizDB server Viz Artist 3 comes with an integrated multi-user database that serves as the central point for storing all assets. This asset management database provides efficient and secure file-handling. Guaranteed data consistency All objects keep track of their references under all circumstances. They stay consistent even when they are copied or moved. This means that changes in an object will always affect all connected scenes. Company-wide changes in style, such as new fonts or logos can be accomplished by editing a single element. Organizing functionality Viz Artist offers great flexibility when it comes to organizing references. Scenes, including all their relevant references, can be arranged in different projects. Complex scenes often contain many image, object, clip, and font references. These references are registered in VizDB and can be easily searched for using any of their properties. All elements necessary for handling complex designs are accessible from one place.

Objects and geometry Every Viz Artist 3 installation offers a wide variety of different parametric objects. The selection contains 2D objects and simple 3D objects that can be used to create more complex 3D models. Editing 3D objects Each parametric object has a set of free variables that allows designers to alter the objects features in various ways. For a cylinder, the editable features would include bevel size, radius, and internal-hole radius. All variable changes can be animated and externally controlled. Open for other formats Viz Artist 3 has the ability to import models from other 3D packages. It supports for files from all major 3D modelling applications. Viz Artist 3 can import files from, amongst others, Maya, 3DS Max, Lightwave and Softimage. It accepts the majority of these formats geometry parameters, such as reference to textures, texture mapping coordinates, smoothing groups, materials, and lighting.

Built-in interactivity Viz Artist 3 features advanced control and interactivity options. The application comes with its own powerful scripting language, closely resembling Visual Basic in structure and syntax. The scripting language allows designers to integrate interactivity easily into a scene. It only takes a few lines of code to create interactive elements such as click buttons or support for touchscreens. Viz Artist 3 comes with a variety of built-in functions that enable the user to easily manipulate different object and function properties. The functions can be addressed from scripts, which can then be compiled and saved as plug-ins. These plug-ins can be used in further scenes and shared with other users.

Key Features and Benefits User-friendly and effective real-time 3D modelling and animation tool Full support for maps and video Full real-time rendering of models from 3rd party applications like Maya and Softimage|xsi Pre-rendering of scenes for future playback Hardware 2D DVE as well as software 3D DVE Advanced font style handling Built-in spline editor for full control over animation at any given time Full support for undo/redo functionality Supports shortcuts for all common tasks Integration with asset management database for efficient file-handling and data consistency Supports Viz DB Server with extended search functionality: all object properties can serve as search criteria Software Development Kit available Optional Shader plug-ins available

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