Dynamic Realities is the largest plug-in developer for NewTek's LightWave 3D and Inspire 3D. Their software has been used for creating effects in movies such as Courage Under Fire and Lost in Space, and television's Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, Star Trek DS9, Hercules, Xena, and more.

CONTACT INFO:

Andrew Frerking
1900A Pewaukee Road
Waukesha, WI 53188
414-549-2200
Fax 414-549-2225
Sales 800-944-5520, ext. 21
Email: andy@dynamic-realities.com

Particle Storm 2:
PS2 is the particle system for every animator!
Particle Fields: Puts an attraction or repulsion radius around each particle, allowing them to flow together or avoid each other. Used with HyperVoxels, you can get realistic ooze and water effects. Used with object replacement or Sub-Objects, your particles won't go through each other.
Hair: This first of two new emitter types allows you to create responsive hair, string, streamers, etc.
Spawner: The second new emitter type turns particles into emitters upon collision, or reaching a certain age or speed. Great for fireworks and waterfalls!
Sub-Objects and Sub-Polys: View your particles as LW objects or shapes right in the PS2 interface!
Mimic: particles can follow the path of an object in layout or envelope, and change their size and orientation.
Assembler: Assemble objects or shapes out of particles or their polygons.
Envelopes: Now envelope almost every parameter.
Layout Integration: Use Layout items to control particle parameters right in Layout.
Sticky Particles: Particles can stick to collision objects, allowing spray-paiting effects.
Bounding Shapes: All controllers can use bounding shapes to specify areas of influence.
Collision Detection: Use LW objects, boxes or ellipses. Now particles can see ahead to also avoid collisions.
OpenGL Realtime Preview: The resizable window has drop-down menus and a new tree-control interface. Camera movements have keyboard shortcusts, and many actions are performed with the right mouse button.
Demos available on this CD:

Lock & Key:
Lock & Key can solve many of the typical LightWave 3D problems that character animators have, such as Gimbal Lock and foot slides. Also, the animator can parent any LightWave 3D item to another for any amount of keyframes. For example: parent the camera to a light, or perfectly parent items to bones.

ShaderMan:
ShaderMan is a collection of 25 surfaces based on the RenderMan algorithms. Dynamic Realities has taken some of the most common algorithms and converted them into a simple to use LightWave 3D plug-in which replaces the LightWave 3D illumination model. Included are Wood, Granite, Luna, Planet, Flame (animateable), and many more!

Stripper:
Stripper is a bundling and backup utility that is especially handy for animators using more than one machine. Stripper quickly and easily gathers up all scene files and related files, password protects them, and compresses them into a .zip file while maintaining the directory hierarchy. Great for cleaning animations off hard drives!

RealiTools:
This new LightWave 3D plug-in is a set of 16 utilities for every animator. These tools are not just convenient add-ons; they will give your animations a more realistic look without a lot of hassle. Some of the utilities include Shadow Blend, which provides better shadows in composited images, Video Noise and Video Lines for that real �video� look, a superb Fresnel Shader, a Pencil Shader, a new lighting engine, and much more, RealiTools is sure to have something for you!

Particle Storm 2:
Mac, Intel and Alpha $595.00
SGI $1190.00
Intel/Alpha/Mac from PS1 $350.00
Particle Storm 2 Jr:
Mac, Intel (LW 5.5+ or Inspire 3D) $295.00

Lock & Key:
Intel $175.00
DEC Alpha $275.00

ShaderMan:
Intel $150.00
DEC Alpha $250.00

Stripper:
Intel $125.00
DEC Alpha $225.00

RealiTools:
Intel or Mac $150.00
DEC Alpha $250.00
Sun or SGI $750.00

Particle Storm 2: LightWave 3D version 5.5+
Lock & Key: LightWave 3D version 4.0 and above
ShaderMan: LightWave 3D version 5.0 and above
Stripper: LightWave 3D version 5.0 and above
RealiTools: LightWave 3D

Particle Storm 2: Mac, Intel, DEC Alpha, SGI
Lock & Key: Intel, DEC Alpha
ShaderMan: Intel, DEC Alpha
Stripper: Intel, DEC Alpha
RealiTools: Intel, DEC Alpha, Mac, Sun, SGI

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