3D-Coat 4.5 released

Press release 2015-06-01 10:05 article > Software

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Physically Based Rendering & Smart Materials Introduced
- Physically based rendering is rendering of objects with some of material's properties being taken into account.
- Metals and non-metals (insulators) reflect and scatter light differently. Albedo, energy conservation, fresnel effect, and complex structure of relief also gives its influence into visual appearance of the surface.
- Insulators are materials that have a pronounced diffuse scattering and weakly expressed specular (plastic, fabric , wood, concrete, paint and so on). Due to the diffuse scattering , we can see that the red plastic is red. And due to the reflection we can see glares on the surface.
- Metals (steel, iron, gold, copper, brass, silver, etc) are materials without diffuse scattering (diffusion is always black), but clearly marked with a colored reflection. Copper has a black diffusion and strong reflection of red color. Gold has a black diffusion and a bright yellow reflection. Silver has a black diffusion and bright white reflection.
Layer groups introduced. Now interaction with PS completely supported.
General case of Symmetry introduced. Now all tools support new Symmetry. Presets also support Symmetry (optionally). Symmetry dialog is now popup and dockable.
Seamless painting over multiple UV meshes.
Bas-relief and Undercuts now have Tapering angle. It is useful for 3D-printing.
AntiBump smoothing method is introduced! It allows to achieve ideally smooth surface even on a high-frequency details. AntiBump can be selected in a smoothing drop-down menu.

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