[[{“fid”:”93504″,”view_mode”:”full”,”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“height”:232,”width”:320,”style”:”float: left; margin: 5px;”,”class”:”media-element file-full”}}]]AVS/Express 8.1 is a data visualization tool for both non-programmers and experienced developers, featuring rapid data analysis and rich visualization techniques combined with an intuitive, graphical application development environment. Two new animation macros — fly_through and fly_object — have been added to the animation kit. These macros respectively allow the user to move the camera or a set of objects along a timeline by setting up checkpoints on a base plane. fly_through allows the camera position, speed and direction to be controlled, and fly_object allows one set of objects to be moved through a scene while the remaining objects are static. Designed for use in a vast range of fields including science, engineering, medicine, telecommunications and environmental research, the platform supports Visual Studio 2012 on Windows Vista and 7, as well as Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) in addition to continued support for 10.6 and 10.7.