Big new features in KeyShot 8 include displacement mapping, materials with bubbles and embedded flakes, new volumetric materials including volume caustics, liquids, interactive cutaways on rendered models, and interactive color and intensity curve adjustments, among other finer details.
These new features advanced KeyShot 8 to a level that eliminates the need of users to use additional software programs to create such advanced rendered details and effects and provide more powerful modeling and visualization capabilities. Here are highlight items of note:
There is also an all-new Migration Assistance to migrate custom resources from KeyShot 7. KeyShot Cloud is now fully integrated into the KeyShot 8 user interface with no login required to browse resources.
A new Spotlight material type offers advanced light control with gobo (stencil) support. Liquid interfaces now eliminate the need to separate liquid geometry into different surfaces, and there is RGB hex color codes support. Another nifty improvement is that Alpha transparency is now supported in screenshots.
On the interoperability front, KeyShot 8 has a new option for glTF/GLB export for allowing sharing of interactive scenes to platforms like Facebook or to PowerPoint. Rhino 6 (Mac and Windows) and Autodesk Inventor (Windows) is also now supported.
KeyShot 8 is now available for download and purchase at keyshot.com and through all certified resellers. Those who purchased KeyShot 7 or after 15 August 2018, as well as all customers who purchased KeyShot for Education or KeyShot for ZBrush, will receive the upgrade for free.
Last week at DEVELOP 3D Live in Boston, I had a chance to see KeyShot 8 in person at their booth during this innovative and exciting one-day conference. Jeff Hayden, chief operating officer, was there on hand to talk to me about the new features in KeyShot 8. This particular update is quite impressive and adds capabilities that decrease the need to use post-production tools to enhance rendering images further.
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Every time I launch SketchUp, the windows of the extensions keep appearing. I close them, but on the next launch, they reappear. Having to close these windows every time I launch SketchUp is extremely annoying. Is there a way to close them permanently?
Have the Clothworks extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the Architectures extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the Vray extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the Helix Along Curve extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the Sketch Plus extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the Keyshot extension developers fix this issue with their extension.
Have the developers of every other extension fix this issue with their extension.
In the case of Vray, I closed three of the panels, and moved the other one. When I reopened SketchUp the three I had closed were still closed, and the last one remembered its position. Next I tried closing that one as well, and reopening SketchUp showed it was closed now.
I believe the preferences are set when you close SketchUp normally, so I did a test by showing one of the Vray panels, and doing a force-quit. That panel was not open when SketchUp opened up again. I opened a couple of Vray panels, quit normally, reopened SketchUp (they were both open again), then I closed both of them and force-quit again. Reopening SketchUp had both visible again, even though I had hidden them
At least as far as Vray goes, the behavior is as expected. Close or show panels you want, then quit normally, and the panels should be back how you wanted them. If SketchUp or macOS crashes, the changes you made in the last session will be lost.
Clothworks was different. I could try to hide that repeatedly, and it would show up next time. @Anton_S does post in the forum sometimes (well, very occasionally he does!), maybe he can say whether Clothworks has a preference I am not seeing.
The Architecture and Design Computer Lab offers a variety of programs on the windows platform allowing students to create drawings, BIM models, parametric models, and solid models. There are over 40 computers, an 11x17 scanner, a large format scanner, 2 printers, and 6 plotters to allow students to conceptualize and realize their creative designs.
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KeyShot's user interface (UI) is designed for ease-of-use with full customizability tailored to your specific needs. In KeyShot, you'll find Workspaces at the front of the KeyShot Ribbon, just above the Real-time View. The dropdown provides various user interface layout presets and an option to save your own. Let's customize our KeyShot UI.
Right-click on the Ribbon to see a menu that allows you to toggle different tools on and off depending on what configuration suits your needs best. This menu also allows you to hide or display the text that appears below each icon.
Right-click the Toolbar (along the bottom of KeyShot) to choose between three icon sizes and toggle the text on and off. In the same way, Right-click the Library and Project window tabs you did with the Ribbon at the top.
KeyShot's interface also allows for docking and undocking of panels and windows and allows you to move those panels and windows into any location you prefer. Panels can be stacked on top of each other as well as beside one another, and they can also be undocked and left to float freely anywhere on your screen or on another monitor. This makes optimizing workspaces and tools incredibly easy for any project no matter how big or small.
Workspaces also allow you to add custom workspaces, make changes, and manage existing workspaces. At the bottom of the list you see the option to switch between Light Theme and Dark Theme. The Light Theme is the default but is quickly change to your preference and is saved along with your workspace.
Switching between the workspace presets you can see several different layouts offered as presets. Any of these configurations are able to be adjusted to better suit your personal needs or built entirely from scratch.
If, on the other hand you wanted to delete a workspace, select Manage... from the dropdown, select the desired workspace and select Delete Workspaces (the trash icon). In this window you can also import existing workspaces, export current workspaces, and revert workspaces to their default settings.
A KeyShot layout can be highly specific to the creative workflow or design process, so be sure to take some time to explore the different options available for toolbars, workspaces, and window layout, to set up a layout to make your experience as efficient and hassle free as possible. If you'd like to learn more about the user interface, check out the KeyShot Manual.
We would love to see what you create with this tip. Visit the KeyShot Amazing Shots forum to see what others are creating and share your own work. And if you have a suggestion for another tip share it in the comments below.
You must be a memeber of the "keyshot" group. Members of the 210 and 310 class have been added. Others need to contact us to get added. In the keyshot groups folder create a folder for your completed renderings. Please name the folder so it is easily identifiable as yours.
Caustics are formed as light refracts through or reflects off specular surfaces. Examples of caustics include the light focusing through a glass, the shimmering light at the bottom of a swimming pool, and even the beams of light from windows into a dusty environment.
When it comes to rendering caustics, photon mapping is an important factor. Photon mapping works by tracing photons from the light sources into the scene and storing these photons as they interact with the surfaces or volumes in the scene.
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