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DISCREET AND COMPAQ EQUIP LEADING STUDIOS TO SERVE AS TRAINING FACILITIES
FOR CUTTING-EDGE DCC TALENT STUDIOS IN NEW YORK, LOS Angeles, and Orlando
Provide Professionals With Hands-On Experience
MONTREAL, Dec 1, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- As part of its
strategic mission to outfit digital content creators with the
industry's most advanced DCC solutions, Discreet, a division of
Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), is joining with Compaq Computer Corp. to
showcase three innovative Training and Resource Centers in New York,
Hollywood, and Orlando. In a special open houses next month, animators,
artists, and game developers can view the latest Discreet software and
Compaq desktop workstations.
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The open houses will take place at three leading production studios:
New York's Curious Pictures on Dec. 7, Hollywood's ReZn8 on Dec. 9, and
Orlando's Nickelodeon Studios on Dec. 14. The Discreet and Compaq
Training and Resource Centers are located at each studio facility.
The three centers afford Discreet and Compaq the opportunity to expose
their products to software developers, educators, training course
developers, and authorized Discreet resellers in three key DCC markets.
In return, Curious Pictures, ReZn8, and Nickelodeon Studios can use the
center for production when training is not being conducted and also act
as a beta test site for new products and receive hardware and software
upgrades.
"Discreet is delighted to work with Compaq and with three key centers
of creative excellence to ensure that cutting-edge talent is fully
trained to make the most of Discreet tools," said David Jones,
executive director of support and services at Discreet. "By
collaborating closely with ReZn8, Curious Pictures, and Nickelodeon, we
are enabling some of the finest content creators in the world to learn
about Discreet software in a powerful, real-world environment powered
by Compaq workstations."
"Compaq is very excited to partner with Discreet in sponsoring these
customer training facilities at such world-class effects shops like
ReZn8, Nickelodeon, and Curious Pictures," said John Thompson, vice
president and general manager of Compaq's Workstation Division. "These
facilities will allow postproduction and visual effects artists to
refine their skills and develop animation projects on the latest,
industry-leading Compaq Professional Workstations running 3D Studio
MAX. Compaq Professional Workstations provide outstanding
price/performance and fast graphics that visualization professionals
need for complex projects."
Each center features six Compaq Professional Workstations -- an SP 700
workstation and five AP 500 workstations -- along with 3D Studio
MAX(R), effect*, and paint* software from Discreet. This latest effort
builds on the two companies' joint commitment to customer education and
training. For instance, Discreet ships interactive Courseware materials
for users of its 3D Studio MAX R3, Character Studio(R) R2, and 3D
Studio VIZ(R) R3 software. Created for digital content creation
professionals in the entertainment and design industries -- as well as
for students, educators, and resellers -- the Courseware provides an
in-depth guide to the entire award-winning 3D product line from
Discreet. Each set of Courseware includes a printed book and an
interactive CD stocked with tutorials, reference materials, and
examples.
About Compaq Professional Workstations The Compaq family of
Professional Workstations gives businesses an exceptional range of
performance, scalability, and price to ensure an advantage in today's
competitive marketplace. Based on industry-standard processors and
system architecture, Compaq Professional Workstations are a better
choice than ever for users running graphics or compute-intensive
applications.
About 3D Studio MAX Designed for today's collaborative studio
production environments, 3D Studio MAX R3 software includes a long list
of enhancements that make the award-winning solution dramatically
faster and easier to use, particularly for collaborative workflow. The
new release of 3D Studio MAX is designed to allow numerous creative
professionals to work on specific aspects of a project, while making it
easy to bring discrete elements together into complex shots,
animations, or game levels. As a result, 3D Studio MAX R3 incorporates
dramatic improvements to ease of use and interoperability that will
benefit production environments of all sizes. Key advancements include
nestable external references, application-wide scripting and macro
recording, a customizable work environment, a completely redesigned
renderer, powerful organic modeling capabilities, and a host of new
features to accelerate creation of next-generation 3D game titles.
About Discreet Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc., develops systems
and software for visual effects, 3D animation, editing, and production
used in the creation of digital moving pictures for video, HDTV, the
Web, broadcast graphics, interactive games, and feature films. Discreet
products are used extensively in film and video postproduction, games
and multimedia, broadcasters' graphics, programming, and on-air event
coverage as well as by designers and architects for 3D visualization
and conceptualization. For more information, contact any Authorized
Autodesk Reseller, call Autodesk at 800-964-6432, or visit
www.autodesk.com. Discreet product information is available at
800-869-3504 or via the Web at www.discreet.com and www.ktx.com.
Autodesk shares are traded on the Nasdaq national market under the
symbol ADSK.
NOTE: Autodesk, 3D Studio MAX, 3D Studio VIZ, and Character Studio are
registered trademarks, and Discreet is a trademark, of Autodesk, Inc.,
in the United States and/or certain other countries. All other brand
names, product names, or trademarks are used solely for the purpose of
identification and belong to their respective holders.
SOURCE Autodesk, Inc.
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