StudioGPU has announced the release of MachStudio Pro, a stand-alone visualization and rendering software that lets CG artists and lighters create and manipulate lights, materials, and cameras in a real-time, non-linear workflow environment. The new release adds a 3DS Max 2009 exporter, materials library and animatable fog. MachStudio Pro is priced at $4999



The Ultimate CG Sandbox
Rendering

* Render as final frame or in passes for compositing
* Dynamic reflection maps
* Batch Rendering
* Render to any resolution and format
(e.g. 1080P, 720P, 16:9, 4:3, NTSC, PAL, 2K and beyond).

Cameras & Lighting

* Real-time Ambient Occlusion (AO)
* Real-time High Dynamic Range (HDR) cameras and lighting
* Real-time Depth of Field (DOF)
* Real-time depth map shadows
* Real-time subsurface scattering
* Real-time simulated global illumination
* Object and material light sets

Powered by ATI

* ATI FireGLEach copy of MachStudio Pro comes with an ATI FireGL V8650 Ultra High End Workstation graphics card for optimal performance
* 2GB VRAM
* 320 Unified shader processing units
* Scalable ultra parallel processing architecture
* Two dual-link DVI outputs

Animation

* Fully configurable constraint systems for lighting and animation
* All object, light, and camera properties keyable over time
* Non-Linear animation editor
* Flexible auto-key system

Materials

* Real-time material creation and manipulation
* Standard shaders (blinn, phong, lambert, etc.)
* Specialized shaders (sub-surface scattering, reflection, car paint, etc.)
* Shader SDK
* UV Viewer

Other Features

* 3ds Max 2009 Exporter for MachStudio ProConfigurable and highly intuitive interface
* Import capabilities with major animation and 3D software with custom exporters for Maya and 3ds Max (autoCAD, Rhino, ArchiCAD and SketchUP coming soon)
* .FBX file import
* Depth & height-based Fog
* Sub-division system
* Python scripting
* Import SDK

Video tour here
Related links:

www.studiogpu.com