It is intuitive normal-mapping plug-in for Photoshop, which is created by three former games artists. nDo2 is fully Photoshop integrated normal mapping experience. Effortlessly create normal without adding another step to your pipeline. Users have an option to view 3D previews of the maps directly in Photoshop. It auto-loads your maps and instantly renders your tweaks. nDo2 allows bringing out any volume from your source photo (subtle, sharp or huge) with unrivalled accuracy.
This new update adds two of your most requested features. You can add the logo of your firm on your LiveCubes, and LumenRT now supports SketchUp "Face Me" billboards. LumenRT LiveCubes are helping firms to present attention-grabbing projects to clients and associates. The ability to add company logo directly to the LiveCube is very requested, because it helps to further enhance corporate identity and brand image. Billboard objects always face the camera and can dramatically improve performance by allowing complex objects to be defined with far fewer polygons while maintaining a 3D look and feel.
A&G Tool Company brings new features and functionality to The Studio Light Rig 1.5 icluding supporting 3ds Max 2012. This update also includes 5 new light types that are taken directly from HDRI photographs of real studio lights for ultra realistic results. Other updates include; surface imperfection and gamma controls that allow the artist to achieve whatever studio lighting results they are out to achieve. This new version also ships with the “SLR Preset Pack 01” for free.
Golaem announces Golaem Crowd 1.2, the latest update to its crowd simulation software for Autodesk Maya. Key new features in version 1.2 include support for V-Ray, a switch to Disney’s open-source Partio particle file format and the option to set waypoints for individual crowd characters. Chaos Group V-Ray rendering engine is supported by generating .vrscene files for the characters and providing a dedicated procedural plugin. In order to support industry standards and improve performances, Golaem Crowd is now using Disney Partio as its particle format.
Cebas released their new version of psd-manager 3.0 and it’s immediately available for download and upgrade for all customers. psd-manager is a multi-layer PSD exporter for Autodesk 3Dsmax and beside some fixes and workflow improvements Cebas added to it also many new features like; support for all Autodesk 3DsMax & 3DsMax Design releases from version 9 up to 2012, scene layers can be now exported as PSD layers offering new features and ways to produce masks, new MatteShooter for generating even better and more precise masks from 3DsMax and much more.
