BACK Caligari Announces fxPak   Seven Special Effects Plug-ins and Programs   Mountain View, CA - December 12, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring technologies, today announced the availability of fxPak, a collection of seven powerful third-party special effects plug-ins and programs for Caligari trueSpace5. With fxPak, trueSpace users can create smoke, fire, water, haze, particle effects, complex shader effects, and other advanced special effects.  "fxPak offers a tremendous value with a wide range of professional effects for stills or animations," said Jeff Parish, Caligari's director of product management. "fxPak raises trueSpace users to a new level of possibility, and it's the perfect companion for the recently released aniPak. fxPak includes the following plug-ins:   · PyroCluster - PyroCluster is a real volume tracer plug-in for creating photo-realistic smoke, fire, haze, cloud effects, and incredible fly-through animations. Users can create highly detailed volumetric renderings and animations based on true 3D VoXel technology.  Any trueSpace compatible particle system or PyroCluster's advanced particle system can control these effects, so users can enjoy a nearly endless number of outcome options.  · ShaderMagic - Provides a visual interface to the trueSpace shader API, and requires no coding or scripting. Users simply select the components, connect outputs, and assign system variables to the trueSpace properties they want to connect to ShaderMagic properties. Shaders can be adjusted easily, and users receive instant feedback via ShaderMagic's internal editor preview and the trueSpace5 material preview.   · PrimalParticlesFX - A very fast advanced post-processing tool for constructing, animating, and rendering 3D particle systems, PPFX renders particles directly into trueSpace images and AVIs while taking into account the 3D objects in the scene. A huge range of visual effects is supported. Since no trueSpace geometry is created, PPFX can quickly utilize hundreds of particles efficiently - even with particle-interactive objects, such as attractors, deflectors, and fans. Many PPFX functions can be viewed in a real-time wireframe preview mode for intuitive control. PPFX also contains a flexible animation system with dozens of parameters that are key-framed over the life of particles and animations.    · u/v cow - A powerful UV mapping editor for trueSpace, u/v cow is flexible and easy to use. It features modes to work with separate UV coordinates and/or with groups of UV faces. For greater precision the textures can be displayed underneath the edited mesh. u/v cow is tightly integrated into trueSpace and allows users to simultaneously use all the trueSpace built-in mapping functions.   · Shady - A powerful set of 16 custom trueSpace shaders, including vertex and wireframe shaders that follow the real geometry of painted objects. Perlin and cellular functions offer multiple tweaking options for a wide range of results. Visually manipulated color gradients can contain up to 10 different colors, and shaders can change color based on various angle and distance criteria. Displacement shaders help users create wrappable sine waves, layered looks, and smoothness variations. Shady also supports loopable animations and different mapping spaces.   · trueParticles - This geometry-based particle system brings advanced particle special effects to trueSpace5. Users can create dynamic, animated special effects, such as flowing water or dancing flames, exploding objects, dust, fog, rain, snow, smoke, laser beams, force fields, and countless other special effects. trueParticles provides multiple emitter modes, particle emission from any object, many particle types including metaparticles, any instanced object, and even lights. Controls include rate and orientation of particle spin, lateral "bubble" motion, Wind and Gravity Helpers, Blast and Path Follow, and Bounce Helper. Preset layouts help users get started, and they can save their own custom settings. trueParticles is also compatible with Cebas PyroCluster.   · Ripple Rain 2.5 - While most rain generators require a particle system that needs to be recalculated with each use, Ripple Rain renders only once. Version 2.5 has speed improvements, support for "splatters" and other new effects. Ripple Rain also exports native ready-to-render trueSpace objects that are fully textured with animated rainfall precisely aligned to water ripple emissions. Users simply load an object to add rain to animation. Ripple Rain 2.5 can be used for weapons FX, energy shields and shockwaves as well. Pricing and Availability  Valued at more than $600 and regularly priced at $199, fxPak is available now for a limited-time introductory offer of $99 to trueSpace5 users. Contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or by visiting the Caligari Corporation website at www.caligari.com  About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com. Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation.     BACK Caligari and IMSI Partner to Offer Designers and Engineers Complementary Technologies   Mountain View, CA - October 17, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring technologies, and IMSI (OTC BB:IMSI), owner of TurboCAD™ and ArtToday.com, today announced an agreement whereby both companies will offer each other's flagship products. Caligari will resell IMSI's TurboCAD, which excels in 2D layout, presentation, and dimensioning for 3D drawings. IMSI will resell Caligari trueSpace™5, Caligari's 3D modeling and animation program, which is well-known for its advanced 3D modeling tools, surfacing and deformation features, powerful rendering, and strong animation capabilities.  "Our agreement with IMSI exemplifies the convergence of engineering and design technologies," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "This is a significant step toward providing our broad range of customers a variety of effective tools and options to accomplish their design and engineering objectives."  "Users from multiple areas of expertise - design, engineering, education, and government - are attracted to TurboCAD's strength in 2D layout presentation and its dimensioning capabilities of 3D drawings," said Robert Berry, Director of CAD at IMSI. "We're happy to introduce TurboCAD users to the complementary power provided by trueSpace5 for the creation of 3D objects, surface manipulation, rendering and animation."  Caligari trueSpace5 is a 3D application that combines high-end modeling, rendering and animation power with an intuitive user interface. Used for conceptual design, product design, web design, graphic design, and multimedia, it allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware-accelerated, 3D perspective workspace. TrueSpace5 delivers advanced features including hybrid radiosity rendering, extensive NURBS-based modeling tools, powerful surfacing features and supports popular web delivery formats and industry standard CAD formats, including IGES, SAT and STL, which provides for rapid prototyping and manufacture of designs.  IMSI's TurboCAD is a versatile and feature-rich application for 2D drafting and 3D surface and solid modeling for desktop CAD. It offers a complete design solution to anyone who needs to create, edit or view 2D or 3D drawings. Its complete set of 2D tools allows users to create architectural floor plans, mechanical design drawings, technical illustrations, process charts, and schematics. In addition to offering complementary features, the two products can easily exchange files in a variety of formats, including DXF, SAT, 3DS, and VRML.  About IMSI IMSI owns and operates two business divisions: Design Software and ArtToday.com. The company's Design software division is based on award-winning TurboCAD computer aided design software (winner of PC Direct Editor's Choice - see TurboCAD.com) and FloorPlan3D home design software (winner of PC Magazine Editor's Choice - see FloorPlan.com). The company has sold over 2 million units of these software products to date and has invested 15 years in the development of this technology. ArtToday.com, is a wholly owned subsidiary of IMSI and offers over one million images, photos, fonts and other digital content over the Internet.  About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com. Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. IMSI are TurboCAD are registered trademarks of International Microcomputer Software, Inc. All other products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For more information contact: Lynn Stadler, Caligari Public Relations  (805) 962-9992 lynn@caligari.com Pamela Volpe, IMSI Marketing Manager 415-878-4025, pr@imsisoft.com     BACK Caligari Ships aniPak with 11 Animation Plug-ins and Libraries   Includes three NEW, never released animation plug-ins   Mountain View, CA - October 15, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring technologies, today announced the availability of aniPak, a collection of 11 powerful third-party animation plug-ins and libraries for Caligari trueSpace5 users.  "aniPak is an extremely easy and affordable way for trueSpace users to enhance their animation capabilities," said Roman Ormandy. "The plug-ins can be used one at a time, or combined in synergistic ways for even more complex animated effects." aniPak includes the following plug-ins: · DreaMotion PoseMixer - NEW! - Allows users to combine individual poses of characters into a seamless animation. The movements of all affected joints can be influenced simultaneously, without adjusting each element separately. Constraints can intentionally inhibit movements of selected parts.  · DynaWave - Allows conversion of any subdivided surface into a water element. Effectors and wind elements interact with the water element to create vertex level deformations of the surface. Provides total control over liquid properties through the wave propagation properties for wave elements that range from non-propagating sand and snow, to heavy goo, to liquid water. · SpaceTime Morph 2 - Allows multiple deformations made from a common object to be morphed together creating a blended vertex animation of a mesh. With the capability to extrapolate past the 100% level of the target or even set negative weights, users have an unlimited number of options available from just a few target deformations. · Puppeteer-tSX v2.1 - Fast and easy character animation. Users have direct access to all joints in any IK group object, and joints can be manipulated by moving scroll bars for Pitch, Yaw, and Roll. Movement values are set instantly, and joints can be mirrored with the click of a button. Includes pre-built library with walk, run, jump, sit, bow, and even a back-flip.  · Marvellous Motions - Library of 31 motion capture movements allows users to easily apply motions to skeletons. Collection includes walk and run cycles, standing positions with body gestures like shoulder shrugs, dancing, crawling, skiing, collapsing, and many more.  · Perfect Poses - Library of 10 Puppeteer-tSX Keyframe files (pkf) created from true motion captured data. The poses range from various ballet and gymnastic positions, to karate blocks, and even a James Bond pose. With a click of a button, characters will instantly assume the selected pose. · MeshForge 5.0 - Brings real time deformations to a new level of control and flexibility. Stackable modifiers for twisting, bending, tapering, and other movements can be applied, moved, disabled or adjusted at any time with real-time feedback. With the Pseudo-Morph modifier, users can animate for a variety of effects. MeshForge also provides an additional array of enhanced primitives that allow resolution changes on the fly.  · IK-Anchor 1.0 - NEW! - Keeps the constrained side or edge of the bounding box locked in position. Bone elements on the constrained side will stick to boundaries as the rest of the body is adjusted. When combined with the native Bone Nail of trueSpace5, aniPak users will enjoy exceptional positioning power. · SkeleTool 1.0 - NEW! - Provides forward-kinematics control for IK skeletons. Users can easily adjust joint rotation by selecting Skeletool, and adjusting the Pitch/Yaw/Roll. Skeletons update in real-time. Allows for easy adjustments of individual joints, as well as the ability to select a bone in the skeleton viewer for easy nail attachment.  · vcTek v151 - An accurate engineering and animation plug-in. Allows trueSpace users to design, construct and animate complex machines and vehicles. Includes a variety of sample machines and vehicles that can be built and animated with just a few mouse clicks. Vehicles can be driven with all wheels and tracks automatically animated and steered. Developers can sell vehicle model kits that users can watch self-assemble, and then drive around their trueSpace scene.  · vcCut v151 - Designed to easily produce flexible drives for vcTek, this plug-in divides trueSpace objects into slices of equal thickness, then names and groups the objects using the vcTek format. Users can specify the material used to paint the cross section faces. Users can also use vcCut just to slice objects, and select from multiple attractive display options. Pricing and Availability  Valued at nearly $500 and regularly priced at $199, aniPak is available now for a special introductory offer of $99 to trueSpace5 users. Contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or by visiting the Caligari Corporation website at www.caligari.com.  About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com. Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation.     BACK Caligari Announces jewelSpace- 3D Modeling Software for Jewelry Designers    New software makes jewelry design easy, fast, and cost effective    Mountain View, CA - (July 20, 2001) - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D design tools, today announced jewelSpace™1, a new version of its award-winning trueSpace 3D modeling and animation program, customized for the jewelry design market. The software provides an easy-to-use, flexible 3D interface that lets jewelry designers work in a natural way, directly manipulating their designs in real-time. Finished designs can be output in a wide variety of formats for delivery to customers, rapid prototyping and milling machines, and for display on the web. The output is photorealistic, to exact scale and specifications, and viewable from all angles, allowing for unmatched communication with goldsmiths, model makers, and customers. "We're bringing 15 years of 3D experience to the jewelry design market," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "jewelSpace's unique interface allows designers to directly manipulate 3D objects, ensuring that a designer's creativity isn't limited by the tools. You can literally 'reach into' your design workspace to build models and make changes, almost as if you were sculpting by hand. These designs can be easily shared with customers, even over the Web, then be approved, sent directly to a 3D printer, and within hours you have a wax prototype, ready for casting!"  Intended for all stages of the creative process, from conceptual design to output of physical prototype files, the software delivers advanced features including a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools, physically realistic rendering, advanced surfacing features, and libraries of jewelry design elements that can be incorporated into designs. Support for industry standard IGES, SAT, and STL formats streamlines jewelSpace compatibility with traditional CAD/CAM applications, and with rapid prototyping machines, such as the SolidScape ModelMaster II.  Unique User Interface Fosters Creativity, Flexibility The jewelSpace user interface is uncluttered and fully customizable. It allows for real-time direct manipulation in a full-screen workspace where designers can see a realistic image of the piece they're designing, and see their changes in real time. This approach allows far more creative freedom than other design tools which require jewelers to use numerical entries, cumbersome tool bars, and offer only mechanical wireframe modeling views.  Wide Variety of Output Options Detailed 3D jewelSpace designs can be saved in a variety of file formats and be easily transmitted and reviewed by people in the jewelry making process, or by customers anywhere in the world. Designs can be shared as printed images, sent by email, or incorporated into animated video sales presentations. Also, for jewelers marketing their designs on the Internet, jewelSpace1 models can be easily output to the web in the popular Viewpoint and Macromedia Shockwave3D formats, and presented with added backgrounds and props. Web site visitors can then rotate, scale, and view photorealistic, detailed design concepts from every angle.  Rapid Prototyping Export Capability  jewelSpace can export all major file formats used by CNC mills and rapid prototyping tools, to streamline the creation of physical models. jewelSpace support for STL format allows designers to send detailed computer models directly to 3D printers (stereolithographs) or service bureaus to create a perfectly proportioned and accurately scaled wax in a matter of hours.  Unparalleled Realism The program's advanced 3D rendering and physically accurate lighting techniques provide highly realistic, accurately scaled models, with proper reflective and refractive properties. All jewelSpace measurements are precise and in jewelers' terms. jewelSpace Smart Library  jewelSpace ships with an extensive collection of ready-to-use stones, settings, shanks, findings, and ornamental detail models, which can be easily dragged-and-dropped into the design workspace then combined, altered, scaled, and assembled into a finished piece. These elements are stored as thumbnails in integrated visual libraries, where jewelers can easily add their new designs for later use.  jewelSpace proTeam provides additional content and support services To help designers quickly become productive with the software, jewelSpace includes Caligari's "proTeam" package of additional services and content. Renewable on an annual basis, proTeam subscriptions include access to: · Unlimited technical and customer support. · Advanced online training courses and tutorials.  · Extensive online content libraries of jewelry models and design components. · Industry standard IGES, SAT, STL, Shockwave3D and Viewpoint format output. · An exclusive, moderated online forum where jewelry designers can exchange ideas and information. · Automatic product upgrades. System Requirements JewelSpace1 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 800MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended.  Pricing and Availability Based on Caligari's 9th-generation, award-winning 3D authoring technology, jewelSpace offers high-end modeling, rendering and animation power at one-third the price of competing solutions. The complete JewelSpace1 proTeam package, including jewelSpace software and all proTeam services, will be available in July directly from Caligari for $2000; annual proTeam renewal fees are $1200.  An optional, 3-day group classroom training session is also available for an additional fee. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com  About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring technology for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, jewelry designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com. Caligari, Caligari jewelSpace, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. Editorial Note:  Visit the jewelSpace proTeam designer portal and view sample images at: www.jewelspace.net  To request a jewelSpace evaluation copy, please contact Kristine Gardner at kristine@caligari.com, or 650-390-9600. BACK Caligari and CADopia Partner to Offer trueSpace Design Power  and Photorealism to CAD Engineers   Mountain View, CA - August 13, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D multimedia authoring technologies, and CADopia, leading provider of IntelliCAD™ software, today announced a licensing agreement whereby CADopia will offer a custom version of Caligari's trueSpace™ 3D modeling program for IntelliCAD users. The combination of trueSpace and IntelliCAD gives the design and manufacturing markets a set of tools that work together with common file formats to provide precision engineering, advanced modeling, rapid design and concept generation, powerful rendering, and strong animation capabilities. trueSpace for IntelliCAD is an affordable and powerful conceptual design tool, with an intuitive user interface that allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware-accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective workspace. The program offers advanced photorealistic rendering, animation, and modeling tools, and supports import and export  of CAD/CAM industry standard IGES, SAT and STL formats.  "We are pleased that CADopia selected trueSpace as a complementary companion for IntelliCAD," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "The synergy between our products demonstrates the inevitable convergence of design and engineering technologies- together they give engineers the best of both worlds."  "trueSpace for IntelliCAD is designed to meet the modeling, visualization and animation needs of architects, designers, and engineers," said Surya Sarda, President of CADopia. "trueSpace for IntelliCAD will help CADopia customers rapidly visualize and explore design concepts early in the design process." trueSpace for IntelliCAD Features · Photorealistic rendering produces life like images of designs with precise lighting controls and environments. Rendering supports hybrid raytracing, image-based lighting, and advanced post process editors as well as shadows, fog, motion blur, depth of field and physically accurate, goniometric lights. · Animation controls and capabilities not found in most CAD programs like keyframing for lights, textures, cameras, objects and geometry features, down to the vertex level. This includes hierarchical key-frame editor with spline paths and function curves as well as scripting and the ability to control virtually any object. · Flexible Material Editing and application of materials and textures with mapping control down to individual faces. Offers user-friendly 3D Paint and easy creation of layered materials right in the material editor. · Advanced modeling tools, include editing of individual faces, edges and vertices, surface deformations, boolean operators, and surface subdivision. · Complete set of NURBS tools, including all Sweeps, Rails, Lofts, Skinning and Cross-sections. NURBS can be combined with stitching and blending and cut with trimming curves. All this happens in real time, in perspective. During editing, surfaces are fully transparent, making it easy to select control vertices and see edit changes precisely. · Fully integrated visual asset libraries with universal Drag-&-Drop. Any element in a project, including a 2D or 3D objects, lights, materials, image, scene, collection of tools, configurations, etc. is represented by its preview image in the library and launched with a click. Use Image Browser to drag your visual assets into the scene or asset libraries, then simply drag materials from the library onto any object.  · Customize your current working configuration with any set of views, floating toolbars and individual tools, then simply drag your current configuration into a library, for future use.  · Context Based Editing in trueSpace for IntelliCAD is simple and straightforward -- you only see the tools applicable in the current context. By right clicking on a selected object you can perform editing operations relevant for that object. Each window is completely resizable and traditional 4-views are available.  · Manipulate Geometry Easily using the Magic Ring widget to draw parameterized 2D and 3D primitive shapes interactively in your workspace. The selector cage allows direct manipulation of your objects placement, orientation and scale. The Draw Panel allows you to perform any 2D operation with its own mini window inside your 3D workspace. Tri-View Panel extends the Draw Panel into the 3rd dimension so you can draw your profiles, rails and cross sections in the same visual context where you drew the original curve. You can also trace images for advanced interactive skinning in all three orthogonal planes at once. While in this mode, you have full access to the construction history of edited objects.  · Real Time Implementation of Subdivision Surfaces provides total control of smooth organic surfaces.  · Powerful Generalized Primitives provide an unlimited number of basic and custom starting shapes for creating design concepts. · Precise object placement. In addition to grids, collision detection and the magnetic tool, trueSpace for IntelliCAD includes a full complement of snapping tools such as snap to vertex, grid, edge or face.  System Requirements trueSpace for IntelliCAD requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. Pricing & Availability trueSpace for IntelliCAD is available immediately, directly from CADopia, for just $249. Users can also purchase trueSpace proTeam online tutorial courses which include streaming animation, voice, and interactive content elements, from Caligari.com, for $79 each.  About CADopia Founded in 1999 in San Diego, CADopia.com LLC is a privately held California Corporation. Over 220,000 users in 110 countries use CADopia's IntelliCAD line of products. CADopia provides affordable CAD products for engineers, architects, designers, and educators and is a board member of the IntelliCAD Technology Alliance. For more details about CADopia, please visit www.cadopia.com.  About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.   Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. IntelliCAD is a registered trademark of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.    BACK Caligari trueSpace 3D Modeling & Animation Package Now Supports Macromedia Flash!   Mountain View, CA - July 16, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring technologies, today announced that trueSpace™5.1, its award-winning 3D modeling and animation package, now supports the ubiquitous Macromedia Flash format, including three Flash rendering options- for outline, cartoon (with and without gradient), and photorealistic output. This is in addition to Caligari's existing support for Macromedia Shockwave3D, Director8.5, and Viewpoint Experience Technology. Web developers can now easily convert their trueSpace5.1 objects (including NURBS) and scenes to Flash format, including all trueSpace geometry, materials, lights, views and even advanced animation techniques such as script animations, bones, and key-frame animations. The Flash plug-in also provides a progress indicator, the ability to specify output resolution, frame rate, background color and animation interval, and can be used in any view, including perspective. "trueSpace is fast becoming the premier authoring solution for rich web content," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "trueSpace has always been ahead of the curve in terms of user interface and modeling capabilities, and now we've made it easy for web designers to incorporate and distribute rich, scalable, lightweight Flash content, including animations, audio, and interactive features, in their web pages." trueSpace5.1 combines high-end modeling, rendering and animation power with an intuitive user interface that allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware-accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective workspace. Used extensively for web design, product design, graphic design, and multimedia, the software delivers advanced features such as hybrid radiosity rendering, a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools and advanced surfacing features. - more - Pricing & Availability The new Flash plug-in for Caligari's trueSpace5.1 is available now for $99, directly from Caligari. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com. System Requirements trueSpace5.1 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.  Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. EDITORIAL NOTE: For trueSpace screen shots and other press materials, or to request a trueSpace evaluation copy, contact kristine@caligari.com.     BACK Caligari Announces proTeam “Surround Portal” for 3D Designers   Caligari lowers prices for stand-alone version and offers new proTeam subscriptions Mountain View, CA - May 15, 2001 - Mountain View, CA - (May 15, 2001) - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring tools, today announced a significant expansion of its business model. Caligari has created a unique, community-oriented surround portal to give professional designers instant access to an array of 3D tools, interactive training, content, and support services as well as participation in a community of their peers. proTeam offerings include the new trueSpace™5.1, a 3D modeling and animation program which now supports Macromedia Shockwave3D, and the new iSpace1.5, a 3D web graphics & animation program with Macromedia Flash output. The subscription-based "proTeam" packages, tailored for professional designers, are available immediately. Renewable on an annual basis, proTeam subscriptions include access to: · Unlimited technical and customer support. · Advanced online training courses including tutorials with streaming animation, voice, and interactive content elements. · An exclusive, moderated online forum where proTeam professionals can exchange ideas and information. · Product upgrades. · Industry standard IGES, SAT, STL, Shockwave3D and Viewpoint format output. · Extensive online content libraries of models, scenes, materials, shaders, textures, etc. · The option for qualified users to participate in ongoing beta programs. "Our new surround portal is a 'one-stop shop' where professional designers can join a community of peers and get all the advanced tools, content, and support they need," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. "proTeam will enhance productivity and has the capacity to profoundly improve the way professional designers work." New Pricing The complete trueSpace proTeam package, including the newly released version 5.1 software with Shockwave3D output and access to the surround portal, is $795 initially; annual renewal fees are $495. (See separate "trueSpace5.1" release: URL) Alternatively, individual designers who do not need the additional ProTeam features can purchase the stand-alone trueSpace5.1 product for just $299, including 30 days of technical support. Tutorial courses and content libraries will be available for separate purchase. iSpace proTeam, including the new version 1.5 software with a plug-in for Flash output and libraries of buttons, objects, and style templates, is $299 initially; annual renewal fees are $199. (See separate "iSpace1.5" release: below.) Individual designers without the need for Flash output and other proTeam features can purchase iSpace 1.5 as a stand-alone product for $99, including 30 days of technical support. trueSpace5.1 trueSpace5.1 combines high-end modeling, rendering and animation power with an intuitive user interface that allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware-accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective workspace. Used extensively for product design, web design, graphic design, and multimedia, the software delivers advanced features such as Shockwave3D output, hybrid radiosity rendering, a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools and advanced surfacing features. trueSpace5.1 models can be easily output to the web, with full support for Macromedia Shockwave3D and Director 8.5, and for Viewpoint Experience Technology. A Flash plug-in for trueSpace5.1 is currently being developed. iSpace1.5 iSpace1.5, Caligari's 3D web graphics and animation authoring program for creating rich 3D HTML web sites, features a Flash plug-in, highly compressed JPEG output, and an easy drag- &-drop user interface. Standard HTML files output by iSpace can be further modified in Dreamweaver, FrontPage, and other HTML editors. iSpace allows users to import objects created in trueSpace and other 3D software packages. About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring technology for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.  Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.     BACK Caligari Announces New Version of iSpace, 3D Web Graphics Tool –Now with Flash Output!     Mountain View, CA - May 15, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring technologies, today announced iSpace™ 1.5, a new version of its award-winning 3D web graphics and animation authoring package, now with new support for Macromedia Flash output, and optimized JPEG compression. The company has also lowered the price for the iSpace stand-alone version, and launched a new iSpace "proTeam" subscription program- which provides web designers with unlimited access to online tools and support services, on an annual subscription basis. "iSpace web designers can now incorporate rich, scalable, lightweight Flash content, including animations, audio, and interactive features, into their web pages," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. iSpace, Caligari's 3D web graphics and animation authoring program, lets web developers create stunning 3D HTML web sites, incorporating the full range of advanced 3D graphics capabilities, using a simple drag-and-drop interface. The new version 1.5 adds a plug-in for the ubiquitous Macromedia Flash format, including Flash outline, cartoon, and photorealistic output. In iSpace 1.5 Caligari has also reduced JPEG output size by over thirty percent. iSpace provides for both the creation and automatic assembly of entire 3D HTML pages, without any HTML programming. Standard HTML files output by iSpace can be further modified in other popular HTML editors. iSpace includes a variety of style templates which can be fully customized, and an integrated library panel with an array of rich 3D buttons, borders, backgrounds, text, lights, materials, objects, and animations, which can be dragged-and-dropped into a page. Designers can also import and edit 3D objects from trueSpace and other 3D software packages, as well as 2D graphics from imaging applications. iSpace allows for both procedural and key-framed animation. Pricing & Availability iSpace1.5 will be available in June in two configurations, directly from Caligari. The price for iSpace1.5 stand-alone version has been reduced to just $99. This includes the basic iSpace1.5 software with standard libraries of 3D buttons, borders, backgrounds, text, lights and animations, and comes with 30 days unlimited technical support. The Flash plug-in and additional libraries are available separately. The new iSpace1.5 proTeam subscription package includes iSpace1.5 with Flash output, all standard libraries, unlimited online technical support, product upgrades, and the option to participate in ongoing beta programs for qualified users. iSpace1.5 proTeam is $299 initially; annual renewal fees are $199. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com System Requirements iSpace1.5 requires Windows 95/98/2000/NT, a Pentium-class CPU, 64MB RAM, and 30MB of disk space. For optimum performance, 96MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. About Caligari Corporation  Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.      BACK Caligari Releases trueSpace 5.1 with Shockwave3D Output   Caligari lowers prices for stand-alone version; launches proTeam subscriptions for online access to comprehensive 3D tools, training programs, libraries, support Mountain View, CA - May 15, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring technologies, today released trueSpace™5.1, a new versions of its award-winning 3D modeling program featuring new support for Macromedia Shockwave3D and other web output capabilities. In addition, trueSpace 5.1 offers enhanced modeling tools, interface integration, compatibility with standard design formats, and an updated software developers kit (SDK) for 3rd-party plug in developers. The company also lowered the price for the stand-alone version of trueSpace, and launched a new "proTeam" program- a comprehensive array of online tools, training programs, libraries, and support services available on an annual subscription basis. (See separate "proTeam" release above for details.) "Our users can now output their trueSpace models and animations to Macromedia's new Shockwave3D and Director 8.5 formats, opening up vast new delivery options for distributing rich, interactive 3D content on the Web," said Roman Ormandy, Caligari president. Caligari's new Shockwave3D Exporter plug-in streamlines conversion of trueSpace5.1 objects and scenes to Macromedia Shockwave3D and Director 8.5 formats, including all trueSpace geometry, materials, lights, views and animation. trueSpace can be used alone to create Shockwave 3D content, or as a 3D authoring complement to Macromedia Director. trueSpace5.1 also generates HTML files directly for export to Viewpoint format, providing a one-step solution for creating Viewpoint-based web sites. A Flash plug-in for trueSpace5.1 is currently being developed. Version 5.1 also offers:  · Integration of third party plug-ins into standard toolbars.  · Significant optimization of the UV mapping process.  · Enhanced area render and icon highlights.  · Safe-area guard lines for video output.  · Mouse wheel support for both zooming the eye and navigating around selected objects allows manipulation without the need to switch tools manually.  · Numerical editing of control vertices of NURBs curves and surfaces.  · Improved SDK for 3rd party plug-in developers with complete support for NURBs-based modeling.  · Detailed error reporting for IGES import/export.  · More than 200 additional modifications. trueSpace5.1 combines high-end modeling, rendering and animation power with an intuitive user interface that allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware-accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective workspace. Used extensively for product design, web design, graphic design, and multimedia, the software delivers advanced features including hybrid radiosity rendering, a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools and advanced surfacing features. trueSpace5.1 also offers both linear key-framed animation and non-linear physics-based animation with properties such as wind, gravity, and collision detection. Pricing & Availability trueSpace 5.1 is available immediately in two configurations, directly from Caligari. The price for the stand-alone trueSpace5.1 product has been reduced to just $299 and includes 30 days of technical support. Tutorial courses are available for separate purchase. The complete trueSpace5.1 proTeam package, including the newly released version 5.1 software with Shockwave3D output, is $795 initially; annual renewal fees are $495. proTeam services include access to: · Advanced online training courses including tutorials with streaming animation, voice, and interactive content elements. · An exclusive, online forum moderated by tutorial course authors where proTeam professionals can exchange ideas and information. · Product upgrades. · Industry standard IGES, SAT, STL, Shockwave3D and Viewpoint format output. · Extensive online content libraries of models, scenes, materials, shaders, & textures. · The option for qualified users to participate in ongoing beta programs. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com System Requirements trueSpace5.1 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. About Caligari Corporation  Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of 3D authoring for the Web age. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, web designers, illustrators and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.      BACK Caligari Announces trueSpace5 Plug-in for Macromedia Shockwave & Director 8.5   TrueSpace™ 5 supports new Web 3D creation and playback platform -- Director Shockwave Studio 8.5 with the new Intel Internet 3D Graphics engine Macromedia UCON 2001 -- New York, NY -- April 10, 2001 - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring tools, today announced development of a 3D exporter to the recently announced Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio, which now includes advanced 3D authoring technologies developed by Intel Labs. The trueSpace™5 plug-in developed by Caligari, easily converts trueSpace5 objects and animations for playback using the Macromedia Shockwave Player. Designed as a native 3D web authoring solution, trueSpace5 provides efficient support for the 3D authoring and delivery platform that Macromedia and Intel have jointly developed. trueSpace5, Caligari's award-winning 3D modeling and animation program, is highly recognized for its real-time, direct manipulation 3D authoring environment, comprehensive array of NURBS-based modeling tools, physically realistic rendering, and advanced surfacing features. trueSpace can be used to create stand-alone 3D content, or it can be used as an authoring complement to Macromedia Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio where users can combine 3D with other media to create engaging web content. "trueSpace is already a favored 3D authoring tool among web designers," said Roman Ormandy, president of Caligari Corporation. "This new plug-in will make it easy for any trueSpace5 user to bring their best 3D content to the pervasive Shockwave Player platform." "Macromedia is excited by the response of leading 3D authoring providers like Caligari, which is ensuring its solutions are integrated with our 3D platform for the Web," said Peter Ryce, senior director of product marketing, Macromedia. "Macromedia and Intel jointly developed this technology to bring exciting new 3D Web experiences to a wide Internet audience." trueSpace gives web designers a hardware accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective work space where they can interact intuitively with 3D objects and environments. The DX7/OpenGL-based rendering engine coupled with CPU optimization provides real time feedback on all operations. trueSpace5 has been optimized for top performance on the Intel™ Pentium™ 4 processor. System Requirements trueSpace5 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. Pricing and Availability trueSpace5 for Windows is available now directly from Caligari for $795. Caligari's 3D Exporter for Shockwave plug-in will be available this month. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com About Caligari Corporation  Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of emerging 3D authoring technology for interactive Web design, graphic design, product design, and multimedia. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, illustrators, web designers, and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML and Macromedia Flash format, using an elegantly simple drag-and-drop 3D interface. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.     BACK Caligari Ships trueSpace5    Powerful NURBS-based Modeling, Physically Accurate Rendering for Progressive Designers Mountain View, CA - (February 01, 2001) - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring tools, today began shipping trueSpace™5, the long-awaited new version of its award-winning 3D modeling and animation program. In trueSpace5 Caligari adds a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools, physically realistic, faster rendering, and advanced surfacing features. In addition, new support for industry standard IGES, SAT and STL formats streamlines trueSpace5 compatibility with traditional CAD/CAM applications, providing a real-time authoring tool for designers that combines the high-end modeling, rendering and animation power they require, at a mid-range price far below competing solutions. "trueSpace5 is the most powerful, yet easy-to-use application available today for artists and graphic designers," said Roman Ormandy, president and CEO of Caligari. "The improvements to our latest version, based on extensive input from our users, combine increased functionality with an even more intuitive user interface. Speed, real-time response, and advanced tools are all critical in the design field, and those needs are the central focus of trueSpace5." New Features - User Interface trueSpace's widely recognized and often emulated 3D user interface allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective work space where designers can interact intuitively with 3D objects and environments. The DX7/OpenGL-based rendering engine coupled with Intel SSE and AMD 3Dnow! CPU optimization provides real time feedback on all operations. TrueSpace5 has also been optimized for top performance on the upcoming Intel™ Pentium™ 4 processor. Other interface enhancements include: - context-based direct manipulation editing - Magic Ring for interactive manipulation of primitive shapes - Draw Panel for performing 2D operations directly in the 3D workspace - Tri-View Panel extends the Draw Panel into the 3rd dimension for skinning and sweeps - fully integrated visual asset libraries with universal drag-and-drop - floating toolbars and individual tools to customize your workspace. NURBS based Modeling trueSpace5 expands the already formidable modeling toolset with a full implementation of NURBS-based modeling tools including all Sweeps, Rails, Lofts, Skinning, and Cross-sections. NURBS can be combined with stitching, blending, filleting and cut with trimming curves - all in real-time, full 3D perspective. NURBS Geometry Paint provides users with a paint brush to modify NURBS surface geometry in real time. Other new modeling features include: - Real-time subdivision surfaces for easier texturing and animation - traditional CAD-like layers, improved dimensioning, and advanced 2D drawing tools - fully-parameterized 2D and 3D primitives with Magic Ring visual control - enhanced snapping tools - MetaMuscles Advanced Surfacing A completely redesigned Materials Editor and new IIR (incremental image rendering) technology allow designers to move the resizable material editor windows over any scene object and edit surface materials directly with near real-time feedback. 3D paint tools can now paint on textured surfaces with real-time feedback using arbitrary bitmap as a brush. With real-time UV mapping in trueSpace5, users can precisely position and apply any texture projection and get immediate feedback, in solid textured mode. Physically Accurate Rendering New physically accurate lights, and image-based rendering technology allow for an unparalleled level of realism. trueSpace5 offers faster rendering with better image quality and lower memory use, and new non-linear tone mapping capabilities to generate even more realistic images. Ten new advanced shaders include mapped reflectance, shadow catchers, new fog, wood, leather, and curvature visualization shaders. Output for the Web Caligari provides full support for Viewpoint Experience Technology™ (formerly Metastream™) from within trueSpace™5, making it an ideal authoring tool for creating advanced visualizations and marketing content for interactive Web sites. Designed as a native 3D web authoring solution, trueSpace5 will also support the 3D graphics playback technology that Intel and Macromedia are developing for the Internet. More Precise Animation Controls For detailed character animation, NURBS and subdivision surfaces can now be animated at the control vertex level, and trueSpace5 continues to offers linear key-framed animation, and non-linear physics-based animation with properties such as wind, gravity, and collision detection. Now, with DX7 hardware geometry acceleration, trueSpace5 lets users compute the radiosity solution interactively, while navigating in real-time through a scene. System Requirements trueSpace5 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. Pricing and Availability trueSpace5 for Windows is available now directly from Caligari for $795. TrueSpace4 users can upgrade for $299, trueSpace3 users for $399, and trueSpace2 users for $499. A separate trueSpace5 Conversion Pack, which contains file conversion modules for SAT, IGES, STL, Viewpoint, (and later Shockwave3D) is available for $99. A flexible tsxAPI is available to 3rd-party developers writing plug-ins. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari's web site at www.caligari.com About Caligari Corporation  Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of emerging 3D authoring technology for interactive Web design, graphic design, product design, and multimedia. The company's award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, illustrators, interactive media developers, web designers, and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create stunning 3D web pages in HTML format, using an elegantly simple drag-and-drop 3D interface. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043. Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com.     BACK Viewpoint and Caligari Collaborate to Provide Full Viewpoint Experience Technology Support   Alliance Offers Easy Creation of Advanced 3D e-commerce Content for Immediate Delivery on Viewpoint Platform New York, NY. (Fall Internet World) October 25, 2000 – Viewpoint Corporation, an operating subsidiary of MetaCreations Corporation (Nasdaq: MCRE) and a leading provider of super-rich Web technology and services for e-commerce, and Caligari Corporation, a pioneer provider of 3D authoring tools, today announced strategic plans to provide full support for Viewpoint Experience Technology™ from within trueSpace™5, the new version of Caligari’s award-winning 3D modeling and animation program.   “Caligari has always focused on the Web, and trueSpace has already proven itself a powerful, affordable tool that’s widely used to create rich Web content,” said Roman Ormandy, Caligari’s president.  “This agreement closes the gap between 3D content creation and delivery, and provides consumers with a highly immersive, realistic 3D e-commerce shopping environment.” “Providing comprehensive Viewpoint support from within trueSpace5 is yet another meaningful step in Viewpoint’s growing dominance in the interactive Web content marketplace,” said Chris Rogne, director, business development for Viewpoint.  Caligari trueSpace provides a real-time, direct manipulation interface with full support for 3D hardware acceleration for interactive Web design, graphic design, product design, and multimedia. Version 5, slated to ship this Fall, will provide rich support for Viewpoint Experience Technology, and adds a full complement of Polygonal, Sudivision Surface and NURBS-based modeling tools, as well as advanced animation and surfacing features. trueSpace5 delivers high-end modeling, rendering and animation power at a mid-range price, far below competing solutions. In the e-commerce market, the ability to export Viewpoint Experience Technology content directly from trueSpace5 makes it an ideal authoring tool for sophisticated 3D interactive Web sites. Viewpoint Experience Technology brings brands and products on the Web to life as never before, with enhanced 3D visuals that combine unprecedented visual fidelity, robust interactivity and user controlled movement, providing the richest, truest user experience online. Viewpoint Media Player integrates Viewpoint Experience Technology with other rich media, including photographic panoramas, audio, object movies, vector text and more, seamlessly melding all of these major media types into an entirely new, super-rich, yet totally accessible media format. Viewpoint’s proprietary technology is designed for today’s narrowband world, and gives all Web users an easy, quickly accessible experience. About Caligari Corporation Caligari Corporation was founded in 1986 and has remained at the forefront of emerging 3D authoring technology for interactive Web design, graphic design, product design, and multimedia.  The company’s award-winning flagship product, trueSpace, is a 3D modeling and animation program used by product designers, illustrators, interactive media developers, web designers, and animators worldwide. Caligari iSpace is a 3D web graphics and animation program that allows web developers to create completely 3D, stunning web pages, using an elegantly simple drag-and-drop 3D interface. The company maintains headquarters at 1959 Landings Drive, Mountain View, California, 94043.  Contact Caligari by phone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600; by fax at 650-390-9755; or on the Internet at www.caligari.com. About Viewpoint Corporation Viewpoint Corporation, formerly Metastream Corporation, an operating subsidiary of MetaCreations Corporation (Nasdaq: MCRE), turns the interactive experience from ordinary to extraordinary. Combining its Viewpoint Experience Technology, Viewpoint Media Player, Viewpoint Strategic Services, and Viewpoint Creative Services, Viewpoint is a leading provider of advanced visualization and marketing solutions for the Web, offering branding, advertising, and commerce solutions.  The company focuses on licensing its proprietary Viewpoint technologies for e-commerce initiatives and provides a full range of professional services for implementing enhanced 3D Web marketing solutions for e-merchants, while partnering and supporting interactive agencies, Web content developers and graphic tools companies.  The company is headquartered in New York City with additional offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, London and Tokyo. Visit the Viewpoint Web site on the Web at http://www.viewpoint.com.  Certain statements within this press release are "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that could be affected by risks and uncertainties, which include, but are not limited to, the effect of economic and market conditions as well as the risks described from time to time in MetaCreations' reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes MetaCreations’ Annual Report on Form 10-K. ###  Caligari, Caligari trueSpace, and Caligari iSpace are trademarks of Caligari Corporation. Viewpoint, Viewpoint Experience Technology, Viewpoint Media Player and Metastream, are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MetaCreations Corporation. Other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.       Caligari Announces trueSpace5 BACK Powerful NURBS-based Modeling, Physically Accurate Rendering for Reality Designers SIGGRAPH– New Orleans, LA – July 25, 2000 – Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring tools, today announced trueSpaceÔ 5, the long-awaited new version of its award-winning 3D modeling and animation program. In trueSpace5 Caligari adds a full complement of NURBS-based modeling tools, physically realistic rendering, and advanced surfacing features. In addition, new support for industry standard IGES, SAT and STL formats streamlines trueSpace5 compatibility with traditional CAD/CAM applications, providing a real-time authoring tool for designers that delivers the high-end modeling, rendering and animation power they require, at a mid-range price far below competing solutions. "There are a lot of talented designers out there who are simply intimidated or unwilling to put up with awkward user interfaces in leading 3D authoring tools. trueSpace5 is changing that, while still providing every ounce of needed design power," said Roman Ormandy, President and CEO of Caligari Corp. "And iSpace, our new web delivery platform, is an ideal way to bring trueSpace5 models to the web." New Features – User Interface trueSpace’s widely recognized and often emulated 3D user interface allows for real-time direct manipulation in a hardware accelerated, integrated, 3D perspective work space where designers can interact intuitively with 3D objects and environments. The DX7/OpenGL-based rendering engine coupled with Intel SSE and AMD 3Dnow! CPU optimization provides real time feedback on all operations. Other interface enhancements include: context-based direct manipulation editing Magic Ring for interactive manipulation of primitive shapes Draw Panel for performing 2D operations directly in the 3D workspace Tri-View Panel extends the Draw Panel into the 3rd dimension for skinning and sweeps fully integrated visual asset libraries with universal drag-and-drop floating toolbars and individual tools to customize your workspace NURBS based Modeling trueSpace5 expands the already formidable modeling toolset with a full implementation of NURBS-based modeling tools including all Sweeps, Rails, Lofts, Skinning, and Cross-sections. NURBS can be combined with stitching, blending, filleting and cut with trimming curves - all in real-time, full 3D perspective. NURBS Geometry Paint provides users with a paint brush to modify NURBS surface geometry in real time. Other new modeling features include: Real-time subdivision surfaces for easier texturing and animation traditional CAD-like layers, improved dimensioning, and advanced 2D drawing tools fully-parameterized 2D and 3D primitives with Magic Ring visual control enhanced snapping tools MetaMuscles Advanced Surfacing A completely redesigned Materials Editor and new IIR (incremental image rendering) technology allow designers to move the resizable material editor windows over any scene object and edit surface materials directly with near real-time feedback. 3D paint tools can now paint on textured surfaces with real-time feedback using arbitrary bitmap as a brush. With real-time UV mapping in trueSpace5, users can precisely position and apply any texture projection, using a 3D widget, and get immediate feedback in solid textured mode. Physically Accurate Rendering New physically accurate lights and image-based rendering technology allow for an unparalleled level of realism. trueSpace5 offers faster rendering with better image quality and lower memory use, and new non-linear tone mapping capabilities to generate even more realistic images. Ten new advanced shaders include mapped reflectance, shadow catchers, new fog, wood, leather, and curvature visualization shaders. More Precise Animation Controls For detailed character animation, NURBS and subdivision surfaces can now be animated at the control vertex level, and trueSpace5 continues to offers linear key-framed animation, and non-linear physics-based animation with properties such as wind, gravity, and collision detection. Now, with DX7 hardware geometry acceleration, trueSpace5 lets users compute the radiosity solution interactively, while navigating in real-time through a scene. System Requirements trueSpace5 requires a Pentium II CPU (Pentium III recommended), Windows 95/98/2000/NT, 64MB RAM, and 50MB of free hard disk space. For optimum performance, 128MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. Availability trueSpace5 for Windows will be available in the Fall directly from Caligari and from Caligari authorized resellers. For more information contact Caligari by telephone at 800-351-7620 or 650-390-9600, or visit Caligari’s web site at www.caligari.com       Caligari Ships iSpace - 3D Web Graphics Authoring Tool BACK Stunning 3D graphics and animation, special $99 introductory price, make iSpace an indispensable tool for Web developers June 26, 2000 - Mountain View, CA - Caligari Corporation (www.caligari.com), a pioneer provider of 3D authoring technologies, today announced availability of iSpace™, a complete 3D Web graphics and animation authoring package that enables web developers to easily create stunning 3D Web pages using an elegantly simple drag-and-drop interface. Used alone, or in concert with traditional HTML editors, iSpace automatically assembles complete, photorealistic HTML pages without requiring any HTML programming. Now web designers- even those without extensive HTML or 3D expertise- can differentiate their sites using the full range of advanced 3D graphics capabilities. iSpace complements leading HTML editors such as Macromedia DreamWeaver, Adobe GoLive, MS FrontPage and Net Objects Fusion, or can be used alone to create and assemble complete HTML pages. All iSpace functionality is integrated into one real-time 3D environment where objects can be manipulated directly and edited in full 3D perspective, or in a 2D window if desired. Web designers can create pages in iSpace from scratch, or import their existing 2D HTML pages into iSpace and enhance their layout with included libraries of 3D page style templates and graphical elements such as buttons, animations, lights, and 3D text. "iSpace represents a major advance in the evolution of Web graphics," said Roman Ormandy, President and CEO of Caligari Corporation. "iSpace makes today's most sophisticated 3D graphics technologies accessible to both first-time and seasoned web designers, through a straightforward interface." iSpace Features Stunning 3D Graphics, Special Effects, and Animation iSpace gives Web designers the same broadcast-quality output that has become the standard in professional video production by using advanced 3D rendering techniques and ray-tracing to achieve photorealistic results. These include occlusion, transparency, shadows, reflections, textures, true lighting, and high-quality anti-aliasing. iSpace also offers 3D animation capabilities such as rotating buttons, animated banners, and allows for both procedural and key-framed animation. Multiple effects can be combined by simply dragging and dropping them onto an object. For example, both "bounce" and "spin" procedural animation effects can be dragged onto one object. Automatic Assembly of 3D Web Pages requires no HTML programming Unlike existing programs which only allow for the placement of isolated 3D images on HTML pages, iSpace provides for both the creation and assembly of entire 3D HTML pages, without any HTML programming. Once a 3D page is designed, a single command renders each 3D object individually and automatically assembles all elements, even animated ones, into a seamless HTML page with highly-compressed GIF animations and JPEGs. Designers can also import existing 2D HTML documents into iSpace for a fast "3D makeover". True 3D User Interface provides direct manipulation, real-time feedback, flexibility iSpace integrates all its functionality into one real-time, completely 3D workspace where the table, cells, backgrounds, borders, text and objects are all 3D objects. Rather than using 2D controls to manipulate objects, iSpace provides control objects (called "widgets") which let the user manipulate and scale 3D objects and backgrounds directly within the interface, and instantly see the changes, making the creation process easy and natural. The iSpace 3D Table Editor lets users drag cell borders, set cell size, and even create new cells, while the rest of the 3D page automatically adjusts in real time. iSpace maintains a full 3D scene database for every HTML document, so Web designers can quickly move back and forth between 2D and 3D representations of their page, if desired. Support for Intel's PIII SSE instruction set, AMD's K7 CPU and 3DNow technology, and for most popular 3D accelerator cards, allows the designer to get real-time feedback as he works. Included Templates and Object Libraries speed the design process iSpace provides a broad array of elegant style templates for creating the most popular types of Web sites, such as e-commerce, infoPages, Home Pages, and many others. Once loaded, iSpace style templates can be customized by changing cells, colors, textures and lighting, adding logos and text, or replacing and adding 3D elements. iSpace also includes an integrated library panel with a wide variety of rich 3D objects such as buttons, borders, backgrounds, 3D text, lights, materials, objects, and animations, which can be dragged-and-dropped into the page. Compatibility allows for integration with other applications Compatibility allows for integration with other applications, reuse of existing assets Web designers can easily import and edit existing 3D objects from their favorite 3D modeling programs, including Caligari trueSpace™, NewTek LightWave, Discreet 3D Studio MAX, and Metacreations RayDream Studio, as well as 2D graphics from popular imaging applications. iSpace pages are output as HTML code with highly-compressed GIF animations and JPEGs, which can be easily imported and edited within any HTML editor that reads HTML tables. No viewer is required to see iSpace pages on the web. System Requirements iSpace requires Windows 95/98/2000/NT, a Pentium CPU, 64MB RAM, and 30MB of disk space. For optimum performance, 96MB RAM and a 3D accelerator are recommended. Pricing and Availability iSpace is available now for a special introductory price of $99, and can be downloaded directly from Caligari's web site, at www.caligari.com. In the future Caligari will make additional libraries available on its website.