eyeon Software and Frantic Films Announce Development Venture

LOS ANGELES, SIGGRAPH 2001 - August 14, 2001 Visual effects softwaredeveloper, eyeon Software, and leading effects facility, Frantic Films,have entered into a strategic agreement to provide next-generationapplications of eyeon's award-winning Digital Fusionâ productline.

"eyeon is the only company whose enthusiasm matches our desire tocreate cutting edge effects," explains Chris Bond, President and VFXSupervisor of Frantic Films. Vice-President, Ken Zorniak, adds,"Following our fantastic relationship while working on the incrediblyambitious 4k, 16-bit colour depth Swordfish project, we look forward toworking with eyeon to build a clearly superior product."

Utilising in-house programming talent at Frantic Films with thehighly-optimised modular Digital Fusion architecture, anticipateddevelopments will encompass specific leading production solutions. Theopen architecture allows Frantic to create, and research and develop,application requirements far beyond the off-the-shelf software that iscurrently available. These production-driven developments will then beincorporated by eyeon into future product versions.

"Frantic Films helps eyeon Software return to its roots. As asuccessful effects house, their finger is on the heartbeat of what aproduction environment really needs right now. We foresee a giant leapforward in the way our software integrates with other keyapplications," Isaac Guenard, Product Manager for Digital Fusion.

About Frantic Films

Frantic Films is one of Canada's leading producers of creativeanimation and visual effects for film and television. Founded in 1997,Frantic Films has experienced tremendous growth and critical acclaim.Frantic Films has provided state of the art visual effects, 3Danimation and post-production for a growing roster of clients acrossNorth America, including Warner Bros., ABC Television, VancouverTelevision, The Women's Television Network, Proctor & Gamble andRegent Entertainment.