3D-Impact!Pro

3D-ImpactPro now is a plug-in module of a new software

3D IMPACT! Pro: The world's easiest to use 3D animation software!
SWiSHmax: The best solution for creating cool Flash effects!

Platform, Prices, Company
- Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME
- $149
- CrystalGraphics, Inc.: http://www.crystalgraphics.com http://www.crystalgraphics.com/web/3dimpactpro

Applications
- 3D IMPACT! Pro enhances web pages with extraordinary 3D graphics and animations with over 145 highly-detailed, pre-built 3D objects, organized in a customizable object gallery. It makes it a snap for web developers, video enthusiasts and others to add the impact of 3D titles, logos, objects, buttons and pictures to web pages, banner ads, videos and presentations.
- 3D IMPACT! Pro includes many 3D objects that you can use to animate your web pages. With a few clicks, you can take the pre-created 3D objects and make them fly off your web page.
- SWiSHmax includes intuitive scripting, drawing and editing tools as well as hundreds of built-in effects that can be applied to text, images, graphics, and sounds. You can also author and distribute your own effects! Import / Export tools allow versatility in the use and output of SWiSHmax files
- SWiSH creates Flash effects from scratch, or editing existing SWiSH Flash files .
Examples/Samples
- 3D ImpactPro gallery: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/web/3dimpactpro.features.asp
- Sample Image1: http://www.haave.net/william/images/3d/glass_egg.JPG
- Sample Image2: http://www.haave.net/william/images/3d/maler2.jpg
- Sample Image3: http://www.haave.net/william/images/3d/shaker_spark.gif
- Sample Image4: http://www.haave.net/william/images/3d/sveits.jpg
- SWiSHmax gallery: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/flash/swishmax.gallery.asp
Functions
- Modeling
  - Objects: Line, Arcs, Circle, Splines, Polygon and 2D Shapes.
  - Transformations: Scaling, rotation, and translation.
  - Editing and Manipulations: Create and manipulate lightbulbs, spotlights, sunlight and ambient lighting with powerful lighting tools. In addition, users have all the control they need to get the lighting effects they want. They can even animate their lights. Motion paths use smooth spline motion algorithms.
  - Imports and Converts 2D Artwork Into 3D.
  - Easy-to-Use 3D Primitives Creation Tools: Create all the basic 2D and 3D primitive shapes using the easy-to-use creation tools. These 3D primitives may also be distorted, combined and grouped to make more complex shapes
  - Freehand Spline Polygon Creation And Editing Tools: Create freeform polygons out of lines, arcs and splines using the easy-to-use polygon creation tool. You can also trim or cut holes out of other 2D objects.
  - Powerful Lighting Tools: Create and manipulate lightbulbs, spotlights, sunlight and ambient lighting with powerful lighting tools. You'll have all the control you'll need to get the lighting effects you want. You can even animate your lights
- Rendering
  - Cameras: Simple, two-parameter camera
  - Lights: Point Lighting, Spot Lighting, Lightbulbs and Ambient Lighting.
  - Rendering Effects: Soft-edged shadows, Ray-traced Refractions, Bumpiness, Shininess, Transparency, Sparkles, Perspective and Embossing.
  - Materials: Soft-edged object-to-object shadows and drop shadows. Mapping tools include texture, bump, reflection and transparency mapping. Maps and backgrounds may be animated.
  - Object-to-object reflections.
  - Supports both Gouraud and Phong shading, spectacular metallics, and top-quality anti-aliasing
  - Real-time preview rendering
- Formats
  - Importing and Exporting file formats: : GIF, JPEG, PNG, TGA, TIFF, AVI, BMP and PCX.
- Animation
  - Motion paths use smooth spline motion algorithms.
  - Controllers: key-based, systems.
  - Advanced animations: Can easily preview and adjust a still or animated GIF's visual quality and file size right within the program, making it a snap to minimize download times.
- Effects
  - Includes over 230 built-in effects.
  - Effects can be applied to text, images, graphics and sound quickly and easily.
  - You can author and distribute your own effects.
  - All effects can be added to multiple objects at once
- Drawing
  - Broad range of drawing tools include: Line, Pencil, Bezier, Text, Ellipse, Circle, Rectangle, Square, and more.
  - AutoShapes make adding complex shapes like 3D cubes a breeze.
  - Shape editing tools such as Scale, Size, Rotate, Perspective and Skew make it easy to modify your shapes. There are also tools that can slice a section off your Shape or break it into pieces.
  - Interactive input and dynamic text makes adding input forms easy.
  - Guide, grid, snapping and alignment options help take the guesswork out of what you're doing!
- Interface
  - A simple yet powerful interface means ANYONE can make stunning Flash animations in minutes.
  - Objects, frames and effects can all be added, modified or deleted directly from the timeline.
  - Manage movies, scenes and sprites seamlessly.
- Import and Export
  - Import SWF movies produced in any other Flash application.
  - Virtually any sound, graphics and text file can be imported. SWiSHmax imports most any file type including: txt, bmp, dib, gif, jpg, if, jpeg, png, wmf, emf, swf (both compressed and uncompressed), exe (Flash Projector), wav and mp3 files.
  - SWiSHmax SWF movies can be imported into any other Flash application with ease.
  - Advanced compression features help keep your SWF file sizes small
- Additional Features
  - Convert 2D Artwork into 3D: Create an outline of a 2D logo, using the automatic outline tool, so it can be animated in 3D.
  - Beautiful Sparkle Effects: 3D IMPACT! Pro can add sparkles to your highlights automatically to really make your web pages shine.
Web Resources
- 3-D impactPro: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/web/3dimpactpro.main.asp
- SWiSHmax: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/flash/swishmax.main.asp
- News reader: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/newsletter.asp
- Technical support: http://www.crystalgraphics.com/support.asp