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Alias Announces MotionBuilder 7 Now Shipping

Alias has announced that its MotionBuilder 7 animation software is now shipping worldwide. This latest release gives increased control over characters through new rigging...

Simon Carless, Blogger

August 29, 2005

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Alias has announced that its MotionBuilder 7 animation software is now shipping worldwide. This latest release gives increased control over characters through new rigging enhancements, such as character extensions and control rig visual feedback. Numerous new workflow features – including the save and load character animation functionality that lets animators rapidly transfer, repurpose and reuse animation clips with any character – enable increased productivity. Alias MotionBuilder 7 also has an improved ability to interact with other 3D applications, according to the company. New constraints, for example, allow users to easily transfer animated character setups between MotionBuilder and Maya. “The response from our beta customers to MotionBuilder 7’s newly extended character animation capabilities, improved interoperability with popular 3D packages and productivity enhancements has been very positive,” commented Curtis Garton, product manager for Alias MotionBuilder.

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Simon Carless

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Simon Carless is the founder of the GameDiscoverCo agency and creator of the popular GameDiscoverCo game discoverability newsletter. He consults with a number of PC/console publishers and developers, and was previously most known for his role helping to shape the Independent Games Festival and Game Developers Conference for many years.

He is also an investor and advisor to UK indie game publisher No More Robots (Descenders, Hypnospace Outlaw), a previous publisher and editor-in-chief at both Gamasutra and Game Developer magazine, and sits on the board of the Video Game History Foundation.

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