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...

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...

Updated Plugins for Creo and Pro/ENGINEER with KeyShot Exporter

Irvine, CALIFORNIA, April 4th, 2012 – Luxion, a leading developer of advanced 3D rendering and lighting technology and makers of KeyShot®, the first real time ray tracing and global illumination program for 3D rendering and animation, has released version 1.3 of...

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...

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...

Luxion Named Exclusive Sponsor of the 2012 IDSA Student Merit Award

Irvine, CALIFORNIA, March 29, 2012 – Luxion, one of the leading developers of advanced rendering and lighting technology and makers of KeyShot®, the first real time ray tracing and global illumination program, today announced that it is the exclusive sponsor of...

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...