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Noesis Interactive™ Expands the Mod Your World™ Product Line for Source® Powered Games at GDC 2007
DVDs enable gamers to create characters and props with SOFTIMAGE®|XSI® software for Half-Life®2, Counter-Strike™, Source® and other Source SDK powered games
San Francisco, Ca. (March 5, 2007)—Noesis Interactive ships three additional products for the award-winning Mod Your World™ product family for the Valve Source platform, “Advanced Source Level Design”, “Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games”, and “Advanced Character Animation for Gamers with SOFTIMAGE|XSI” at the Game Developers® Conference 2007 at the Moscone Convention Center. Noesis products will be presented at Softimage booth #618 Moscone West, and are available for sale at the Softimage Booth and the GDC Bookstore.
“Our goal is to deliver all the training tools gamers need to max out their “mods” for Source powered games,” said Dave Larson, CEO of Noesis Interactive. “Our singular focus is to deliver the training the video gaming community wants, and we truly appreciate the support of Softimage and Valve in helping us develop our definitive product line of training tools for Source powered games.”
Noesis Interactive is developing the Mod Your World™ DVD series to put all gamers on the fast track to help them design maps and build and integrate 3D characters and props into their favorite games—beginning with Source powered games. Noesis is delivering easy-to-understand DVD tutorials designed by video gamers to dissect and streamline the entire process.
“Noesis continues to build and offer a very exciting product line of training DVDs. They present information that is often hard to track down or figure out, and they do it in a very concise manner using a very cool interface. We’re excited to be working together to help expand the modding options for Softimage 3D artists in the game development industry”, said Jennifer Goldfinch, Manager, Strategic Relations for Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc.
Noesis is launching three new members of the Mod Your World family for Source powered games, Advanced Source Level Design, Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games, and Advanced Character Animation for Gamers with SOFTIMAGE|XSI software. They complement two currently available products, 3D Content Creation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI and Character Design & Integration with Half-Life 2. Additionally, Noesis is announcing two additional products available in Q2 2007, Facial Animation & Choreography for Gamers , and Machinima Filmmaking Essentials.
Product Highlights:
3D Content Creation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI teaches how to “Build Your Character”. Learn the nuts and bolts of texture application, generate props from scratch, and create biped characters. The DVD covers the basics of SOFTIMAGE|XSI software and provides you with all the shortcuts and tips to integrate your own characters, props and maps into video games.
Character Design & Integration with Half-Life 2 focuses on how to “Share Your Character” by creating and implementing your own characters within Half-Life 2 Deathmatch. Using custom templates, you'll begin by quickly transforming ordinary facial photos to Deathmatch in no time. Then you’ll learn how to use SOFTIMAGE|XSI to prepare your models to be exported into Half-Life 2 Deathmatch.
Advanced Source Level Design teaches you to "Create Your World" by focusing on designing and constructing custom levels within Counter-Strike™: Source, Half-Life2, and other Source SDK powered games. Learn the fundamentals of Hammer™ as well as advanced texturing, displacement, functionality and optimization techniques.
Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games allows you to further "Activate Your World". You’ll learn the basics of 3D animation, build an animation library and create dynamic props that can be walked on, picked up, broken apart and brought to life in Source powered games.
Advanced Character Animation for Gamers with SOFTIMAGE|XSI, teaches you to "Evolve Your Character". You'll see how easy it is to rig and envelop a character for the Source engine, create game walk cycles and apply motion capture data using Motor to your own custom designed characters within Source SDK powered games.
Facial Animation & Choreography for Gamers teaches you to “Express Your Character”. Quickly create facial animation, including expressions and speech, and build motion performance sequences that bring your characters to life.
Machinima Filmmaking Essentials lets you "Command Your World”. Harness the power of real-time game engines to produce cutting-edge digital videos straight from the minds eye. Place a cast of digitally created characters into endless photo-realistic worlds and direct the action from behind an omniscient camera with infinite possibilities. Adjust lights, add dialog and effects and edit your final cut.
Pricing and Availability
3D Content Creation with SOFTIMAGE|XSI and Character Design & Integration with Half-Life 2 are available at a price of US $39.95 each. Advanced Level Design,Custom Props & Animation for Source Powered Games,and Advanced Character Animation for Gamers are available at a price of US $49.95 each. All products can be ordered at www.noesisinteractive.com beginning today.
Facial Animation & Choreography for Gamers and Machinima Filmmaking Essentials are expected to be available in Q2 2007. Pricing will be announced at a later date.
About Noesis Interactive
Noesis Interactive is a Left Coast Digital venture whose goal is expanding the knowledge and creativity of video gamers around the world, beginning with the Mod Your World™ product family. For more information visit www.noesisinteractive.com .
About Softimage Co.
Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc. develops intuitive, production proven tools that free 3D artists to create the world’s most compelling characters in the film, broadcast, post-production and games industries. Its flagship product, SOFTIMAGE|XSI is the most complete and intuitive character animation solution available. Easily integrated into any CG production pipeline, XSI software enables 3D artists to create the most lifelike character performances. Softimage is proud to count amongst its game development customers: Electronic Arts, Lionhead Studios, Ubisoft, Capcom, Konami, NCsoft, Valve, Square, Bizarre Creations, Pandemic, Sega and Atari. SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT is the first commercial toolset that accelerates facial animation that empowers 3D artists to create, refine and repurpose high-quality, lifelike facial animation in less time than traditional solutions. For more information about Softimage, please visit www.softimage.com.
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About Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2 has been named Game of the Year by over 35 organizations and has sold over four million copies worldwide. The intense, real-time gameplay delivered in Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One is made possible by Source, Valve's proprietary engine technology.
About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company's portfolio of entertainment properties includes Half-Life, Counter-StrikeTM, Day of Defeat®, and Team Fortress®. Valve's catalog of products accounts for over 20 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 80% of PC online action gameplay. In addition, Valve is a developer of leading-edge technologies, such as the Source game engine and Steam, a broadband platform for the delivery and management of digital content. For more information, please visit www.steamgames.com.
© 2007 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Product features, specifications, system requirements, and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid received an Oscar statuette representing the 1998 Scientific and Technical Award for the concept, design, and engineering of the Avid Film Composer® system for motion picture editing. Digidesign, Avid’s audio division, received an Oscar statuette representing the 2003 Scientific and Technical Award for the design, development, and implementation of its Pro Tools® digital audio workstation. Avid, Digidesign, Film Composer, ProTools, SOFTIMAGE, GATOR, CAT, FACE ROBOT and XSI are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. Oscar is a trademark and service mark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Emmy is a registered trademark of ATAS/NATAS. Grammy is a trademark of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc.
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