<s>
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
was	O
a	O
warping	O
and	O
morphing	O
software	O
application	O
available	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
workstations	B-Device
and	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
made	O
its	O
name	O
with	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
of	O
its	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
resulting	O
warps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
ASDG	O
of	O
Madison	O
,	O
Wisconsin	O
,	O
which	O
renamed	O
itself	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
Inc	O
,	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
its	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
rebranded	O
Softimage	B-Device
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
after	O
Avid	O
separately	O
acquired	O
Softimage	B-Device
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
1994	O
,	O
ASDG	O
had	O
started	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	O
,	O
and	O
produced	O
an	O
image	O
processing	O
application	O
called	O
Art	O
Department	O
Professional	O
(	O
ADPro	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
1992	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
called	O
MorphPlus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
early	O
as	O
1994	O
,	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
for	O
SGI	O
,	O
(	O
written	O
by	O
Paul	O
Miller	O
at	O
ASDG	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Ted	O
Fay	O
at	O
VisionArt	O
)	O
became	O
the	O
de	O
facto	O
morphing	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
broadcast	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
contributed	O
to	O
hundreds	O
of	O
feature	O
films	O
and	O
television	O
effects	O
,	O
including	O
The	O
Iron	O
Giant	O
,	O
Star	O
Trek	O
:	O
Deep	O
Space	O
Nine	O
,	O
Independence	O
Day	O
,	O
The	O
Mask	O
,	O
and	O
Batman	B-Application
Forever	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Gryphon	O
Software	O
Morph	O
,	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
continues	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
present	O
day	O
on	O
old	O
computers	O
maintained	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
running	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Avid	O
made	O
the	O
core	O
image	O
warping	O
engine	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
one	O
morphing	O
and	O
one	O
image	O
warping	O
effect	O
in	O
Avid	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Illusion	I-Device
5.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newest	O
product	O
to	O
make	O
these	O
available	O
is	O
SoftimageXSI	B-Device
v6.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
which	O
features	O
an	O
integrated	O
2D	O
image	O
compositing	O
module	O
that	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
Avid	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Illusion	I-Device
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
application	O
,	O
these	O
effects	O
use	O
the	O
2D	O
shape	O
,	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
other	O
features	O
native	O
to	O
these	O
products	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
interaction	O
is	O
different	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
end	O
results	O
can	O
be	O
the	O
same	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
Avid	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Illusion	I-Device
and	O
XSI	O
6.0	O
,	O
morphs	O
can	O
be	O
performed	O
with	O
B-spline	B-Algorithm
curves	O
and	O
polygonal	O
lines	O
,	O
can	O
process	O
16-bit	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
offer	O
an	O
interactive	O
OpenGL	O
preview	O
of	O
the	O
warp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
classic	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
application	O
offered	O
only	O
Bezier	O
curve	O
,	O
8-bit	O
image	O
processing	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
wireframe	O
preview	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
rendering	O
step	O
for	O
accurate	O
preview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
the	O
classic	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
application	O
featured	O
items	O
like	O
shape	O
grouping	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
matting	O
or	O
complex	O
intersection	O
groups	O
,	O
a	O
path	O
tracing	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
seldom	O
used	O
motion	O
graphics	O
tools	O
to	O
constrain	O
and	O
animate	O
shapes	O
on	O
a	O
path	O
and	O
edit	O
keyframes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Avid	O
DS	O
features	O
equivalent	O
animation	O
tools	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Graphics	O
"	O
module	O
,	O
and	O
standard	O
tools	O
in	O
these	O
host	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
mask	O
and	O
combine	O
image	O
warping	O
effects	O
,	O
often	O
in	O
ways	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
the	O
classic	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
application	O
offered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perry	O
Kivolowitz	O
and	O
Garth	O
Dickie	O
received	O
a	O
1996	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
Award	O
from	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
for	O
the	O
invention	O
of	O
shape-based	O
warping	O
and	O
morphing	O
embodied	O
in	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
VersionCompanyHardwareO/SRelease	O
datePriceComments	O
/	O
Significant	O
changes	O
(	O
selected	O
)	O
MorphPlus	O
ASDG	O
Inc	O
.	O
Amiga	O
Amiga	O
OS	O
1992	O
$49Elastic	O
Reality	O
1.0ASDG	O
Inc	O
.	O
Mac	O
OS	O
1993	O
$995	O
,	O
promo	O
$345	O
Windows	B-Application
August	O
1994	O
$495	O
1st	O
Windows	B-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
SGI	O
version	O
1.3	O
plus	O
some	O
compositing	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
SGI	O
2.0	O
release	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
2.0	O
Elastic	B-Device
Reality	I-Device
Inc	O
.	O
SGI	O
IRIX	O
October	O
1994	O
$	O
5,000	O
Additional	O
compositing	O
tools	O
not	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
Mac	O
version	O
(	O
multiple	O
matte	O
types	O
and	O
composite	O
stages	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
