Hi folks,

I showed off a few images and now they are available, two new plug-ins for Shaders Plus; Bevel and Procedural Lock.

Procedural Lock nails down procedural shaders and projection mapping so that you can use them to shade boned and morph target meshes. There's no exporting textures or setting up UV coordinates.

Bevel softens the sharp edges of your models. If you don't have time to model a nice bevel or chamfer, do it with a shader!

Shaders Plus supports an evaluation mode so you can download and try it or grab the update from the links below. It's a free update for existing Shaders Plus customers.

Carrara 4.0
PC
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c4/shadersplus.zip
Mac OSX
http://digitalcarversguild.com/downloads/c4/shadersplus.sit

Be sure to check out the user gallery to see a few samples of the new shaders in action.

http://www.digitalcarversguild.com/gallery.php?ProductId=13

Here's one sample of Bevel. The original mesh is on the left and the Bevel shaded version is on the right.

For the next month Shaders Plus will remain at the existing price of $24.95 before it goes to the new price of $29.95 on October 31st.

Regards,
Eric Winemiller
Digital Carvers Guild
3D plug-ins for Carrara
http://digitalcarversguild.com

Wow. That Bevel thing, that's cheating, isn't it? Real pros would not use this kind of plugin, wouldn't they? clicks link Well. Whatever. Life is a highway, but who says you should not take shortcuts to make it easier! Thanks!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Kix

Great work Eric, thanks!

Nice work. I am loving the new site design too!

Thanx Eric! Yet another great from you! Now... about that plugin for a GOOD particle system? :D