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6 Right Hemisphere Announces Development Plans for Itanium edited by J.V. Bolkan, Producer - DCCWorkstation |
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"Intel has really got it right with this new processor architecture. We are very excited about the possibilities this new IA-64 chip offers us," says Chris Blackbourn, Lead Developer IA-64 Program, Right Hemisphere. "Intel works together with companies such as Right Hemisphere to bring industry-leading 3D content technology to the IA-64 platform," said John Thomas, marketing manager, Digital Media Solutions Division. "Intel is collaborating with Right Hemisphere to ensure that Deep Paint 3D with Texture Weapons and its users can take full advantage of IA-64 and the Itanium processor." "Right Hemisphere's 3D paint and texturing software takes unique advantage of Wacom's Intuos graphics tablet system, including the first ever digital airbrush, pressure-sensitive pens, and Wacom's 4D mouse. Wacom is excited to work with Intel and Right Hemisphere to bring the best graphics input tools and solutions over to the Intel IA-64 platform. In combination with Right Hemisphere's software, visual arts and design customers will benefit from the performance in significant ways," Scott Rawlings, director of Marketing, Wacom Technology Corp. "The Itanium processor architecture enables us to create 3D painting technology that exceeds anything done in this space before. As a result, the new version of Deep Paint 3D with Texture Weapons will be a landmark in 3D computer graphics," Mark Thomas, CEO of Right Hemisphere. About Deep Paint 3D Deep Paint 3D provides designers with authentic artistic media such as oils, watercolors, crayons and pastels that can be "brushed" directly onto 3D models. With a single stroke Deep Paint 3D paints complete material or shader definitions, and can be used to easily brush surface textures, such as skins or various types of wood, directly onto objects. Other features include multi-layer support for bump, color, shine, opacity, and glow channels; 3D masking and selection tools, including a 3D polygon selection tool; full NURBS support for 3d studio max, Maya and Softimage. Other file formats supported for import and export are .OBJ/.MTL, .3DS and .LWO (Lightwave 3D 6.0) Complete with a bi-directional interface to Photoshop and special support for the Wacom Intuos or compatible pressure sensitive tablet. About Texture Weapons Texture Weapons for Deep Paint 3D, is a breakthrough in 3D texturing and painting, drastically reducing the time to create the highest quality surface texturing for polygonal and NURBS models. Texture Weapons help create virtually distortion-free texturing for 3D work in film, broadcast or the web. It includes MercatorUV technology for generation and editing of UV mapping, and the new automatic V.A.M.P. mapping technology for automatic generation of UV mapping for polygonal models. Texture Weapons also include the new Projection Paint, which enables painting from any angle on NURBS or polygonal models, with brush size unaffected by UV coordinate variations. About Right Hemisphere Right Hemisphere, www.righthemisphere.com, was formed in 1995 to develop and market innovative, high performance productivity tools for digital artists. The privately funded company is based in Auckland, New Zealand, and has recently incorporated a U.S. subsidiary, Right Hemisphere USA, with an office in Bellingham, Wash. to manage North American sales, partnerships and distribution. Right Hemisphere USA can be reached at 360/738-7940 and its international Headquarters in New Zealand at +64-9-309-3204.
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AMSTERDAM,
The Netherlands--Right Hemisphere announces their intention to support
the upcoming Itanium processor from Intel with a new version of its
award winning software Deep Paint 3D with Texture Weapons. This new
Itanium processor compatible software is a ground-up rewrite of the
existing code to fully take advantage of the latest Intel 64-bit architecture,
as well as newly enhanced capability in the Wacom Intuos tablets. The
software will include many new features for 2D and 3D painting and texture
mapping not previously seen on any platform at any price. This development
has been done in close consultation with Intel and Wacom. Shipping is
anticipated to be close to the commercial shipping of Itanium processor-based
workstations. Users of existing software will be eligible for a special
upgrade offer when the new versions are available.