By Catherine Feeny, August 29, 2003
Bauhaus Software Inc. today announced the launch of its flagship product, Mirage, a unified environment for creating animated graphics and special effects. Mirage integrates real-time video paint, animation and effects functionalities into a single product. It is designed for projects of any resolution, ranging from HDTV and film to web video.
Mirage is based on technology formerly distributed as NewTek's Aura Video Paint. The pre-release version of Mirage is available now to existing NewTek Aura, LightWave and Video Toaster customers; the final version of Mirage will be available to the general public in October of 2003.
Mirage's Digitally Organic workflow pulls together divergent tools and functionalities, enabling artists to create and animate both traditional CG and natural media styles in a single digital environment
. Mirage artists are free to explore new ideas in 2D animation and visual effects by combining tools such as video paint, stop-motion, natural-media drawing tools, volumetric lights, particles, keying, color correction and point tracking within the same project. When positioned between source footage/3D packages and editing software, Mirage provides a new real-time approach to animated graphics and special effects.
Bauhaus Mirage is currently available as a pre-release to existing customers of NewTek's Aura, Video Toaster (VT), and LightWave products. Upgrade pricing is set at $295 (for a limited time). The full product will be released to new and existing customers in October for $895, and will be available on both Windows XP/2000 and Apple Macintosh OS/X operating systems.
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