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number of different brushes for creating various effects, such as adding color, color correction, grain, blur, and more. Brushstrokes are stored as splines, which can be animated or manipulated later. Brushstrokes can also motiontrack objects in the scene so that painted effects can be more efficiently animated. In many cases, you can paint one frame and let Silhouette paint the rest for you. Along the lines of Paint is a new image morphing system that allows you to distort and bend images over time. This tool can be used to create images that blend from one to another over time. Warping also can be used to enhance or exaggerate facial features, change the size of objects within a scene, change facial expressions, and do animated effects, such as talking animals. Just as with the Paint feature, brushes are non-destructive and can be animated or motion-tracked. Silhouette can track pixels or objects through the scene using a number of tools. Silhouette's own planar tracker can provide makerless tracking and even handle occlusions. The point tracker follows individual points through space. Silhouette is also including Mocha's popular planar tracker technology, which provides 2D transformation data by tracking planes rather than points. For those with heavy 3D stereoscopic demands, the S3D upgrade can be a lifesaver. This node can create 3D depth in a 2D scene. The node contains a variety of tools that can create depth maps for 2D images. Once created, the depth map contains depth information for all objects in the image. This information can then be used to derive 3D stereoscopic views of the scene. Overall, this is a robust upgrade to Silhouette. Anyone working with visual effects and live action will find this suite of software to be very useful. Silhouette can certainly get the job done and make those deadlines easier to hit. ■ CGW George Maestri is a contributing editor for CGW, president/CEO of RubberBug animation studio, and teaches Maya for Lynda.com. He can be reached at maestri@rubberbug.com. 48 ■ CGW Sep t em ber / O c t ober 2013 products S O F T WA R E CONTENT CREATION PAY AS YOU GO Autodesk customers will now be able to pay as they go for all the company's latest Design and Creation Suites, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya, and the new Auto desk Maya LT. For the first time, customers can purchase access to a range of Autodesk desktop software on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis, in addition to traditional li censes, broadly expanding choices in how to access and pay for Autodesk software. New rental plans apply to products including Autodesk AutoCAD Design Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD Inventor LT Suite, Autodesk AutoCAD Revit LT Suite, Autodesk Building Design Suite, Autodesk Entertainment Cre ation Suite, Autodesk Factory Design Suite, Autodesk Infrastructure Design Suite, Au todesk Plant Design Suite, Autodesk Product Design Suite, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, and Autodesk Maya LT. www.Autodesk.com RENDERING SPEED NEED Chaos Group has started the beta program for V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max, a lighting, shad ing, and rendering tool kit. Speed will be the first improvement most users will notice, as raytracing calculations are running up to five times faster. Also debuting is a simplified user interface design that provides quick access to common controls and settings. With Production Presets and Quick Settings up front, users can fine-tune quality and speed from the start of their design process. 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