Forest Pack Pro v5.3.4 beta for 3Ds Max 2010 to 2018

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[ #ForestPackPro #ItooSoftware #Environment ]Itoo Software has released with some updates for its scattering plugin for 3ds Max - Forest Pack Pro V5.3.4. It provides a complete solution for creating vast areas of objects, from trees and plants to buildings, crowds, aggregates, ground-cover, rocks and more.

Changes for v5.3.4 beta are:
- Adds beta support for V-Ray 3.6
- Adds support for Max 2018
- Optimizes render performance in V-Ray for opaque materials
- Fixes a crash with Corona Interactive Render and Edge mode
- Fixes an animation bug with moving FP objects in Custom Edit mode (V-Ray)
- Windows XP is not longer supported

>> See Also: Creating Trimmed Hedges and Topiary with Forest Pack

Availability

Forest Pack Pro is available for Max 2010 to 2018 and costs €200

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[ #ForestPackPro #ItooSoftware #Environment ]Itoo Software has released with some updates for its scattering plugin for 3ds Max - Forest Pack Pro V5.3.4. It provides a complete solution for creating vast areas of objects, from trees and plants to buildings, crowds, aggregates, ground-cover, rocks and more.

Changes for v5.3.4 beta are:
- Adds beta support for V-Ray 3.6
- Adds support for Max 2018
- Optimizes render performance in V-Ray for opaque materials
- Fixes a crash with Corona Interactive Render and Edge mode
- Fixes an animation bug with moving FP objects in Custom Edit mode (V-Ray)
- Windows XP is not longer supported

>> See Also: Creating Trimmed Hedges and Topiary with Forest Pack

Availability

Forest Pack Pro is available for Max 2010 to 2018 and costs €200

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Forest Pack teaser

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[ #ItooSoftware #Forestpack #Environment ] Forest Pack is the world’s most popular scattering plugin for 3ds Max®. It provides a complete solution for creating vast areas of objects, from trees and plants to buildings, crowds, aggregates, ground-cover, rocks and more.

>> See Also: Forest Pack 5.2 for 3ds Max 2010 - 2017

Availibility

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[ #ItooSoftware #Forestpack #Environment ] Forest Pack is the world’s most popular scattering plugin for 3ds Max®. It provides a complete solution for creating vast areas of objects, from trees and plants to buildings, crowds, aggregates, ground-cover, rocks and more.

>> See Also: Forest Pack 5.2 for 3ds Max 2010 - 2017

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Forest Pack 5.2 for 3ds Max 2010 - 2017

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[ #3dsMax ]Itoo Software has announced that Forest Pack Pro and Lite 5.2 are now available. This update includes several important fixes and improvements. Please see the release notes below for details. To download the installer, log into your User Panel and go to the My Products section.

>> See Also: How to use Forest Effects

Full release notes:

  -Improved Forest Effect to scatter items on displaced surfaces. The process is simplified and surfaces can now be any shape before being displaced.
  -Fixed bug which would create duplicate names with imported library objects (in 'forest_templates' layer).
  -Fixed warning error in Octane with disabled Forest objects.
  -Fixed Areas->Paint tool when using large brush on detailed areas.
  -Fixed bug updating first frame rendered by a node on Backburner jobs (Mental Ray only)
  -Added General->Log Level. Setting it to Normal/Debug, Forest generates extra information while rendering. Max log file is stored at:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\\ENU\Network\Max.log
  -Added log information when rendering with Mental Ray. Check it at "Rendering->Render Message Window", or in Backburner logs.
  -Fixed rare crash in V-Ray with Fake Shadows.
  -Custom Edit uses local axis of each item, instead axis of the Forest object.
  -Fixed updating issue with Forest Edge.
  -Fixed crash on Max close.
  -Added support for long paths in registry configuration values.
  -Fixed errors in Corona material library.

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[ #3dsMax ]Itoo Software has announced that Forest Pack Pro and Lite 5.2 are now available. This update includes several important fixes and improvements. Please see the release notes below for details. To download the installer, log into your User Panel and go to the My Products section.

>> See Also: How to use Forest Effects

Full release notes:

  -Improved Forest Effect to scatter items on displaced surfaces. The process is simplified and surfaces can now be any shape before being displaced.
  -Fixed bug which would create duplicate names with imported library objects (in 'forest_templates' layer).
  -Fixed warning error in Octane with disabled Forest objects.
  -Fixed Areas->Paint tool when using large brush on detailed areas.
  -Fixed bug updating first frame rendered by a node on Backburner jobs (Mental Ray only)
  -Added General->Log Level. Setting it to Normal/Debug, Forest generates extra information while rendering. Max log file is stored at:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\\ENU\Network\Max.log
  -Added log information when rendering with Mental Ray. Check it at "Rendering->Render Message Window", or in Backburner logs.
  -Fixed rare crash in V-Ray with Fake Shadows.
  -Custom Edit uses local axis of each item, instead axis of the Forest object.
  -Fixed updating issue with Forest Edge.
  -Fixed crash on Max close.
  -Added support for long paths in registry configuration values.
  -Fixed errors in Corona material library.

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Forest Pack 5 and RailClone 2.6 for 3ds Max

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[ #3dsMax ]Cádiz (Spain). April 11, 2016.- iToo Software is proud to announce the release of Forest Pack 5 and RailClone 2.6 with a host of brand new features and fixes to improve speed, increase usability and make both plugins even more flexible. In addition to the release, iToo Software launches a whole new website, unveiling a fresh new image.

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

This is the first time the Spanish company is simultaneously releasing an update for both plugins, and there is an impressive list of shared features. Highlights include support for V-Ray 3.3 with significant speed improvements of between 40 - 100% in beta tests, and new toolbars and listers to help users to create, edit and manage multiple Forest Pack and RaliClone objects from a simplified easy-to-read interface, making it easier than ever to work quickly with large scenes.

Forest Pack 5 and RailClone 2.6 features included are:

● Get perfect edges. Edge mode is now compatible with Corona and Mental Ray, in addition to V-Ray.
● Stay organised. New Forest Pack and RailClone toolbars with shortcuts to add Forest Pack objects, add Forest Level Of Details, open Forest Tools, open Forest Lister, add RailClone objects, open RailClone Tools and open RailClone Lister.
● Make Forest Pack your own. Extend the plugin with new functionality, anytime, with the new Forest Effects feature. A scripting engine based on mathematical expressions that are applied to the scattered items, Forest Effects offers limitless possibilities for controlling animation, transforms, colouring, and more.
● Organise Effects. The Forest Effects Browser allows you to quickly load and manage effects files, Forest Pack 5 ships with 12 effects including lean out, tint by boundary, scatter on displaced surface, repulsion, stepped rotation, look at with falloff and much more. New effects can be added to the library at any time or loaded directly into a Forest Pack object from a shareable file.
● Ready to go. New and improved libraries including Mulch and Rug presets in Forest Pack 5.
● On the move. Motion blur and V-Ray velocity channels are now supported with animated proxies and meshes.
● Organize Chaos. Clusters and Diversity now respects items with the same Colour ID.
● Add detail. Forest Pack and RailClone support VRayEdgesTex map to chamfer edges at render-time for both meshes and proxies.
● Render anywhere. Maxwell materials added for Lawns, leaves, meadows and stone presets.
● One-click optimisation. Forest Edge and V-Ray normal maps are now added automatically using the Material optimiser.

Everything is wrapped up in a brand new product image and website. Daniel Quintero, CEO says of the release, “Building new versions of both plugins and a new website at the same time has been a tremendous amount of work. But looking back, the effort has been worthwhile. We have high hopes that the new site will serve as a meeting point for all our clients, who want the latest news, support, tips and a thriving community for the world of scattering and parametric modelling”

Download

As usual, a Lite version of this release is freely available to download and use commercially, as well as release notes, both on iToo Software website .

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[ #3dsMax ]Cádiz (Spain). April 11, 2016.- iToo Software is proud to announce the release of Forest Pack 5 and RailClone 2.6 with a host of brand new features and fixes to improve speed, increase usability and make both plugins even more flexible. In addition to the release, iToo Software launches a whole new website, unveiling a fresh new image.

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

This is the first time the Spanish company is simultaneously releasing an update for both plugins, and there is an impressive list of shared features. Highlights include support for V-Ray 3.3 with significant speed improvements of between 40 - 100% in beta tests, and new toolbars and listers to help users to create, edit and manage multiple Forest Pack and RaliClone objects from a simplified easy-to-read interface, making it easier than ever to work quickly with large scenes.

Forest Pack 5 and RailClone 2.6 features included are:

● Get perfect edges. Edge mode is now compatible with Corona and Mental Ray, in addition to V-Ray.
● Stay organised. New Forest Pack and RailClone toolbars with shortcuts to add Forest Pack objects, add Forest Level Of Details, open Forest Tools, open Forest Lister, add RailClone objects, open RailClone Tools and open RailClone Lister.
● Make Forest Pack your own. Extend the plugin with new functionality, anytime, with the new Forest Effects feature. A scripting engine based on mathematical expressions that are applied to the scattered items, Forest Effects offers limitless possibilities for controlling animation, transforms, colouring, and more.
● Organise Effects. The Forest Effects Browser allows you to quickly load and manage effects files, Forest Pack 5 ships with 12 effects including lean out, tint by boundary, scatter on displaced surface, repulsion, stepped rotation, look at with falloff and much more. New effects can be added to the library at any time or loaded directly into a Forest Pack object from a shareable file.
● Ready to go. New and improved libraries including Mulch and Rug presets in Forest Pack 5.
● On the move. Motion blur and V-Ray velocity channels are now supported with animated proxies and meshes.
● Organize Chaos. Clusters and Diversity now respects items with the same Colour ID.
● Add detail. Forest Pack and RailClone support VRayEdgesTex map to chamfer edges at render-time for both meshes and proxies.
● Render anywhere. Maxwell materials added for Lawns, leaves, meadows and stone presets.
● One-click optimisation. Forest Edge and V-Ray normal maps are now added automatically using the Material optimiser.

Everything is wrapped up in a brand new product image and website. Daniel Quintero, CEO says of the release, “Building new versions of both plugins and a new website at the same time has been a tremendous amount of work. But looking back, the effort has been worthwhile. We have high hopes that the new site will serve as a meeting point for all our clients, who want the latest news, support, tips and a thriving community for the world of scattering and parametric modelling”

Download

As usual, a Lite version of this release is freely available to download and use commercially, as well as release notes, both on iToo Software website .

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Forest Pack Pro, Lite 4.4 for 3ds Max 2016

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[ #ForestPackPro #3dsMax ]Itoo Software has announce that New Forest Pack Pro/Lite 4.4 is now available with support for 3ds Max 2016 and V-Ray 3.2.

>> See Also: Forest Pack Pro tutorial

Features:

- Added support for Max 2016 and V-Ray 3.2.
- Areas->Edge/Size modes are properly affected by Geometry->Scale/Global Scale.
- Animation->time parameters are defined now as number of frames, instead time units. This solves a potential problem with Max 2016.
- Fixed: Animation->time parameters are converted correctly in PAL mode.
- Forest Seed parameter and Forest Color map percentages are animatable.
- Scene Explorers are closed before rendering with Mental Ray and restored once completed. This workaround fixes a rare crash of the Scene Explorer in Max 2015.
- Fixed: Forest Material->Tint doesn't work with V-Ray 3.x.
- Fixed memory leak in Mental Ray.
- Fixed potential crash usign animated objects.
- Fixed rare crash with Network licenses.
- Fixed version checking in MR shader.

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Registered customers of Pro products can download the upgrade from the User Panel.
Lite versions are freely available to download in Itoo Software website.
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[ #ForestPackPro #3dsMax ]Itoo Software has announce that New Forest Pack Pro/Lite 4.4 is now available with support for 3ds Max 2016 and V-Ray 3.2.

>> See Also: Forest Pack Pro tutorial

Features:

- Added support for Max 2016 and V-Ray 3.2.
- Areas->Edge/Size modes are properly affected by Geometry->Scale/Global Scale.
- Animation->time parameters are defined now as number of frames, instead time units. This solves a potential problem with Max 2016.
- Fixed: Animation->time parameters are converted correctly in PAL mode.
- Forest Seed parameter and Forest Color map percentages are animatable.
- Scene Explorers are closed before rendering with Mental Ray and restored once completed. This workaround fixes a rare crash of the Scene Explorer in Max 2015.
- Fixed: Forest Material->Tint doesn't work with V-Ray 3.x.
- Fixed memory leak in Mental Ray.
- Fixed potential crash usign animated objects.
- Fixed rare crash with Network licenses.
- Fixed version checking in MR shader.

Download

Registered customers of Pro products can download the upgrade from the User Panel.
Lite versions are freely available to download in Itoo Software website.
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iToo Forest Pack 4.3 Pro for 3ds Max

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[ #3dsMax #Environment ]iToo Software has unveiled Forest Pack 4.3 Lite and Pro versions. This update adds powerful new features suggested by users, including tools to create level-of-detail models, a new boundary-checking mode to simplify the creation of clearly defined edges for large scatter areas, and the ability to limit distribution using material IDs. Forest Pack 4.3 brings Corona Renderer materials to the existing libraries, adds 16 new ready-to-use gravel presets - each in two versions for small or large-scale areas - plus many more features and fixes.

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

Key Features:

• A new Forest LOD object that allows you to switch billboard, models or materials based on distance from the camera, a custom target, or as a percentage of the screen size.
• Edge boundary checking mode to automate the creation of clean edges, especially when creating grass. Works by removing element sub-objects that fall outside the scatter area’s perimeter. (V-Ray only)
• The ability to limit a scatter to specific polygons using Material IDs when using surfaces.
• Introduced separate controls for Density and Scale Falloff Affect parameters.
• A new XML Data exporter to aid interoperability and integration of Forest Pack into large pipelines.
• 16 new Gravel presets, including detail and large scale models.
• Materials for Corona Renderer added to existing free libraries.

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[ #3dsMax #Environment ]iToo Software has unveiled Forest Pack 4.3 Lite and Pro versions. This update adds powerful new features suggested by users, including tools to create level-of-detail models, a new boundary-checking mode to simplify the creation of clearly defined edges for large scatter areas, and the ability to limit distribution using material IDs. Forest Pack 4.3 brings Corona Renderer materials to the existing libraries, adds 16 new ready-to-use gravel presets - each in two versions for small or large-scale areas - plus many more features and fixes.

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

Key Features:

• A new Forest LOD object that allows you to switch billboard, models or materials based on distance from the camera, a custom target, or as a percentage of the screen size.
• Edge boundary checking mode to automate the creation of clean edges, especially when creating grass. Works by removing element sub-objects that fall outside the scatter area’s perimeter. (V-Ray only)
• The ability to limit a scatter to specific polygons using Material IDs when using surfaces.
• Introduced separate controls for Density and Scale Falloff Affect parameters.
• A new XML Data exporter to aid interoperability and integration of Forest Pack into large pipelines.
• 16 new Gravel presets, including detail and large scale models.
• Materials for Corona Renderer added to existing free libraries.

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Forest Pack Pro v4.2.2 Lite and Pro for 3ds Max 9-2014

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[ #3dsMax #Vray ]iToo Software has announced the release of Forest Pack 4.2 Lite and Pro version. This release includes support for VRay 3 final, support for Corona Render and a new set of over 30 meadow grass and flower presets

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

Features are:

- Adds 'Meadow', a new library that includes over 30 wild grass and flower presets
- Adds support for V-Ray 3.0 final
- Adds support for Corona Alpha 6, including Forest Color
- Translation X/Y range can now be defined using min/max values
- Translation can now be controlled using maps
- Adds Transform->Probability map for translation, rotation and scale
- Adds a new 'Frame from Map' animation mode
- Diversity Map can now use its own texture independent of the Distribution Map
- Adds a new scattering algorithm for UV Surfaces
- Inverted falloff curves can now be simultaneously used with including and excluding areas
- In Custom Edit mode, stacked items are now placed on the highest surface
- 'Tree Editor->Add Items' mode is now set by default to 'Random'
- 'Material Optimizer' can now be applied to the material library
- Forest Tools now uses a more descriptive name for the generated items
- 2D Library items are now compatible with V-Ray 3
- Fixes a random crash when cloning Forest objects
- Fixes a crash in V-Ray when using billboards and camera motion blur
- Presets are now loaded as XRefs instead of being merged into the scene
- Fixes several issues in the Library Browser
- Custom Edit items are now properly positioned when rescaling scene units
- Fixes the look of 'Areas->Pick Models' dialog when resized
- Fixes a rare crash in Forest Color when modified from MAXScript
- 'VRay not compatible' message is now shown only once and no longer crashes Max

Forest Pack 4.2 Demo Reel

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[ #3dsMax #Vray ]iToo Software has announced the release of Forest Pack 4.2 Lite and Pro version. This release includes support for VRay 3 final, support for Corona Render and a new set of over 30 meadow grass and flower presets

>> See Also: Forest Pack tutorial

Features are:

- Adds 'Meadow', a new library that includes over 30 wild grass and flower presets
- Adds support for V-Ray 3.0 final
- Adds support for Corona Alpha 6, including Forest Color
- Translation X/Y range can now be defined using min/max values
- Translation can now be controlled using maps
- Adds Transform->Probability map for translation, rotation and scale
- Adds a new 'Frame from Map' animation mode
- Diversity Map can now use its own texture independent of the Distribution Map
- Adds a new scattering algorithm for UV Surfaces
- Inverted falloff curves can now be simultaneously used with including and excluding areas
- In Custom Edit mode, stacked items are now placed on the highest surface
- 'Tree Editor->Add Items' mode is now set by default to 'Random'
- 'Material Optimizer' can now be applied to the material library
- Forest Tools now uses a more descriptive name for the generated items
- 2D Library items are now compatible with V-Ray 3
- Fixes a random crash when cloning Forest objects
- Fixes a crash in V-Ray when using billboards and camera motion blur
- Presets are now loaded as XRefs instead of being merged into the scene
- Fixes several issues in the Library Browser
- Custom Edit items are now properly positioned when rescaling scene units
- Fixes the look of 'Areas->Pick Models' dialog when resized
- Fixes a rare crash in Forest Color when modified from MAXScript
- 'VRay not compatible' message is now shown only once and no longer crashes Max

Forest Pack 4.2 Demo Reel

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Laubwerk Plants integration with Forest Pack 4

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iToo Software has announced that Laubwerk Plants is now integration with Forest Pack 4 Users of popular Forest Pack will now be able to instantly create stunning CG forest scenes using Laubwerk's line of beautiful, render-ready 3D tree species.

>> See Also: iToo Software Forest Pack 4.1.2

This seamless integration of technology between the two companies will allow architects and CG artists to optimize their workflow, by allowing to grow lush forests inside their 3ds Max on a faster and easier way. Check out the video demo below:

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Demo versions are freely available to download at the Laubwerk Store (Plants Kit Freebie) and iToo Software’s website (Forest Pack Lite).

[ #3dsMax #ForestPack #Laubwerk ]
iToo Software has announced that Laubwerk Plants is now integration with Forest Pack 4 Users of popular Forest Pack will now be able to instantly create stunning CG forest scenes using Laubwerk's line of beautiful, render-ready 3D tree species.

>> See Also: iToo Software Forest Pack 4.1.2

This seamless integration of technology between the two companies will allow architects and CG artists to optimize their workflow, by allowing to grow lush forests inside their 3ds Max on a faster and easier way. Check out the video demo below:

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Demo versions are freely available to download at the Laubwerk Store (Plants Kit Freebie) and iToo Software’s website (Forest Pack Lite).

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