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<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</p>
<p>PUPPETTIME, INC. ANNOUNCES PREVIEW RELEASE OF PUPPETTIME DIRECTOR</p>
<p>New Internet Company Demonstrates Easy-To-Use 3D Storytelling<br />
Technology, Invites Potential Customers To Make Requests</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (March 25th, 1999) - PuppetTime, Inc. announced today<br />
that it has released a preview of its revolutionary 3D storytelling<br />
application, PuppetTime(R) Director, on its web site<br />
<a href="http://www.puppettime.com/" title="http://www.puppettime.com/">http://www.puppettime.com/</a>. PuppetTime Director allows users to<br />
manipulate 3D puppets using PuppetTime's patent-pending 3D digital<br />
actor plug-in architecture, which is built on top of Apple's<br />
QuickTime. Downloading the free preview will allow Mac users with<br />
QuickTime to create and view 3D movies. Playback for Windows users is<br />
also available.</p>
<p>"The core philosophy at PuppetTime, Inc. is to bring the power of<br />
storytelling to the rest of us," says Deeje Cooley, PuppetTime's<br />
founder and CTO, "Everyone has a story to tell. Children are natural<br />
storytellers, while executives and professionals incorporate<br />
storytelling into their daily business practices. PuppetTime will<br />
make 3D animation accessible to all."</p>
<p>PuppetTime Director is easy to use and requires no previous 3D<br />
modeling or animation experience. The PuppetTime technology is a<br />
framework for scriptable 3D digital actors, called puppets. Each<br />
puppet is a self-contained plug-in, with interactive controls, that<br />
knows how to render and animate itself in 3D. A user can create a 3D<br />
movie by entering dialog, selecting predefined actions, and moving<br />
puppets around a stage. Additional plug-ins for new characters,<br />
stages, costumes, and props will be available on the company's<br />
web-site.</p>
<p>PuppetTime itself is built on top of QuickTime, which is the dominant<br />
cross-platform multimedia architecture. By leveraging QuickTime,<br />
PuppetTime can be combined with other media types, like video, sound,<br />
text and music. PuppetTime movies store only commands and meta-data,<br />
so they are quite small, and easily stream-able across today's<br />
standard modem connections.</p>
<p>PuppetTime's COO, Tal Fried, feels their technology is needed<br />
because, "the biggest barrier to consumer 3D animation is the steep<br />
learning curve. Nobody wants to spend hours learning a how to create<br />
3D characters and then learn how to animate those characters to tell<br />
a story. With our technology, anyone can create fully animated 3D<br />
stories with just 3 click of their mouse."</p>
<p>There are many uses for PuppetTime's technology. For children,<br />
PuppetTime Director can develop writing skills, increase<br />
understanding of social studies, and foster personal growth. For<br />
entertainment professionals, PuppetTime Director can help during<br />
pre-production to pre-visualize scenes in movies, TV shows, theater,<br />
and advertisements. PuppetTime hopes their web-site will foster a<br />
community for 3D storytellers to share their creations. In time the<br />
web-site will also host live productions of original works and<br />
webisodic content.</p>
<p>Visitors to the web-site are encouraged to make requests for new<br />
features and characters (accessible from the front page in the<br />
"Requests" section). Mr. Cooley says, "the initial response to<br />
PuppetTime has been phenomenal, and we'd like to ensure we're<br />
delivering real customer value. Tell us what you need to tell us your<br />
story."</p>
<p>Screenshots are available at<br />
(<a href="http://www.puppettime.com/screenshots/" title="http://www.puppettime.com/screenshots/">http://www.puppettime.com/screenshots/</a>). Requests can be made at<br />
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