#BUY KEYSHOT 5 SOFTWARE#

#BUY KEYSHOT 5 SOFTWARE#

You’ll very quickly discover that the importers for mainstream CAD products like Solidworks & Inventor are 2 years out of date, Alias needs to be installed, Maya needs to be licensed… (Hang on – Maya? Why would you render in Keyshot if you already have Maya installed and licensed?) So if your CAD software is up-to-date, you’ll have to export your models as an alternative format, then import them into Keysot. But you’d hardly describe the product as being the “fastest” when discussing model import workflows. It makes focussing on the task of say lighting, or texturing, an absolute joy without having to close a bunch of other windows. With most rendering solutions, you can quickly lose your model under a pile of dialogs and windows, but the new UI in Keyshot 5 keeps these windows in check by allowing you to stack, dock, stack-tabbed and so on. Keyshot 5 is the “fastest” – at what? Fastest at sucking you in with its new slick new user interface – yep. The rendering software market is a crowded and often confusing place but Keyshot pitches itself as “fastest and easiest to use 3D rendering and animation software available” so I’m going to take a look at both claims. Is it perfect yet? Well, you’ll need to read on to find out, but if you’re looking for a canned demo of what’s new, there’s a video further down this page that wraps it all up nicely. I’d buy it just for the new user interface, but there’s so much more in this release. But they have, and they’ve done it in style.

It’s hard to imagine how you could take the most loved-up rendering software of 2013 and make it better. “Dino-bike” (Model Credit: Flying Kiwi Motorcyles)

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