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ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Halloween, Oct. 31, 1992 - The VALIS Group announces
the availability of all six volumes of their VG Shaders through Stone
Design for use with Stone's new NeXT RenderMan modeler - 3D Reality.  

VG Shaders are applied to an object or shape within 3D Reality and 
rendered with RenderMan.  The shader itself is a small mathematical 
program controlled by the user to create unique looking surfaces 
simply by changing parameters from within the 3D Reality program.

3D Reality(TM) is a 3D modeling and picture-creating program for
NeXTSTEP computers that sets a new standard for ease of use and
flexibility.  Just as Stone Design's revolutionary graphics package
Create provided a user interface that makes all the power of
PostScript accessible to mere mortals, so 3D Reality allows users to
take advantage of the myriad of features provided by the 3DKit in
NeXTSTEP 3.0 as well as the underlying RenderMan architecture.

"3D Reality is the premier visualization and design tool for NeXT users.
3D Reality provides artists and designers with an intuitive and graphical  
interface to the power of VG Shaders and RenderMan on the NeXT platform.   
Most
importantly, its modeling capabilities create high quality objects in the
RIB format; a critical aspect of making 3D pictures look photorealistic,"
RoseAnn Alspektor, CEO, The VALIS Group.

"We are pleased to announce the availability of the entire VALIS 
line of shaders directly from Stone Design. They make it easy to create
professional photorealistic pictures using 3D Reality," commented
Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "The VALIS group is committed to 
providing state of the art shaders to the rendering world, and we are
proud to be distributing their tools."

The VALIS Group is currently the leading supplier of shaders on the
Macintosh, PC/DOS and NeXT platforms.  The six volumes are:

Volume 1-Product Design/Architecture
Volume 2-Architecture: Interior Desing
Volume 3-Architecture: Exterior Design
Volume 4-Illustration: Spectral/Splotch
Voluem 5-Illustration: Mondo/Hide
Volume 6-Illustration: Painted Chipped/Blistered/Peeling & Brushed Metals

Shipping with 3D Reality are two complementary VALIS shaders, Bumpy Glass
and Wood Veneer. These shaders are totally parameterized, and can be set
up interactively from within the Reality program.

The VALIS Group, of Pt. Richmond, California, provides
professional tools for digital picture making across many platforms.

Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984,
develops a variety of business and design productivity applications
for NeXTSTEP computers. (505) 345-4800. info@stone.com

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3D Reality and Create are trademarks of Stone Design
Corporation. NeXT and NeXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. 
VG Shaders is a trademark of the VALIS Group. All other brand names 
mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective  
owners.
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