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Article: ElectricImage Broadcast. (ElectricImage Corp 3D animation system) (Software Review)(Brief Article)(Evaluation)
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- Macworld
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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For most Macintosh users, electricImage Animation System is the holy grail of 3-D. The newest member of the EI family, ElectricImage Broadcast, offers all the features of the film version (see Reviews, December 1994), without the daunting price tag. Although it renders at lower resolution than its sibling, EI Broadcast is one of the most feature-laden animation tools available for the Mac.
Besides dropping the price, ElectricImage has added some features that make this version more robust: the Inverse Kinematics tools have been improved, the Camera Map Projection plug-in lets users create 3-D matte paintings from 2-D images, and the interface lets you drag multiple ...