Wave Issue 0305 3/2/03 Article 1-01

***Electric Rain Announces Development of Swift 3D 3.O for Mac OS
X
(February 25)

Today Electric Rain, Inc. announced the upcoming release of Swift
3D 3.0 for Mac OS X. Swift 3D is a standalone application for
designers to build and export 3D animations to the Macromedia
Flash (SWF) file format, as well as other major vector and raster
formats. Swift 3D for Mac OS X will be available late spring 2003
as a free upgrade to existing Swift 3D 3.0 users.

According to Electric Rain, the Mac OS X version of Swift 3D will
offer significant advantages over previous versions by utilizing
Mac OS X's dynamic memory management and multi- tasking
capabilities to provide faster rendering speeds and enhanced
workflow.

Swift 3D 3.0 for Mac OS X will offer Electric Rain's latest
innovations:

- RAViX III Rendering Engine: With options including reflections,
transparency, specularity and multiple shadows, users can create
quality output in a 3D-to-vector product without creating
oversized files.

- SmartLayer Technology: A patent pending technology that works
in conjunction with the Swift 3D Importer plug-in for Macromedia
Flash MX, enabling users to render scenes to layers.

- EMO Ray Tracer: With full support for bitmap texturing, a
second rendering engine exports images and animations to popular
raster-based file formats as well as Macromedia Flash (SWF).

The Mac OS X version of Swift 3D 3.0 will be available on the
Electric Rain Website in late spring of 2003 and will be a free
upgrade for owners of Swift 3D 3.0 for Macintosh. The SRP for
Swift 3D 3.0 is $169.00 USD for the download and boxed CD
version. Upgrades from previous versions of Swift 3D are $89.00
USD.

www.erain.com