FrameForge Previz Studio 3
Version Comparison Chart
Version 3 Basic Info | Core Version | Professional Version | Stereographic 3D Version | All 4 Expansion Packs |
| Characters (four ethnicities, adults can be aged anywhere between 20 to 60 years old, can be made fatter; men can be made "buff", women can be made "busty" or "pregnant") | 32 Adults (with fully redesigned clothing and hair) 32 All New Teenagers 8 Children • 4 Babies | |||
| Animal Actors, all of which can be fully posed and are all capable of animal appropriate facial expressions | Domestic Animals: 3 Cats, 2 Dogs, 8 Horses and 2 Sheep Wild Animals: | |||
| Clothing & Hair Options for Adults & Teenagers | 18 hairstyles in 10 hair colors Over 5,000 different clothing combinations and 27MB of Clothing Textures & Decals | over 45 additional costumes for thousands of new combinations | ||
| Pre-Built Sets | 8 | 49 additional sets | ||
| World-Ready Objects™ that know how to interact with one another (excluding Expansion Packs) | 1150+ | 1250+ | 1252+ | over 350 additional major objects |
How do the three Versions Compare?
(and yes, these are just the NEW features we've added in Version 3)
| Ease of Use / Interface Features & Enhancements | |||
NEW Version 3 Features | Core | Professional | Stereographic 3D |
| Context-Sensitive Control Orbs™ put all the object controls (Spin, Scale, Tilt, Facial Expressions etc.) right at your fingertips | yes | yes | yes |
| Character IK allows you to drag an actor's wrists and have the arm automatically follow, while an automatic 90° view makes it easy to see how it's moving in 3D Space | yes | yes | yes |
| Full Mouse Camera Control using only the two mouse buttons, scroll wheel and ALT & SHIFT keys to control every camera function | yes | yes | yes |
| Dynamic Scroll Wheel Functionality ensures that whatever screen element the cursor is over is what is controlled by the Mouse's Scroll Wheel. Put it in the Main View of the control room and it will zoom in/out the currently selected camera; put it over the monitors and it will scroll them left or right (if you have more than will all fit on screen); put it over the object library and it will scroll the section it's over and so on... | yes | yes | yes |
| Monitor Labeling makes it even clearer as to which camera is which, and allows you to describe the camera by function or operator or anything else. | yes | yes | yes |
| New Director's Pad™ (USB Game Pad) functionality allows you to "double-up" the joysticks so they both control camera or object functions, allowing you to dolly with one joystick while panning with the other, for example. | yes | yes | yes |
| Shot Manager New Features & Enhancements | |||
NEW Version 3 Features | Core | Professional | Stereographic 3D |
| Collapsible Sequence Hierarchy allows you to more easily deal with full story- boards, letting you view only the ones you want to immediately work with. | yes | yes | yes |
| Collapsible Tweens allow you to hide tweens in the shot Manager so you can focus on the main shots | yes | yes | yes |
| Shift Selection allows you to select a range of SHOTS from the last selected shot to the shot you click while holding SHIFT down (this behavior can be reverted to Version 2 behavior on the Program Options Dialog if desired) | yes | yes | yes |
| New Text Label Object allows you to add text and/or dynamic shot data such as Focal Length or Camera Height to a frame or blueprint view | yes | yes | yes |
| Shot Duration can now be set as low as 1/30th of a second allowing for full 30fps animation if you want it | yes | yes | yes |
| New Shot Duration "Set All" Button allows you to set the duration of all selected shots with one click | yes | yes | yes |
| Screen / Display Features & Enhancements (asterisked features requires an OpenGL Accelerated Graphics Card) | |||
NEW Version 3 Features | Core | Professional | Stereographic 3D |
| GPU Acceleration with Optimized Polygon Pipeline means the program runs even faster than previous versions | yes* | yes* | yes* |
| Full Width Live Screen will now be displayed at the largest size supported by your monitor | yes* | yes* | yes* |
| Full Sun, Ambient and Fill Light Control with Shadows lets you control the overall scene's lighting, while shadows instantly add depth and tone | yes* | yes* | yes* |
| On Screen Anti-Aliasing makes the on-screen display much cleaner by removing jagged edges on rounded and diagonal lines | yes* | yes* | yes* |
| New Selection Glow makes it easier to see what's selected without blocking your view. | yes* | yes* | yes* |
| Dynamic Down-Sampling of Images allows FrameForge Previz Studio to always run as fast as possible by displaying on-screen images in lower resolution when needed while actively editing on a set, then increasing the resolution when you pause | yes | yes | yes |
| New Glow Colors give object parts an optional glow color, which is particularly useful for making light bulbs or eyes of cats glow... | yes | yes | yes |
| Textures with Alpha Masks supported for applying to objects though transparent areas are not rendered as transparent for shadows and lighting are now | yes | yes | yes |
| Infinite Plane with Sky Dome allows you to create outdoor environments of unparalleled reality with textured skies and grounds | yes | yes | yes |
| (includes sky & ground textures plus you can add your own) | |||
| New and Improved Rendering Styles with all New Render Style Designer allow you to choose among over a dozen rendering styles to create boards with the look you want | 14 | 14 | 14 |
(with the possibility of making more) | |||
| Objects / Library Features & Enhancements | |||
NEW Version 3 Features | Core | Professional | Stereographic 3D |
| Google® Sketchup® File Importing allows you to import any .SKP file, including those produced by the Free Version of Sketchup® and those found on Google Warehouse | yes | yes | yes |
| Object Library Tabs give you instant access to five of the most useful features (Actors, Props, Lighting, Select Objects and Depth of Field) with a simple tab click | yes | yes | yes |
| Object Library Icon Zoom now automatically zooms icons in the Object Library to twice their size when you hover your mouse over them, allowing you to more clearly see what you're selecting | yes | yes | yes |
| "Billboarded" Trees, Extras and Building Blocks are very low polygon 2D background objects which always face the camera, allowing you to easily build forests or crowds that look "full" from any angle without over-taxing your computer | yes | yes | yes |
| New Hinges & Sliders allow you to specify exactly where they should be glued, what the name and range of the hinge or slider should be and more, making building user objects even easier and more powerful | yes | yes | yes |
| New Multi-Alignment Menu allows you apply multiple alignments simultaneously (e.g. left and top) and now also allows you to align objects by height | yes | yes | yes |
| Free Position Mode New Features & Enhancements | |||
NEW Version 3 Features | Core | Professional | Stereographic 3D |
| Auto-Zooming Overhead View makes it even easier to see the exact object relationships in 3D Space | yes | yes | yes |
| Dynamic Rotation/Selection now automatically switches between object selection and view rotation depending on whether you click on an object or just on the set. | yes | yes | yes |
| North, South, East, West, and Top buttons will instantly adjust the view to DUE NORTH, DUE SOUTH, etc. at an extremely long focal length to minimize parallax effects | yes | yes | yes |
| PRO / STEREO ONLY FEATURES >> | |||
