Strata 3D CX 5.5 adds tremendous power while becoming even more user-friendly. Workflow and tools are now more familiar than ever to Adobe customers. More power for modeling, animating - and now scripting - have been added to Strata 3D CX 5.5. In short, this is the most important 3D application release for designers, illustrators and mixed-media artists - ever.

Strata Foto 3D is an efficient photo-based system for modeling real world objects. Powered by patented model generation and sophisticated texturing technology, Strata Foto 3D allows a 3D model to be created quickly and inexpensively while requiring no technical skill or expensive hardware. Strata Foto 3D creates models that can be displayed and used in a variety of applications.

Strata Live 3D works with 3D modeling applications such as Strata 3D CX, Strata Foto 3D, 3D Studio Max, Maya, and more. You can also use pre-made models from commercial model collections such as TurboSquid.com. Regardless of where you get your 3D content from, Strata Live 3D will add interactivity to your projects and new options for your clients.

Strata 3D: Vector is a plug-in for Strata 3D CX that exports your images and animations as vector graphics. Vector graphics are used in applications like Adobe Illustrator (AI, EPS) and Macromedia Flash (SWF). Vector graphics are most commonly used for line art projects. Render a 3D logo, object, or scene to edit in Illustrator. Or render for use in your Flash web projects.

Bogged down with multiple projects that need to be rendered? Let Strata RenderPro give you a hand. Put the other computers in your office to work rendering your images or animations, while you work on other projects. Strata RenderPro can be used on an unlimited number of computers within your Local Area Network (LAN). Harvest the power of your entire network to speed up your renderings many times over.

Strata Foto 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 allows you to generate 3D models from photographs shot with a standard digital camera. These objects include the 3D model data as well as the photo-based surface textures. Strata Foto 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 is an efficient Adobe Photoshop Extended plug-in for modeling real world objects from a series of photographs.

Strata Design 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 includes three powerful tools: Match[in], Model[in] and Render[in] synchronized to Strata's award winning Strata 3D CX application engine. Match[in] allows you to match 3D objects to the perspective of a 2D photograph. This filter works in conjunction with Photoshop's Vanishing Point filter to merge synthetic objects with real-world scenes for photo-real results.

With Strata Live 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 you are able to create real-time interactive 3D content for web sites and PDF documents from Photoshop CS3 Extended which includes 3D content. Strata Live 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 is a powerful 3D plug-in for Adobe Photoshop Extended which creates content for the Web and PDF documents. It create content perfect for marketing projects, online catalogs, training manuals, presentations, and much more. Based on Java, all content created using Strata Live 3D [in] PhotoShop CS3 works on virtually any machine.

Strata 3D [in] Photoshop CS3 adds 3D model-to-photo matching, Radiosity rendering, spline and subdivision surface modeling, 3D model construction from photographs, and real-time 3D output for the web and PDF documents.