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Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
US Internal: Diana Lee 
US Media Contact: Vicky Gray-Clark, Ambient Public Relations, 408-243-8880, vicky@ambientpr.com
UK: Liam Stacy 
JAPAN: Toshihide Miyata 
FRANCE: Eric Godey 
Germany and all other countries: Joachim Heller 
MAXON ADDS DEPTH TO BODYPAINT 3D'S ROBUST TOOLSET
On the eve of its 20th anniversary, MAXON is pleased to announce the upcoming availability of BodyPaint 3D Release 3. With this powerful new release, MAXON expands its multi award-winning 3D painting and UV editing software to include breathtaking 16 and 32 bit image manipulation capabilities, as well as UV LSCM Pelt mapping and several other key advancements. Improved features and continued integration with Maya, 3ds Max, SoftImage, and LightWave converge to push BodyPaint 3D forward as an indispensable tool for artists everywhere.
MAXON, October 4, 2006 - More than ever before, BodyPaint 3D R3 enables artists to achieve incredible textural subtlety with 16 and 32 bit depth painting. This makes it possible to create softer gradations with a palette that can comfortably hold an extreme range of contrasts with intricate detail. The enhanced functionality delivers an ideal solution for working with HDRI files such as .HDR and .EXR in the immediate context of the 3D scene.
With BodyPaint 3D R3, artists can eliminate much of the difficulty and tedium of unwrapping UV coordinates from complex meshes by using LCSM mapping. Improved Relax UV algorithms elegantly interpret the full range of geometric object curvatures into UV maps that are ready to paint on. Added tools such as path selection make it possible to select seams and refine a UV mesh with ease.
BodyPaint 3D R3 also provides flexibility with direct Projection Painting exchange to Photoshop. To aid in resolution depth and consistency, new tools allow users to change the pixel aspect ratio and freeze view to the desired resolution.
In addition, BodyPaint 3D has inherited the features from its sister application, CINEMA 4D to become a complete modeling, painting and UV editing solution.
MAXON Computer is the developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning products have been used extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and other industries. MAXON products have been used for and in The Golden Compass, Beowulf, all three Spider-Man films, Surf's Up, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Ghost Rider, Open Season, all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Monster House, Eragon, Superman Returns, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Serenity, War of the Worlds, Polar Express, The Flight of the Phoenix, Van Helsing, King Arthur, Star Wars: Episode II - The Attack of the Clones, the On-Air Packages for TMZ T.V., Comedy Central, Monday Night Football, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, ESPN, NFL Network, TiVO, NBC, DirecTV, CBS NFL, Smart House, Fox and many more. MAXON has offices in Friedrichsdorf (Germany), Newbury Park (CA, USA), Bedford (UK), Tokyo (JP) and Paris (FR).