A newbies thoughts on the new products offered by Onyx Computing.

Onyx Computing has just released a couple of new plug ins. Hundreds of ground cover, grass, and ornimentals with a few clicks of the mouse. I purchased it and have had a chance to use it for a couple of images for the current  Charrette #14 - House in Alenquer. I like it.

I had been intrigued with the restaurant collection offered at ‘The123D’ for a while and when they suggested that I review some of their product, I was lured into the proposal just for a chance to take a look at the collection I had been eyeing for a while.

When I first heard rumors of the new features and expanded rendering options available in trueSpace 7.0 I was very excited for Caligari. You see trueSpace was my first true 3D love!

First off, if you make your living with actual colored pencils and markers, love the smell of ‘PrismaColor’ in the morning, you may want to stop reading this, it could be kind of depressing…

The architectural visualization market now has available Maxwell Render 1.1 by Next Limit Technologies, a powerful tool that allows visualisers and architects to predict how light and materials will interact and behave with great accuracy, just like in the real world.