Life Forms™ 2.1 Demo has the saving and printing of animations disabled. The exporting
of animations is limited to the first 5 frames.
Installation
Double click on Life Forms 2.1 Demo Installer. Follow the instructions in the Installer.
Plug-ins
You can try out plug-ins for importing and exporting models and animations.version.
Currently we support Infini-D, Extreme-3d, VRML and Electric Image. See the readme files in the folder Documentation for instructions on importing and exporting.
Ordering Life Forms
For information on purchasing Life Forms, double-click on Order Form
in the Life Forms folder.
Cool Demos
The folder Cool Demos contains some interesting examples of what you can do with Life Forms.
Quick Tour
Double-click on Life Forms Quick Tour for an introduction to Life Forms.
The commands in the Control menu in Quick Tour allow you to change pages.
Putting the Moves on Character Animation!
Life Forms is software designed for the fast creation, planning and playback of 3D movement for humans and other jointed figures. The unique Life Forms tool complements other 3D programs for animation, choreography, game development, multimedia, film, architecture and education. Specialized for creating and enhancing movement data of single and multiple figures for character animation, Life Forms facilitates creativity while saving production time and resources.
The Life Forms feature set includes an integrated walk generator, graphical body-centric interface, sound support, import and export plug-ins, powerful editing features and new animation libraries. The Life Forms set of plug-ins include model import plug-ins for Macromedia Extreme3D (tm), Specular Infini-D(tm), Autodesk 3D Studio (tm) and VRML 1.0, animation data import plug-in for BioVision .BVH, and export plug-ins for BioVision .BVH and .BVA motion capture data formats, Electric Image(tm) .OBM motion format, .DXF geometry format, Infini-D, Extreme3D, 3D Studio, Swivel3D and VRML 1&2. As well the listed direct import/export formats, Life Forms 2.1 can import models from any program which exports VRML 1.0 and export animation data to any program which supports the BioVision formats. To increase interface capabilities even further, other import/export formats are under development. A key focus in Life Forms 2.1 is to support VRML for easy 3D on the web, and to open the simple but powerful Life Forms feature set to enhancing and adding value to motion capture data sets. Check out our web site for updates and demos!
Our users include the following: animators with tight schedules and budgets who want to create realistic human and character movement quickly; game developers who use Life Forms to plan game interaction as well as animating engaging 3D characters; dance choreographers who want to explore creative ideas before entering the studio to work with dancers; directors and writers who use Life Forms to do pre-viz for animation, film, videos or television shows; architects who want to effortlessly add multiple figures to 3D environments; and educators who want a cost-effective, easy-to-use tool to teach animation and movement.
Available for Macintosh and Windows95/NT.
Life Forms V2.1 is $299 US (with an upgrade price of $99 US from Life Forms 1.0).
Contact Info: Credo Interactive Inc.
#270 - 8900 Nelson Way, Burnaby, B.C. Canada V5A 4W9
