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Baltimore, MD (Vocus) December 16, 2009

ASGVIS, providing innovative visualization software and services to create photorealistic 3D images and animations, today announced pre-orders for the new V-Ray for SketchUp would officially begin. This product, previously available only for the PC, is now also compatible with the MAC OS.

Building on previous versions, the new V-Ray for SketchUp adds ambient occlusion, IES lights and spotlights, new material layer arrangement, faster parsing times and much more on both the PC and the MAC OS versions. 3D designers – including architects, and interior, landscape, and industrial designers – will use the new release to create higher quality photorealistic renderings even faster.

“V-Ray has officially entered the native Mac environment,” said ASGVIS CEO Corey Rubadue. “In addition to improving the plug-in, this new version provides a much-needed boost in speed performance. ASGVIS is excited for the countless SketchUp users who work on Macintosh computers and have been asking for a version of V-Ray developed specifically for use with their systems.”

V-Ray for SketchUp will include all the great features from the previous version, in addition to some exciting new upgrades:

New — More Shader Types (great for metal textures!)
New — More than 10 new Procedural Textures, including Dirt (for more realistic renderings!)
New — Lights now have the ability to add IES profiles (for Light Accuracy)
New — Material can now be layered better
New — Faster Scene Processing Times
New — Support for SketchUp Transparency and Alpha Transparency

In addition to all the other great V-Ray features, including:

True reflections and refractions
Glossy reflections and refractions
Global Illumination allows for photorealistic lighting
Soft Shadows support
True HDRI support
Fully multithreaded raytracing engine
Native SketchUp materials supported and integrated into V-Ray Materials
Material Editor with Material Preview
Sun and Sky system
Physical Camera
Depth-Of-Field camera effects.
Distributed Rendering allowing a single image to be process over up to 10 machines
Per Material GI, Background, Reflection, and Refraction
V-Ray Two-Sided Material for easy creation of thin translucency
Animation Support

“We look forward to bringing the power of V-Ray to both PC and MAC OS users,” said ASGVIS Lead Programmer, Joe Bacigalupa. “Our plan was always to make this product available to everyone regardless of their system, and we can’t wait to wow users with what we have planned for the future.”

As a special bonus to V-Ray fans, ASGVIS will make V-Ray for SketchUp available from December 11th to December 18th, for only 9.00 USD (0.00 off the normal price). Between December 18th and the final release date, the product will retail for 9.00 (0.00 off the normal price). After launch the product will revert to the normal suggested retail price of 9.00 USD. ASGVIS will also make its other V-Ray product, V-Ray for Rhino, available for the same prices as V-Ray for SketchUp during this special offer.

For more information on ASGVIS, V-Ray for SketchUp or V-Ray for Rhino, please contact us at 410-468-0777 or marketing(at)asgvis(dot)com.

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Bedford, NH (PRWEB) July 16, 2007

CADLearning by 4D Technologies announces a new tutorial series for users of Autodesk® 3ds Max®.

Ted Boardman, the well known 3ds Max consultant, brings his mellow voice to this packed tutorial series. Ted believes in proper workflow and he’ll have users understanding the value of bringing order to 3D and Animation projects. 3ds Max 9 and VIZ Fundamentals begins with Modeling, moves on to Materials and Lights then finishes off with Animation and Scene Assembly. This is a fully packed series with over 20 hours of video tutorials.

The 3ds Max series is available online, on CD and as part of the company’s private learning management centers for business and education.

Online sampler, prices and complete lesson list: http://www.cadlearning.com/lms/course/view.php?id=246

About CADLearning by 4D Technologies:

4D Technologies, an Authorized Autodesk Publisher, produces and publishes a complete series of Computer Based Learning Programs for design professionals. The CADLearning video lessons for AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, 3ds Max, VIZ, Revit, AutoCAD Architectural Desktopâ„¢, Civil 3D, Land Desktop, Electrical and more are available for Desktop, LAN and Enterprise users. Most series are also available streaming online at www.CADLearning.com and in Hosted, Managed CAD Learning Centers for corporate and education users.

About Ted Boardman:

Ted Boardman is an Autodesk 3ds Max training consultant and Autodesk Certified Trainer. Ted has authored nearly a dozen 3ds Max and VIZ books, including the current 3ds Max 8 Fundamentals by New Riders Publishing, and has published monthly columns on visualization topics at www.CGarchitect.com and presents at Autodesk University and Siggraph for Autodesk. You can find more information at http://www.tbmax.net.

About Autodesk:

Autodesk is the world’s leading design software and digital content company. Award-winning Autodesk® 3ds Max® 9 software is a highly productive, professional 3D solution offering state-of-the-art modeling, texturing, character animation, rendering, and data management capabilities.

Copyright (c) 2007 4D Technologies. All rights reserved. Autodesk and 3ds Max are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc. CADLearning is a trademark of 4D Design Solutions, LLC

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 8, 2010

3DStore.us was recently launched to provide easy access to the best selling 3D products and services as consumers begin to build and upgrade their home entertainment systems to be 3D Ready.

Hollywood, and indie film studios have joining together to provide moviegoers with a bigger and better experience at the theater than ever before. Every major film studio has had a 3D movie release and 3D is becoming a mainstream reality.

3D Movies, 3DTVs, 3D Blu Ray Players, & 3D Sound Systems

3D Ready TVs, 3D Blu-Ray Players, & Dolby 3D Sound, and 3D Projectors, are bringing that same 3D movie experience in to the living room. We have complete 3D Home Theater Systems for those who want a “3D home theater in a box” and individual 3D components for those who want to build a custom 3D home system.

Not sure if you want a 3D DLP, 3D LED, Laser 3D or Plasma 3D, Television? We have access to the top 3D Learning Center. You can learn all about the different types of 3D TVs, the different types of 3D Glasses, how 3D works, and what you need to get 3D at home.

“We are entering a unique space where many technologies are converging. Television, Gaming, Media, Phones, Cameras, and the Internet are merging with 3D. Watch 3D videos on your cell phone, watch YouTube videos on your 3DTV. We want 3DStore.us to be in the middle of everything 3D.” Said Mark

For gamers we have the new 3D gaming laptops, 3D web cams and 3D joysticks. We have 3D creation software, 3D models and 3D news. We have almost everything 3D, including 3D domain names, and we have the pre-order for the 3D camcorder coming out this summer. 3DStore.us helps make shopping for 3D items easy.

About www.3DStore.us

3DStore.us is located in Bayside, CA USA and carries, 3D Blu-Ray Players, 3D Ready TVs, Designer 3D Glasses, 3D Cameras, 3D Starter Kits, 3D Bundles, 3D WebCams, 3D Software, 3D PCs, 3D PC Monitors, 3D Sound Systems, www.3DNews.us, 3D Models, 3D Gaming Consoles, and Prescription 3D Glasses. We carry all the major film studio releases including, Warner Brothers, Disney, DreamWorks, Touchstone, Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Pixar and TriStar. We also provide access to top 3D manufactures including, Samsung, LG, Sony, Mitsubishi, eDeminsional, nVidia, Amazon.com, Gunnar.

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iPhone showing a zoomed in image of specific holes on a golf course.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 12, 2008

Just in time for the launch of the new Apple’s iPhone 3G in July www.GolfFlyover.com will have a remarkable 10,000 golf courses fully mapped out from tee to green. This is in addition to their already amazingly realistic 3-D flyovers.    

From the tee to the green, golf course flyovers and layouts give iPhone users an in-depth view of all holes by displaying the distance and layouts in order to accurately measure and plan shots. All course information is provided free of charge with no membership needed to view the courses.

GolfFlyover is creating hundreds of new flyovers every week. In just a few months GolfFlyover expects to have every golf course in America fully mapped out. That is more than 18,000 courses.

Also new to GolfFlyover is their Google Earth 3D plugin for the web browser. Golfflyover one of the pioneering companies to take full advantage of this new plugin technology from Google. Downloading and installing Google Earth is a thing of the past. Simply visit their flyover web page and install a Google’s simple plugin and take full advantage of all Google Earth features inside your web browser.

In addition to the new flyover feature, GolfFlyover.com offers information on the country’s top golf destinations, the PGA Tour, vacation packages, international golf homes, and much more. Visitors can get advice and information on planning a golf vacation around some of the world’s top courses.

Click here to view a CBS Evening News video on GolfFlyover http://www.golfflyover.com/cbs_news.aspx

About GolfFlyover, LLC:

GolfFlyover, LLC, located in Millersville, Maryland, is dedicated to mapping out every hole of every golf course in the entire world.

Contact:

Robert Nelsen, Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

GolfFlyover, LLC

(866) 676-4091

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DL3D have developed a V-Ray for 3ds Max compatible displacement/surface shader for creating realistic animated ocean surfaces.

This shader pack contains a displacement shader generating offshore ocean surface aspect, and foam, from physical parameters such as wind speed, swell amount, etc…

The model is based on physical oceanography, giving a realistic wave animation and look. It’s not based on Jerry Tessendorf’s method.

A surface shader is bundled with the displacement shader. This material is designed to be used in conjunction with the displacement shader. It simulates light absorption under different lighting conditions. It also handle caustics.

A real time viewport deformer plugin for 3ds Max and Maya is also bundled. It can be used for previsualization purposes, but also directly to represent the ocean surface.

More information and a trial version can be found here:
http://www.dl3d.com/index.php/en/products/physical-ocean-shader.html

This tutorial shows a way to create very realistic looking rocks that can be rendered far away or for very detailed work. After failing to find a decent tutorial online I decided to start experimenting and I came up with this. I already knew how to make decent looking rock but I needed a way of generating loads quickly for a very rocky landscape.

Creating realistic rocks with Vray