Lumion 2.2 update

Act-3D’s real-time architectural visualization software Lumion 2.2 updated which includes:

- Stand-alone viewer output
- Improved wet effect for Lumion terrain
- New high quality characters with bump and specular maps, the animations of people and animals are also smoother
- New video and color effects – lens distortion, chromatic aberrations, white balance and selective saturation
- New contrail effects – makes your sky come to life with moving contrails, useful for urban scenes
- Export of depth maps and renderings without the sky – you can now export your movie and still image of depth maps, normal maps and renderings with sky alpha image for post-processing and video compositing purposes
- Advanced movie export – custom frame rates and movie resolutions (supports high resolutions such as WQHD 2560×1440)
- Updated free Revit exporter to Collada

More information and a comparison chart of the features available in the different versions can be found on Lumion’s website.

http://lumion3d.com/lumion-update-2-2

Free useful maxscripts to download

Here are a list of few free useful maxscript for you to download for your production work in 3ds max.

Advance Painter
HCG asset browser
Material Converter
Relink Missing files
VRayMtlConverter v2.5
RenderMask
AvizStudio Tools – ATiles
Render 3D
Kitchen Cabinet Creator
Populate:Terrain
Copy \ Paste Biped animation

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Free Bed Design Model to download

MrCAD posted a new Bed Design 3d model in 3ds max file format. Download the model for your Bedroom Furniture scenes. The .max file is available in 3ds max 2009 version

Download Bed design model

Creating a Bokeh Effect using 3ds max

In this beginner’s tutorial we’re going to create a bokeh effect in 3ds Max. The term bokeh is familiar from photography. When depth of field is shallow, part of the photo is blurred. Bokeh refers to that blur or the quality of it. There are a few different methods of creating shallow depth of field in 3ds Max, but this time we concentrate on the ‘Depth of Field / Bokeh’ camera shader which is a new feature in 3ds Max 2011. The Bokeh shader gives us nice tools to control the quality and the look of the out of focus areas.

http://www.polygonblog.com/bokeh-effect/

Marvelous Designer future development update

CLO Virtual Fashion has updated the future development plan for its Marvelous Designer cloth design and simulation software. The 2012 Q1, Q2 and Q3 update plan.

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ACOUSTIC SOFA FURNITURE DESIGN

Unconventional furniture designers at Norway Says have created a new Contemporary sofa for furniture manufacturer L.K. Hjelle of Norway. Duo Contemporary Sofa made its debut at 100% Design London.
Duo Contemporary Sofa opens a new range of furnishing-possibilities as part of the Living Room Furniture, especially in wide open areas where noise and interference can be troublesome for many.

MEGAN FOX CISCO HOME FURNITURE

Megan Fox the heartthrob of millions from Transformers shopped for some Living Room furniture at Cisco Home Furniture in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Manufactured in Los Angeles from 1990, Cisco Home showcases the attractiveness of furniture construction through the use of natural, wholesome materials, such as wool batting, hemp, jute, cotton, and FSC Certified and reclaimed hardwoods, making graceful furniture that is environmentally responsive and built for a lifetime.

CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER SOFA DESIGN

 

 

You would be thinking it is an Oyster Mushroom. Rightly so! The Bloom Lounge Contemporary Sofa is finished of microfiber stitched over a resin top with a steel base. Motivated by the charming blossom of delicate flower petals, this lounge Contemporary sofa is made by hundreds of fine running stitches glowing from the center of the seat exhibiting a understated textural look. Undetectable supports form shapes evocative of soft and graceful musical tones. On the whole a wonderful piece of Living Room Furniture

MODERN SOFA DAYBED FURNITURE DESIGN

The American Modern Daybed Sofa drawing inspiration from the George Nelson design dated 1948 exhibits the “less is more” notion in action. Nelson’s ageless minimalist daybed sofa design has been developed upon with current manufacturing techniques and FSC-certified solid Maple wood. The Modern American Daybed Sofa comes with an open slat design for circulation, removable back cushions for added space, and removable covers by Maharam for easy cleaning. This Daybed sofa is available for your living room furniture

COOL MODERN SOFA DESIGN

Is this a freaky alien creature, or a mutated spider? Whatever it is , its certainly radically different from any Furniture that we have seen. Named as the Spider Phoebe emanating from Limitless Furniture, this is one crazy Home Office Furniture.