Attached Link: Reiss Studio, Home of the BodyStudio professional Poser Plug-ins

Hello All, The press release just went out this morning, and I wanted to let everyone here know about it as well.

The Poser 5 plugin for 3ds max has been released and is available now at www.reiss-studio.com.

Right now the full version is available, and we are working with curious labs to have an upgrade discount for pro-pack users. This should be available soon.

here's the release below.
cheers,
-Josh

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Reiss Studio Releases BodyStudio 2.0; Software Allows Poser 5 Content to be Incorporated with 3ds max

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2003--Reiss Studio, in cooperation with Curious Labs(TM), the publisher of Poser(R), has developed and released BodyStudio(TM) 2.0 for Windows(TM). BodyStudio seamlessly integrates Poser 3D character animation technology into Discreet(R) 3ds max(TM). This innovative plug-in software allows Poser users to easily render and playback Poser animations directly inside of 3ds max.
Artists that work with 3D software will notice the many improvements that have been made from the original version of the popular Pro Pack plug-in for 3ds max. Reiss Studio is a leading developer of 3D plug-ins for Poser translation software.

"The Windows version of the first BodyStudio was a big success," states Josh Reiss, developer and CEO of Reiss Studio. "We have taken the suggestions from our customers and the recommendations from our development team and come up with many features that make a fantastic upgrade."

Some of the new features of BodyStudio 2.0 are:

-- Playback of Poser characters

-- Playback of Poser 5 dynamic cloth

-- Support for the latest versions of Poser and 3ds max

-- Translation of Poser base shaders to Max shaders

-- Scale conversion between Poser and 3ds max

-- Importation of Poser Lights

-- Access to the largest source of pre-built 3D characters and props in the world.

"It used to take teams of people to create characters," states Reiss, "but now the artist can work with pre-built and pre-rigged characters and easily drop them into their Max scene and start rendering."

BodyStudio is being used by many professionals for web, game, television and video production.

"BodyStudio has allowed us to easily integrate Poser assets into our production pipeline, giving us convenient access to Poser-based content," says Chris DiNardo, animator at Turner Studios. "It allows us to offer more options to our clients and gives us cost-effective solutions to our production needs."

"With 200 pots of coffee and BodyStudio we created 30 'actors' and used them for 'extras' for our 70's style epic in only a month," says Ben Stokes of the San Francisco based video production company, Mission Control. Stokes used BodyStudio for a music video for an upcoming album from the popular musical artist, DJ Shadow titled, "Mashin on the Motorway." This video presented a challenge of creating a variety of characters to be involved in a car chase. "We had the unique ability to create characters based on real people, including Josh (DJ Shadow) and others," states Stokes. "Josh was quite happy with the results and used still frames from the video for the album cover art."

For a limited time, BodyStudio is available at the introductory price of $179.00, and can be purchased at www.reiss-studio.com.

About Reiss Studio

Reiss Studio was established to develop and promote graphics tools for 3D Professionals. Reiss Studio is located in Oakland, California USA. For more information about Reiss Studio and BodyStudio, please visit our website at www.reiss-studio.com

About Curious Labs, Inc.

Curious Labs, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of EGISYS AG, designs, develops, and publishes software tools such as Poser(R), which focus on 3D human and character visualization for artists, designers, and web developers. The company is located in Santa Cruz, California. For more information, please visit the Curious Labs web site at www.curiouslabs.com.