Craft Director Tools is a suite of plug-ins for Direct Animation in
Maya and 3ds Max. Direct animation is a ground breaking animation
discipline in which animators are given greater precision and control.
Objects and cameras are steered manually in the 3D environment with
the aid of such input devices as a joystick or a 3D mouse.

A quantum leap is made with Craft Director Tools innovative Record
function which works much like a video camera does in real life -
it records frame after frame in real time. During recording Craft
Director Tools own physics engine and mocap system simulate object
and camera motion - dictated in precise detail by user input. The
result is that each individual frame is turned into a keyframe. Object
motion is precise realistic and instant.

Animators who use Craft Director Tools produce 4-5 minutes of high
quality animation per work day - this includes both object and camera
animation. Previously the best rate of production has been around 2
seconds per work day. Thats the difference that Craft Director Tools
makes