Announcements

[Carl Naysmith]

Why is Right Hemisphere discontinuing Deep Paint? Deep Paint has been an important application for Right Hemisphere Customers. Since its initial launch in 1999, customers like you have used it to create amazingly realistic 3D paint effects. Over the years, the digital graphics market has changed. You’ve seen a significant shift in the graphics and animation industry to 3D. Shortly after the release of Deep Paint, Right Hemisphere created Deep Paint 3D, designed specifically for the professional 3D artist, which has become the leading 3D painting and texturing tool for the graphics and animation industry. Right Hemisphere's award winning Deep Paint 3D has become the standard for 3D painting and texturing for the 3D graphics and animation industry. Deep Paint 3D is the preferred 3D painting and texturing solution used by the leading film studios, broadcast companies, and interactive entertainment Deep Paint 3D, Interactive 3D Painting and Texturing, and Deep UV, Ultimate UV Mapping were chosen as the official tools and middleware developer for the Xbox(tm) platform. Microsoft selected Right Hemisphere to develop a key game production tool for inclusion in the Xbox Development Kit - Deep Exploration Xbox Edition. As a result, Right Hemisphere is discontinuing Deep Paint. Can I still buy Deep Paint? As of March 15, 2005 you can no longer purchase Deep Paint. But you can buy Deep Paint 3D. Commencing April 2005, a special freeware version of Deep Paint will be available at www.downloads.com. How will I get support for my existing copies of Deep Paint? Right Hemisphere will continue to offer technical support for Deep Paint through our Right Hemisphere Customer Forum until June 15th 2005. http://www.righthemisphere.com/support/knowledge_base.html What are my Upgrade Options? To facilitate your transition to Deep Paint 3D, Right Hemisphere is offering a special promotional offering exclusive to Deep Paint Customers. Option 1: You can upgrade to Deep Paint 3D Normally $595 – Now Only $249 Option 2: You can upgrade to the Deep Entertainment Bundle which includes Deep Exploration, Deep Paint 3D and Deep UV Normally $795 – Now Only $449 You can learn more about these products by scanning Right Hemisphere's website http://www.righthemisphere.com/products or by doing a trial download at http://www.righthemisphere.com/support/downloads/download.php Will my Deep Paint files work with Deep Paint 3D? Yes. You can reuse your Deep Paint files in Deep Paint 3D. Deep Paint 3D supports the following 2D file formats: Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps) JPEG image (*.jpg, *.jpeg) ZSoft Paintbrush Format (PCX) (*.pcx) Photoshop Document (*.psd) PNG Image (*.png) SGI Image (*.rgb, *.rgba, *.int, *.inta) TARGA Image (*.tga) TIFF Image (*.tif, *.tiff) Windows Bitmap image (also OS/2 ) (*.bmp, *.dib) PPM Picture (*.ppm) To load the 2D file formats listed above into Deep Paint 3D, simply select 'Image files' from the 'Files of type' drop-down box and the image will load directly into Deep Paint 3D. How can I purchase my upgrade from Deep Paint to Deep Paint 3D or the Entertainment Bundle? You can purchase your upgrade to Deep Paint 3D for US$249 from Right Hemisphere’s online store at https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/ You can purchase your upgrade to the Entertainment Bundle (Deep Paint 3D, Deep UV & Deep Exploration) for US$449 from Right Hemisphere’s online store at https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/ To qualify for this discount you will need to enter the following coupon code: DP2-4VSR-0305. Click the update button to recognize the discount. You can then either proceed to the checkout or continue shopping. Upon receiving payment you will be emailed an electronic invoice containing your new serial numbers and download instructions. This is not for a physical CD. Note: This coupon code entitles you to one discount only and expires June 15th 2005 Alternatively, you can purchase the upgrade to Deep Paint 3D or the upgrade to the Entertainment Bundle (Deep Paint 3D, Deep UV & Deep Exploration) from a local reseller. See http://www.righthemisphere.com/store/index.php for the reseller nearest you.