Argile 1.12

Argile is a new artistic studio dedicated to visualize, sculpt and retouch 3D models.
Its flexibility and ergonomics will turn Argile into the indispensable companion to create morphs, to sculpt a model and paint it in real time.
In a couple of minutes you will get used to this powerful and intuitive original toolbox.

Features

General

* Visualization, navigation and editing in real time 3D
* Immersive interface or full screen mode (without icons/interface)
* Editing with symmetry option is always available
* Totally intuitive unfolding control panels for lighting, axis constraints and 3D views
* Object Manipulator

Catalogs
To store and retrieve instantly all kind of items: props, images, textures, materials, 3D objects, environments, lights, transformations (morphs), etc.

Dozens of items are available to enrich your scenes:

* 3D Objects: props, decors…
* Floors and Backgrounds
* Brushes
* Materials
* Lights
* Cameras
* Scenes…

OpenGL real-time render

* Display options (wire frame, faces, smoothed)
* Advanced cartoon rendering: color contour settings, number of tint areas settings
* Environmental mapping
* Background image
* Real time bump-mapping (Normals mapping)
* Cast Shadows and Self Shadows
* Reference image mode: import six images behind model
* Advanced Triangulation to display and export not convex polygons

Sculpture studio

* Move, rotate, scale and blur/sharpen
* Symmetry mode available for all tools
* Brushes for smooth selection, with intuitive brush editor and presets
* Advanced UV Edition directly on the 3D models
* Large choice of selection modes (one by one, select by frame, etc.)
* Selection filters (point, edge, face)
* Editing along Normals, axis constraints or in the camera plane
* Select through (to include geometric elements not visible)
* Natural and direct sculpting tools ("Jelly Brushes"): model as if you were drawing!
* Control on smooth angle and edge sharpness
* Geometry eraser tool
* Central Auto-correct option to avoid symmetry distortion
* Command to flip the normals of a face selection

Texture studio

* Settings for material and texture of objects
* Application of custom textures, images and bumps
* Environment reflection ("envmap")
* 3D Paint: a complete drawing tool palette to paint directly on the 3D models. All the channels: color, texture, transparency, emboss. Interactive brush settings, preset brushes catalog. A lot of available options.
* External Paint: textures transfer from the 3D model to any 2D tool (Photoshop, Painter, Gimp etc.) and automatic update of the 3D scene 3D once textures are saved in the 2D tool.
* AutoMapping: UV projection systeme (spherical, planar, cylindrical, etc.)
* Adjustable Resolution
* Graphic tablets support

Render studio

* Any resolution
* High quality render
* Antialiasing
* Multi-channel exports (character, shadow, mask, etc.)

3D Import

* Visualization and retouching models in OBJ format by simple drag and drop
* QDM Import
* Advanced symmetry detection for files with symmetry precision problems. Symmetry detection threshold tuning
* Generation of mesh through subdivision
* Import of custom props ("Merge")

3D Export

* OBJ, QDM (N-Sided proprietary format), 3DM (Rhino) and STL formats
* Model size adjustment during export
* “Export from List” command to export only a selection of objects

Requirements:	No special requirements
Release Date:	August 10, 2012
Platforms:	Win98, WinME, Windows2000, Windows2003, WinXP, Windows Vista
Keyword:	3d Graphic Editor,  3d Model,  3d Model Designer,  3d Rendering,  Render,  Renderer
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