<s>
Strata	O
Design	O
3D	O
CX	O
8	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
incarnation	O
of	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
named	O
StrataVision	B-Application
3D	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
all-purpose	O
3D	O
modeling	O
application	O
with	O
photo-real	O
rendering	O
ability	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
tight	O
integration	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
is	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
illustration/multimedia	O
market	O
rather	O
than	O
at	O
the	O
movie/games	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
software	O
in	O
its	O
various	O
iterations	O
has	O
received	O
awards	O
and	O
praise	O
from	O
many	O
sources	O
including	O
MacUser	O
UK	O
,	O
Digit	O
Magazine	O
,	O
Layers	O
Magazine	O
,	O
DigitalArts	O
,	O
MacWorld	O
,	O
and	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
User	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
desktop	O
3D	O
graphics	O
applications	O
,	O
releasing	O
its	O
first	O
application	O
,	O
StrataVision	B-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	O
announced	O
initial	O
funding	O
for	O
its	O
move	O
into	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
(	O
AR	O
)	O
and	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raydiosity	O
and	O
raytracing	B-Algorithm
rendering	O
options	O
include	O
many	O
customization	O
options	O
such	O
as	O
rendering	O
to	O
an	O
alpha	O
channel	O
,	O
rendering	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
layers	O
,	O
gamma	O
control	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
load	O
or	O
save	O
custom	O
render	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
options	O
include	O
blurry	O
transparency	O
and	O
reflectivity	O
,	O
instance	O
rendering	O
,	O
shadows	O
,	O
soft	O
shadows	O
,	O
MIP	B-Data_Structure
mapping	I-Data_Structure
,	O
specular	O
highlight	O
,	O
anti-matter	O
effects	O
and	O
stereoscopic	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Texturing	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
palette	O
of	O
hundreds	O
of	O
premade	O
surface	O
textures	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
ones	O
using	O
features	O
like	O
live-linking	O
to	O
native	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
and	O
Illustrator	B-Language
files	O
–	O
make	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
or	O
Illustrator	B-Language
and	O
the	O
model	O
surface	O
is	O
automatically	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
native	O
UV	O
mapping	O
,	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
hierarchical	O
control	O
,	O
normal	B-Application
maps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
premade	O
and	O
customizable	O
volumetric	O
and	O
solid	O
textures	O
including	O
fog	O
,	O
haze	O
,	O
mist	O
,	O
and	O
clouds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conform	O
to	O
Mesh	O
UV	O
mapping	O
uses	O
LSCM	O
(	O
least	B-Data_Structure
squares	I-Data_Structure
conformal	I-Data_Structure
maps	I-Data_Structure
)	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
scripting	B-Language
,	O
hierarchical	O
animation	O
,	O
visible	O
paths	O
,	O
animation	O
previews	O
,	O
event-based	O
convert	O
to	O
path	O
,	O
key	O
frames	O
,	O
velocity	O
graphs	O
,	O
'	O
life	O
 '	O
control	O
,	O
align	O
to	O
path	O
,	O
inverse	O
and	O
forward	O
kinematics	O
,	O
and	O
proportional	O
event	O
scaling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
is	O
Strata	O
Design	O
3D	O
CX	O
8.1	O
which	O
adds	O
Embree	O
Raycasting	O
from	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6	O
also	O
added	O
tighter	O
integration	O
with	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
CS4	O
Extended	O
via	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
plug-ins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Design	O
3D	O
's	O
Model	O
,	O
TexturePaint	O
,	O
Match	O
and	O
Render	O
plug-ins	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
easily	O
send	O
models	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
from	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
to	O
create	O
,	O
edit	O
and	O
texture	O
3D	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Design	O
3D	O
CX	O
5.x	O
releases	O
beginning	O
in	O
2006	O
included	O
subdivision	O
surfaces	O
(	O
Catmull	O
–	O
Clark	O
algorithm	O
–	O
based	O
polygon	O
smoothing	O
)	O
,	O
scripting	B-Language
via	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
rendering	O
to	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
offered	O
new	O
subdivision	O
tools	O
,	O
scripting	B-Language
support	O
,	O
bones	O
and	O
IK	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
history	O
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
CX	O
v4.x	O
releases	O
in	O
2004	O
included	O
Polygon	O
modeling	O
tools	O
and	O
Subdivision	O
Surface	O
modeling	O
(	O
SDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strata	O
StudioPro	O
1.75	O
Blitz	O
in	O
1996	O
added	O
support	O
of	O
QuickDraw	O
3D	O
,	O
multiprocessor	O
support	O
,	O
VRML	B-Application
export	O
and	O
the	O
Raytracing	B-Algorithm
renderer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
Strata	O
StudioPro	O
1.5	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
with	O
StrataVision	B-Application
remaining	O
a	O
reduced-feature	O
"	O
light	O
"	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
2.0	O
introduced	O
the	O
Raydiosity	O
rendering	O
algorithm	O
(	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
radiosity	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
more	O
powerful	O
modeling	O
features	O
,	O
faster	O
rendering	O
,	O
basic	O
animation	O
and	O
extensibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
Strata	O
company	O
in	O
1988	O
to	O
facilitate	O
professional	O
3D	O
graphics	O
on	O
regular	O
desktop	O
Macs	B-Device
.	I-Device
</s>
