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a	O
3D	O
character	O
animation	O
application	O
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by	O
Hash	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
that	O
includes	O
tools	O
for	O
modeling	O
,	O
rigging	O
,	O
animating	O
,	O
texturing	O
,	O
lighting	O
and	O
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.	O
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Although	O
Animation:Master	B-Application
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developed	O
for	O
and	O
is	O
targeted	O
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independent	O
artists	O
,	O
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a	O
workflow	O
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enable	O
one	O
artist	O
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a	O
rendered	O
animated	O
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from	O
start	O
to	O
finish	O
,	O
the	O
workflow	O
also	O
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for	O
larger	O
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.	O
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The	O
software	O
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a	O
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technology	O
to	O
perform	O
modeling	O
and	O
animation	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
different	O
in	O
this	O
sense	O
from	O
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.	O
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from	O
the	O
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4-sided	O
patches	O
common	O
in	O
many	O
spline	B-Algorithm
modeling	O
environments	O
,	O
Animation:Master	B-Application
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also	O
create	O
3	O
and	O
5-sided	O
patches	O
which	O
enable	O
mesh	B-Algorithm
topologies	O
not	O
possible	O
in	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
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<s>
To	O
learn	O
more	O
about	O
Animation:Master	B-Application
'	O
s	O
features	O
,	O
see	O
Animation:Master	B-Application
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The	O
pro	O
version	O
was	O
named	O
Animation:Master	B-Application
.	O
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12	O
(	O
2005	O
)	O
Cloth	O
,	O
Layered	O
Rendering	O
into	O
OpenEXR	B-Application
image	O
format	O
.	O
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<s>
Version	O
13	O
(	O
2006	O
)	O
Hair	O
,	O
Rigid-body	O
Dynamics	O
,	O
File	O
formats	O
now	O
XML	B-Protocol
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.	O
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