From: andrew@stone.com (Andrew Stone)
Subject: Stone Design Ships Valis Shaders for NeXTSTEP and RenderMan
Reply-To: info@stone.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:23:19 GMT


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          


For more info contact:
Cliff Baltzley
Phone: 505-345-4800
info@stone.com
       

       

    S T O N E   D E S I G N   S H I P S   V A L I S   S H A D E R S

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Halloween, Oct. 31, 1992 - The VALIS Group announces
the availability of all six volumes of their VG Shaders through Stone
Design for use with Stone's new NeXT RenderMan modeler - 3D Reality.

VG Shaders are applied to an object or shape within 3D Reality and
rendered with RenderMan.  The shader itself is a small mathematical
program controlled by the user to create unique looking surfaces
simply by changing parameters from within the 3D Reality program.

3D Reality(TM) is a 3D modeling and picture-creating program for
NeXTSTEP computers that sets a new standard for ease of use and
flexibility.  Just as Stone Design's revolutionary graphics package
Create provided a user interface that makes all the power of
PostScript accessible to mere mortals, so 3D Reality allows users to
take advantage of the myriad of features provided by the 3DKit in
NeXTSTEP 3.0 as well as the underlying RenderMan architecture.

"3D Reality is the premier visualization and design tool for NeXT
users.  3D Reality provides artists and designers with an intuitive
and graphical interface to the power of VG Shaders and RenderMan on
the NeXT platform.  Most importantly, its modeling capabilities create
high quality objects in the RIB format; a critical aspect of making 3D
pictures look photorealistic," RoseAnn Alspektor, CEO, The VALIS
Group.

"We are pleased to announce the availability of the entire VALIS line
of shaders directly from Stone Design. They make it easy to create
professional photorealistic pictures using 3D Reality," commented
Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The VALIS group is committed to
providing state of the art shaders to the rendering world, and we are
proud to be distributing their tools."

The VALIS Group is currently the leading supplier of shaders on the
Macintosh, PC/DOS and NeXT platforms.  The six volumes are:

Volume 1-Product Design/Architecture
Volume 2-Architecture: Interior Desing
Volume 3-Architecture: Exterior Design
Volume 4-Illustration: Spectral/Splotch
Voluem 5-Illustration: Mondo/Hide
Volume 6-Illustration: Painted Chipped/Blistered/Peeling & Brushed  
Metals

Shipping with 3D Reality are two complementary VALIS shaders, Bumpy
Glass and Wood Veneer. These shaders are totally parameterized, and
can be set up interactively from within the Reality program.

The VALIS Group, of Pt. Richmond, California, provide professional
tools for digital picture making across many platforms

Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984,
develops a variety of business and design productivity applications
for NeXTSTEP computers. (505) 345-4800. info@stone.com

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3D Reality and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. NeXT
and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.  VG Shaders is a
trademark of the VALIS Group. All other brand names mentioned are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.


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