Questions & Answers

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  1. Who is Crystal TOPAS for?
  2. How does Crystal TOPAS compare with other products for the PC?
  3. What is the difference between Crystal TOPAS and Crystal TOPAS Professional?
  4. What is the difference between Crystal TOPAS and Crystal 3D Designer?

1. Who is Crystal TOPAS for?

Crystal TOPAS was created for multimedia animators and designers.

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2. How does Crystal TOPAS compare with other products for the PC?

Crystal TOPAS is an incredibly easy to use, fast high-quality output renderer with powerful texture mapping and lighting tools.

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3. What is the difference between Crystal TOPAS and Crystal TOPAS Professional?

Crystal TOPAS Professional has "broadcast" features that allow you to create higher quality animations than Crystal TOPAS. Broadcast features include: sequential TGA output up to 8k x 8k x 32bits, field rendering, motion trail, motion blur, alpha options, matting, rotoscoping video sequences from VTR, network rendering, and built-in interface to record frame-by-frame to tape.

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4. What is the difference between Crystal TOPAS and Crystal 3D Designer?

Crystal TOPAS does everything that Crystal 3D Designer does, but it also lets you create dynamic animations. Additionally, with Crystal TOPAS you can create AVI and FLC movies on your desktop.

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Winner of Post/Producer magazine's "Professional Choice Award for the Best 3D Animation Product Under $2,000." Add motion to your videos with CrystalGraphics Crystal TOPAS, an award-winning, fully integrated, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package. Crystal TOPAS produces high-quality digital video movies and still images. It includes powerful texture mapping tools, and tools to easily integrate 3D artwork with photographic backgrounds and digital images. Winner of Post/Producer magazine's "Professional Choice Award for the Best 3D Animation Product Under $2,000." Add motion to your videos with CrystalGraphics Crystal TOPAS, an award-winning, fully integrated, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package. Crystal TOPAS produces high-quality digital video movies and still images. It includes powerful texture mapping tools, and tools to easily integrate 3D artwork with photographic backgrounds and digital images. Winner of Post/Producer magazine's "Professional Choice Award for the Best 3D Animation Product Under $2,000." Add motion to your videos with CrystalGraphics Crystal TOPAS, an award-winning, fully integrated, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package. Crystal TOPAS produces high-quality digital video movies and still images. It includes powerful texture mapping tools, and tools to easily integrate 3D artwork with photographic backgrounds and digital images. Winner of Post/Producer magazine's "Professional Choice Award for the Best 3D Animation Product Under $2,000." Add motion to your videos with CrystalGraphics Crystal TOPAS, an award-winning, fully integrated, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package. Crystal TOPAS produces high-quality digital video movies and still images. It includes powerful texture mapping tools, and tools to easily integrate 3D artwork with photographic backgrounds and digital images. Winner of Post/Producer magazine's "Professional Choice Award for the Best 3D Animation Product Under $2,000." Add motion to your videos with CrystalGraphics Crystal TOPAS, an award-winning, fully integrated, 3D modeling, rendering, and animation package. Crystal TOPAS produces high-quality digital video movies and still images. It includes powerful texture mapping tools, and tools to easily integrate 3D artwork with photographic backgrounds and digital images.
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