Please let us know your thoughts and if you think that this new product may suit your specific production needs. Contact us

We have some good news as well! All our 3ds max plugins have been updated and are ready to be downloaded. Here is a quick list of the new updates:

* Character Pack v1.8
* Morph-O-Matic v2.7
* Voice-O-Matic v3.5
* Morph ToolKit v1.8
* Cluster-O-Matic v1.8
* Facial Studio v2.5
* Hercules v1.7

All updated plugins trial version are also available. Download the Character Pack to test them all.

If you purchased your plugins within the last year or if you are subscribed to one of our support packages, simply fill in the update request form to receive the latest update.

Not subscribed to a support packages? View the different options available here or contact us for a custom quote.

Try our automatic lip-sync solution today and discover how flexible and easy it is to use. Depending on your needs we offer 2 different options, compare them here: http://www.di-o-matic.com/products/plugins/maya/VoiceOMatic/#page=compare

Already own a previous version of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) ?

v2 users, currently subscribed to to one of our yearly support packages can request the update by filling the following form.

v1 users must upgrade to v2 by subscribing to the Premium+ support package or Upgrade to Voice-O-Matic PRO v2 for only $449 !

As usual, we are here to help so contact us if you have any questions! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-now-compatible-with-maya-2014/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/like-us-on-facebook/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/like-us-on-facebook/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:48:35 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1539 We decided to finally join Facebook to provide you easy access to our news and updates.

Show us your love by clicking Like on our Facebook page

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/like-us-on-facebook/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/we-love-our-clients-promotion/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/we-love-our-clients-promotion/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:35:29 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1520 Hey everyone, its this time of the year where we tell our loved ones that we care about them.

Since our clients are important to us, we would like to show our appreciation by offering you a 14% rebate on all Di-O-Matic products.

Simply fill your shopping cart and use the following coupon: WeLoveOurClients
This promotion will be valid starting today until February 15, 2013

Contact us if you have any questions ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/we-love-our-clients-promotion/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-v21-maya-edition-now-available/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-v21-maya-edition-now-available/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:49:06 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1511 Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition), Di-O-Matic automatic lip sync solution for Maya, just got updated to v2.1

What’s new in version 2.1?

- Add support for Maya 2013.5 (32bit and 64bit)
- Improved Referencing support
- Improved MEL commands
- Issues with Normalize Curves: fixed
- vomBatch now supports Normalized Curves

Voice-O-Matic retails at only $349 and Voice-O-Matic PRO is now available for $999

Download the trial of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) to discover how to speed up your production today!

As usual, we are here to help so contact us if you have any questions!

Here is a brief retrospective of what we accomplished at Di-O-Matic in 2012:

In addition to many improvements, all Di-O-Matic plugins are now compatible with Autodesk 2013 product line.

For 3ds max users, this includes Character Pack v1.7 including Facial Studio v2.5, Morph-O-Matic v2.6 and Voice-O-Matic v3.4

For Maya users, we have released version 2 of Voice-O-Matic Maya Edition along with the new PRO edition that advanced Maya users just love as it offers more advanced controls.

We have also released new updates of our Windows software: Maskarad, Lipsync MX and Facial Studio Windows Edition.

Based on customer’s requests, we have produced many new video tutorials and demos,
all of them are available for free on our website as well as on our Di-O-Matic YouTube channel

Do you Twitter? If you have a Twitter account, be sure to follow us

In 2013, we look forward to releasing even more cool character animations solutions to help you achieve your production goals with ease, surpass your customer expectations and as always at affordable prices. Stay tuned for more news and products announcement in the coming weeks.

We are sincerely hoping that the Ancient Mayans weren’t right, because we plan on bringing you more cool tools in 2013!

Have a great new year and holidays seasons and thanks to our clients for their continuous support.

Laurent M. Abecassis
President – Di-O-Matic, Inc.

One of the real joys of the holiday season is the opportunity to say thank you and wish you the very best for the new year to come, so we could not think of a better time to offer you a great discount. It is now the perfect opportunity to get access to your favourite Di-O-Matic tools.

Get 15% off any Di-O-Matic products
Use coupon code during checkout: Holidays15

Hurry up! Save time and money on your next 3d animation project with this great offer valid until January 5th only in our online store.

For any questions contact us via email at sales@di-o-matic.com or by phone at 514-369-2400 ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/special-offer-holiday-savings/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-windows-edition-v32/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-windows-edition-v32/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:53:08 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1465 Windows 8 just got released, so we wasted no time to update Facial Studio (Windows Edition)

With Facial Studio save hours of modeling on your next project requiring 3d characters.

Download Facial Studio (Windows Edition) v3.2 trial version compatible with Windows 8 to discover how easy it is to use.

Contact us for any questions ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-windows-edition-v32/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/discover-lipsync-mx-v41/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/discover-lipsync-mx-v41/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:24:25 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1455

If you’ve ever wondered how Maskarad compares to other solutions, check out this great article for an in-depth look at markerless facial capture solutions.

Read the complete article here: http://www.di-o-matic.com/press/reviews/MKD_animag.html ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maskarad-in-animation-magazine/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/au2012-class-by-laurent-abecassis/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/au2012-class-by-laurent-abecassis/#comments Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:10:20 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1419 This year during Autodesk University a new series of Media & Entertainment classes are available with many interesting sessions. Discover all the classes available here

The Di-O-Matic Character Pack v1.7 is now available with improved compatibility for Autodesk 3ds max 2013.

This new updated version includes the following plugins updates:
* Facial Studio v2.5
* Hercules v1.6
* Morph-O-Matic v2.6
* Voice-O-Matic v3.4

Don’t wait and get your updates today!

Registered users with an active support package are invited to request the latest version of their plugins by filling the following form: www.di-o-matic.com/rss/

Registered users with an expired support package can simply renew their support package to get access to the latest version: www.di-o-matic.com/products/support/#page=compare

Have any questions? Contact us

What’s new in version 2.0? - Add support for Maya 2013 (32bit and 64bit) - Add support for Plugin unloading, which may require to close the scene - Add support for MayaBatch, allowing Voice-O-Matic to run GUI-less and trough MEL - Presets mechanism with multiple quality settings - New Normalize Curves to improve weighting results - Issues with Windows permissions: fixed - Improved user interface

Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition)

With Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition), Di-O-Matic is also introducing a brand new PRO version that includes Batch processing and enhanced MEL Scripting. Read the complete Press Release here

Voice-O-Matic retails at only $349 and Voice-O-Matic PRO is now available for $999

Download the trial of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) to discover how to speed up your production today!

Already own Voice-O-Matic v1 (Maya Edition) ?
Upgrade now to v2 by subscribing to the Premium+ support package or Upgrade to Voice-O-Matic PRO v2, for a limited time at only $449 !

As usual, we are here to help so contact us if you have any questions!

What’s new in version 2.6?
- Channel List highlighted color issue: fixed
- Extract to Scene could fail: fixed

Morph-O-Matic users can request their update today by filling the form here:
http://www.di-o-matic.com/rss/ ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morph-o-matic-v26-update-released/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2013-character-pack-and-vip-tools/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2013-character-pack-and-vip-tools/#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:30:45 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1332 The Di-O-Matic Character Pack v1.6 is now available with full compatibility for Autodesk 3ds max 2013.

This new version also includes the latest version of all Di-O-Matic plugins for 3ds max: Cluster-O-Matic 1.8, Facial Studio 2.4, Hercules 1.5, Morph-O-Matic 2.5, Morph ToolKit 1.8, Voice-O-Matic 3.3, VIP Tools include VOMBatch 0.8 and Pose-O-Matic 0.96

Don’t wait and get your updates today!

Registered users with an active support package are invited to request the latest version of their plugins by filling the following form: www.di-o-matic.com/rss/

Registered users with an expired support package can simply renew their support package to get access to the latest version: www.di-o-matic.com/products/support/#page=compare

Have any questions? Contact us

Hercules v1.8, Morph-O-Matic v2.5 and Voice-O-Matic v3.3 are now available.Don’t wait and get your updates today!

Registered users with an active support package are invited to request the latest version of their plugins by filling the following form: www.di-o-matic.com/rss/

Registered users with an expired support package can simply renew their support package to get access to the latest version: www.di-o-matic.com/products/support/#page=compare

Have any questions? Contact us

Cluster-O-Matic v1.8, Facial Studio v2.4 (3ds max Edition) and Morph ToolKit v1.8 are now available. Don’t wait and get your updates today!

Registered users with an active support package are invited to request the latest version of their plugins by filling the following form: www.di-o-matic.com/rss/

Registered users with an expired support package can simply renew their support package to get access to the latest version: www.di-o-matic.com/products/support/#page=compare

Have any questions? Contact us

Stay tuned as we will shortly announce other update releases of your favorite Di-O-Matic plugins.

Our partner 3D-IO just released BonesPro 4.6 and it is now available to buy on our online secure store.

Bulge-O-Matic, our FREE advanced spherify modifier is also ready for download.

Stay tuned as we will shortly announce other update releases of your favorite Di-O-Matic plugins. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2013-compatibility-bonespro-and-bulge-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maskarad-v13-now-available/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maskarad-v13-now-available/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:58:11 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1244 Today, we continue to improve our breakthrough markerless performance capture solution by releasing a brand new update: Maskarad v1.3

This new version features several improvements and bugfixes, including improved animation curves and better lip sync results.

If you have not seen Maskarad in action yet, please visit the Maskarad webpage and discover how you could speed up your production using state of the art video analysis.

Read more about what’s new in Maskarad v1.3 here. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maskarad-v13-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-v31-windows-edition-just-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-v31-windows-edition-just-released/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:48:21 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1251 Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of a new update to our Rapid Facial Modeling solution: Facial Studio v3.1 (Windows Edition)

This new version boost several improvements and bugfixes, so if you have not seen Facial Studio in action yet, please visit Facial Studio webpage and discover how you could speed up your production using Di-O-Matic Rapid Facial Modeling solution.

Read more about what’s new in Facial Studio v3.1 (Windows Edition) here or Compare the features available between different versions of Facial Studio.

Registered users can use the “Check for updates” option, located in the Help menu of Facial Studio, to automatically download the latest update they are entitled to at no additional charges.

Stay tuned through our news blog or via twitter for more information on our 2013 compatible version release.
]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2013-compatibility/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/here-come-the-mummies/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/here-come-the-mummies/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:24:10 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1236

Independent animator Bobby Standridge relied on the award winning Morph-O-Matic to create a fan art animated video clip for the Nashville, Tennessee based band Here Come the Mummies and their song Freak Flag.

We asked Bobby a few questions about his creation and why he chose Morph-O-Matic.

Read the interview here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/here-come-the-mummies/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v18-now-available/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v18-now-available/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:27:51 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1229 Today, we continue to improve our automatic lipsync solution for Softimage by releasing a new update: Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) v1.8

This new version feature an outstanding performance boost while creating keyframes.

Please visit the Voice-O-Matic webpage and discover how you could speed up your production using our automatic lipsync solution.
]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v18-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/color-matic-coloring-app-for-ios/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/color-matic-coloring-app-for-ios/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:15:13 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1224

Visit Color-Matic.com to learn more about our Coloring app for kids! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/color-matic-coloring-app-for-ios/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/happy-holidays/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/happy-holidays/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:15:24 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1217

It’s the holiday season already…yeah we know time flies!  We hope that you will all have a little time off during the holidays to relax with friends and family. But if you are stuck with this last minute animation project that was due yesterday and need any Di-O-Matic tools to speed up your project, we are gladly offering a 15% rebate for Xmas.

Coupon code: xmas15
Offer expires on December 31, 2011

All team members of Di-O-Matic wishes you a happy holiday season and a prosperous happy new year 2012!

Today, we are excited to share this story about Chris West, one of the creators of Mega-Fiers for Unity3D; which adds morphing capabilities among many others things to game engine.

Read the interview here

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morphs-animation-in-unity3d/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-masters-cast-your-vote/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-masters-cast-your-vote/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:09:17 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1179 We are proud to announce that Laurent M. Abecassis, Di-O-Matic president, is nominated as a Autodesk 3ds max Master. You can review is bio here on the AREA.

Encourage him by voting for him today, every vote counts

VOTE HERE:

http://area.autodesk.com/masters/11/Laurent ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-masters-cast-your-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/fbx-files-beyond-autodesk-products/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/fbx-files-beyond-autodesk-products/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:12:20 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1145 Many rely on the powerful Autodesk FBX file format to interchange data between their favorite 3d application. FBX files are obviously supported in many Autodesk products like 3ds max, Maya, Motionbuilder, Mudbox and Softimage.

Did you know that you can also import FBX files in other great 3d software products like Lightwave and Cinema4D that have added FBX support over the recent years.

The screenshots below showcase exported FBX files from Maskarad and Facial Studio directly imported in Lightwave and Cinema4D.

No matter which 3d application you are using, Di-O-Matic tools easily fits in your production pipeline thanks to the FBX file format.

	Cinema4D: Pose Morph	Cinema 4D
	Ligthwave: Morph Mixer	Lightwave

This new version features several improvements and bugfixes, including upper eyelids support, so if you have not seen Maskarad in action yet, please visit the Maskarad webpage and discover how you could speed up your production using state of the art video analysis.

Read more about what’s new in Maskarad v1.2 here. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maskarad-v12-just-released/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/immediate-availlability-of-facial-studio/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/immediate-availlability-of-facial-studio/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:12:30 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=1098 Great news, today we are pleased to be releasing Facial Studio v3 (Windows Edition) as well as a new Essential version.

Facial Studio (Windows Edition) was initially released seven years ago, and as of today Facial Studio is still at the forefront of creating high-end 3d head and can rapidly be integrated in your workflows.
For your next 3d project, consider using Facial studio to rapidly create the 3d heads you need for your characters. Try it today to see how simple and easy it is to customize to your requirements

Key features of Facial Studio (Windows Edition) - More than 500 parameters available to customize heads - Exported head are ready to be animated, using FBX file format export - PhotoMatching tool, Easily create 3D heads from photos and tweak them in your favorite 3D software along with facial deformations. and much more

Facial Studio v3 (Windows Edition) is available for only $499.00 and comes with floating licensing options at no additional cost.

Facial Studio Essential (Windows Edition) is basically a slim down version of the full version and is available for only $199.00 Compare the features available between different versions of Facial Studio.

Just like the standalone version of Maskarad, Maskarad RT uses state-of-the-art technology to automatically locate and track head motion as well as facial expressions and precise lips movements. No messy or cumbersome face marker setups, no expensive dedicated hardware and no need to outsource any part of your pipeline.

Just plug a webcam and create lifelike facial animations in real time.

Currently slated for release during Q3 2011, Maskarad RT is currently in final development stage and is not yet available for purchase. Maskarad RT will retail at 2999$ and like all Di-O-Matic plugins will have floating licensing capability.

Have any questions? Contact us

Today, we are proud to reveal Maskarad Batch, our new standalone software that pushes the automation process even further.

Imagine being able to process thousands of video files without any user interaction, while keeping the impressive quality Maskarad is known to deliver. Then look no further Maskarad Batch is here!

See what’s new in LipSync MX v4:

LipSync MX v4 is currently available for only $ 99.00 at www.lipsync-mx.com and comes with floating licensing options at no additional cost.

Registered users of LipSync MX v3 who purchased after March 8th 2011 will receive the upgrade to v4 for free.

Other registered users of LipSync MX will need to purchase the upgrade for only 29$: www.lipsync-mx.com/upgrade

Since Di-O-Matic is based in Montreal, Canada, all our online secure transactions are processed in Canadian Dollars (CAD); to avoid any exchange rates fluctuation issues, starting today all Di-O-Matic prices are now only displayed in Canadian Dollars (CAD) on our website.

Just days after the official Autodesk release, Di-O-Matic is pleased to announce that its complete plugin product line is fully compatible with the newest offering from Autodesk.

At this time, pre-release version of the new Di-O-Matic plugins are only available to commercial registered users with an active VIP or Premium+ support package. Request it here: www.di-o-matic.com/rss

The official release of all Di-O-Matic updates will happen in early May 2011 so stay tuned!
Have any questions? Contact us

If you could not attend, here are some key events that happened at GDC 2011 that you do not want to miss…

Autodesk 2012 products

Autodesk revealed its 2012 product line, including the brand new 3ds max 2012, Maya 2012 and Softimage 2012 which will all be available soon with countless improvements. As an Autodesk Authorized Developer, we are proud to announce that new version of all Di-O-Matic plugins will be made available shortly after the release of the new 2012 version. Stay tuned for more info as we revealed our upcoming new plugin updates.

Free online Masterclass on Autodesk Area

If you wish to learn more on how to create stunning Next-Gen Facial Animation in Autodesk products along with Di-O-Matic tools, be sure to watch the Free online GDC Autodesk Masterclass hosted by Laurent M. Abecassis, Di-O-Matic president.

In this 85+ minutes masterclass, you’ll learn many key techniques from modeling to rigging as well as animation using Autodesk 3ds max, MotionBuilder, FBX, Mudbox and Softimage FaceRobot as well as Di-O-Matic Facial Studio, Morph-O-Matic and Maskarad.

Maskarad

Days before the conference, we launched Maskarad, our new facial performance capture software that automatically converts video files to facial animation data compatible with your favorite 3D software. If you ever wish to create better facial animation, be sure to check what Maskarad can do for you.

What is MaskaradWell, at Di-O-Matic we have been busy for the past 2 years developing this amazing solution that literally converts video files to facial animation.

With Maskarad, you now only need a video file featuring an actor’s performance to get started creating lifelike facial animations. Using advanced computer recognition, Maskarad automatically locates and tracks facial expressions. No messy or cumbersome face marker setups and no expensive dedicated hardware is required. Maskarad quickly outputs facial animation data ready to be used in your favorite 3D applications.

See it in action, download samples files, check the FAQ and more on the Maskarad product page

Got a project that could rely on Maskarad? contact us

As a new year starts, here is a brief retrospective of what we accomplished at Di-O-Matic in 2010.

In fall 2010, Di-O-Matic celebrated its 10th anniversary !

In addition to many improvements, all Di-O-Matic plugins are now compatible with Autodesk 2011 product line:
Character Pack v1.4
Facial Studio v2.2
Morph-O-Matic v2.3
Voice-O-Matic (3ds max edition) v3.1
We also released several bugfixes and minor updates for Voice-O-Matic (XSI edition), Voice-O-Matic (Maya edition), Cluster-O-Matic, Hercules and Morph ToolKit

And to offer you great savings, we also announce numerous new 3ds max plugins bundle packs: Lipsync Pack, Morph Pack and Muscles Pack

We also announced new and exciting products:
Maskarad: We announced our upcoming automatic markerless facial motion capture solution!
Lipsync MX v4: Along with a new dedicated website, we revealed the upcoming version of Lipsync MX.

Video tutorials and demos:
Based on customers requests, we have produced many new video tutorials and demos,
all of them are available for free on our website as well as on our new Di-O-Matic YouTube channel

Customer Stories:
Countless animated TV series were produced using Autodesk products and Di-O-Matic plugins in 2010.
Chromosoma, Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) was used in an animated TV series produced in Spain.
Genseisha, Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) was used in an animated TV series produced in Japan.
Garfield, Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) was used in an animated TV series produced in France.
Dr Contraptus (aka Leonard), Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) was used in an animated TV series produced in France.

We sat down and discussed with Luis San Juan, on the details of creating outstanding facial character rigs in 3ds max with Morph-O-Matic at Nexus Productions.

In 2011, we look forward to releasing even more cool character animations solutions to help you achieve your production goals with ease, surpass your customer expectations and always at affordable prices.

Twitter: Do you Twitter? Seems everyone is these days. If you have a Twitter account, be sure to follow us.

Stay tuned for more news and products announcement in the coming weeks.
Have a great new year and thanks to our clients for their continuous support.

For more information on the CG Society membership visit their website

From all the Di-O-Matic team we wish you a happy holiday season!

We are also taking a well deserved little break starting December 24, 4:00PM and we will be back on January 3rd, 2011 ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/xmas-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3december-live-event/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3december-live-event/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:37:12 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=808 Tonight is the 3December live event happening in Montreal at the Autodesk headquaters.

Laurent M. Abecassis, Di-O-Matic president alongside Shawn Hendriks from Autodesk will be presenting a restrospective of 3ds max to celebrate it’s 20th anniversary.

If you are in Montreal, come and join us! You can also watch the event live on the AREA. Register and view the full schedule here: http://area.autodesk.com/3december ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3december-live-event/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/check-out-our-newest-video-tutorials/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/check-out-our-newest-video-tutorials/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:46:26 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=790 We have just released several video tutorials on our website and YouTube channel that covers Voice-O-Matic (3ds max Edition) and Morph-O-Matic.

In theses videos you’ll learn how simple it is to save VOM data in you 3ds max scene and how you could benefit from the flexibility of Morph-O-Matic usage with Voice-O-Matic to speed up your workflow.

We also did a short video explaining the functionalities of our freeware Bulge-O-Matic that we invite you to download if you have not done so already!

Morph-O-Matic integration

Save data in .max scene

See Bulge-O-Matic in action!

Our solutions have been picked up by countless production studios around the globe to create among the coolest animations and video games of the past decade. We are proud that our solutions had a role in bringing to life some of the most well known CG character franchises including Spongebob Squarepants, Mickey Mouse, Spider-man, Batman, Superman, Garfield, Lara Croft, Sonic and Pink Panther to name just a few.

So many things have changed over the past 10 years in the CG industry, Autodesk now develop Maya, Softimage and MotionBuilder in addition to 3ds max, we’ve also seen numerous software companies come and go, but Di-O-Matic is still here delivering the best 3rd party character animation solutions.

We’ve been working hard these past years to actually release a revolutionary solution for facial animation and we announced it earlier this summer: Maskarad. A unique markerless facial performance capture solution that we are sure will reduce your production time and increase quality for your facial animations. An engagement we have been focusing on every day since our launch back in 2000.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in our success for the past 10 years!
To all our partners and customers: thank you so much for your ongoing trust!

We want to hear about you. So get involved: read our blog, follow us on Twitter or email us!
May our next 10 years be as fun as the last 10,

Thank you for your support.

Laurent M. Abecassis
Founder and President

For only 29$, update your educational Di-O-Matic tools to the latest version with the EDU yearly maintenance.

Not a Di-O-Matic educational customer yet? Want to offer great 3d animation software to your students? Take advantage of our discounted software and tools in our educational store.
If you are unsure of your eligibility, have questions regarding our educational policy or need a special package contact us ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/back-to-school-3d-animation-tools-at-great-prices/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-dr-contraptus/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-dr-contraptus/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:42:51 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=720

In 2010, Dr. Contraptus (also known as Leonard in many countries) celebrates 35 years of success, and 40 comic books with over 6 million copies sold in over 15 languages.

At Ellipsanime, around a hundred people have been working closely with Turk and De Groot, the series creators, to ensure the spirit of the show is accurately represented in this new animated series.

Read more on how the animated series is being created with Autodesk Softimage and plugins from Di-O-Matic… ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-dr-contraptus/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/video-tutorials-voice-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/video-tutorials-voice-o-matic/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:15:46 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=730 We have just released several new video tutorials on Voice-O-Matic (3ds max Edition), you’ll learn how to create great looking mouth positions for your characters as well as how to use Pose-O-Matic to animate Bones-based rig with Voice-O-Matic.

Audible Cues

Bones-based rig

Creating Mouth Positions

Please visit the new Maskarad webpage and discover the future of facial animations…

Introducing Maskarad, our brand new markerless facial performance capture solution. That’s right, a markerless software solution that is easy to use and affordable is coming soon.

More information will be revealed in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!
Got a question? Contact us… ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/introducing-maskarad/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maya-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maya-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:18:10 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=662 We are happy to announce that Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) is now compatible with Maya 2011!

If you have not done so already download the trial version of Voice-O-Matic today, you will be impressed how easy it is to use and implement in your pipeline.

Registered users of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version. Please contact us to receive it.

All Di-O-Matic plugins are now compatible with the 2011 versions of Autodesk 3ds max, Maya and Softimage. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/maya-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-nexus-productions/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-nexus-productions/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:02:16 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=672 Who said you couldn’t create world class facial rigs in 3ds max? It’s easy if you have the right tools.

Once again, Di-O-Matic tools are used by an Oscar-nominated studio to bring amazing CG characters to life. We had a unique opportunity to sit down with Luis San Juan, character rigger extraordinaire.

Read the complete interview where Luis reveals in details his take on rigging techniques and share with us the character animation pipeline used at Nexus Productions to create award winning ads campaigns for Coke, Electronic Arts and the Olympic committee. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-nexus-productions/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-compatibility-character-pack/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-compatibility-character-pack/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:34:39 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=652 To complete our 3ds max 2011 releases, today we announce the Character Pack new version.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Updated Di-O-Matic menu
* includes Cluster-O-Matic 1.71
* includes Facial Studio 2.2
* includes Hercules 1.3
* includes Morph-O-Matic 2.3
* includes Morph ToolKit 1.71
* includes Voice-O-Matic 3.1
* VIP includes VOMBatch 0.79
* VIP includes Pose-O-Matic 0.96

Want to learn more about what the Character Pack is all about? Check out our video explaining what’s included

Registered users of the Character Pack currently subscribed to the VIP support package are eligible to receive the latest version.

If you own the educational version of the Character Pack, you need to subscribe to the EDU Yearly Maintenance ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-compatibility-character-pack/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-maxscript/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-maxscript/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:19:36 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=641
Voice-O-Matic v3.1 (3ds max edition) was recently released.

If you have ever wished for broaden MAXScript support in Voice-O-Matic, you will love this new update as it is also now fully compatible with Custom Attributes. We posted a video showcasing the integration of MAXScript in Voice-O-Matic, check it out. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-maxscript/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 17:09:29 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=633 We are happy to announce that Voice-O-Matic (3ds max Edition) v3.1 is now available!

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Added support for compressed wave file in 3ds max 2010 and higher
* Better integration with ProSound
* Get Current Wave now allows to select from multiple audio files
* New feature allowing support of Custom Attributes tracks
* New feature allowing modification of a picked track using MAXScript
* Some minor cosmetic UI issues: fixed
* Opening a .vom file from the Viseme Mapping rollout could fail: fixed
and more.

If you have not done so already download the trial version of Voice-O-Matic today, you will be impressed how easy it is to use and implement in your pipeline.

Registered users of Voice-O-Matic (3ds max Edition) currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-the-garfield-show/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-the-garfield-show/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 17:13:33 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=622 Ellipsanime/Dargaud Media, a Paris-based animation and publishing company started production in 2008 to coincide with the strip’s 30th anniversary, the show features the corpulent kitty and the world he lives in, including his owner, Jon Arbuckle, the happy-go-lucky pup Odie, the cloying “cutest kitten in the world,” Nermal, and Garfield’s permanent houseguest, Squeak the mouse.

They relied on Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) to assist them in their production. Here is what Cyrille Paulhiac revealed “Voice-O-Matic brings to Ellipsanime/Dargaud-Media a fast and effective solution for all our characters lips sync. This flexible and effective technical solution, combined with an exemplary customer service, allows to keep the pace of our series. Moreover, vomBatch is an amazing way to integrate this solution in a production pipeline.”

Read the full success story here and download Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) trial version to test it yourself! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/success-story-animating-the-garfield-show/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-facial-studio/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-facial-studio/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 20:02:28 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=611 A new version of our 3d head generator Facial Studio (3ds max Edition) has just been released.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Additional alternate lower resolution head
* Improved Custom sub-object
* Animation support in Custom sub-object
* Ability to directly import files from Facial Studio (Windows Edition)
* Up/Down and Left/Right consistency in all sub-objects: fixed
* Hanrahan-Kruger shader could fail in 3ds max 2010: fixed
* FS Eyes modifier could fail: fixed

Watch our video demo explaining how you can integrate Facial Studio and Voice-O-Matic in your pipeline.

Only registered users of Facial Studio (3ds max Edition) v2 currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version listed below. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-facial-studio/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/softimage-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/softimage-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:52:52 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=600 We are glad to inform you that a new version of Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) is now available.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with Softimage 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Improved stability and performance

If you are a registered users of Voice-O-Matic, currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version free of charge. Please contact us to receive it.

If you are a registered educational user you need to subscribe to the EDU Yearly Maintenance in order to receive this latest version. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/softimage-2011-compatibility-voice-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-morph-toolkit/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-morph-toolkit/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:31:05 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=591 To follow up all our recent product update releases, Morph ToolKit installer has been updated and is now compatible with the latest version of Autodesk 3ds max 2011.

Want to know more about Morph ToolKit visit its product webpage here

With Pose-O-Matic discover the power of predefined pose animation and animate facial bone rigs as easily as morph targets using 3ds max.

Become a Di-O-Matic VIP member to take advantage of Pose-O-Matic. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-plugin-compatibility-pose-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-morph-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-morph-o-matic/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:31:47 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=572 Morph-O-Matic new version 2.3 is now available. It’s a great powerful alternative to 3ds max Morpher.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Improved stability and performance
* Markers list refresh issue: fixed
* Static poses presets were not saved in the .max scene file: fixed
* Auto-Load .mom file could fail if file did not exist: fixed
* Capture current state could fail: fixed

Give a try to Morph-O-Matic today.

Only registered users of Morph-O-Matic currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version listed below. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-morph-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-hercules/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-hercules/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:15:30 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=562 Di-O-Matic’s musculature animation plug-in for 3ds max Hercules has just been updated.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Hercules Select: Improved stability with Poly objects
* Muscles: remove with right-click menu fixed
* Improved Cluster-O-Matic support in HerculesDeform modifier

Try Hercules new version 1.3 today.

Only registered users of Hercules currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version listed below. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-hercules/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:29:31 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=539 Cluster-O-Matic, our advanced selection modifier plugin for 3ds max is now compatible with 3ds max 2011.

What’s new?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2011 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Improved stability with Poly objects
* Improved paint selection mode

We invite you to download Cluster-O-Matic v1.71 trial version here

Only registered users of Cluster-O-Matic currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive the latest version listed below. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2011-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/bonespro-v42-just-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/bonespro-v42-just-released/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:37:11 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=530 Our partner 3d-io announced the immediate availability of the BonesPro v4.2, the lasted update of the fast and sophisticated skinning plugin for Autodesk 3dsMax. Among many improvments, this new update now fully supports 3ds Max 2011 and can handle different additional object types as bones.

BonesPro 4.2 includes now also support for helper objects and shape objects, just as integration with CAT Bone and Muscle systems.

BonesPro cost 399$ and is available on Di-O-Matic online secure store for immediate purchase and installation.

Our client from Barcelona, Cromosoma explains the challenges they faced creating Asha a 3D animated TV series of 52 episodes of 13 minutes each with a 2D look in 3D.

Read the full success story here to learn how Voice-O-Matic (Maya Editon) helped them deliver on time.
]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/animated-tv-series-produced-by-cromosoma/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2011-compatibility/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2011-compatibility/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:57 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=507 Autodesk Media & Entertainment just announced the upcoming release of their 2011 product line.

Since Di-O-Matic is an Autodesk Authorized Developper we are currently working on all our respective tools compatibility with Maya 2011, Softimage 2011 and 3ds max 2011. As soon as they are ready we will inform you through this blog, twitter, RSS feed and mailing.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions on theses releases. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/autodesk-2011-compatibility/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/can-your-morpher-do-that/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/can-your-morpher-do-that/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:49:03 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=480 For 3ds max animators who don’t like the command panel, here is a cool way to animate and it works with multiple characters at the same time! No scripting needed. Instant satisfaction.

Check out our new video demo showcasing Morph-O-Matic display floater in action.

Morph-O-Matic is Di-O-Matic award-wining production proven alternate morpher modifier for 3ds max. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/can-your-morpher-do-that/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/the-leaders-of-the-world-caught-lipsynching/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/the-leaders-of-the-world-caught-lipsynching/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:32:10 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=461 Our customer Genseisha from Tokyo use Voice-O-Matic, our automatic lipsync plugin for Softimage, to create a funny daily CG animation series entitled The Leaders of the World.

Read the full success story to discover how Genseisha rely on Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) in their production. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/the-leaders-of-the-world-caught-lipsynching/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-liset/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-liset/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:57:21 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=450 Here is another character lipsync pipeline suggestion…

Did you know that in addition to its default speech recognition engine, Voice-O-Matic also supports importing .lwv files? Unleash Microsoft LISET potential by combining its strength with Voice-O-Matic plugins and easily import enhanced linguistic audio files in your favorite Autodesk 3D animation package (3ds max, Maya or Softimage) to get your 3D characters talking in no time.

What is LISET? It is a freeware from Microsoft that enables you to automatically generate phoneme and word timing information from a .wav file in spoken English.

Check out our video to learn how easy using LISET with Voice-O-Matic is.
]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-integration-with-liset/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/how-to-create-talking-heads-in-minutes/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/how-to-create-talking-heads-in-minutes/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:25:09 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=436 Always wanted to make 3ds max characters talk in minutes?

Well it is possible and frankly quite simple when using Facial Studio combined with our automatic lipsync tool Voice-O-Matic.

Watch this new video demonstration and you will see for yourself what you could do with these tools.

Another great reason to purchase the Character Pack ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/how-to-create-talking-heads-in-minutes/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/whats-coming-up-in-2010/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/whats-coming-up-in-2010/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:16:33 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=418 Here is a quick break down of what to expect from Di-O-Matic for the coming year. We are currently working on updates of our major tools such as Voice-O-Matic, Character Pack and Facial Studio

We are also working on an exciting new animation software that will be compatible with all major 3d applications including 3ds max, Maya, Motionbuilder and Softimage. We can’t wait to announce it, so stay tuned for more info as we will be revealing it soon on Di-O-Matic.com

RSS feeds are available for each of our tools as well as our news blog and twitter so we definitely encourage you to subscribe to our RSS feeds to not miss any Di-O-Matic news.

As we are always improving the experience of Di-O-Matic.com, you can also expect numerous enhancement to our website.

Got an idea or a comment ? send it our way

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/whats-coming-up-in-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/di-o-matic-wishes-you-a-happy-holiday-season-2/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/di-o-matic-wishes-you-a-happy-holiday-season-2/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:33:55 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=405

At Di-O-Matic we always felt that BonesPro was THE solution for those wishing to improve their character skinning not to mention that BonesPro is a great addition to Di-O-Matic character plugins.

If you are tired of using 3ds max’s Skin modifier, you should definitely give BonesPro a try, get the trial version today to discover this new improved version ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/bonespro-4-available-on-di-o-maticcom/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v16-just-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v16-just-released/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:29 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=360 This new version adds supports for Softimage 2010 (32bit and 64bit) and also has improved support of LWV audio file. Download our trial version to test it out today.

If you are a registered Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) user currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (EDU Yearly maintenance, Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version.

Simply contact us and provide us your serial number to receive your update.

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-v16-just-released/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-voice-o-matic-maya-edition-update-compatible-with-maya-2010/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-voice-o-matic-maya-edition-update-compatible-with-maya-2010/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:45:15 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=345 New version 1.6 of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) now available.

This new version supports Maya 2010 (32bit and 64bit), we also improved the support of LWV audio file. If you are not familiar with this tool we invite you to download the trial version today to test it yourself.

If you are a registered Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) user currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (EDU Yearly maintenance, Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. Simply contact us and provide us your serial number to receive your update. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-voice-o-matic-maya-edition-update-compatible-with-maya-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-bundle-available-lipsync-pack/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-bundle-available-lipsync-pack/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:21:57 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=324

This new 3ds max bundle is the perfect fit for you character lipsync pipeline, whether you are using morph targets or bones based rigs you will be sure to speed up the process. The Lipsync Pack bundle includes:

-1 copy of Morph-O-Matic
-1 copy of Voice-O-Matic
-1 yearly VIP membership that provides you access to Pose-O-Matic and vomBatch

This new bundle is available at the special price of 799$

Our partner and friends from Born Digital will be glad to demonstrate our tools and answer all your questions directly on site in English and Japanese.

Contact us to schedule a meeting

Stay tuned for more news on the show

Today mark the release of the newest version of our Character Pack bundle for 3ds max: version 1.3

Sporting full support for 3ds max 2010 and including the latest versions of all Di-O-Matic 3ds max plugins.

We are also thrilled to announce a new reduced price for the Character Pack, which is now available at only 999$ including one year VIP support.

Purchasing all Di-O-Matic 3ds max plugins separately would cost you 2443$, so the savings is quite significant.

If you are a registered users of Character Pack currently subscribed to the VIP yearly support packages you are eligible to receive this new version free of charge.

Educational users will be delighted to note that this new release now includes 64-bit support. To receive this new version, educational users will need to purchase the EDU yearly maintenance.

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/character-pack-v13-is-now-ready/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-version-of-vom-batch-available-for-our-vip-members/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-version-of-vom-batch-available-for-our-vip-members/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:32:13 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=279 Voice-O-Matic (3ds max Edition) best friend, VOM batch our batching tool has just been updated to be compatible with 3ds max 2010 as well as supporting the new features of Voice-O-Matic v3

VOM batch is a VIP tool only available to our VIP members
Not yet a VIP member? Have a lot of wav file to process?

Discover how VOM Batch could save you lots of time on your next production by watching our quick video demonstration here

Whats new in v3?

* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010
* 64-bit support
* Improved lip-sync quality
* Enhanced and updated user interface and many more, view complete new features list here

If you purchased Voice-O-Matic v2 after May 15, 2009 and/or are currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive Voice-O-Matic v3 free of charge, so please contact us. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/now-shipping-voice-o-matic-v3-3ds-max-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/siggraph-news-softimage-2010-and-maya-2010/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/siggraph-news-softimage-2010-and-maya-2010/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:32:24 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=258

Softimage 2010 and Maya 2010 have both been announced at Siggraph 2009 in New Orleans.
Since Di-O-Matic is an Autodesk Authorized Developer, we had the opportunity to prepare in advance and are happy to announce that our Softimage and Maya plugins compatible with the new 2010 releases will soon be available.

Stay tuned!

Stephane revealed how successfully Beenox used Voice-O-Matic in the games Bee movie and Monsters vs Aliens that Beenox/Activision created based on the Dreamworks movies.

“Without Voice-O-Matic, the quality would have been lower given the time frame we had. We had to use it to make our shots better, faster. And then we could spend the time on the more important shots” explained Stephane.

Read Studio Daily full blog interview here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/beenoxactivision-reveals-its-production-pipeline-to-studio-daily/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-educational-offers-available/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-educational-offers-available/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:58:23 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=217 At Di-O-Matic we have been offering great academic discount on our tools to student and instructors since 2000.

To suit institutions, we created several Classroom bundles, starting at only 999$

For 29$ per year, always run the latest versions and never miss an update with our new EDU yearly maintenance offer.

Theses new educational offers are available for students, teachers and institutions. Visit our educational store to discover our offers.

Are you making your own 3d animated short film? If so, contact us, you may be eligible to the educational versions. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-educational-offers-available/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-v3-3ds-max-edition-soon-to-be-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-v3-3ds-max-edition-soon-to-be-released/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:40:30 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=196 Today we announce that Voice-O-Matic our lipsyncing plugin for 3ds max is getting an upgrade! Version 3 will be available for purchase in summer 2009, read the full press release here

Whats new in v3?
* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010
* 64-bit support
* Improved lip-sync quality
* Enhanced and updated user interface and many more, view complete new features list here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-v3-3ds-max-edition-soon-to-be-released/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-pose-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-pose-o-matic/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:09:35 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=184

Pose-O-Matic, an extension for Morph-O-Matic, allows you to use the Morph-O-Matic interface to control objects Position-Rotation-Scale and to blend between PRS shapes.

Pose-O-Matic is your easy solution to animate heads with bones setup while keeping your animation.

Here is what’s new in Pose-O-Matic v0.95

* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Ability to load and save setup files

Click here to request a trial of Pose-O-Matic

Discover Pose-O-Matic through our useful video tutorials

If you are a registered VIP member you are eligible to receive free of charge this new update. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-pose-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-o-matic/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 00:50:24 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=169 Morph targets creation has never been easier with the new version of
Morph-O-Matic, now ready for trial and purchase.

What’s new in Morph-O-Matic v2.2:

* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* New extraction options allowing targets to be easily extracted in rows or in columns
* New MAXScript command: MOM_HoldLicense()
* Several MAXScript commands only worked with integer values but should support float values: fixed
* Channel Target List did not always update correctly: fixed

If you are a registered users of Morph-O-Matic v2 currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-hercules/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-hercules/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 15:59:03 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=161 Our musculature system Hercules has just been updated for the new 3ds max 2010. We also reduced its price tag to 499$

Here is what’s new in Hercules v1.2

* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* Hercules Deform:
- Significant speed improvement when working with selections made in HerculesSelect or Cluster-O-Matic
- Deformer list now display 20 deformers
- Option to display deformers as box
- Negative deform +smoothing : fixed
- TAB ordering: fixed

Download a trial version today to test it for yourself.

If you are a registered users of Hercules currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-hercules/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-pipeline-integration-with-zbrush-and-mudbox/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-pipeline-integration-with-zbrush-and-mudbox/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:19:25 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=139

Its quite simple, we invite you to watch our most recent video
demonstration to learn how.

Here is what’s new in Facial Studio v2.1

*Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)
*LOD not being restored properly when opening file issue:fixed
*Custom sub-objects radius issue: fixed
*Automatic Voice-O-Matic configuration issue: fixed

If you are a registered users of Facial Studio (3ds Max Edition) currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it or for any questions. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-facial-studio-3ds-max-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3dsmax-2010-plugin-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3dsmax-2010-plugin-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:04:44 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=125 Cluster-O-Matic new version v1.7 is now compatible with 3ds max 2010. Also we took this opportunity to update Cluster-O-Matic, what’s new?

* Added compatibility with 3ds max 2010 (32-bit and 64-bit)
* New paint selection mode
* New paste selection option, allowing copied Named Selection Sets to be pasted in Cluster-O-Matic
* New MAXScript commands .selectedverts, allowing to set and get selection via scripting : $.clusteromatic.selectedverts

Download a trial version today to test it for yourself

If you are a registered users of Cluster-O-Matic currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

We just started releasing updates of all our 3ds max plugins, subscribe to our RSS feed so you won’t miss any! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3dsmax-2010-plugin-compatibility-cluster-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-toolkit/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-toolkit/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:32:48 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=106 Morph ToolKit v1.7 includes several improvements in addition to the compatibility with 3ds max 2010. We invite you to visit Morph ToolKit webpage to view theses updates and download a trial version today

If you are a registered users of Morph ToolKit currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) you are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

We just started releasing updates of all our 3ds max plugins, subscribe to our RSS feed so you won’t miss any! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-morph-toolkit/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-bulge-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-bulge-o-matic/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:36:25 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=96 As you may already know, Autodesk announce the soon to be released 3ds max 2010 at GDC last week.

Since we are an Autodesk Authorized Developer we had the opportunity to prepare in advance and are happy to release our first compatible plugin with 3ds max 2010 (32 and 64 bit): Bulge-O-Matic.

Visit the Bulge-O-Matic freeware webpage to download the newest version

We will soon release updates of all our 3ds max plugins, subscribe to our RSS feed so you won’t miss any! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3ds-max-2010-plugin-compatibility-bulge-o-matic/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-windows-edition-v2-available-today/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-windows-edition-v2-available-today/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:23:14 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=79 After a lot of development work Facial Studio (Windows Edition) version 2 is now available.

In addition to the Windows Vista compatibility, here are some of the new features we added: New licensing mechanism allowing floating licenses Ability to display PhotoMatching textures in the 3d view Undo & Redo buttons in the PhotoMatching module Red blending lines are not restricted to be just vertical Enhanced FBX exporter Improved wireframe display Improved Shape generators preset: Gender, Race Improved Phonemes generators preset New additional Shape generators preset: Asymmetry, Blowing New additional jaw deformations : Y Rotation, Z Rotation

Facial Studio for Windows v2 is available for purchase for 699$ directly in our online store or through your local Di-O-Matic reseller. If you are already a Facial Studio for Windows license owner, to upgrade to this latest installer you need to subscribe to our Premium+ support available for 99$

Sorry for not posting anything in the blog since January, as you can see we have been quite busy

We are really happy with the final results of Di-O-Matic new website and are confident you will find it easier to browse and seek the info you are looking for.

Stay tuned for upcoming updates of all our tools as well as preview of new technology coming soon.

Happy New Year 2009

Di-O-Matic team ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/happy-new-year-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/di-o-matic-wishes-merry-christmas-to-all/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/di-o-matic-wishes-merry-christmas-to-all/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:49:13 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=56 We take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a joyfull holiday season with friends and family.

From everyone at Di-O-Matic

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/di-o-matic-wishes-merry-christmas-to-all/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morph-o-matic-v2-updated-to-v21/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morph-o-matic-v2-updated-to-v21/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:21:37 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=55 If you are a Morph-O-Matic v2 user covered by the Premium support package, request your update today!

As many requested, we fixed the Compound Object support and added the ability to auto-load .mom file on file open
ver being
manipulated via scripting, a license is necessary Simply click on the “Hold
License” button before scripting or wiring

We just released the new version 1.5 of Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition)

It’s the best time to discover this plugin and enjoy the new features added:

* Add support for Maya 2009 (32bit and 64bit)
* Use Weighting option
* Restrict Time Range for keyframes creation
* Reference scene support for visemes mapping

If you are a registered Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) user you are entitled to this update free of charge. Simply contact us and provide us your serial number to receive your upgrade

]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-version-of-voice-o-matic-maya-edition-v15-now-available/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/discover-the-new-face-of-lara-croft/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/discover-the-new-face-of-lara-croft/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:37:34 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=53 The Oscar nominated Blur Studio recently released the trailer for Tomb Raider: Underworld featuring the new Lara Croft model.The artists at Blur relied once again on Morph-O-Matic, Di-O-Matic advanced morphing plugin for 3ds max, to assist them create the new stunning Lara Croft in her newest adventure.

Watch the trailer here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/discover-the-new-face-of-lara-croft/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-new-version-15-now-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-xsi-edition-new-version-15-now-released/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:54 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=52

We just released the new version 1.5 of Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition)

What’s new?
* We added support for the latest version of Softimage|XSI 7 (32bit and 64bit)
* We enabled the ability to turn off the Weighting option
* When creating keyframes you can now restrict the time range.

If you are a registered Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition) user you are entitled to this update free of charge. Simply contact us and provide us your serial number to receive your upgrade

During the development of Perry- the Myth of the illochim, 3D-IO used two of Di-O-Matic’s best known products. “A very important aspect of this game was obviously going to be facial animation and lip-synchronization. Seeing as we had over 240 minutes of spoken dialog in several languages, we decided to use Voice-O-Matic and Morph-O-Matic as the main production tools to help us spend as little time as possible while assuring great results.” explained Igor.

Read the full success story here
]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/3d-io-success-story-the-making-of-perry-rhodan-game/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-3ds-max-edition-v20-rated-910/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-3ds-max-edition-v20-rated-910/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:47:46 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=50 In the September issue of 3D world Facial Studio v2.0 was reviewed by Chris Ollis.
We invite you to read this review were Facial Studio rated 9/10!
If you never tried Facial Studio, download the trial today! ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/facial-studio-3ds-max-edition-v20-rated-910/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/hercules-dino-demo/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/hercules-dino-demo/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:43:00 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=49 You always wanted to know how to easily add muscles deformations to your characters? We just posted on our website a new quick and effective demo on how to use and implement Hercules in your characters pipeline.

Watch our Hercules dinosaur demonstration here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/hercules-dino-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/nexus-coca-cola-unity-commercial-rely-on-morph-o-matic/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/nexus-coca-cola-unity-commercial-rely-on-morph-o-matic/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:48:42 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=48

Have you seen the new full CG commercial from Coca-Cola created for the 2008 Beijing Olympics?

With only 4 months of production, our talented client NEXUS productions used Morph-O-Matic to achieve unbelievable facial animations for the cast of 40 CG characters appearing in this stunning commercial.

We invite you to view and enjoy the Coca-Cola Unity commercial here.

Since the first release in 2004, LipSync MX has evolved and is now better than ever

What’s new in v3? In addition to fully supporting Windows Vista, LipSync MX newest version sports many new features including:

- Floating License
- AVi and images files sequence publishing
- Support for aiff and compressed wave file
- Full transparency support for PNG and SWF images

View the complete list of LipSync MX features and download a trial version

LipSync Mx is available for purchase through our online store for only 99$

If so you will be amazed at the flexibility and extra benefits our recently released Morph-O-Matic v2 will bring to your morph targets creations.

Discover what makes Morph-O-Matic unique by watching our video explaining the major benefits of Morph-O-Matic vs Morpher

Download Morph-O-Matic trial today and judge by yourself!

* Fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) with 3ds max 9, 3ds max 2008 and 3ds max 2009
* includes Cluster-O-Matic 1.6
* includes Facial Studio 2
* includes Hercules 1.1
* includes Morph-O-Matic 2
* includes Morph ToolKit 1.6
* includes Voice-O-Matic 2.6
* VIP includes VOMBatch 0.78
* VIP includes Pose-O-Matic 0.94

Only registered users of The Character Pack currently subscribed to the VIP support package are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

To our Educational users:
At this time The Educational Character Pack is not available in 64-bit.
Only registered users of The Educational Character Pack currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

* Fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) with 3ds max 9, 2008 and 2009
* Faster morphing calculation speed
* Enhanced user interface for animators
* Ability to use modifier stack result as morph target
* Auto Reload Target per channel
* Improved .mom file features
* Additional MaxScript commands
* Correction of malfunctions from the previous version
And much more

To get your hands on this new version, we invite you to simply subscribe to our Premium+ support package or VIP membership.
Compare the different options to find the support package that fits your needs

Note that Morph-O-Matic v1.x is not available for 3ds max 2009, only v2.x is compatible

Read the official press release here

The talented team of Rockstar North has unleashed today, one of the most controversial game ever: Grand Theft Auto IV

Once again Di-O-Matic prove their technologies reliability in production, this time as a key component of the facial animation pipeline of GTA IV.

Voice-O-Matic (3ds max edition) and vomBatch, both played a key role during the facial animation process of the many characters of GTA IV: allowing the habitants of Liberty City to communicate like never before. As a matter of fact, these Di-O-Matic technologies enabled Rockstar North to focus on their game content while the lip synchronization was taken care of automatically.

* Fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) 3ds max 9, 2008 and 2009
* Improved head shape and proportion of the default head.
* Improved generators: race, gender, phonemes and more.
* New deformations
And much more

To get your hands on this new update, we invite you to simply subscribe to our Premium+ support package or VIP membership.
Compare the different options to find the support package that fits your needs

Note that Facial Studio v1.x is not available for 3ds max 2009, only v2.x is compatible

Read the official press release here

* Fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) with 3ds max 9, 3ds max 2008 and 3ds max 2009
* HerculesSelect: Ignore backfacing on Poly object issue: fixed
* HerculesDeform: new Re-Cache Subdivision button

Only registered users of Hercules currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages (Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

If you wish to purchase Hercules or any support package we invite you to visit our online store or contact a reseller near you.

* Fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) with 3ds max 9, 3ds max 2008 and 3ds max 2009
* Cluster-O-Matic Soft Selection files (.css) are now human-readable (ASCII-based)
* Ignore backfacing on Poly object issue: fixed
* Push support on Poly object issue: fixed

Only registered users of Cluster-O-Matic currently subscribed to one of the yearly support packages ( Premium, Premium+, VIP) are eligible to receive this new version. Please contact us to receive it.

If you wish to purchase Cluster-O-Matic or any support package we invite you to visit our online store or contact a reseller near you.

What’s new?

* Added support for 3ds max 2009 (32-bit only)
* Improved support for Microsoft Vista
* Improved .anno file usage
* Improved Memory usage
* Updated documentation and tutorials

This new update is available free of charge to all our Premium, Premium+ and VIP users.

If you wish to purchase Voice-O-Matic or any support package we invite you to visit our online store or contact a reseller near you.

Read the full success story here ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/stereoscopic-cg-short-film-from-anima-studio-rely-on-several-di-o-matic-technologies/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morph-toolkit-v16-released/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/morph-toolkit-v16-released/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:31:02 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=35 Today marks the release of Morph ToolKit v1.6 which is now fully compatible (32-bit and 64-bit) with 3ds max 9, 3ds max 2008 and the upcoming 3ds max 2009 .This new update is available free of charge to all our Premium, Premium+ and VIP users.

Not using Morph ToolKit yet ? Why don’t you give it a try and see how you can shave off hours of your morph target creation process.

Leading production studios around the globe already rely on Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition). If you have not yet done so, we invite you to check our video presentations and download the trial version to discover it today.

You can now take advantage of an early access to the 64 bit version of our plugins by either subscribing to our VIP membership or to our new Premium+ support package.

Compare our different support packages

Morph-O-Matic and Morph Toolkit plugins for 3ds max 64bit are coming soon for the VIP members as well.

Not a member yet? Join now and benefit from all the advantages right away.

We invite you to visit the Voice-O-Matic website at www.voice-o-matic.com to learn more about Voice-O-Matic Maya edition by watching demonstrations, examples and tutorials. You can also download the trial version to discover it yourself. It is available for purchase in download or boxed version directly in our online store and through your local reseller.

In issue 48 of the magazine Convergence, Thomas Wilson from Beenox Studios, an Activision division from Quebec city, is interviewed on the creation process that took place for Bee Movie Game.

As outlined in the article, Voice-O-Matic was used by Beenox as part of the facial animations process in Bee Movie Game.

We also want to take this opportunity to congratulate the team of Beenox on their nomination for The Annie Award in the Best Animated Video Game category.

(French Only)

Voice-O-Matic has been nominated by Game Developer magazine to win a Front Line award in the Audio category. Check out the nominees for all categories here and wish us good luck!

To learn more about Voice-O-Matic visit www.voice-o-matic.com

Not a member yet? Join now and benefit from all the advantages right away.

If you wish to receive the latest installer please simply fill the update form

Download-able versions are nature friendly, faster to receive and cheaper as you do not have to pay any additional shipping fees.

You’ll get the product right away, this will also save a lot of wasted energy and fuel in the process of creating the box and delivering the box to your door.

The next time you’ll need to get an update chances are you will be downloading it anyway.

Go green ! Get a download-able version. ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/make-a-difference-for-the-environment-while-buying-di-o-matic-products/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/bulge-o-matic-now-available-for-3ds-max-9-64-bit/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/bulge-o-matic-now-available-for-3ds-max-9-64-bit/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:33:50 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=23 We are very happy to announce you today the release of our freeware Bulge-O-Matic for 3ds max 9 64 bit. you can download it here.

We also want to take this opportunity to let you know that all Di-O-Matic 3ds max plugins will soon be available in 64 bit to our Di-O-Matic active VIP members at first for their registered plugins. One more reason to join !

Here are the updates:

* Fix “Use current wave file” not recognizing audio files with CAPS extension
* Return info to listener if an audio file can’t be process by Voice-O-Matic
* Host application info saved in .VOM file and proper error checking added
* Fix Smoothing and Anticipation inconsistency bug
* Add support for .anno recognition file

If you are a Voice-O-Matic v2 user you are entitled to this update free of charge. Simply contact us and provide us your serial number to receive your upgrade

Enjoy! http://www.di-o-matic.com/company/about/

Voice-O-Matic (Maya edition)
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]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-soon-for-maya-and-xsi/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-featured-at-gamasutracom/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-featured-at-gamasutracom/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:19:53 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=19 Gamasutra has conducted an interview on Di-O-Matic and Voice-O-Matic in its weekly “tooling around” section that features software tools and middleware solutions.We invite you to read this article to learn more aboutVoice-O-Matic ]]> http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/voice-o-matic-featured-at-gamasutracom/feed/ 0 http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-affiliate-program/ http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/new-affiliate-program/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:18:24 +0000 Di-O-Matic http://www.di-o-matic.com/blog/?p=18 Di-O-Matic now offers webmasters the opportunity to earn more income by simply providing a selection of clickable text (inline text links) or displaying targeted contextual ads (various sizes of banners) on their Web sites or blogs.

Class: Achieve believable lipsynchronization in 3ds Max
Date: Monday August 6
Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Description: This Master class focuses on various approaches to lip sync animation in Autodesk 3ds Max. Several 3ds Max animation methods are covered, as well as modeling and rigging techniques for lip sync.

For more info or to register visit: www.autodesk.com/mini-sites/siggraph2007/

We recently held a contest with the magazine 3D World to win 1 copy of the Character Pack and 2 copies of Voice-O-Matic. Here are the lucky winners that had their characters printed in issue 91

1^st prize: Georges Walser
Runner up: Alexander Wilhelm
Runner up: Neville D’souza

Again congratulations to our winners!

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns:
http://www.di-o-matic.com/company/

Visit our secure online store: http://www.di-o-matic.com/shop/

After several weeks of testing with some of our VIP members, we are happy to announce today that we just released Voice-O-Matic v2.2 : more informations on what’s new can be found on the Voice-O-Matic update history page. Many efforts have been put to make this latest release the best version of Voice-O-Matic ever. Still using Voice-O-Matic v1 ? Upgrade for only 79$. Not using Voice-O-Matic yet ? Why don’t you give it a try and see why the leading productions house rely on it for their lipsync needs in Games, TV Series, and CG Feature films.