Itoo Software News http://www.itoosoft.com 3D Software solutions, plugins and Models en-us Thu, 23 May 13 14:50:02 +0200 RailClone 2 Lite/Pro http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1368136800 Friday, 10-May-2013 Introducing our new RailClone 2. The new revolutionary parametric modelling tool for 3ds Max.

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50% off in Xfrog Products http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1367532000 Friday, 03-May-2013 Save 50% on All Xfrog Products until May 31

You can read more information about this in our Xfrog section, and purchase it in our online store.]]> RailClone 2 Beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1366149600 Wednesday, 17-Apr-2013 We have a new blog where we will post all the news relative to RailClone 2 Beta, including news, tutorials, images...

You can see this blog in www.railclone.com

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Gallery Redesigned http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1365544800 Wednesday, 10-Apr-2013 We have a new Gallery with brand new material, combining images and videos, with more interactivity and option to share.

If you want to showcase your work on our gallery, please contact us.

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Forest Pack 4.0.3 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1364252400 Tuesday, 26-Mar-2013 This maintenance patch fix some minor bugs.

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Forest Pack 4.0.2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1362956400 Monday, 11-Mar-2013 This maintenance patch fix some minor bugs.

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Presentation at London AAUGA http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1362610800 Thursday, 07-Mar-2013 Full room for our Forest Pack Pro presentation last night at 3ds Max London User Group. Great people, great speaker. Thanks to Paul Roberts for his continuous support.

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Forest Pack Lite/Pro 4 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1361142000 Monday, 18-Feb-2013 Introducing Forest Pack 4 Lite and Pro. With new render engines supported, and many new features, see all changes here.

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Itoo Software Showreel 2012 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1359586800 Thursday, 31-Jan-2013 Introducing our 2012 showreel, featuring great pieces of work with ForestPack and RailClone. In iToosoft, we want to thank all artists, partners and friends for their contribution to this video.

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State of the Art Academy http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1359414000 Tuesday, 29-Jan-2013 We have signed an agreement with the State of the Art Academy to support Forest Pack and RailClone in their 2013 masterclasses.

The agreement also includes a lecture on the insights of the latest versions of our plugins in "Academy Day", their main event to take place on October 4-5.

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RailClone 1.4.3 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1358636400 Sunday, 20-Jan-2013 This maintenance patch fixes several minor bugs.

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Forest Pack 3.9.6 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1357945200 Saturday, 12-Jan-2013 This maintenance patch fixes several minor bugs.

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New gallery image: Birch Grove http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1356476400 Wednesday, 26-Dec-2012 Tamás comments on the scene: "Forest Pack is the only piece of software I can think of, which enables you to create such organic, versatile structures, in such an easy and flexible workflow.

Check it out on our gallery

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1355439600 Friday, 14-Dec-2012 Martin Geupel (www.ground-studios.com) share this Forest Pack scene with us.

See them on the Gallery and in our Facebook page!

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“Tree-Lined Canal” http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1353452400 Wednesday, 21-Nov-2012 The tutorial, composed of over 30 minutes video and, is designed to get first users up and running quickly, acquiring the necessary skills to create fantastic scenes with Forest Pack Pro.

 

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Using Forest Pack as scatter http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1352847600 Wednesday, 14-Nov-2012 New images added to the library, thanks to Olivier Defaye.

See them on the Gallery and in our Facebook page!

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“Ronen Bekerman's BLOG 3rd BDAY” http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1352070000 Monday, 05-Nov-2012 Congratulations to Mateusz Grzybowski (Forest Pack category winner) and Kcpr Raffael (RailClone category winner) for their stunning work.

Check it out on our gallery and Ronen Bekerman Blog.

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New gallery images http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1351551600 Tuesday, 30-Oct-2012 New images added to the library, thanks to Olivier Defaye and Ronen Bekerman.

See them on the Gallery and in our Facebook page!

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1350338400 Tuesday, 16-Oct-2012 New image added to the library, thanks to Jesus Oscar Salmerón, from Mediarender Studio in Malaga, Spain.

See it on the Gallery and the interview with the author in our Facebook page!

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Evermotion archmodels http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1350252000 Monday, 15-Oct-2012 We have incorporated Evermotion into our portfolio of plants and trees libraries. Evermotion creates and develops products that help CG artists with their 3d visualizations by speeding up their workflow and increasing their quality of output.

Visit online store to see the new range.

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1349647200 Monday, 08-Oct-2012 New image added to the library, thanks to Barry John, from 3D Digital Studio Ltd. in UK.

This image has won a Forest Pack Pro license in the latest 3DS South Walles meeting challenge.

See it on the Gallery!

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Forest Pack 3.9.5 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1349215200 Wednesday, 03-Oct-2012 This maintenance patch fix some minor bugs.

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Autumn Park - Using Forest Color http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1348351200 Sunday, 23-Sep-2012 This new short tutorial accompanies the Autumn Park scene and explains how Forest Color can be used to create unlimited variety in the maps and colors of your foliage.

 

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XFrogPlants Volumes 1 & 2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1347660000 Saturday, 15-Sep-2012 Get thousands of amazing 3D plant models at a phenomenally low price!

We're offering a limited time 15% discount on all XfrogPlants Libraries, Species and Bundles! Act fast: this sale will end October 19th!

See the new bundles in the store.

 

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1347573600 Friday, 14-Sep-2012 Doyle Drive/Presidio Parkway (San Francisco CA) Design Visualization by Parsons Brinckerhoff using both Forest Pack and RailClone.

See it on the Gallery!

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Forest Pack 3.9.4 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1344031200 Saturday, 04-Aug-2012 This maintenance patch fix some minor bugs.

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Forest Pack 3.9.3 / HQ Catalog 1.2.3 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1342303200 Sunday, 15-Jul-2012 These maintenance patches fix some minor bugs.

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Modern Barn http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1342044000 Thursday, 12-Jul-2012 “Modern Barn” is a new Forest Pack tutorial with an extensive explanation and 90' of video about new features included in Forest Pack version 3.9.

You can see the tutorial text in our webpage.

 

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HD Flowers 3 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1341525600 Friday, 06-Jul-2012 HD Flowers 3 is a collecion of 101 beatiful and high-quality 3d models of flowers, created by 3dMentor and ready for rendering in VRay and Mental Ray.

Also as special offer, we give a discount in the purchase, available only until 12th July.

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Updated plugins for 3ds max 2013 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1340143200 Wednesday, 20-Jun-2012 New versions of Forest Pack and RailClone. This releases add Max 2013 support, new features and fixes for both .

See release notes for Forest Pack 3.9.2

See release notes for RailClone 1.4.2

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1339970400 Monday, 18-Jun-2012 New image added to the library, thanks to Colin Hanford, from Arup in UK, has created this image using RailClone and Forest Pack.

See it on the Gallery!

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Forest Pack Pro 3.9.1b http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1339279200 Sunday, 10-Jun-2012 These maintenance patch fixes some minor bugs.

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End User Event 2012 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1338242400 Tuesday, 29-May-2012 We´ll be showcasing latest Forest Pack and RailClone Features at EUE2012 this week.

More info at www.enduserevent.com

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New gallery image http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1337032800 Tuesday, 15-May-2012 Our good friend Jonny Allen, 3d artist working at Neoscape in Boston, has created this amazing image using Forest Pack and shares it with us.

See it on the Gallery!

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"Glass Building" http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1336600800 Thursday, 10-May-2012 This scene shows how to use RailClone to create full parametric buildings from a set of basic elements and some splines.

Requirements: 3DS Max 2010 or higher, Forest Pack Lite 3.6, Railclone Lite 1.3, Vray 1.5 or greater.

Available now in Downloads area!

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Forest Pack Pro 3.9.0b / RailClone Pro 1.4.0b http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1336168800 Saturday, 05-May-2012 These beta releases add Max 2013 support, new features and fixes.

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New gallery images http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1335304800 Wednesday, 25-Apr-2012 We added images shown by Iain MacMurray (www.res10.com) and Jonatham Knox (pixogram.co.uk) at 3DS Edinburgh get together last week.

See comments from authors in our Facebook page.

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HQCatalog 1.2.2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1334872800 Friday, 20-Apr-2012 This patch includes:

  • Fixed materials for HDTrees 3 libraries.
  • Fixed installer bug when using Forest Pack Lite.
  • Fixed bug with 3DSMax 9.
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Plugins for 3dsMax 2013 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1334613600 Tuesday, 17-Apr-2012 New versions of our classic free plugins ColorEdge, Clone and Glue for 3DSMax® 2013 just published.

Available now in Downloads area!

For Forest Pack and RailClone updates, please check the roadmap in our forum.

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“The Magical Forest” http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1332111600 Monday, 19-Mar-2012 Itoo Software and Ronen Bekerman are proud to announce “The Magical Forest”, miniCHALLENGE focused on the use of iToo Software‘s FOREST PACK plugin.

Terms and conditions at www.ronenbekerman.com

Good luck!

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HQCatalog 1.2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1331852400 Friday, 16-Mar-2012 This patch includes:

  • New thumbnails for HDFlowers 1 & 2 and HDTrees 3 libraries.
  • Updated thumbnails for HQGrass library.
  • Links to sample scenes.
  • Fixed issues when libraries are moved.
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Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.8.1 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1331074800 Wednesday, 07-Mar-2012 This maintenance patch fixes some minor bugs:

  • Fixed potential crashing bug when using multiple animation samples in VRay.
  • Exclude splines were not updated properly when using 4 surfaces or more.
  • Fixed crashing of collisions detection process with UV Surfaces.
  • Fixed jittering when using Random Translation with UV Surfaces.
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XfrogPlants from XFrog Inc. http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1330729200 Saturday, 03-Mar-2012 iToo Software is proud to announce its agreement with the Californian company Xfrog to distribute XfrogPlants.

Forest Pack includes since version 3.8 optimizations for XFrogPlants, see the new Material Optimizer.

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Forest Pack Pro Presentation with Jonny Allen - AAUGA Boston http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1329692400 Monday, 20-Feb-2012 This is a screen recording from the Jonny Allen live presentation at AAUGA boston, in the Neoscape office.

The presentation was about using Forest Pack Pro for natural and controlled scattering.

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Autumn Park - 3DSMax Full Scene http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1329606000 Sunday, 19-Feb-2012 This scene combines the distribution of grass, fallen leaves on the ground and trees over irregular terrain and leaves tinted with Forest Color.

Included scenes ready to render for MentalRay and VRay.

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Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.8 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1328569200 Tuesday, 07-Feb-2012 New version Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.8

  • Multiple parametric areas.
  • Painting Tool
  • Real-time object exclusion.
  • Material Optimizer.

See all changes in the release notes.

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Lake with Pier - 3dsMax Full scene http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1325718000 Thursday, 05-Jan-2012 We have created a wonderful landscape for our users. This scene combines the distribution of trees, grass and stones over irregular terrain.

Updated: Lake with pier full scene is now available for render with MentalRay.

Download now the Lake with pier scene, ready to render.

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RailClone and Forest Pack http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1325026800 Wednesday, 28-Dec-2011 Two new releases: RailClone Lite/Pro 1.3.0 and Forest Pack Pro 3.7.3 beta. ]]> Path through the field - Full scene http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1323990000 Friday, 16-Dec-2011

We have created a footpath scene for our users. This scene combines the distribution of grass and stones over irregular terrain and leaves tinted with Forest Color.

Download now the Path through the field scene, ready to render with Forest Pack Pro and VRay.

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Forest Pack Pro 3.7.1 beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1321052400 Saturday, 12-Nov-2011
  • Multiple areas by object.
  • Collision detection with external objects.
  • New Paint tool integrated with areas.
  • Improved performance for complex splines.
  • Scale falloff by distance to the camera.
  • And much more, see all changes here.
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Lake with Pier - Full scene http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1320361200 Friday, 04-Nov-2011 We created this wonderful landscape for all our users. The scene combines the distribution of trees, grass and stones over irregular terrain.

Included maps, materials and lighting setup for VRay 2.0 and Forest Pack pro, free and ready to render!.

Download now the Lake with pier scene.

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RailClone Pro 1.2.5 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1318024800 Saturday, 08-Oct-2011 New version RailClone Pro 1.2.5:

More than 50 new models added to the Library, including Chainlinks, Stone walls, Moldings, Bridges, Handrails, Street lights and Trusses.

Available now for subscribers in the User's panel.

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Forest Pack Pro 3.6.2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1317420000 Saturday, 01-Oct-2011
  • Fixed Forest Color->Tint by Element issues with Mental Ray
  • All maps now work properly with 3D textures, including VRayDistanceTex
  • Fixed issues with the Detach/Attach procedures
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    Max Underground reviews Forest Pack Pro http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1314655200 Tuesday, 30-Aug-2011 French archviz artist Matt Guetta reviews Itoo Software’s Forest Pack Pro for Max Underground: “… one of the easiest and most powerful plugins available for creating realistic vegetation environments.”

    Read the review

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    Forest Pack Lite/Pro 3.6 and HQ Catalog 1.0 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1311976800 Saturday, 30-Jul-2011 New version now available:

    • Forest Color, Random maps and tint by leaf.
    • Scattering by UV Surfaces.
    • HQ Plants full integration with HQ Catalog.
    • Free HQ plants included in the package.
    • Color Tint is enabled in Forest Lite.
    • Max 2012 compatible.

    And much more, see all changes here.

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    Forest Pack Pro 3.5.4 beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1311199200 Thursday, 21-Jul-2011
  • Alignment and scale for UV surfaces
  • HQ Free plants included in the installation package
  • and other fixes. See all changes here.

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  • Fixed geometry issues with Bevels.
  • The assigned spline can be selected from the quad menu.
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    HD Flowers 1 - Roses http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1308434400 Sunday, 19-Jun-2011 HD Flowers 1 - Roses is a collecion of beatiful and high-quality 3d models of roses, created by 3d Mentor. It contains over 40 realistic models including materials, textures and ready for rendering in VRay and Mental Ray.

    Also as special summer offer, we give to our customers a discount of 25% in the purchase of any of the HQ Plants libraries, this offer will be available only until 7th July, 2011.

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    RailClone Lite/Pro 1.2 http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1307224800 Sunday, 05-Jun-2011
  • Added geometric shaders for VRay and Mental Ray
  • Render massive railing and structures over paths as long as kilometers
  • CPU Multi-core support. Global performance have been improved
  • Max 2012 compatible
  • and much more, see all changes here.
  • Also with this relase ends the launch offer of RailClone Pro, but the base price by license is reduced from 200 Eur to 180 Eur.

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    Forest Pack Pro 3.5.2 beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1305842400 Friday, 20-May-2011 Several issues are fixed on this release. See all changes here.

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    Forest Pack Pro 3.5.1 beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1305151200 Thursday, 12-May-2011
  • Adjustable alignment to the surface
  • Transform now supports color maps for XYZ ranges
  • The Library Browser has greatly improved
  • Added support for VRay 2.0 SP1 and 1.5 SP6
  • And multiple fixes. See all changes here.

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  • Render massive railings and structures in Mental Ray
  • Objects are converted on the fly to native render instances
  • mrProxies are supported
  • See all changes here.

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  • RailClone Pro 1.1.2 beta, adds Max 2012 support and VRay improvements
  • Glue, Clone and ColorEdge in the downloads page
  • See the current state of all plugins for Max 2012 here
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    Forest Pack Pro 3.5.0 beta http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1301781600 Sunday, 03-Apr-2011
  • Full 3D scattering using UV surface coordinates.
  • New plugin: Forest Color. Random texture maps and Tint by element.
  • Points-cloud performance has been greatly improved.
  • The Library Browser now supports 3D objects.

  • and other improvements and fixes. See all changes here.

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    Forest Pack Pro, price changes http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1300575600 Sunday, 20-Mar-2011 The individual license base price is reduced to 180€, and includes one year of upgrades and other benefits.

    See it in the Forest store section.

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    New Grass Tutorial http://www.itoosoft.com/home/news/1299193200 Friday, 04-Mar-2011

    This tutorial shows you how to create step by step a realistic grass sunset field using Forest Lite with VRay or Mental Ray.

    Get the final ready-to-render scenes, including materials and lighting setup for both render engines!

    See it in the Forest tutorials section.

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