Materials from new library.
IRender nXt Version 3.0 has been released.
This version include a considerable number of new features and improvements over Version 2.0.
| New Plant and Material libraries | |
| Over 6,000 materials and 40 RpTreeMaker plants. |
Materials from new library. |
| Arroway Textures | |
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Arroway Textures
is a manufacturer of high-res textures, which are used in many areas of digital visualization, e.g. architecture, design and art.
Arroway has made about 100 low-res versions of their textures available to IRender nXt users.
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Room with Arroway Textures on walls and floor. |
| Material Wizard | |
| The IRender Material Wizard makes it easy to create and edit materials.
Most common rendering settings for materials can be made quickly in the Material Wizard.
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Default tab of Material Wizard. |
| nXt Image Editor | |
| The nXt Image Editor is used for Post-Processing images after the rendering has been completed.
[[Real Time Haze], Depth Blur , Lighting Channels , save as Piranesi format, save as HDRi.
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Real Time Haze adjustment in nXt Image Editor. |
| Panoramic Views | |
| A Panoramic image is created by rotation the camera while rendering to create a full 360 x 360 degree image.
Clients can view the flash movie made from the Panoramic image.
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Panoramic image of interior created using IRender nXt. Model courtesy of Boothy.. |
| Lighting Channels | |
By assigning channels to sun, sky, and groups of lights, you can quickly adjust the intensity of each channel with a slidebar and immediately see the effect on the final rendering. This will save time both in determining the relative intensities to use for light sources and in fine tuning the final image before publication.
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Spotlight adjusted after rendering. |
| Visible Light Paths | |
View spot light beams as if shining in a hazy room.
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Visible Light Paths. |
| Depth of Field and Depth Blur | |
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Depth of Field
and Focal Distance settings create renderings with areas in sharp focus and areas out of focus.
Depth Blur can also be defined as a Post-Processing technique in the nXt Image Editor .
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Depth of Field set to 1.0, Focal Distance 100' |
| Real Time Haze | |
Real Time Haze
adds haze and fog effects, after rendering, in a post process.
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Haze added to a lighthouse scene. |
Version 3.0 has a new 30-day trial version.
If you have tried it before and want to try it again, or if you are trying it out for the first time, visit Downloads to download the latest version.
The price of IRender nXt and nXtRender will be going up on March 1, 2010.
You can purchase either product at a lower price until March 1..
| Product | Current Price | Price after March 1, 2010 |
| IRender nXt | $399.00 | $429.00 |
| nXtRender | $79.00 | $99.00 |
| Combo Pack | $499.00 | $549.00 |
| Upgrades from old versions | ||
| IRender nXt | $155.00 | $180.00 |
| nXtRender | $45.00 | $45.00 |
| Combo Pack | $195.00 | $220.00 |
| Feature |
| Animation - Fully rendered movies. |
| Antialiasing - High quality images |
| Auto Reflection - Automatic reflection for metal, plastic, tile and wood. |
| Automatic Bump Maps - 3D lighting effects from 2D surfaces. |
| Background Image - Place image behind rendered geometry. |
| Batch Rendering - Render later, or from a remote machine. |
| Caustics - Realistic transparency for glass. |
| Clay Rendering - Create monochrome renderings of model. |
| Daylight Portals - fast processing of exterior lighting. |
| Depth of Field - Focus and Blur. |
| Edge Highlighting - Enhance detail by rendering SketchUp edges. |
| External Rendering - Render in a separate process so you can continue to use SketchUp. |
| Foreground Image - Place image or watermark in front of rendered geometry. |
| Fully integrated into SketchUp - All Rendering settings saved with SketchUp model. |
| Ground Cover - Fractal, 3D plants for ground cover |
| HDRi Skies - Lighting, reflections or visibility from special image files. |
| High Resolution images - Increased image size for high-quality images.. |
| IRender Ready Content - Preconfigured components in 3D Warehouse. |
| IRender nXt Material Library - Predefined materials. |
| IRender nXt Plant Library - More than 500 predefined plants. |
| Indirect Lighting - Improved renderings with effects of reflected light. |
| Lamps and Light Fixtures - Premade components for point, spot and ceiling lights. |
| Laptop Seat - Free second seat for your laptop. |
| Lighting Channels - Adjust light intensity after rendering. |
| Lighting Presets Tab - Quick settings for typical environments. |
| Material Wizard - advanced features - Multiple Properties per material. |
| Material Wizard - Define properties for materials. |
| Object Properties - Diffuse lighting, Daylight, Caustics. |
| Procedural Bump Maps - marble, wrinkle, bumps, etc. |
| RPC Objects - High quality 3D objects. |
| Reflections and Mirrors - Define reflection for any surface. |
| Render directly from SketchUp - One click rendering. |
| Rendering Editor - Set options and edit materials from rendering window. |
| RpTreeMaker - Fractal 3D trees. |
| Section Planes - ability to section off part of the model. |
| Self Glow - Illuminate a material without making it a light |
| SketchUp Components - Render groups and components. |
| SketchUp Materials - Textures, transparency and colors from SketchUp materials. |
| Sun and Shadows - Use SketchUp sun position and settings. |
| Transparency - Use SketchUp transparency settings. |
| Two Point Perspective - Keep vertical lines parallel while panning the view. |
| Visible Light Paths - Spot Lights which shine as if in a haze. |
| Watermarks - Add logos, foreground images or textured masks to the rendering. |