Strata 3D
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Strata 3D is a commercial 3D modeling and animation
program developed in St. George, Utah
by Corastar. It is the current incarnation of a program that was previously called Strata Studio Pro and StrataVision 3D
.
Strata 3D is targeted at the illustration/multimedia market rather that at the movie/games market, and lately it has been positioned as a companion program for Adobe applications.
The 5.x releases include subdivision surfaces (catmull-clark based polygon smoothing), scripting
via the Lua programming language
, and rendering to Photoshop layers.
The Strata 3D CX 4.0 release included Polygon modeling tools (SDS).
Releases 3 added functionality such as toon rendering and photon mapping.
Releases 2.x were problematic concerning stability and features. The program was then called Strata Studio Pro.
Releases 1.x were successful and very advanced at the time.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
program developed in St. George, Utah
St. George, Utah
St. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 303 miles ...
by Corastar. It is the current incarnation of a program that was previously called Strata Studio Pro and StrataVision 3D
StrataVision 3D
StrataVision 3D was a comprehensive 3D computer graphics software package by Strata. Features include primitives-based modeling with texturising, keyframe animation, raytrace and later radiosity rendering....
.
Strata 3D is targeted at the illustration/multimedia market rather that at the movie/games market, and lately it has been positioned as a companion program for Adobe applications.
Versions
The current version of Strata 3D is Strata 3D CX 6.The 5.x releases include subdivision surfaces (catmull-clark based polygon smoothing), scripting
Scripting language
A scripting language, script language, or extension language is a programming language that allows control of one or more applications. "Scripts" are distinct from the core code of the application, as they are usually written in a different language and are often created or at least modified by the...
via the Lua programming language
Lua programming language
Lua is a lightweight multi-paradigm programming language designed as a scripting language with extensible semantics as a primary goal. Lua has a relatively simple C API compared to other scripting languages.- History :...
, and rendering to Photoshop layers.
The Strata 3D CX 4.0 release included Polygon modeling tools (SDS).
Releases 3 added functionality such as toon rendering and photon mapping.
Releases 2.x were problematic concerning stability and features. The program was then called Strata Studio Pro.
Releases 1.x were successful and very advanced at the time.
Release history
| Name/Version | Build Number | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Strata Studio Pro | CX 1 | Feb 2007 |
| Strata Studio Pro | CX 2 | ?? |
| Strata 3D | CX 3 | ?? |
| Strata 3D | CX 4 | ?? |
| Strata 3D | CX 5 | ?? |
| Strata 3D | CX 6 | 6-23-2009 |