modo 601, the new feature-packed full release from Luxology

In issue 37 of 3D Artist magazine, we celebrated 10 years of Luxology, anticipating what 2012 would bring. And when co-founder and CEO Brad Peebler promised that a new major release this year would be “the most exciting modo release to date”, he wasn’t kidding – just check out what’s in store in the feature-laden modo 601 (and this only scratches the surface!)

New character animation and rigging tools, including an easy-to-use Pose Tool and a flexible system of layer deformers. New character animation and rigging tools include:

• Skeleton Tool/Mesh Binding
• Full-body Inverse Kinematics
• Pose Tool
• Pose space sculpting
• Actors with Poses and Actions
• Visible Motion Paths
• Deformers
• Falloffs as Deformers
• Textured Falloffs
• Alembic support
• MDD driven object deformation

New modelling tools for retopology, selection, enhancements to Pixar Subdivision modeling, and automatic preservation of UVs during modelling. New modelling tools include:

• Dedicated Re-Topology Modeling tools and Viewport
• Topology Pen tool
• Pixar Subdivision surfaces improvements
• Preserve UVs
• Mesh Cleanup
• New Geometry Constraint ‘Point’ mode
• Soft Selection
• Lazy Selection
• Vertex Map Painting

Workflow enhancements to accelerate the creation process, making the modo experience even more natural. Workflow enhancements include:

• MatCap Materials
• Silhouette View
• Enhanced Render View
• 3D Paint performance
• Render within a capped time limit
• 3D mouse support
• SDK improvements

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerous rendering improvements to enhance the rendering experience and make it easier than ever to produce exactly the results you want. Rendering improvements include:

• Render Booleans
• Sky Portals
• Rounded Edge shader
• Texture Bombing (Texture Replicator)
• Oren_Nayer diffuse roughness shading
• Subsurface scattering depth control
• Camera Clipping (by surface or material)
• Contour Edge Rendering
• Render Passes
• Preview Renderer improvements
• Enhanced Network rendering
• Spectral Samples

New shaders to simplify realistic rendering of hair and skin, and to create non-photo-realistic images direct from the modo renderer. New shaders include:

• Skin shader
• Hair shader
• Halftone shader
• Cel shader

Volumes, Replicators and Particle Clouds allow modo users to replicate vast numbers of objects across surfaces with greater ease and variability. New features and improvements include:

• Volumetric Rendering
• Replicator improvements
• RealFlow support
• Blobs
• Volumetric Sprites
• Particle painting/sculpting

New Rigid and Soft body dynamics based on the Bullet Physics engine are also now a standard part of modo.

modo 601 is available now! Check out the demo videos and a modo 601 feature tour on the Luxology website for more information. And if you’re a 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, Houdini, LightWave or Softimage user, then you can add modo 601 to your existing pipeline for just $795 (normally $1195) for a limited time only – that’s a 33% saving!