For Immediate
Release
ELECTRIC
RAIN EXTENDS SWIFT 3D LW PLUG-IN COMPATIBILITY
TO INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR MAC OS X AND LIGHTWAVE
3D VERSION 7.0
Vector plug-in now gives LightWave
3D® designers on Mac OS X the ability
to render 3D animations to the Macromedia®
Flash™ (SWF) file format. |
Boulder, CO – October 23, 2001 - Today
Electric Rain, Inc.® announced the availability
of a Mac OS X version of their well-received Swift
3D LW vector rendering plug-in. Swift 3D LW offers
LightWave users the power to render 3D scenes
directly to popular vector-based file formats,
including Macromedia Flash (SWF), AI, EPS, and
SVG.
"Releasing Swift 3D LW for Mac OS X was
a top priority for us," said Mike Soucie,
President of Electric Rain, Inc. "Electric
Rain strives to be at the forefront of all new
technology available for multimedia design, and
Swift 3D LW for Mac OS X gives designers the most
powerful multi-purpose tool for creating 3D content
for the Web and beyond."
"Featuring unprecedented power, speed, and
graphics capabilities, Mac OS X provides tremendous
business opportunities for developers that need
a robust and flexible platform to create software,"
said Ron Okamoto, Apple’s vice president
of Worldwide Developer Relations. "NewTek
was quick to support Mac OS X with LightWave and
now Electric Rain fills in the valuable component
of vector output with this new plug-in."
Swift 3D LW renders LightWave scenes with supreme
speed, accuracy and file size optimization. Utilizing
the industry-leading RAViX™ II rendering
engine, Swift 3D LW provides an extensive array
of rendering options including 3 levels of outlines,
5 levels of cartoon shading, 2 levels of gradient
shading, plus shadows and specular highlights.
Swift 3D LW is now compatible with LightWave
versions 6.5 through 7.0b. For more information,
or to purchase Swift 3D LW, please visit www.erain.com
or call Electric Rain at 1-888-613-1500.
About Electric Rain, Inc.
Electric Rain, Inc. is a fast moving 3D and multimedia
software company with a vision of bringing easy-to-use
3D and multimedia tools to the masses. Through
the release of its stand-alone application, Swift
3D v1.0, and the company's proprietary RAViX rendering
technology, Electric Rain has quickly become the
industry leading developer and supplier of 3D
to vector solutions. The company is located at
the base of the Flatirons in Boulder, Colorado.
More information about Electric Rain and its products
and technologies is available at www.erain.com.
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For More Information Contact:
Ed Wunsch - Electric Rain, Inc.
P (303) 543-8233
F (303) 543-8225
E ewunsch@erain.com |
