Reiss Studio in cooperation with Curious Labs, the publisher of Poser, has developed and released BodyStudio for Mac. BodyStudio integrates Curious Labs' Poser 3D character animation technology in Alias|Wavefront Maya, allowing Maya and Poser users to render and playback Poser animations directly inside Maya. In addition, Maya users with BodyStudio will have access to the largest source of pre-rigged characters and props in the world. "Poser has evolved into this enormous 3D character portal with hundreds of easily mutable human, animal and fantasy figures and as such, it's a great asset for any production team," said Steve Cooper, co-founder of Curious Labs. "Designers regularly work with off the shelf typefaces for graphic design projects; with the rich array of pre-rigged 3D character content rigged for Poser, Maya users will have access to all these 3D characters, ready to be animated and dropped into any scene." The 100,000+ member Poser user community has created a large selection of 3D characters and props. Most of these models are available for under $29. These characters can be easily posed and animated in Poser and, with the use of BodyStudio, played back in Maya, utilizing all aspects of Maya, such as dynamics, modeling and Maya Cloth. BodyStudio for the Mac OS X operating system is priced at US$299. BodyStudio is also available for Windows at the same price. For more information or to purchase, visit www.Reiss-Studio.com.
