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The 3D tools: 6 new products this spring
We know you waited for them to appear. These spring developers have comforted 3d designers with new software. We will tell you about 6 new software program, applications, and plugins which just appeared.
1.Substance Alchemist
It is best suited for creative people who do not have much experience in the technical details of 3D creation. The team of developers made it more accessible and even more creative in 3D. This tool offers a part-procedural approach to creating materials. What interesting can you do with it? For example, the ancient appearance of cobblestone. By using the randomization scroll bar, you can change height, which is very useful when you imitate effects with time impact. Substance Alchemist allows you to create the effect of rain: puddles on the sidewalk, water between the rocks. The Substance Alchemist allows you to get the desired colours from the imported image. You can pick up lighting from the main photo, add organic elements, and generate height.
2. 3ds Max 2020
This is a new software update for 3D modelling and animation from Autodesk, which combines improved existing features and add new ones. It has extended 3ds Max support for OSL shading and built-in new neo-realistic shading and green-screen manipulation. Chamfer modifier has been updated, Alembic and cloud points has been upgraded. Now, the Chamfer modifier allows you to capture the chamfer width and can create straight cuts and inverted curves. It offers quicker animation due to the fact that the program no longer scans the curves and geometry that changes between frames. There is also a new correction three-colour card. It has the ability to adjust the input colour by using glare or shadows. A separate colour space map convertsthe input between a variety of colour spaces, including RGB, HSL, and YIQ.
3. World Creator 2.0
It’s called the world’s first real-time landscape generator, which fully performs all processes of generating and designing on the graphics processor in real-time. Dozens of filters will help you create any area. You can draw them manually, but you can use a special map of heights with real data. You can edit the landscape and give it different effects, like in nature. You can simulate the natural flow of water, which causes, for example, erosion or landslide, formation of rivers, lakes, etc. The program allows you to import real data and trace how fluids affect a certain locality. You can use the finished textures from the library, or import your own ones.
4. Smooth Boolean v1.0
It helps to create perfectly smooth edges, chamfers. This is very simple: you define the radius of the chamfer for each object, the number of segments, and this fire forms a grid.
5. RealFlow C4D v3.0
It helps to simulate the effect of a liquid like a high-speed macro shooting. Thus, this simulation is more precise and, thanks to its built-in Cinema 4D, facilitates workflow.
6. LightWave 3D 2019
The creators of LightWave 3D 2019 claim that this program makes it possible for anyone to become an artist and animator. Due to the fact that this software is affordable, complete, easy to learn and use.
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- Published in 3D Visualization, 3ds Max
3 life hacks for improvement: how to create an incredible interior in 3ds Max
Do you have critical thinking and desire for perfection? We will share 3 life hacks for improving architectural visualization which
1. Focus on framing
The first thing you do when creating a renderer is to choose the image format. If you work on an interior, your goal is to maximize the reproduction of space. To make larger than it really is.
1.7 Image Aspect is best to use for this purpose.
Set the safe frames. To do this, go to the Viewport Configuration and set Action Safe in Safe Frames in the following proportions: 66 horizontally and 0 vertically. For Title Safe, set 0 horizontally and 66 in vertically. Later activate the “Show Safe Frames” function in Active View and confirm the selected actions (OK). In the grid, you will see where to set the focus points and how to balance the priority of the zones in the image.
2. Light and shadow
Lighting is important in rendering, so its use can create both the effect of reality and add undesirable effects. With the help of Corona Sun, it is better to set sunlight not directly in front of the windows, but from the left window that creates the natural, realistic pictures. Instead, the light in front of the windows will add a lot of shadows.
3. Mood
If you enjoy the natural light, you need to successfully balance its white color. Thus, you get a warm shade by changing exposure until achieve the desired result. Change the mood of the light and experiment.
We wish you inspiration and creation of fantastic interiors in 3ds Max!
- Published in 3ds Max