PRESS RELEASE

Paris, FRANCE, April 24th 2009, N-Sided announces the release of QUIDAM 3, the new version of its unmatched 3D character creation program.

Known for its high productivity and originality, QUIDAM is unique in being able to generate thousands of different characters instantly.

QUIDAM‘s Studios (combining, sculpting, posing, painting…) are totally dedicated to personal creation, offering very natural and intuitive methods. One of the most recognized advantage of QUIDAM is its use in professional work environments. QUIDAM is the only character generator able to perfectly export multiresolution models, ready to be animated into all major 3D applications.

Coming with a lot of great new features and top quality 3D and 2D content, QUIDAM 3 is even more Professional and Creative!

In a few words:

• QUIDAM 3 offers an advanced Catalogs system to help saving and reusing all kind of 3D component (characters, morphs, lights, props…).
• The 3D Paint Module has been fully rewritten to be much more accurate and to provide a direct bridge with 2D paint editors (like Photoshop).
• An automatic UV projection system has been added to automatically prepare imported objects so that they can be textured. N-Sided innovates again with an amazing approach that allows you to retouchs UV maps directly onto the 3D model.
• Many other new features dramatically improve QUIDAM: Self shadows in real time, major improvements in edition of skeletons and proportions, an extended QUI format…
• This new version comes with a huge amount of new 2D and 3D : custom characters, textured multiresolution 3D objects, paint and bump brushes, high resolution textures, backgrounds and floor images, skeletons, poses, camera presets, etc.

QUIDAM Prime

A new product is launched to complete the line: QUIDAM Prime. Greatly expected by development studios, this new package includes QUIDAM 3 Studio features, the export plug-ins for Maya and 3D Studio Max and, above all, adds licensing rights for the generated 3D models. Therefore the license of QUIDAM 3 Prime allows the use of an unlimited number of QUIDAM models into video games and applications.

QUIDAM 3 IN DETAIL:

Quidam Prime

A new product is launched to complete the QUIDAM line.

Greatly expected by development studios, the new package includes QUIDAM 3 Studio features, the Maya and 3D Studio Max export plug-ins and, above all, adds licensing rights for the generated 3D models.

The license of QUIDAM 3 Prime allows the use of an unlimited number of QUIDAM models in your video games or in any other type of applications.

QUIDAM 3 Prime, the new professional standard to populate video games and virtual worlds!

Catalogs

QUIDAM 3 comes with an advanced Catalogs System, a major new feature!

Natural, powerful and efficient, these catalogs allow to save and select in one click the transformations you made, the poses, the brushes and the textures you created, etc.

Pick in the multitude of new presets that these catalogs offer, to select paint brushes, background images, floors, props, complete environments, etc.

2D/3D content

To help you creating great scenes and models, QUIDAM 3 is loaded with dozens of textured multiresolution objects.

In its rich libraries, QUIDAM 3 offers a multitude of new custom characters, new high resolution textures, paint and bump brushes, background and floor images for the scenes, poses, skeletons, camera presets etc.

Paint

The Real Time 3D Paint module has been fully rewritten with advanced algorithms to be much faster and more accurate.

More flexible too… in a single click, you can send the textures of the 3D model to your 2D software (Photoshop, etc.), retouch them and see your modifications automatically updated in QUIDAM.

UV edition

QUIDAM 3 offers its own UV projection system that, in a few clicks, will add UV coordinates to your imported objects so that they can be painted.

On top of that, N-Sided innovates again by inventing an advanced system for UV retouches. It lets you modify the placement of the textures directly by clicking and dragging on the 3D model. Work on the final result as if you were deforming the texture!

Self shadows

The Real Time 3D display of QUIDAM gets better again. It proposes Self Shadows in addition to projected shadows.

See in real time the shadow effects of a lock of hair, a hand in front of the mouth, a prop… on your character, for a much more realistic visualization.

QUIDAM 3 features a lot of other new improvements:

• A smart SCRATCH system replays morph sequences as if you were sliding your finger on a piano keys. Indispensable and precious to prepare animation sequences.
• The proprietary QUI and QDM formats have been extended to support more features…
• Major improvements has been made in skeletons and proportions edition modules. The creation of characters of any size and proportions, giants, gnomes, cartoon heroes… is now child’s play. A leap forward in creativity!
• Already recognized as a very stable application, QUIDAM includes a lot of corrections and optimizations to be even more productive and pleasant to use.

Prices

QUIDAM AND QUIDAM STUDIO:

Products from the QUIDAM and QUIDAM Studio lines do not include Licensing.

Therefore the models are created for 2D images and animations. They cannot be used into applications (video games, simulation, virtual worlds etc.).

V.A.T. excluded

QUIDAM 3 - €199
QUIDAM 3 Studio – €449
3DS MAX export plug-in – €75
Maya export plug-in – €75
Cinema 4D export plug-in – €75
LightWave export plug-in – €75
Carrara export plug-in – €75
COLLADA export plug-in* – €99
CAD-CAM export plug-in* – €99
MP Pro Boy – €79
MP Pro Girl – €79
MP Pro Woman – €79
MP Pro Boy Girl Woman – €159
Argile – €59

Upgrades

QUIDAM 1 to QUIDAM 3 - €129
QUIDAM 1 to QUIDAM 3 Studio – €379
QUIDAM 2 to QUIDAM 3 - €99
QUIDAM 2 to QUIDAM 3 Studio – €349
QUIDAM 2 Studio to QUIDAM 3 Studio – €169
QUIDAM 3 to QUIDAM 3 Studio – €279

*included in QUIDAM 3 Studio

Education: Students, professors and universities can purchase N-Sided’s products with very important discounts from 40% to 70%.

QUIDAM PRIME:

Products from the QUIDAM Prime line include Licensing.

Therefore the models can be integrated into applications (video games, simulation, virtual worlds etc.).

V.A.T. excluded

QUIDAM 3 Prime – €4250

MP Pro Boy Prime – €595
MP Pro Girl Prime – €595
MP Pro Woman Prime – €595
MP Pro Boy Girl Woman Prime – €1395

Site Licenses

3 seats of QUIDAM 3 Prime – €7950
5 seats of QUIDAM 3 Prime – €11950
10 seats of QUIDAM 3 Prime – €16900

Upgrades

QUIDAM 2 Studio to QUIDAM 3 Prime – €4.050
QUIDAM 3 Studio to QUIDAM 3 Prime – €3.950

Special Pricing for INDEPENDENT DEVELOPERS (“INDIES”):

To be eligible as “Indie”, a customer shall have had a turnover lower than €180.000 (approx. $237.000 USD) during the last fiscal year. All details are in the End User License Agreement.

V.A.T. excluded

QUIDAM 3 Prime – Indie €895

MP Pro Boy Prime – Indie: €195
MP Pro Girl Prime – Indie: €195
MP Pro Woman Prime – Indie: €195
MP Pro Boy Girl Woman Prime – Indie: €495

Upgrades

QUIDAM 2 Studio to QUIDAM 3 Prime – Indie: €695
QUIDAM 3 Studio to QUIDAM 3 Prime – Indie: €595

About N-Sided

N-Sided is a French company founded in 2003 by Pierre Bretagnolle and Sébastien Berthet with the ambitious goal of giving 3D back to the professionals of creation: the artists. QUIDAM is the first step in this direction… the first because other technologies are ready, which promise to open 3D to new creative horizons.

For more information, visit www.n-sided.com.