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KeyShot 9 Now Available

We're very excited to introduce to you today, KeyShot 9. There's so much to love about this release and we're convinced it's going to open up ways for you to visualize like never before. Here's a quick look at the top features but if you like, feel free to hop over to the What's New page for a look at even more or the What's New Guide to learn how to use all the new features.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

How to Create Colorful Edge Effects in KeyShot

Have you ever needed to control color or achieve a specific edge effect? Product Designer and Founder of Sektre Creative, Liam Martin, has a new YouTub channel where he's dishing out sweet KeyShot tips and here, shows you how to get a very unique edge effect using a simple setup in the KeyShot Material Graph.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

New PANTONE® Colors for KeyShot

When you asked for colors, we didn't give you any old, ordinary colors. We teamed up with the company that knows color best. And now, we've got a fresh update for everyone who wants a complete palette of vibrant pastel, new neon, and fabulous fashion colors.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Alita: Battle Angel Concepts Rendered in KeyShot By Vitaly Bulgarov

Alita: Battle Angel, a live-action remake of the '90s Japanese manga series Gunnm, was released February 14, 2019 to a lot of mixed reviews from fans and critics, but those who know the artist involved can't say enough about, or get enough of, the concepts and visuals that went into the production. Here's just a little glimpse:   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyShot 8.2 Now Available

Today, we're excited to introduce KeyShot 8.2. In this release, we focus on stability and integration with 3D modeling software. There are A LOT of improvements in this release but also some important new features and updates.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

All New and Improved KeyShot for SOLIDWORKS Integration and Add-on

Over the years, Luxion has established strong integration between KeyShot and SOLIDWORKS to help 3D professionals create 3D renderings and animations quickly. The one-click import to KeyShot, LiveLinking geometry update, and Motion Study support has provided a seamless experience—and now we've made it even better!   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Textures in KeyShot: Adding Textures to Your 3D Model

So, you've captured the joy of creating a bump, color, specular and opacity map in one fell swoop and now you would like to apply those maps to your model to create the most incredible rendering your customer/client/boss/wife has ever laid eyes upon. It's extremely easy to do inside KeyShot. Once you have your textures created, it's only a matter of applying them to the model and adjusting the mapping. Here's how to do it.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

How to Create and Use Physical Lights in KeyShot

In KeyShot, there are two ways to light your scene. HDRIs are the default method, but physical lights can be used as well. A combination of both HDRI and physical lighting works well too. To add a physical light, simply drag and drop a light material from the KeyShot Library to a piece of geometry in your scene. There are five light material types in KeyShot and each behave differently, providing a wide array of uses in lighting your scene. Understanding the different light material types in Key

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Sonos: Packaging Design Workflow from Esko ArtiosCAD to KeyShot

Sonos not only creates one of the best audio experiences, they create one of the best unboxing experiences as well. It all starts with the detail put into the design of the packaging. It's a process that has been refined over the years, going from what was a traditional approach building physical prototypes to a visual packaging design workflow using Esko ArtiosCAD and KeyShot. It's an approach that has allowed them to both speed the process in evaluating concepts but also generate production sa

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

How the 'I Am Mother' Droids Were Born

When you see, I Am Mother, the highly anticipated Sci-Fi thriller from Netflix, you'll notice the eerie natural movement that goes along with the unnervingly eerie voice of Mother. Mother is a robot, designed to repopulate the earth in an extinction event, that is tasked with raising a singular human child from infancy. The robots are central to the story, and though attention to detail can be seen throughout the entire film, it's the droids that have a deep complexity starting from detailed con

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyShot 9: Support for NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing and AI Denoising Coming Soon

Today, we’re sharing the news of a new era coming to KeyShot and to KeyShot users around the world. With KeyShot 9, you will gain the ability to harness the full GPU-accelerated ray tracing power of NVIDIA RTX with OptiX. We'd like to share more on this decision, how it will work, and what you can expect with the approach we've taken to put you in complete control of your rendering workflow.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Virtual KeyShot World 2020 - '9 Days of KeyShot 9' Recap

Virtual KeyShot World 2020 is all wrapped-up and with nearly 3000 attending across the '9 Days of KeyShot 9' event and thousands more viewing on YouTube, it was an absolute success! We were so excited to be able to bring many of the speakers and workshops slated for KeyShot World in Huntington Beach to a wider audience around the world and, from the response, you were as well. We would like to thank all who attended, our presenters, our product sponsors, and the people behind the scenes who

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

IDC 2019 + MNML KeyShot After Party

This year's IDSA International Design Conference (IDC) was our busiest yet, with KeyShot and KeyVR demos running in the booth each day, two buck-wild after parties at Chicago's Ballast Point and the MNML Design Studio, and kicking it all off with a full day of KeyShot training.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Announcing KeyShot World 2020 | Huntington Beach, CA

Many have wondered if they would see its return in 2020, and today, we are indeed excited to announce KeyShot World 2020! We're bringing the two-day conference back to beautiful Huntington Beach, California at the Paséa Hotel & Spa. The agenda is taking shape with a full two days of KeyShot focused sessions plus even MORE training and, of course, plenty of networking opportunities and time to relax by the beach.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyVR Fall Update '19: Glass Refraction, Improved Reflections, Model Sets, Faster Loading

Today, we're excited to release a new update for KeyVR that delivers unmatched quality for transparent objects in VR, including refraction, color transmission and the attenuation of light through colored glass.   With the release of KeyVR, we introduced you to One-CLick VR and the fastest way to view your KeyShot scenes in virtual reality with the highest quality possible. With this release, we push speed and quality even further to make getting into VR faster and make materials lo

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyVR Support for New Varjo VR-2 Headsets

For the first time, Luxion and Varjo bring their latest innovation together to provide 3D professionals a VR experience unlike any other. Today, we're excited to join Varjo in announcing KeyVR support for their new, state-of-the-art VR headsets – the VR-2 and the VR-2 Pro.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

WellBeings MNML KeyShot Render Contest Winners

We had an incredible amount of entries for the WellBeings MNML KeyShot Render Contest and are excited to announce the winners. The challenge, to interpret the 'calm' and 'relief' in a beautiful WellBeings inhaler rendering, was indeed interpreted a multitude of different ways with the range of entries showing just how creative KeyShot users are.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

Coming Soon: KeyShot Cyber Monday Deals

Mark your calendar! KeyShot deals start Monday, December 2nd with a special price for all new KeyShot licenses along with discounts throughout the week on all KeyShot upgrades and add-ons! Add to calendar Apple   Google   Outlook   Outlook.com   Yahoo   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyShot Month @RenderWeekly

What can you create with KeyShot 9? Show what you've got as RenderWeekly presents KEYSHOT MONTH! We're excited to team up with both RenderWeekly and a group of incredible KeyShot pros for a month of render challenges featuring new features in KeyShot 9. You don't want to miss the opportunity to both take part and comment on what others create.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyShot 9.1 Now Available

Today, we're excited to bring you KeyShot 9.1. With KeyShot 9, we introduced real-time GPU ray tracing and AI denoise, RealClothTM technology, and tools to streamline model and material import. KeyShot 9.1 builds on these features with Unwrap UV to aid in the position and application of textures and labels, Name Templates to improve the filename options for render output workflow, and KeyShot Network Rendering with GPU support to scale up the rendering power to make use of all available networke

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

KeyShot for SOLIDWORKS Edition Available Now

With the release of KeyShot 9.1, we're introducing a new edition of KeyShot – KeyShot for SOLIDWORKS. This limited edition of KeyShot brings the features of KeyShot Pro plus direct SOLIDWORKS file import.   View the full article  

Cary OConnor

Cary OConnor

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