Mumbai headquartered Multimedia and software distributor Aladdin Multimedia is introducing Animation Master, an entry- level yet comprehensive 3D animation package in India. Priced at Rs14,000/- for the Indian market, the software is developed by Canadian developer Hash Inc and is recognized the world over for its rigging functionalities.
Speaking to AnimationXpress.com, Aladdin Multimedia Marketing Head Zakir Hussain shared, “It was very encouraging of Hash to have faith in us to distribute their product in India. Since our inception in ’96, we have regularly brought high utility products to the market at very affordable prices. The Animation Industry in India is going great guns and there are a lot of students learning animation, professionals working for Indian as well as international studios etc and we are sure this will be a great utility for all”
“The response to this product has been great in the US from students and professionals alike, and it has been selling off the shelves like hot cakes” he added.
Hash Inc.’s Heath Hash added, “We are happy to do business with Aladdin Multimedia and look forward to a long and successful relationship”
Following is the list of top 10 Animation Master features
- SPLINE BASED MODELING, ANIMATION, AND RENDERING – allows smooth organic models and natural freeform motions.
- BONES MODE for easy IK construction.
- INVERSE KINEMATICS – to interactively pose articulated characters.
- SKELETAL, MORPHING, AND BENDING ACTIONS IN COMBINATION – all three kinds of object and character motion can be overlapped and used in unison.
- TIME BASED MOTION “EASE” – for accurate acceleration and deceleration of movement.
- TRUE PATCH-BASED “UV DECAL” MAPPING – using bit mapped images that are locked to a surface and distort properly when an object bends and twists.
- D3D or OpenGL real-time rendering.
- MOTION LIBRARIES – so that a complex action needs to be built only once and then used over and over again. Includes motion capture input & motion control output.
- LIP SYNCH KEY FRAMING – for assembling lip shapes with automatic inbetweening.
- TECHNICAL SUPPORT- Top notch and totally free.
While its foray into animation production software distribution may be new, Aladdin Multimedia has been into distribution of Interactive multimedia and animated content for the past 10 years. Currently its library boasts of a 160 titles with close to 40 more titles in development.