Architosh Staff ([email protected])

14 Feb 2003

 

Mac3D: Electric Image Universe 5 - Free iBook Bundle Targeted at Architects and Related Professionals

Electric Image is offering the ultimate 3D software bundle, featuring a free iBook with the purchase of a special Universe 5 and 3D Toolkit combo. When you purchase Universe 5 you receive a Macintosh iBook and the 3D Toolkit for free! Apple Computer and Electric Image have partnered to bring this special promotion to Mac users and the offer ends March 31, 2003.

Targeted At Architects

Electric Image is aggressively bringing state-of-the-art rendering and animation power to the architectural and related professional audience. Key features in this package include:

• Non-perspective Rendering
• Radiosity (for ultra-realistic lighting)
• Multi-processor support
• Camera Mapping
• Hybrid Win/Mac License
• Easy Setup
• Unlimited Network Rendering

Universe 5 is Electric Images' flagship 3D application and is used worldwide by professional 3D artists in various industries from TV, film, print, web, game development to architecture and industrial design. The program is famous for its exceptional rendering speeds and rendering quality. To learn more about Universe 5 go here.

Electric Image has long been utilized by architects at the highest level of professional rendering and animation. Noted for its fast rendering speeds in the 3D industry, Electric Image garnered more fame for its use by ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) for the making of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Electric Image played a key role in the rendering of various scenes throughout the movie, including the beautiful architecture in the city of Naboo.

Learning Advanced 3D

Learning advanced 3D cannot be made any easier with Electric Image's highly regarded 3D Toolkit, a collection of learning resources which include:

• 3 GB of Training Materials
• 75 Minutes of QuickTime Training Movies
• 28 Tutorials
• 20 Tips and Tricks Section

The 3D Toolkit is designed to lay the groundwork necessary to truly teach production level skills to beginners in 3D visualization. Many architects have wanted to jump into 3D or more advanced 3D and the 3D Toolkit offers them a guided experience with a very rich set of training materials.

Free iBook

Electric Image and Apple Computer have partnered to bring a fantastic offer to both Macintosh and Windows users, with the offering of a free iBook laptop computer with the purchase of Universe 5. The iBook specs include:

• 12.1 in. Screen
• 700 Mhz PowerPC G3 Processor
• 512K L2 Cache @ 700Mhz
• 128MB SDRAM
• 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
• ATI Radeon 7500 with 16MB video RAM
• CD-ROM, 56K modem, AirPort Ready, Battery with up to 5 hours life.

Pricing and Availability

This special Universe 5 - iBook offer ends March 31, 2003 and sells for $1,295US. The iBook alone is worth $999US, and the 3D Toolkit goes for $199US, which means you are getting Universe 5 for essentially nothing. To learn more go here.

Architosh Analysis: This is an amazing offer by the folks at Electric Image. We thought the introduction of the 3D Toolkit was good (and it was and is) but this just takes the cake. Even if you plan on running the 3D software on a desktop machine (which makes the most sense) having an iBook as a second computer is a great thing...as they are wonderfully sized units which make for excellent couch Web surfing!!

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