The Eovia Corporation was founded in November 2000, with offices in both the
US and
France
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. The company's
3D computer graphics
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software products were aimed towards professional and amateur artists, with a focus on remaining accessible in price and usability.
On April 25, 2006, it was announced that
DAZ Productions (now Daz 3D Inc) had acquired the US division of Eovia, as well as the rights to
Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some Boxing the compass, west-northwest o ...
and
Hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Ancient Greek, Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple polygon, simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°.
Regular hexa ...
.
In June 2006,
Amapi, Eovia's last remaining product, was acquired by
e frontier. However, the future of Amapi's development is unclear, as it relies on the rendering engine from Carrara 3, now a Daz 3D product.
In July 2007,
e frontier closed the France branch and let the
Amapi development team go.
Good bye e frontier, Good bye Amapi...
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In March 2012, EOVIA founded a new Asset management company, Trade my Bitcoin
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in London
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with the participation of BARCLAYS Securities.
Products
* Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some Boxing the compass, west-northwest o ...
: Originally acquired from MetaCreations
MetaCreations was a computer software company that was best known for its graphics applications, notably Ray Dream Studio/Infini D, Fractal Design Painter, Bryce, and Kai's Power Tools.
History
MetaCreations was founded in 1997 by the mer ...
, Carrara
Carrara ( , ; , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some Boxing the compass, west-northwest o ...
is a toolset used for 3D modeling
In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based representation of any surface of an object (inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software by manipulating edges, vertices, an ...
, texturing, animation
Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...
, and industrial design
Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in advan ...
.
**VectorStyle: VectorStyle is a Carrara plug-in allowing 3D scenes to be rendered to two-dimensional vector graphics
Vector graphics is a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons. The associated mechanisms may include vector display a ...
in a variety of graphic styles and file formats. A popular use is rendering an animated 3D scene as an Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia Computing platform, software platform used for production of Flash animation, animations, rich web applications, application software, desktop applications, mobile apps, mo ...
file.
* Amapi: Amapi is an application used for the conception and creation of high-end 3D models
In 3D computer graphics, 3D modeling is the process of developing a mathematical coordinate-based representation of any surface of an object (inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software by manipulating edges, vertices, an ...
, often used for product design and architecture.
* Hexagon
In geometry, a hexagon (from Ancient Greek, Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple polygon, simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°.
Regular hexa ...
: Hexagon is a 3D polygon
In geometry, a polygon () is a plane figure that is described by a finite number of straight line segments connected to form a closed ''polygonal chain'' (or ''polygonal circuit''). The bounded plane region, the bounding circuit, or the two toge ...
al modeler used for the creation of organic 3D models.
*''Carrara Basics'': a simplified, easy to use and learn version of Carrara.
References
External links
Daz 3D web sitee frontier web site3DExtract.com
Defunct software companies of the United States
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