Autodesk&XAOS
Rapture will be a high-end image processing IPAS. It will allow the user to
create very original image processes, using one's own brushes created in a
paint or animation package, and using a wide range of parameters for applying
the process to the image and transition image.
Some uses, off the top of my head, would be interesting, brush-driven
transitions (instead of a wipe or cross-fade), softening, adding artsy,
animated brush strokes to all or part of an animation, etc. It is a tool for
utilizing graphics power in animations, similar to the Photoshop plug-ins that
are available (except Photoshop/styler plug-ins are not animateable, and it's
harder to design one's own brush effects).
John Tissavary