Wave Issue 0309 3/28/03 Article 3-03

***Anark and Discreet Announce Studio and plasma Bundle
(March 26)

Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc., and Anark Corporation,
today announced that they have partnered to bring media artists a
multimedia and Web 3D bundle: Anark Studio and Discreet plasma
software. The Anark Studio / Discreet plasma bundle is available
now and sells for the suggested retail price of US $995, a
savings of US $700 versus purchasing the products separately.
This bundling partnership brings the collective powers of
Discreet, a developer of digital content creation software, and
Anark, developers of authoring tools, together in a 3D,
interactive creative solution.

Discreet's plasma software and Anark Studio together will give
artists, designers and developers 3D tools to create real-time,
interactive, 3D experiences, including corporate multimedia
communications projects, interactive learning projects, and
entertainment presentations across a variety of mediums such as
DVD, CD-ROM, kiosks, the Web and beyond. Anark Studio and plasma
artists can leverage cross-product integration, sharing 3D models
as well as interactive 3D, video, audio and 2D images.

plasma software is based on Discreet's professional 3ds max
software package for modeling, animation and rendering
technology, but created specifically with a Web designer-centric
user interface, tool access and workflow. While the Anark Studio
bundle includes plasma, both plasma and 3ds max files can be
integrated into Anark Studio presentations. Artists can build
real-time, optimized 3D models with the modeling tools in plasma
and integrate these models into multimedia presentations using
Anark Studio's interactive authoring environment.