Release Notes

New Features:
-Live Linking
Live linking allows seamless model updates between the modeling software and KeyShot without having to reassign materials or update settings. Transfer your design directly from Creo, SolidWorks, or Rhino to KeyShot.

Assign materials and animations. Continue modeling. Click "Update" and push over the changes to KeyShot. All changed parts will be replaced and updated while maintaining all materials and animations.

-Physical lights
Beautiful physical lighting created with the power of Luxion's lighting technology. In addition to the accurate environment lighting you already have in KeyShot, KeyShot 4 introduces physically correct lights that turn any geometry into a local light source. It's a completely different approach from traditional rendering applications.

Simply apply a light source to any objects you like. Import new geometry or use existing geometry as a light source. Move. Control. Animate. It's local lighting done right, adding greater flexibility to your workflow by allowing you to easily control multiple, identical light sources simultaneously. All without forcing you to import and place additional objects in the scene.

-Pantone? and RAL colors
Choosing the perfect color has never been easier. Now, the entire Pantone? and RAL? color systems come to KeyShot helping you communicate color to designer, manufacturer, retailer and customer. Search by color, number or with the color picker. Drag and drop colors onto your objects completely independent of the material. Even add your own colors with a click of the mouse or the import of a file.

-MOLD-TECH? textures
More options for textures never hurt. In another first for the CGI industry, Luxion becomes the exclusive source for accurate representations of MOLD-TECH? textures inside a rendering application. With a large number of textures and all the options to refine your appearance, KeyShot brings a level of realism to your visuals that can't be matched.

-Rounded edges
Avoid the time involved in adding small fillets and radii to the edges and corners of your 3D geometry. KeyShot can do it all for you. Control the size of the rounds to complement the lighting. The effect is completely visual, with no addition to file size or rendering time. It's just one more way KeyShot speeds up the visual creation process.

-Translucent materials
The improved translucent material in KeyShot 4 delivers more accurate subsurface scattering. With support for specular maps, caustic illumination and scientifically correct interaction with physical lights, KeyShot translucent materials are being called the best in the industry.

-View and model sets (Pro)
The improved translucent material in KeyShot 4 delivers more accurate subsurface scattering. With support for specular maps, caustic illumination and scientifically correct interaction with physical lights, KeyShot translucent materials are being called the best in the industry.

-HDR Light Editor (Pro)
Editing your Environment in realtime just got better. KeyShot 4 introduces the ability to tilt and blur your environment and add pins with a simple click on the model in the realtime window. Create your own HDRI's or modify an existing HDRI by editing the pins that have been placed in the scene.

-Render passes (Pro)
KeyShot 4 introduces new rendering options to aid in post production as well. Quickly render out a Depth, Normal or Clown pass along with the full resolution rendering. The Render layer option allows you to easily assign parts to a layer to be rendered out separately.

-Stereoscopic viewing (Pro)
Run KeyShot in stereo-mode and view your models in 3D right on your screen. KeyShot extends the visual experience with support for stereo capability allowing you to work on your renderings and animations or present them to others in a virtual 3D setting.

-Improved import
Importing your geometry. It's the most basic requirement and KeyShot brings in more options to import accurate data and keep that data updated throughout your workflow. Choose to keep the original size of the model or to update the model with a click of a button, while maintaining all materials and animations.
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