For Immediate Release
Reallusion Premieres iClone 1.52 - New Technology for Independent Machinima
New York City - November 1st, 2006 – Reallusion, official Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences’ Machinima Festival partner hits the red carpet with the iClone powered Best Visual Design nominee, “Reich and Roll”, an iClone film festival feature created by Scintilla Films, Italy. iClone™ is the 3D real-time filmmaking engine featuring complete tools for character animation, scene building, and movie directing. Leap from brainstorm to screen with advanced animation and visual effects for 3D characters, animated short-films, Machinima, or simulated training. The technology of storytelling evolves with iClone. Real-time visual effects, character interaction, and cameras all animate in with vivid quality providing storytellers instant visualization into their world.
Stefano Di Carli, Director of ‘Reich and Roll’ says, “Each day I find new tricks in iClone. It's really an incredible new way of filmmaking. So Reallusion is not just hypin' a product. What you promise on the site is true. You can do movies!”
Machinima is a rising genre in independent filmmaking providing storytellers with technology to bring their films to screen excluding high production costs or additional studio staff. iClone launches independent filmmakers and studios alike into a production power pack of animation tools designed to simplify character creation, facial animation, and scene production for 3D films.
“iClone Independent filmmakers can commercially produce Machinima guaranteeing that the movies you make are the movies you own and may distribute or sell,” said John Martin II, Director of Product Marketing of Reallusion. “iClone’s freedom for filmmakers who desire to own and market their films supports the new real-time independent filmmaking spirit and the rise of directors who seek new technologies for the future of film.” iClone Studio 1.52 sets the stage delivering accessible directing tools to develop and debut films with speed. Now featuring an enhanced render core that delivers lightening render speed, iClone’s performance is capable of streamlining production. Further expanding the possibilities for storytellers to bring their story to screen, iClone includes additional content available to fill your 3D scenes. Choose from 3D scenes, props, characters and more to add to your iClone content library connecting users of all skill levels to 3D content that is easy to customize and control. Advanced tools for pros allow connectivity to 3D Studio Max and Maya via plug-ins for transforming any model into the iClone content library.
Filmmaking with iClone delivers accessible animation to all filmmakers inside a total 3D real- time environment, where Machinima comes to life. More information on iClone, visit http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/default.asp
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About Reallusion (http://www.reallusion.com) Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Reallusion is a leading-edge software developer providing Hollywood- like 3D cinematic animation tools for PC and Mobile platforms. Reallusion’s pioneering storytelling technology excelling at character animation, facial morphing and voice lip-sync allows fast creation of interactive avatars for 3D real-time filmmaking and previsualization for professional post-production. Our powerful yet easy-to-use tools make character animation accessible to PC users of all skill levels.
Reallusion’s development of core technologies and growing base of intellectual property firmly establish the company as power among emerging technology innovators, furthering our graphic and imaging embedded kernels to top-brand device manufacturers worldwide.
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