Corel MotionStudio 3D Reviewer’s Guide

Reviewer’s Guide

Contents

1 | Introducing Corel MotionStudio 3D ..............................1

2 | Customer profiles ...........................................................3

3 | What’s included?.............................................................5

4 | Key features ....................................................................7

Professional text and titles for video........................................................... 7

Real-time 3D graphics and effects ............................................................10

Professional-quality 3D output ................................................................. 12

Introducing Corel® MotionStudio 3D

™

Corel® MotionStudio 3D™ is a complete and versatile
3D title, animation, and motion graphics package
that makes it easy for anyone to create exciting 3D
visual effects for use in their video productions.

Professional text and titles for video

Everywhere you see video these days, you’ll see
some form of animated text or titling. Turn on the
news or a sports network, and every story is
introduced or augmented with some manner of
moving text. In the television industry, these
animations are known as lower third graphics.

At the movies, you see title sequences that orient or
prepare viewers for what’s to come. The opening
sequence for Star Wars is the most famous example
of this; text slowly crawling up the screen, set
against a star field backdrop, readying viewers for
the fantastic journey they’re about to embark on.

MotionStudio 3D now offers this powerful
capability to video enthusiasts, providing a wealth
of presets and practically limitless do-it-yourself
creative options, so you can tell your story, your way.

Real-time 3D graphics and effects

MotionStudio 3D also provides a realistic particle
effects system that simulates the appearance of
natural elements, such as bubbles, fire, smoke, and
snow. You can even import bitmap or vector
graphics to use as custom particle effects.

In addition, the automatic extrusion of 2D text and
graphics by MotionStudio 3D lets you transform
virtually any graphic object into animated 3D, or
even simulated 3D for use in a 2D design. So you can
easily import and give new life to imagery created
with your favorite graphics-editing software.

Professional-quality 3D output

With MotionStudio 3D, you can export your
projects to popular image, 3D model, video, and
animation formats. This makes it easy to use your
MotionStudio 3D creations anywhere.

You can incorporate them into a video production
created with your preferred video editor, such as

®

Adobe
Pro, or virtually any other conventional video editor.
Plus, you can choose from a variety of other video
formats, such as AVI, 3GPP, MOV, MPEG, MP4, and
WMV.

Premiere® Elements, Corel® VideoStudio®

In consumer video production, working with the
third dimension of depth has been a long-standing
request. MotionStudio 3D provides a fast and
responsive environment that lets anyone create
complex 3D graphics, animations, and effects in
real time — with no waiting around while the 3D
is rendered.

If you want to use animated 3D on the web,

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MotionStudio 3D supports Flash

(SWF) and GIF
formats. You can also export your project as a 3D
model, with support for both DirectX

®

and 3D Studio
formats. What’s more, you can save your 3D
animation as uncompressed, 32 bits-per-pixel video,
which preserves transparency values that are crucial for
properly blending 3D objects into a video production.

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Customer profiles

Video and multimedia enthusiasts

For video and multimedia enthusiasts,
MotionStudio 3D offers an easy-to-use interface,
tons of preset text and graphic object effects, and
seamless interoperability with video production
software. This makes it simple for them to add
moving titles and motion graphics to their video
endeavors, so they can effectively mimic the
production styles that inspire them. The range of
effects presets and customization options make it
easy to get started with MotionStudio 3D, and
users can build advanced 3D scenes faster than
ever before.

3D enthusiasts

For 3D enthusiasts, MotionStudio 3D makes it
easy to import complex 3D models, such as
aircraft or automobiles. Within MotionStudio 3D,
they can adjust lighting in a myriad of ways to
highlight the intricacies of their model and apply
many other effects. Plus, it’s a breeze to create
quick animations for sharing their work in video
or online formats.

Web and video designers

For professional web and video designers working
in small to medium-sized businesses, the breadth
of capability and speed of MotionStudio 3D
offers great flexibility. For example, they can use
the dynamic Lights system to achieve shadows
and reflections faster than by using traditional
graphics-editing software. In addition to its
fantastic 3D animation, particle effects, and
motion graphics possibilities, MotionStudio 3D
also lets designers create simulated 3D objects to
embellish and enhance their 2D designs.

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