S T R A T A - The Power of 3D

Strata tools provide control over form, materials, textures, graphics & labels and more. Options include reading and writing to 3D file formats, output as images, animations, Flash files and even real-time 3D. With Strata, designers can visualize a single product or a full pallet of product, studio lighting or in-store lighting, single branding or multi-OEM branding - and more.

Chris Szetela is a Detroit based commercial artist of 22 years. As a graduate of Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, he was classically trained and earned a BFA in Illustration in 1985. Specializing in mechanical illustration, Chris's clients list includes 3M, Nestle, Jolly Rancher, Keebler, Ford, Nickelodeon, Anheuser-Busch and Tropicana Casinos and the Detroit Science Center.


Strata Foto 3D is a powerful tool for creating professional quality 3D content from still images. The shape of the object and its surface color are automatically extracted from each photo and this information is used to build a high quality 3D object.	Strata 3D CX is the answer to your design needs with the ability to link to Photoshop files, import Illustrator art, and create photo-real images and animations. With this powerful design tool you can add a new dimension to your work for illustration, design, web-ready graphics, animation and more. Strata 3D CX works the way you do.	Strata Live 3D is a powerful real-time 3D application to create content for the web, Flash and PDF documents. Strata Live 3D creates high quality content perfect for marketing projects, online catalogs, training manuals, design presentations and more.

Strata 3D CX provides tools specific to package design, such as the Box Wrapper surface tool. In addition, full surface effects such as transparency, leather and foil can be achieved.

[image by Mike Hopkins]

Using Strata's powerful subdivision surface modeling tools (SDS) designers have full control over surface form. Also integrated with SDS modeling are the Lathe, Extrude and Skin tools that can be combined with imported Illustrator outlines.

[image by Jean Probert]

Strata tools provide options for reverse-modeling from photos, importation of CAD files, SDS modeling and spline modeling. Spline tools include Lofting, Skinning, Bezier editing.

[image by Chris Szetela]