DISCREET SHIPS 'CHARACTER STUDIO 3'

DISCREET, providers in digital content creation, management and distribution tools, have announced the worldwide shipment of ‘character studio 3’.
This latest version of the extension to 3d studio max, delivers increased performance for 3D character animation in games, film, broadcast, video, and interactive entertainment.
The system will provide animators with new capabilities, including the industry’s advanced crowd and behavioral-based animation system, physique skinning and enhancements to Biped inverse kinematics (IK) tools-with animatable pivot points for smooth, natural hand and foot movements. Other enhancements improve studio workflow, including advances in non-linear animation and track operations.
Senior 3D Designer at FOX Sports Graphics, Dave Thompson, said: “The beauty of working with character studio, is its multi-layering features and the ability to hand-edit motion capture files. The system provides me with the flexibility and creative power to get perfectly customised actions for my animated ‘cyborg’ looking NFL players-running every Sunday during football season, before the FOX Studio Show. The new Crowd feature will allow me to create a large group of ‘fans’ with customised behaviors.”
Behavioral-based animation and integration for Bipeds allows groups of humanoid characters to be motivated by a combination of animations, either hand-designed animations, motion picture, or a mix of both.
The close integration between Biped and Crowd allows the artist to populate entire Crowd scenes with characters that behave in an individualistic way.