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Michael Lord: From First Renders to Stunning Animations
It's a wonderful thing when you can sit down at your computer, upload a model and create a batch of incredible 3D renderings in just a few minutes. Michael Lord is a SolidWorks users from Sydney, Australia who designs motorhomes and special purpose vehicles at Trakka....
How To Use Opacity Maps in KeyShot
With KeyShot, we squeezed the succulent juice of transparency out of alpha channels to bring you improved opacity maps. There's no need to create detailed holes, repetitive patterns or complicated cutouts in the 3D model. Opacity maps allow you to use a black and...
New Plugins for Creo and Pro/ENGINEER add KeyShot Export and More
If you're one of the 400,000 Pro/ENGINEER or Creo users, there's wonderfully juicy KeyShot news coming your way. We've updated both the Creo and Pro/E plugins with features that make export and import more exciting than it should be. This is version 1.3 of the plugin...
KeyShot 3.1: Network Rendering Details
With KeyShot 3.1 we bring a whole new level of rendering efficiency with a new Network Rendering interface and features that make it easier and faster to use than ever before. It's truly a dynamic network rendering applications that allows you to install the and...
The Insanely Cool, Precision Machined Product Design of Matt Tremblay
Matt Tremblay, Chief Designer at RED Digital Cinema and founder of RogueDZN, has been a long time user of KeyShot, bringing incredibly detailed visuals of top-of-the-line Digital Film cameras and custom luxury jewelry to the eyes of people around the world. We caught...
How to Create Cloudy Plastic Material in KeyShot
KeyShot 7 features a brand new Cloudy Plastic material that contains light-scattering particles to replicate complex, scientifically accurate materials such as Polycarbonate or ABS. More info on the Cloudy Plastic material here:...
KeyShot 3.1: Mirror and Duplicate Your KeyShot Animations
With KeyShot 3.0 we introduced the easiest to use animation system ever fathomed. It uses a simple timeline with animations applied to cameras or objects. No need for keyframes and no need for paths. Clean, simple. Now, with KeyShot 3.1 we've added a few more features...
See the New 3D Rendering Features in KeyShot 3.1
By now you're probably well aware that KeyShot 3.1 is out, setting many a computers ablaze with the awesomeness of Environmental Editing, Material Templates and tons more. If you've not tried it out yet, head over here and download a trial. You can also grab the...
KeyShot Update: 3.1.48 Build with Improvements and More
We're not slowing down! We've got a brand new build for you with a few improvements and updates. We've improved speed and .fbx support as well as updated some default settings to be more user-friendly. Here's the full list and the downloads you need to get up to...
Join KeyShot at D3DLive
You know what's fun? Trips overseas. More specifically, trips to the UK. Even more specific, trips to the first Design and Engineering conference hosted by the crew at Develop3D. It's Develop3D LIVE and Luxion will be on-site, boothin' it and rockin' the realtime...
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Local UV Mapping: Creating Realistic Weld Textures in KeyShot
Recently, Magnus Skogsfjord shared his method for achieving realistic welds in KeyShot from CAD geometry. The quick 15-minute video is not only a look into the process of creating realistic weld textures, but a tutorial chock full of info on preparing your CAD data...
Updated KeyShot Plugins for 3ds Max 2019
Image: A.I. Assault Tank design by Jason Tonks, Modeled in 3ds Max and rendered in KeyShot. The beta period is over and we're happy to announce the release of the KeyShot for 3ds Max plugin. The plugin supports 3ds Max 2019 as well as the older versions of 3ds Max....
5 Ways KeyShot Viewer Can Save Rendering Time
There are so many ways KeyShot Viewer can be used in the product development process. We're learning about new ways people are using it all the time but these five are the ways customer have told us it has helped the most. What is KeyShot Viewer? KeyShot Viewer is a...