KeyShot is commonly used to render product shots with transparent background to use across web, print, and video. Rendering an image without a background also gives you more flexibility for layouts in Illustrator, Photoshop, or your website. KeyShot allows you to render an image or animation frames with a one-click option to Include Alpha (Transparency). It's extremely simple to do and allows you to drop the 3D rendering onto anything you like, and as you'll see in the following tutorials, apply
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
KeyShot comes packed with over 100 textures you can use, including wood, metal, and various types of texture maps - adding just the right amount of realism to your model. However, there are about a billion other textures and appearances out there that might catch your eye
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One of the most popular workflows for 3D artists and creators is going from Blender to KeyShot. If you're a Blender user, we're excited to finally bring you the KeyShot for Blender plugin. This plugin will help optimize your workflow by speeding up the process of bringing Blender files into KeyShot and updating the files you do bring into KeyShot.
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RenderShot, a dedicated KeyShot Render Farm, recently launched, offering a number of render services for KeyShot users. It combines an online platform that helps you see all the details of your render project and an app to automate it all.
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When you have unwanted noise or specks of light in your image, Denoise and Firefly Removal will clean it up quick. Today, we'll take a look at KeyShot Denoise and show you how you to use it to smooth out your visuals to produce faster results from your KeyShot scenes.
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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.
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With USDz and GLB export from KeyShot, there are a lot of ways to experience your 3D models. One common method is to share them with a QR code. The person uses the camera on their mobile device to scan the QR code which opens a link and (on modern mobile devices) displays the 3D model right on the screen. Today, we'll show you how to do this.
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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.
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Today, we're excited to release KeyShot 9.2 with new features and improvements for both KeyShot and KeyShot Viewer. These updates build on the new features introduced with KeyShot 9, features like GPU mode that allow you to utilize all the GPU power you have with the click of a button and material that take your visuals to a new level of realism. These new features and even more improvements, all of which can be seen in the KeyShot 9.2 release notes, are paving the way for even more capabilities
Creating an exploded view animation is an eye-catching method to provide motion to your product visuals. With KeyShot Pro, exploded view animations are easy to create and there are some features that make it even easier. Today, we'll run through a few tips and tricks that will help you create dynamic, exploded view animations for models with a few or even hundreds of parts.
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KeyShot's new Keyframe Animation is an easy to use animation feature that allows you to capture your geometry’s position with sequences of keyframes along a timeline. Complex animations would usually take a lot of work with multiple translation and rotation animations but keyframes simplify the setup and add more animation capabilities to speed the process.
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Today, we'll walk you through two different ways to add text to an animation inside KeyShot. This approach works well when you need to keep everything contained in your scene or simply prefer to use KeyShot for a complete workflow.
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The KeyShot Configurator is a KeyShot Pro feature used to present model and material variations in real-time for design reviews and interactive point-of-sale displays. With the KeyShotWeb add-on, you can take these high-quality, touch-enabled visuals into any web browser, presentation software, or share in KeyShot Viewer.
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KeyShot imports all major 3D file formats and has plugins for many of the most common. Among those is the KeyShot for NX plugin, a premium plugin that allows LiveLinking capability between KeyShot and Siemens NX.
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Rarely in life do you find a perfectly finished and unmarred surface. Whether its due to manufacturing marks, scratches or fingerprints, surfaces tend to have small imperfections you may not even notice. When you want to add these types of imperfections or create more advance materials in KeyShot, the most flexible option is the Material Graph in KeyShot Pro.
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When we're asked for technical illustration or product line art, it often requires taking the 3D data into different software. But what if you could create your production visuals and your tech visuals from the same model in the same software? When you need to create dynamic product drawings and exploded views, KeyShot provides a quick and convenient process to do this using the same model you used for your photographic production visuals. And you'll be surprised at how quick it is to set up.
If you’re trying to add some depth to a logo or label in KeyShot, but don’t have the geometry of the graphic modeled on your part, you can easily create the illusion of an embossed or debossed graphic by using a simple bump map.
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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:
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Today, we’re going to explore the Rounded Edges tool in KeyShot. This is a handy feature that simulates fillets on parts, without actually altering the geometry and increasing the triangle-count.
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An investigation of rendering capabilities and results in KeyShot using the 64 core AMD Threadripper 3990X and the 72 RT core NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000.
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KeyShot Pro comes with many geometry tools to manage and work with your imported models. One of those is the Split Object Surface Tool. Today, we'll look at the tool and the Paint Selection feature for quick selection and splitting of model surfaces.
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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.
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