messiahStudio 3

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E' uscito messiah:studio 3!
http://www.projectmessiah.com/

messiah:studio is a powerful animation & rendering software package specifically designed to handle the most demanding character animation & rendering needs. It has been used in feature films, commercials, games, music videos and print ads since 1999. messiah can be used as a stand-alone animation package or as a powerful addition to Maya, 3D Studio MAX, LightWave, Cinema 4D or an in-house proprietary application through the Host Connection plugins and Host API . One of messiah's many unique capabilities includes the ability to set up an animation and, through messiah's host connections, run that animation and use it in any of the host programs messiah can connect to. The same animation can be used and moved between each software. Maya users love our powerful and easy rigging capabilities, such as the ability to setup custom control rigs with Armature, without having to write MEL scripts. Another favorite is messiah's "smart bones", that work the way you want immediately, without requiring weight maps (though weighting systems can be used too).

Nuove features, da zoogono.com:

New features include:
Breakthrough Hair/Fur Module.
Instancing
New advanced GI options for smooth, sampled GI.
Glass rendering with dispersion.
Fast volumetric designable clouds.
New edit sphere with options to simulate different programs.
Dynamic parent in place.
Quickly swap between curve types of selected objects.
Quick 'Snap to on keyframe' ability for objects anywhere in the hirearchy.
New armature controls for animation.
+ a whole host of production level features have been added.
64 Bit

Additional features:
Morphblender module (Endomorphs)

Plugins
ChangeCurveType
ChangeCurveTypeAllChannels
ChangeCurveTypeAllObjects
CreateVar
CreateBetterKey
MoveToAlignKey
DynaPIP
Autoriglite
IKFK Blending

Scripts:
VarChannelAdd
HandleCreate
HandlePosTypeSet
HandleOffTypeSet
HandleControllerSet
HandlePosType
HandleOffType
HandleController
ActionCreate
ActionMouseSet


Shaders:
Ramp (New)
Voronoia (New)
Simple volume
ParticleCloud (New)
Speed Hazer v2
Noisette v2
Grids & Wires update
Gradient & Fresnel update
Standard shader – Improved SSS
Additional secularity mode

Lights:
Falloff Attenuation Color
Falloff Type new Exponential mode
Shadows Minimum Quality threshold

Render:
New AA mode
Matte objects
Unseen by atmosphere option
Zero the alpha buffer
Occlusion distance
Improve gamma