Critical Update for Mac OS9 users. Ray Dream Studio 5.5 is the essential 3D graphics application, providing a comprehensive set of professional tools for 3D design and animation. This exciting new release includes Ray Dream Studio 5.0.2, plus additional content and plug-in features. Version 5.5 includes spline, polygonal, text and metaball modelers, with such editing capabilities as boolean operations and deformations like spikes and twists.
Users can apply texture maps or movies to their models, and even paint directly onto an object.
Rendering options include everything from wireframe to ray tracing, with optional hand-sketched or cartoon styles. Finally, Ray Dream's animation has full key-framing capabilities, an advanced physics system and realistic motion blurs for smooth animations. To see Ray Dream Studio in action visit Martin Murphy's 'The Queen' tutorial. CD-ROM drive 65 MB Free Hard Drive Space Advanced Modeling Functionality Ray Dream's range of modeling options such as spline, polygonal, text and more, provides newfound freedom and creativity for your 3D design. More options for shading models means more realism for those models.