Founded 10 years ago, Wavefront has become the world's leading supplier of 2D and 3D animation software for creating high end professional quality animation and simulations. Wavefront software includes all of the tools necessary to do geometric modeling, keyframe and physically based animation, material or surface creation, raytraced renderings and digital compositing with paint and the software to record everything to videotape or film.
Wavefront software is used in a variety of industries, including broadcast, entertainment, electronic games, corporate communications, and advertising. In the industrial marketplace the software is used for virtual prototyping, manufacturing analysis, documentation, accident recreation, medical illustration, to name just a few of the many uses.
With over 3500 installed systems, Wavefront is the largest in the field. There are sales offices and distributors in over 12 countries, with customers in more than 60 countries. Whether in Asia, Hawaii, Atlanta or Brussels, there is always someone in front of a Wavefront system trying to make an important deadline.
Wavefront employs more than 140 people in 3 principal locations. In Santa Barbara, the corporate headquarters there are the finance and administrative offices, as well as the animation and integration teams, and the teams that develop The Visualizer product line. Sales and Marketing is also located in Santa Barbara.
The Paris Development Center houses the team responsible for Marketing and Developing products in Europe with emphasis on modeling and rendering with specific responsibility for the Explore product line. In Vancouver is the team that concentrates on 2D development and works with COMPOSER, PAINT and all of the Network Video Architecture.
Direct Sales offices are conveniently located in customer centers:Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. There are distributors in Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. There are also distributors in the outlying areas and in most of the countries in Asia. A complete list is located elsewhere in this server.
Wavefront clients have won awards for their fine work at many different events, including the Academy Awards, IMAGINA, SIGGRAPH, NCGA, The Clios, The Emmys, and the International Monitor Awards.