Irvine, California, March 14th, 2012 - Luxion, the leading developer of advanced rendering and lighting technology and makers of KeyShot®, the first real time ray tracing and global illumination program, is releasing KeyShot 3.1 and with it real-time enviroment editing and features galore.
Keyshot 3.1 marks the first major update of the release that introduced a patent-pending animation system, a revamped user interface and over 600+ new materials. With this update we introduce time-saving new features and improvements including a new, unique metallic paint material, interactive HDR editing that allows real-time editing of the lighting environments, material templates that allow 3D professionals to ‘auto-paint’ their models, network rendering to queue render jobs and spread them across multiple computers and much more.
Peter Kossev of PixelMathematics had this to say about KeyShot 3.1. "It is pure pleasure to work with KeyShot. The environment editor is so well integrated and the results are simply great. This was already great product, but now is really a complete product. And together with the animation package, it is just one fantastic tool that leaves everyone else in the dust."
You can view the full feature list with additional images
here. Key new features include:
Metallic Paint with real flakes
The metallic paint now includes the option to render realistic metallic flakes. These can be added to the material by using the two new parameters shown in the box below. Easily control flake size and visibility with simple sliders – all in realtime..
Real-time Environment editing
This patent-pending lighting system allows users of KeyShot Pro to adjust hue, saturation or boost existing lights in your lighting environment quickly and easily within the KeyShot environment. The new HDR editor makes it possible to perform these tasks on the fly with instant feedback applied to your lighting.
About Luxion
Luxion is a leading developer of advanced 3D rendering and lighting technology. KeyShot® is the first realtime ray tracing and global illumination program that uses a physically correct rendering engine certified by the CIE (International Commission on Illumination).
Addressing the visualization needs of designers, engineers, marketing professionals, photographers and CG specialists, KeyShot breaks down the complexity of creating photographic images and animations from 3D digital data.
Luxion’s customer list includes many of the Fortune 1000 product manufacturers and major industrial design companies including Dell, HP, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, IDEO, frog design and SMART Design. For more information visit http://www.keyshot.com.
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