“We used Qt for a few small projects and were impressed with its ease-of-use and support for cross-platform development. We were convinced our company could leverage this on a larger scale in our mainstream artist tools.” Steve Sullivan Director of R&D at Lucasfilm Ltd
DAZ Productions, Inc.is a market leader in 3D software and digital content creation. The company's model library is renowned for its high-quality 3D content at the industry's most competitive prices. DAZ 3D also develops powerful software applications that support its content, including Bryce®, a 3D environment and animation package; Carrara™, a complete 3D modeling, animation and rendering solution; DAZ Studio™, a free 3D digital art creation tool; Hexagon™, polygonal modeling software for the creation of 'ready-to-render' 3D models; and Mimic™, a lip-synching application.
The Foundry is a leading developer of visual effects and image processing technologies that boost productivity and workflow in film and video post production. The company was established in 1996 by Bruno Nicoletti and Simon Robinson, both intimate with high-end post production facilities across the globe, and together they produced the Tinder plug-ins for Discreet's® Flame® systems – the first set of such plug-ins to be commercially available. The Foundry has grown considerably since its early days; the company now successfully licenses its sophisticated image processing technology to third parties, holds a portfolio comprising three Academy Award® winning products including high-end compositing application Nuke and operates offices in London and LA. The Foundry’s innovative products are renowned worldwide and support a wide range of host platforms including After Effects, Autodesk® Media and Entertainment Systems, Avid DS, Baselight, Film Master, Fusion, Nuke, Scratch and Shake.
When film production companies and visual effects studios including Pixar, Disney and WETA Digital need industry-leading simulation solutions, they turn to Next Limit Technologies’ RealFlow, the high-end 3D and visual effects application. Another solution from Next Limit, Maxwell Render, provides simulation technologies for the CAD and Computer Graphics market with a focus on architecture, product design and engineering customers. With clients in such demanding and exacting fields, the company needed to develop a User Interface that would deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction. For that, Next Limit chose Qt.