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www.caligari.com | |||
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Caligari - the creators of Truespace - excellent, if underrated 3D modellling, rendering and animation application. While Truespace may not possess some of the features of other mid-range packages such as 3D Studio Max or Cinema 4D, it does have an extensive feature set that includes:
All the above features and more for a very reasonable price. Caligari also produce some more specialised packages including a new version of Truespace aimed at illustrators, and a number of powerful and highly usable 3rd party plugins. 3D art on this site was created using Caligari Truespace.
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www.xara.com | |||
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Xara - the creators of XaraX, Xara3D and Xara Webstyle as well as a number of online services for developing and delivering web based media content. XaraX is a
powerful 2D vector based art package, which stands out from its
main competitors in three main areas - price, image quality and
speed. The 2D rendering engine developed by Xara is the fastest
vector based graphics engine in any commercial product, displaying
very complex artwork in real time with full anti-aliasing and
complex fill and transparency effects. While XaraX
may not have as many features as some of its rival packages it
does have a number of unique features, which allow the user to
produce 2D vector based artwork that could not be easily created
in other packages. XaraX also includes a number of features specifically
designed for web developers including optimised image export and
export to swf files for vector output. XaraX is also
incredibly easy to use and very efficient, thanks in part to context
based controls and once again the amazing real time feedback provided
by the engine. A new version of XaraX has recently been release
with some very nice new features and an even faster engine. Most of the 2D art on this site plus the site's graphics were created using XaraX.
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