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For
immediate release
Di-O-Matic announces Voice-O-Matic for
Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI
Montréal, 11 July 2007 –
Di-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animation
software, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of
Voice-O-Matic for Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI.
Voice-O-Matic
has been the leading lip synchronization extension for
Autodesk 3ds max for over four years, providing clients with
a simple yet powerful approach to getting some of the most
well known CG characters—including Spiderman, Batman,
Superman and Sonic—to talk and entertain audiences
worldwide.
Based on the same underlying technology as the award winning
extension for 3ds max, Di-O-Matic is currently
engineering Voice-O-Matic to operate in Autodesk Maya
and Softimage XSI workflow environments. Voice-O-Matic
is the leading solution for creating believable lip
synchronization animation in games development. Clients
currently use Voice-O-Matic for CG feature film
production, visual effects and television commercials. Many
consider this truly unique application as their virtual lip
synchronization assistant as one can easily tweak results
with standard curve controls.
Maya and XSI users will soon be able to automate the lip
sync process of their productions with ease. Voice-O-Matic
takes lip synchronization to the next level by using an
intelligent phonetic engine to cleanly break down audio
files. Voice-O-Matic automatically assigns the
correct phonemes to give voices to your characters in no
time. Voice-O-Matic delivers automatic lip
synchronization for any type of character setup in virtually
any language, including English, French, German, Italian,
Japanese and Spanish.
Abel Salazar, Senior Animator at Left Field Productions
confessed:
"Having worked in film, television and games, this is
without a doubt one of the most impressive plug-ins I have
ever used. Without Voice‑O‑Matic, there is absolutely no way
we could have animated the thousands of lines of dialogue on
our tight production schedule while maintaining a
consistently high level of quality. Voice‑O‑Matic is artist
friendly and best of all, it really works!"
To learn more about Voice-O-Matic, visit the respective
product pages on our website:
Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition)
Voice-O-Matic (XSI Edition)
Pricing and availability
Voice-O-Matic (Maya Edition) and (XSI Edition) are
currently in final development stage and a release date is
planned for the near future.
The suggested retail price has been set at US $349.
About Di-O-Matic Inc.
Since 2000, Di-O-Matic, Inc. has developed high-end
character animation software for various platforms such as
Autodesk 3ds max and Adobe Flash. Di-O-Matic believes that
character animation should be easy and fun. Hence the
company’s tools are designed to bring efficient character
setups into client workflow. Di-O-Matic clients include
Activision, Boeing, Blur Studio, Blizzard, Capcom, Disney,
RockStar Games, Virgin Lands, Snowblind Studios, SEGA and
Ubisoft.
Visit the Di-O-Matic website at
www.di-o-matic.com |
