Animation of the Week: Secret Life of Ants

There is the life of the ant, and then there is the secret life of the ant. To have a look into the world of arthropods is fascinating. We know because David Anttenborough says as much in the following video, a video created by Anders Rådén with modeling done in...

12 Core/24 Thread Mac Pro Running KeyShot

We’re out at SolidWorks World 2014 this week at the Partner Pavilion in booth #416. The response from SolidWorks users has been absolutely incredible and we’re so happy to meet and see the work a lot of our customer have been creating with KeyShot. If...

Upgrade to KeyShot 4 and Save

If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your license of KeyShot to the latest version, now is the time. Through the end of the month (January 31st, 2014), those who upgrade their license of KeyShot 1.9, KeyShot 2 or KeyShot 3 to KeyShot 4, will recieve 20% off the...

Artist Series: Zhelong Xu

With the start of 2014, we’re starting a new spotlight on KeyShot users. Our Artist Series will cover KeyShot users in the CG industry, featuring the work the do using KeyShot of visualization throughout the process for film, tv and other media. To kick the...

Customer Spotlight: Bould Design

This month we’re excited to feature the work of Bould Design. You may not have heard of them, but you’ve definitely seen (and likely have) some of the products they have designed. The Nest Thermostat is just one project they’ve been involved with....

Quick Creature Rendering Tips and Tutorials from Dominic Qwek

If you’re looking to drop the awesome on some creature visuals, one person to look to is Dominic Qwek. Senior Cinematic Artist with Blizzard Entertainment with years of experience, he has the chops that make the visuals he publishes and the events he shares his...

Quick Tip 27: Color Management in KeyShot

This Quick Tip will Demonstrate how to use KeyShot’s color management feature to ensure a consistent display of colors between the KeyShot realtime view, Adobe Photoshop and the web. More quick tips here: https://www.keyshot.com/learning/quicktips/ Download and...

Photoshop Plugin to Turn Panorama Into HDRI

You may remember Hydra Design Labs and Jon Hull from our customer spotlight story on the California-based design firm. With a focus on automotive design and an enterpenurial bent, they were inspired to launch another site which provides resources specific to the types...

Creating a Simple, Subtle Bokeh/Speck Effect in KeyShot

KeyShot is your camera. It’s a lot more also. We’ve built in the ability to add the geometry you need to get the shadow, lighting and effects you want without a studio set-up, prior to any post-processing and with minimal effort. This couldn’t be...

Animation of the week: Flow Control Valve by Scott Malcolm

SCott Malcolm with Related Fluid Power is a one man KeyShot rendering, control valve animating machine. He created this cutaway animation of a proportional flow control valve commonly used in hydraulic systems and shared it on the KeyShot forums. It perfectly...