The company Autodesk presents new product sets for creating digital entertainment.

The company Autodesk, a global leader in design software, introduced new product suites for creating digital entertainment at SIGGRAPH 2009. These product suites, compared to purchasing separate licenses for individual products, allow artists, production companies, and educators access to more creative tools while saving on costs. When used together, the products in these suites help artists enhance their creative abilities and optimize productivity.

“Autodesk presents affordable suites of popular 3D tools to facilitate the creation of innovative entertainment for artists in today's challenging economic conditions,” says Stig Gruman, vice president of Autodesk Digital Entertainment Group. “These suites significantly expand artists' capabilities and provide them with a great range of creative tools (from highly detailed modeling to advanced real-time animations), enabling them to tackle creative challenges in new ways.”

Autodesk introduced the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites and Autodesk Real-Time Animation Suites for commercial use. The company also introduced the Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation for higher education educators and the Autodesk Animation Academy 2010 for high schools.

Product Suites for Commercial Use

Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites
The Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites, Autodesk's flagship offering, gives customers a choice between Autodesk Maya 2010 or Autodesk 3ds Max 2010 – along with Autodesk Mudbox 2010 and Autodesk MotionBuilder 2010. Mudbox software helps artists create highly detailed models more quickly and intuitively. MotionBuilder software enables artists to create animations in real-time, providing them with more interactive creative feedback and efficient handling of large amounts of data used in animation. With Autodesk FBX 2010 data exchange technology, these product suites provide a cohesive and efficient production workflow. Supplemental toolkits enable artists to better handle challenging production tasks and achieve higher quality results more efficiently and cost-effectively. For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/entertainmentcreationsuites.

Autodesk Real-Time Animation Suites
The Autodesk Real-Time Animation Suites are designed for production involving complex animations. This product suite, in addition to MotionBuilder 2010, offers a choice of Maya 2010 or 3ds Max 2010 software. MotionBuilder software allows animators to create 3D animations in real-time and provides them with a specialized set of animation tools for faster and more efficient creation and processing of large amounts of data and their manipulation. For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/realtimeanimationsuites.

Product Suites for Educators

Autodesk Education Suite for Entertainment Creation
This suite helps educators prepare students for professional careers in the increasingly competitive job market in the field of 3D animation. The suite includes access to flexible educational resources and includes the same software used by top creative professionals: Maya 2010, 3ds Max 2010, MotionBuilder 2010, Mudbox 2010, Autodesk Softimage 2010, and Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2010. This suite is available for purchase for both institutions and students. For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/entertainmentsuite-edu.

Autodesk Animation Academy 2010
This Autodesk Animation Academy 2010 suite helps inspire high school students to explore career opportunities in the fields of art, entertainment, and visualization. The product suite contains software and curriculum that allows students to learn 3D technologies while exploring new ways to visualize ideas. It includes Maya 2010, 3ds Max 2010, MotionBuilder 2010, Mudbox 2010, and SketchBook Pro 2010 software, a DVD containing teaching materials, and access to online community resources. The Animation Academy system is available exclusively for high schools or higher vocational schools and contains information geared toward teenagers aged 11 to 17. For more information, visit www.autodesk.com/animationacademy.

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About Autodesk
Autodesk is a global leader in 2D and 3D design software for manufacturing, architecture, media, and entertainment. Since the introduction of AutoCAD in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of cutting-edge digital prototyping solutions that help customers practically test ideas before they are realized. Fortune 1000 companies use Autodesk tools to visualize, simulate, and analyze the real-world performance of their designs in the early stages of development, helping them save time and money, enhance quality, and foster innovation. For more information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.cz or www.autodesk.com.