ForDyn Digital Productions

Services

ForDyn's animations have been used in a variety of areas ranging from accident litigation to scientific visualization. The high-quality, realistic imaging, and smooth motion makes ForDyn's animations an excellent choice for dynamic, award-winning presentations.

Forensic Reconstruction	Accident Litigation
Medical Demonstration	Prototype Conceptualization
Finite Element Analysis Results	Occupant Motion Simulation
Live-Video Compositing	CD-ROM Demo/Training
Architectural Walk Through	Scientific Visualization
Government R&D Proposal	Company Presentation

The Process

The typical ForDyn animation begins as a concept by the client, where specific elements have been identified as the focus of the animation. ForDyn personnel will work with the client to determine the most appropriate and cost-effective solution to presenting the desired information. During the animation development phase, storyboards and test animations are sent to the client (usually via internet mail or ftp) to ensure the client's awareness of the animation progress and formation.

If the animation involves scientific data, ForDyn has the capability of processing nearly all PC and UNIX workstation-based ASCII and binary files. ForDyn can also develop custom software to read and process analysis data from user-written software packages.

Output for the Client

ForDyn can provide the resultant animation(s) in a variety of formats. Typically, the client will request the animations to be provided on VHS video tape for easy playback. For greater color clarity, S-VHS video tape format can also be provided. For the greatest clairity, ForDyn can provide the generated animations in digital format (BETA-SP), which is often useful for non-linear editing or signal loss-free duplication onto VHS video tape.

In addition to the various video tape formats, ForDyn can also generate AVI, MPEG, QuickTime, and FLC computer animation files. These formats are often used for integration into Microsoft PowerPoint presentations and on-the-fly computer playbacks for customers.

Complete Multimedia Presentation

In addition to creating high-quality animations, ForDyn can also produce dynamic video presentations for customer reviews, educational demos, and conference presentations. ForDyn's post-production software allows for the integration of computer generated animations, live video, titles, company logos, scene transitions, music and narration to give the customer a unique and dynamic presentation tool.

Scientific Visualization

ForDyn has developed custom software for reading and animating engineering analysis results for the following computer programs:

MSC/DYTRAN	Articulated Total Body (ATB) Model
DYNA2D / DYNA3D	NIKE2D / NIKE3D

ForDyn does have the capability of processing other analysis results if given the format of the data within the results file. Displacement and element results can be animated on a light-source shaded and/or contour results shaded FEA model.

Video Compositing

ForDyn can integrate video or photograph images with animated objects to produce very realistic video presentations. This is often done for accident reconstruction animations where it is imperative to have accurate and realistic background settings.

CD-ROM Demo/Training Development

ForDyn has the ability to create CD-ROMs for PC and Macintoshes for custom demonstration and training purposes. The CD-ROM application can contain generated and/or live video animations with both music and sound to create a user-friendly, interactive tool for presenting specific information.

ForDyn uses the latest authoring software packages to accomodate most personal computer platforms.