User Interface

• 3D authoring environment
• Drag and drop objects and components
• Dockable windows
• Tabbed palettes

Workflow

• Universal Inspector palette
• Storage palette with thumbnails
• Refresh file
• Multiple undo/redo

Composition Tools

• 3D layers
• Unified 2D/3D environment with rulers and snapping
• Blend modes (screen, multiply, etc)
• Multiple cameras (including edit cameras)
• Video mapping on 3D objects
• Basic 3D primitives (Rectangles, spheres, etc)

3D Engine

• Real-time 3D engine
• Hardware acceleration for high-end machines
• 3D software rendering for low-end machines
• Level of detail and distance culling
• Lights (point, spot and directional)

Text

• Paragraph text
• Perspective text
• Embedded or referenced fonts
• Font styles (bold, italics, etc)
• Tracking and leading
• Scrolling
• Text labels

Small File Size

• Highly compressed binary file format
• Optionally stream video, images, music

Animation

• Professional Timeline
• Animate any numerical property
• Keyframe-based animation
• Timeline snapping / guides
• Cut/Copy/Paste

Basic Interactivity Tools

• Slides
• Master slide templates
• Code-free action authoring
• Drag-and-drop components (buttons, menus, etc)
• Drag-and-drop behaviors
• Scriptlets

Advanced Interactivity Tools

• JavaScript editor
• Custom behavior authoring
• Custom events authoring
• Custom action authoring
• Custom properties authoring
• Morphing and vertex manipulation
• Pan/Tilt/Zoom JavaScript behaviors

Data Connectivity (Requires Client SDK license)

• Runtime loading of Anark playback modules
• XML support
• LMS support
• SCORM support

Physics

• Highly precise vector-based collision detection
• Walk through collision
• Particle generator

3D Import

• 3ds Max (PC, Versions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
• Maya (PC, Versions 5, 6, 7)
• Lightwave (PC, Versions 6, 7, 8)
• 3DS
• Collada exported from Max & Maya

2D Import

• PSD (Photoshop)
• PNG
• TGA
• BMP
• JPG

Video Import

• MOV
• AVI
• MPG
• ASF
• WMV
• M1V
• MPE

Audio Import

• OGG
• WAV
• MP3
• AIF

CD DVD-ROM Export

• Projector for Windows (EXE)
• Anark standalone player for Windows

Web Export

• Anark free Web plug-in for Windows (Internet Explorer)

Miscellaneous Export

• Video (AVI, DV)
• Screensaver (Windows SCR)

Learning Materials

• Video quick starts
• Reference manual
• Behavior reference
• Online tutorials

Anark Studio 4.0 System Requirements

• Intel Core 2 Duo or Quad processor, 2 GHz or faster
• NVIDIA Quadro FX Series 1700 or better
• 4 GB RAM
• 5+ GB free disk space
• Microsoft Windows® XP Professional, SP2, 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft .NET 2.0 SP1 (installed if not present)