VIDI develops and publishes 3D modeling and animation software for the Macintosh. Established in 1986, it has long been recognized for technological vision and leadership in 3D modeling and multimedia. Our latest application Presenter 3D (formerly Presenter Professional) provides 3-D modeling, rendering, and animation in an environment we call "The Digital SoundStage™". Here you can use virtual directional and omni-directional microphones to record the Doppler sound effect as sound-generating objects go whizzing by, use Behavioral Kinematics™ for facial, character, and lip sync animation that rivals that of the movie Toy Story, or speed up your selection of surface attributes and text maps using the unique Real-Time Surface Edit capability. you can apply Explosion, Wind, Jitter, Collision, Gravity, and our special Flock plug-in for automatic group movement with random motion of animals from a herd of buffalo to a flock of geese. Presenter 3D is the first to offer multimedia, game, web site, kiosk, and broadcast producers a 3-D Multimedia and 3-D Sound tool for the creation and presentation off virtual worlds that simulate the real world and the worlds found only in your imagination. It's clear to us at VIDI that 3D modeling and animation is the hot ticket in multimedia, film, game, and Internet design. As john Lasseter, "Toy Story" Director recently said. "There's unlimited potential for profit in 3D computer modeling and animation. And besides, it looks really cool." With VIDI's Presenter 3D makes 3D modeling and animation even cooler with capabilities its quality 3D spline modeling and its Digital SoundStage 3D animation: Behavioral Kinematics for facial, character and lip sync animation Directional 3D Sound™ with directional and omni-directional microphones that can record stereo and Doppler sound effects. Real-time Surface Edits to speed up object surface attribute assignment RealPhysics™ object dynamics that simulate real-life and special motion effects Digital Clay™ spline-based modeling and Boolean solid modeling Outstanding support for Apple's QuickTime VR panorama, object, and multi-node movie generation Industry-leading support for Pixar's RenderMan The coolness of a product, however, is best measured by the work that can be created with it. With Presenter 3D: An industrial designer like Bob Sauls is able to produce for NASA the simulations of space shuttle docking, present flights of the mini-shuttle, and create examples of the vehicles to be used for Mars landings and exploration that were shown on CNN, Nightline, the national news programs, and the Discovery Channel. A visionary like Syd Mead is able to build the vehicles and worlds they carry around in their heads for major studios, auto makers, and game producers. A graphic artists like Gary Reisman can quickly and easily design and produce a NBC logo, peacock, map, and blinking light animation to highlight the location of its affiliates, design the "Inside Earth 2" introduction, and produce a flying saucer sequence to be added to the intro for "Third Rock from the Sun". An educator like Peter Ratner can get his students to realistically model and animate human and imaginary beings that can flex their muscles, make facial expressions synced to spoken words and reproduce the elegant flight motion of birds in a flock. A fine artist like Ron Davis , whose works are in permanent exhibit in major museums all over the world, can use Presenter 3D to visualize the color and geometry used in his final works. An architect like Dennis Holloway can use Presenter 3D to reproduce the architectural dwellings of the ancient Pueblo Indians, apply them to modern Indian structures, and get his work on the design of the Poeh Cultural Center for the Pojoaque Pueblo Indians published in "Contemporary Native American Architecture" by Oxford University Press. Medical researchers can animate the operation of muscles, the normal and abnormal operation of the heart or, like clinical researcher Shirley Bayer, be able to use VIDI's 3D software to create over 200 rendered images of prenatal brain development and get them publishes by CRC Press as the leading atlas on the subject. VIDI 57 East Bonita Arcadia, CA 91006 TEL: 626-462-1905 FAX: 626-462-0919