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***Kaydara Launches 3D Viewing Component for QuickTime
(January 7)

Kaydara Inc., a developer of 3D animation software, today
announced the immediate availability of FBX for QuickTime, a free
real-time viewing solution that supports content from major 3D
packages. Based on Kaydara's FBX format, a royalty-free 3D
authoring and interchange format, FBX for QuickTime allows
producers and artists to visualize and sign off on 3D content
using QuickTime. By adding the FBX component to QuickTime,
Kaydara intends to provide content creators with a new way to
work with high-end 3D, reducing reliance on an individual
application for 3D project review or transport.

FBX for QuickTime is cross-platform and allows both Mac and PC
users to visualize as well as interact with 3D content. Combined
with QuickTime Pro, FBX for QuickTime provides digital artists
with a new media type for authoring, allowing them to combine and
composite 3D with video, audio, and images from all supported
QuickTime formats.

Kaydara FBX is a platform-independent 3D authoring and
interchange format that provides access to 3D content from major
3D vendors and platforms. FBX is a binary file format that
supports major 3D data elements, as well as 2D, audio, and video
media elements. FBX can be used as an interchange format between
3D modeling/animation/rendering packages, 3D scanners (hardware),
3D content providers, motion capture systems, camera tracking
systems, and other applications.

The FBX for QuickTime component is available from Apple's Web
site.