Antics3D was a

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program published by Antics Technologies. It is used by amateurs and professionals to create 3-dimensional, animated visualisations of events in a variety of industries.

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form the largest userbase, who use the software for pre-vizualisation,

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ing and

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. However, the software is also used in

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and many other areas which benefit from animated visualisations. The

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in Antics3D, which is significantly easier than in traditional

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, has in large part contributed to its uptake in these sectors that lack animation expertise. The software applies the

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and

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paradigms to animation, allowing users to create virtual sets, import props and

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the characters to perform actions, and use virtual

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s to record scenes which can be edited on a

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. Unlike traditional animation software, the possibilities for a user are limited - scenes will always utilise (at most) characters, cars, rooms and other common objects. However, this allows for much more intuitive

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, where "intelligent" props respond in obvious ways without the user needing to define the desired response. For instance, a character can be commanded to walk across a room by simply selecting the destination - the user does not need to directly animate the character's legs, arms, etc. On November 28, 2008, the company's website a
www.antics3d.com
reported that the software was no longer available and no future versions were planned. The reason given was that the cost to develop and support the software had outstripped revenues. A community discussion board has sprouted up a
http://previz.yourbb.eu
and there is a community blog a
http://antics3d.blogspot.com
The last files—which require a now unattainable serial number to work—may be downloaded fro
http://antics3dprofessional.fileburst.com
Recent update showed antics3d homepage as well as above link non-working.

History

Antics Pre-Viz (V1)

After showing a beta version of Antics at

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in 2004, Kelseus officially launched Antics Pre-Viz in April, 2005 at NAB (

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) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The initial version of the program was aimed at non-specialist users such as art-directors and editors who wished to create pre-visualizations or storyboards of scenes in a screenplay. When the company changed their name to Antics Technologies later that year, they also changed the program's name to just "Antics", dropping the "Pre-Viz" at the end.

Antics V2

2005, Antics Technologies launched an upgrade, Antics3D V2, which introduced a fully integrated timeline and improved animation workflow and the user interface. At this time the

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began using Antics V2 as part of their training program in film production.

Antics3D V3

In December 2007, Antics first released a free version of its software. Antics3D V3 had a free BasePack version and a paid ProPack version. This change in marketing was an effort to expand the user base of the program to include

, crime scene re-creation, marketing and the amateur animation filmmaker. Among the improvements in V3 were the ability to scale content up or down in size, a new content viewer, improved camera controls and import capability of BVH animations and FBX and 3DS models. With the release of V3 in December, 2007, Antics Technologies began to distribute two different versions of its program: the free BasePack and the paid ProPack versions. The free version of Antics3D is known as the BasePack. It includes basic core content for scene creation along with the ability to download additional free content from th
Antics Content Warehouse
online. Premium content packs, released in bi-monthly intervals, are also available for purchase by BasePack users. Assets include 3D characters, buildings, props, sets, terrains, audio files, animations and character poses. The ProPack is the paid version of Antics3D, currently priced at $595. In addition to all features of the BasePack, ProPack users also receive full customer support and a license to activate Antics V3.1 on up to two computers. Paid ProPack users have free-of-charge access to all content add-ons, including premium content packs until Dec 3, 2008.Antics Product Packages, ''Antics3d.com''
/ref> The ProPack also comes with a

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Exporter Plugin which allows the user to export into Antics3D: geometry, textures, skinned/rigged characters,

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or vertex animations, morph targets and their animations, object hierarchies, keyframes as poses and geometry as bounded floors.

Antics3D V3.1

V3.1 was released in April 2008. It expanded import capability to include SKP models from Google

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and a built-in browser to import content from th
Google 3D Warehouse
.

Antics3D V4

Antics3D V4 was released in August 2008 and improved several facets of the program, from the user interface to the smoothness of animations. The biggest addition to V4 was shadows and lighting, which now allows users to dynamically light their scene in dramatic ways.

Antics3D V5

Antics3D V5 was released in October 2008. Among other improvements, it features character

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and expressions. When V5 was released, Antics Technologies stopped offering a free version of Antics3D. V5.1 (containing some minor updates) was released to users in March 2009.

Reviews

# ''StudioDaily.com'' (Film and Video Magazine), February, 2005, pp. 14–22. Reviews Antics-PreVi

# ''Digit Magazine'', November, 2006, Page 71. Reviews Antics V

# ''Digital Producer Magazine Online'', April, 2007. Reviews Antics V2.

# ''DV Magazine'' (online), December, 2007. Reviews Antics V3.

# ''Renderosity.com'', March, 2008. Reviews Antics V3.

References

External links

Community discussion board

Ammo Previz's Community blog

Last available versions of the files

Antics Official Site

Antics Official Forum

Antics Official Blog

Antics 3D Community Blog

Antics Video Tutorials on YouTube

Interview with Roger Stone, Dev Director, Antics Technologies

Mike Jones Article on Antics/Moviestorm GUI

Phil Rice Machinima Blog "Antics Stepping it up"
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