Wave Issue 0209 3/15/02 Article 5-02

***Electric Rain Ships Special Edition Swift 3D Plug-ins that
Render 3D Scenes to Toon Boom USAnimation Vector-based Format
(March 11)

Today Electric Rain, Inc. announced the release of a special
edition of their Swift 3D plug-in line, which includes Swift 3D
MAX and Swift 3D LW. This special edition offers an additional
rendering format allowing users of Discreet's 3ds max and
NewTek's LightWave 3D to export their scenes to a format that
imports natively into USAnimation.

Swift 3D MAX and Swift 3D LW are both plug-ins that serve as
rendering components for 3ds max and LightWave 3D respectively.
Utilizing Electric Rain's industry-leading RAViX II vector
technology, both plug-ins render 3D scenes from their host
application to a variety of vector-based file formats, including
Macromedia Flash (SWF), AI, EPS and SVG. The new special edition
plug-ins will add an additional file format that can be read
directly into USAnimation.

Swift 3D MAX SE and Swift 3D LW SE are available immediately from
the Electric Rain website. The SRP for both plug-ins is $995.00
USD. Swift 3D MAX SE is compatible with 3ds max and Autodesk VIZ
3.0 and above, while Swift 3D LW SE works with LightWave 3D 6.5
and above on both Windows and Macintosh (including OS X)
platforms.