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 Beta testing of Turtle� renderer a big Success! Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
Date: Fri Feb 06 2004
Gothenburg, Sweden - February 6, 2004 � Illuminate Labs is pleased to announce that beta testing of Turtle� advanced rendering software has been a great success. Turtle� has been tested at over 100 sites worldwide since 2002 to meet the requirements of the most demanding studios. Testers have loved the performance and new features that Turtle� offers.
"I've been using Turtle for the creation of game assets for Star Wars Galaxies. Baking light info into our textures has saved valuable time and processing power. Turtle is very easy to use and very powerful, and I have come to depend on it in my daily work." - Dan Borth, Sony Online Entertainment
The beta testing program is now entering the final phase, as Illuminate Labs gears up for the upcoming commercial release of Turtle�. For more details and the opportunity to pre-order your copy of Turtle�, please visit http://www.illuminatelabs.com.
About Turtle renderer
TURTLE� for Maya� is a radically faster renderer for complex scenes with advanced lighting.
If You use raytracing and Global Illumination on large models - You will want to use TURTLE� for Maya�.
How fast is TURTLE� for Maya�?
Beta testers in animation, automotive, industrial design and computer game industries that so far have been using cutting-edge industrial rendering software have seen some of their previous rendering times cut in half when using TURTLE� for Maya�.
TURTLE� for Maya� also allowed beta testers to preview renderings with full raytracing and Global Illumination, and render larger models in Maya� than was previously possible.
For pricing and availability of TURTLE� for Maya�, contact us at [email protected]
Specifications for TURTLE� demonstration version at SIGGRAPH 2003
- LIQUIDLIGHT� Raytracing & Global Illumination with caustics, color bleeding, Final Gather and Skylight
- Support for Maya shading networks
- Support for Maya light sources
- Soft shadows (all lights can be area lights)
- Integrated with the Maya GUI
- Display/render layers
- Multipixel filters
- 3D Motion Blur
- Animation and batch rendering support
- Depth-of-field
- Support for Subdivision surfaces
- Preview Mode - Interactive visualization with shading, reflections/refractions and Global Illumination
- Texture Baking with support for direct lighting and Global Illumination effects as well as shadows. Supports baking to textures and vertex colors.
- Windows NT/2000/XP version for Maya 4.5 and 5
- Linux version for Maya 4.5 and 5
About Illuminate Labs
Illuminate Labs was founded in 2002 to commercialize research breakthroughs in computer graphics at Chalmers University of Technology. Illuminate Labs develops and markets rendering technology for CGI, design visualization and digital content creation. The privately owned company is based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Illuminate Labs is an official Alias� Conductors partner.
Related Links: Illuminate Labs website
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