Alias has signed an agreement to acquire Kaydara, a developer of real-time 3D character animation and motion editing solutions such as MotionBuilder, FBX and FiLMBOX. Operating under the Alias name, Kaydara will remain in Montreal and current President Michel Besner will stay with the company and join Alias’ executive management team. Kaydara products will continue to support all current industry platforms (including Mac OS X) and will be sold as standalone products under the Alias brand name, according to Alias. The purchase is expected to close within 60 days.