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ELECTRIC RAIN ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF SWIFT 3D 3.O FOR MAC OS X Popular 3D Flash application will leverage Mac OS X's advanced graphics architecture, memory management system and multitasking capabilities Boulder, CO - February 25, 2003 - Today Electric Rain, Inc. announced the upcoming release of Swift 3D 3.0 for Mac OS X. Swift 3D is a standalone application for designers to build and export 3D animations to the Macromedia Flash� (SWF) file format, as well as other major vector and raster formats. Swift 3D for Mac OS X will be available late spring 2003 as a free upgrade to existing Swift 3D 3.0 users. "Electric Rain is proud to broaden its support for the Mac community by making Swift 3D available for Mac OS X," said Mike Soucie, President of Electric Rain, Inc. "Swift 3D is a powerful 3D authoring tool that becomes even more compelling when paired with Mac OS X and its advanced capabilities." "Mac OS X, with Quartz Extreme, has the most advanced graphics architecture available," said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations. "We are pleased to see Swift 3D take advantage of Mac OS X's powerful graphics capabilities and give the Mac an impressive 3D package with which to create high-quality vector Flash output." The Mac OS X version of Swift 3D will offer significant advantages over previous versions by utilizing Mac OS X's dynamic memory management and multi-tasking capabilities, providing faster rendering speeds and enhanced workflow. Swift 3D 3.0 for Mac OS X will offer Electric Rain's latest innovations in quick and easy 3D authoring: RAViX III Rendering Engine: With options including reflections, transparency, specularity and multiple shadows, users can create higher quality output than previously seen in a 3D-to-vector product without creating oversized files. SmartLayer Technology: A patent pending technology that works in conjunction with the Swift 3D Importer plug-in for Macromedia Flash MX enabling users to render scenes to layers, offering new design possibilities, better workflow and smaller files. EMO Ray Tracer: With full support for bitmap texturing, a second rendering engine exports images and animations with photorealistic quality to popular raster-based file formats as well as Macromedia Flash (SWF). The Mac OS X version of Swift 3D 3.0 will be available at http://www.erain.com in late spring of 2003 and will be a free upgrade for owners of Swift 3D 3.0 for Macintosh. The SRP for Swift 3D 3.0 is $169.00 USD for the download and boxed CD version. Upgrades from previous versions of Swift 3D are $89.00 USD. About Electric Rain, Inc. Electric Rain is the industry-leading developer and supplier of 3D-to-vector software solutions for Macromedia Flash. Electric Rain's product line includes Swift 3D standalone and Swift 3D plug-ins for 3ds max and LightWave 3D. Electric Rain actively licenses its proprietary RAViX vector rendering technology to 3D software companies. For more information, visit http://www.erain.com or call 1-888-613-1500. __________________________ Please visit our sponsors: RadGad(sm): The Place for Useful Gifts & Gadgets.(sm) http://www.radgad.com/, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 877-5-RADGAD MacTech(r) Magazine: The journal of Macintosh technology and development http://www.mactech.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or 805-494-9797 DevDepot(sm): Your Source for RAM, Technical & Developer Products http://www.devdepot.com, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 877-DEPOT-NOW To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". MacTech, Developer Depot, RadGad, and Xplain Corporation are not responsible for any errors, omissions, or other inaccuracies in this message. News may be propagated freely, but please attribute your source as MacTech Magazine, <http://www.mactech.com>. --
