Online Webinar: Exclusive First Look at Artlantis 5

What it's About:
Artlantis 5 is an easy-to-use, powerful new 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high-resolution 3D renderings, animations, iVisit VR Objects and Panoramas. This webinar will provide an exclusive first look at many of the new features in Artlantis 5, which goes on sale September 3, 2013!

Who is Presenting:
Chris Stringer is General Manager of Objects Online, Abvent’s Artlantis distributor in the US & Canada. Trained as an architect, Chris has been involved in architectural software sales, training, and support since 1996. His professional interests include 3D parametric modeling and 3D visualization.

Who Should Attend:
Architects, Designers, 3D modelers, and anyone interested in photo realistic 3D visualization.

The webinar will last about about 1 hour, including the Q & A session. Registration is free, but space is limited. Mark the date (Sept. 4, 2013) and reserve your webinar seat now.

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Low Radiosity for Objects

I can't believe what's behind the 'I' in the Artlantis 5 R E V O L U T I O N, and neither will you...

If you work with "heavy" objects, i.e. objects that take a long time to calculate because of their high level of detail, then this new feature is for YOU!

Introducing Low Radiosity for Objects. This new feature will greatly reduce the calculation time necessary for your most detailed objects. Check out the teaser video to see what we mean.

Sign up at www.artlantis5.com for e-mail updates about what this revolutionary new version of Artlantis has in store for you.

And, don't forget! Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on ALL Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades.

Get ready for the Artlantis 5 revolution!

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Natural Shaders

Take a look at what's behind the 'U' on the Artlantis 5 R E V O L U T I O N teaser site -- it's nothing short of Unbelievable! U won't believe it! Natural shaders! Now you can create realistic looking ground materials in a matter of seconds.

In most 3D rendering software, creating a decent-looking textured ground surface can be a big challenge. It can be difficult to locate or create a suitable texture map large enough to not show obvious repeats, while at the same time detailed enough to provide a convincing representation of ground materials without adding a huge performance hit. Artlantis 5's new Natural Shaders offer a set of highly configurable earth, grass, and water shaders that organically combine two quality textures into a highly configurable, randomized, non-repeating ground material. This results in a dramatically improved, more natural-looking ground surface without adding any significant overhead to the rendering calculations.

Visit www.artlantis5.com and sign up for e-mail updates about revolutionary Artlantis 5, coming soon!

Don't forget! Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on ALL Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. Why wait? Order today!


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Artlantis Render Farm Saves Time and Money

Artlantis power-user Michael Lennie never ceases to amaze us with his jaw-dropping architectural renderings and animations. He recently turned to Artlantis Render Farm to help render an especially large animation project. What would have taken him almost 9 days to render on a single, fast machine was completed in less than a day using Artlantis Render Farm.

You, too, can take advantage of this powerful service, which offers up to 300 cloud-based CPU's dedicated to rendering your project. Artlantis Render Farm frees up your computer so you can keep working on your other projects. You won't lose valuable time waiting for your projects to be rendered, so those deadlines no longer need to loom quite so large.

What are YOU waiting for? Contact Artlantis Render Farm today to help you render your biggest projects!

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 Visit Artlantis Render Farm

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Tiling Shaders

Here's another quick look at what Artlantis 5 has in store for you! We've revealed what's behind the letter 'L' in R E V O L U T I O N: Tiling Shaders. Tiling Shaders are made of relatively small images with no repetition effect. By clicking on the dice in the Inspector, you can re-organize the tiles in a random way, guaranteeing that you'll have no repeats.

Visit www.artlantis5.com and sign up for e-mail updates about revolutionary Artlantis 5, coming soon!

And don't forget: Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on ALL Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

 Watch the Video

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Find out more at artlantis5.com

Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: God Rays

Abvent has revealed what's behind the letter 'O' in R E V O L U T I O N...and Artlantis 5 promises to be nothing less than revolutionary!

The new volumetric lighting feature that will be available in Artlantis 5 can be activated for the Heliodon, as well, simulating the so-called God Rays as a result. God Rays, as the name implies, are those ethereal, visible rays of light reaching down from the heavens. We've all observed how in real life, under the right conditions, the sun casts a warm curtain of light through obstructions like clouds, leaves, etc. God Rays are an incredibly dramatic addition to your Artlantis tool kit.

Don't forget to visit www.artlantis5.com and join the Artlantis 5 revolution by signing up for regular updates!

Also, a reminder that Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on all Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

 Watch the Video

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Find out more at artlantis5.com

Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: Volumetric Lighting

Abvent has revealed what's behind the letter 'V' in R E V O L U T I O N -- the Artlantis 5 revolution, that is...

If you've ever wanted to put your renderings in the spotlight, this feature will definitely appeal to you: volumetric lighting. That's right. In Artlantis 5, the lights and sun can cast warm, glowing rays into your scene, just like they do in real life. Perfect for so many uses, from bright, inviting exterior renderings to dramatically lit interior renderings of churches, night clubs, theaters, etc. Check it out!

Don't forget to visit www.artlantis5.com and join the Artlantis 5 revolution by signing up for regular updates!

Also, a reminder that Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on all Artlantis 4 licenses purchased on or after July 1, 2013! This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

 Watch the Video

 Download the Artlantis 30-day Demo

 Find out more at artlantis5.com

FREE Upgrade to Artlantis 5!

If you haven't purchased Artlantis 4 yet, now's definitely the time! Why? Because Abvent has announced free upgrades to Artlantis 5 on all Artlantis 4 licenses purchased after July 1, 2013!

This offer includes Artlantis 4 first and additional full licenses as well as upgrades. New customers and long-time Artlantis users alike will benefit from this extraordinary offer!

And, if you haven't done so already, visit the Artlantis 5 teaser site to sign up for regular updates about the Artlantis 5 revolution coming your way! Check out the short clips about much-anticipated Artlantis 5 new features!

Join the Artlantis 5 revolution when you purchase Artlantis 4 today!

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Export plug-in for Revit 2014 to Artlantis 4.1

The export plug-in from Revit 2014 to Artlantis 4.1 is now available for downloading!
Create your model in Revit, export and edit it in Artlantis. Return to Revit, make changes to the geometry, export a new Artlantis file and recover your previous work done in Artlantis. The Artlantis export plug-in offers a direct transfer from Revit into Artlantis, without the need for intermediate file formats. During the export, special entities are automatically exploded. The Artlantis .atl file format is cross platform; it can be read on both Macintosh and Windows.
Let’s see in detail what Artlantis can recover from your Revit model:

The geometry

All cameras for parallel views

All cameras for perspective views

The shading color and transparency of materials with their names

The geographical position of the sun active for the parallel view that is used for the export.

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 Learn how to use Revit and Artlantis together

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New SketchUp 2013 export plug-in for Artlantis 4.1

SketchUp Pro 2013 users will be pleased to know that the export plug-in for Artlantis 4.1 is now available in a free download.

Artlantis is the perfect software for SketchUp Pro users, allowing them to present their projects using 3D photo realistic renderings. Artlantis enables you to improve and bring realism to your SketchUp Pro models with 3D objects and textures. Texture your models with high-resolution shaders to obtain a very realistic effect, then set your scene with as many light sources as you'd like.

These two programs will work for you in a complementary way, helping you to complete even the most ambitious projects, and giving your presentations the look you want.

 Download the Export Plug-ins

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 Learn how to use SketchUp Pro and Artlantis together

LIVE! Online webinar: Rendering BIM projects in Artlantis

If you've tried your hand at 3D rendering and gotten bogged down in tedious work, then get ready for a breath of fresh air! Artlantis was designed for the architecture workflow... nothing pretentious or overly complicated, just the right mix of ease, value, features, and quality.

Artlantis is the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D renderings, panoramas, VR objects and animations. Plus, you can share your renderings and walk a client through your design with iVisit 3D, an interactive virtual reality app for your iPad and iPhone.

Join us for this webinar and we will show you how to use this fabulous software to create jaw-dropping photo-realistic renderings and animations as well as techniques to create sketch illustrations.

Click the Register link below and get signed up for the webinar. We look forward to seeing you online!

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ArchiCAD 16 plug-in for Artlantis 4.1 updated

The ArchiCAD 16 export plug-in to Artlantis 4.1 has been updated. The following issues have been corrected:

When merging geometry, the coordinates were offset.

While exporting to Artlantis 4.1, ArchiCAD crashed when the ArchiCAD project had no geometry.

 Download the Export Plug-ins

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LIVE! Online webinar: Rendering BIM models in Artlantis

On Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM EDT, Chris Stringer of Objects Online will be joining Greg Conyngham of ICS for a webinar on rendering BIM models in Artlantis 4.1. In this webinar, we will introduce you to Abvent's Artlantis, the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers. Artlantis is ideal for quickly and easily creating high resolution 3D renderings, iVisit 3D Panoramas, QuickTime VR Objects and animations. You'll learn how to:

Export your model from your 3D modeling program and and import into Artlantis

Quickly apply shaders and textures to create photo realistic building materials

Add objects and cutouts to your Artlantis model

Add and manage lighting and atmosphere

Create an iVisit 3D Panorama for client presentations

Direct plug-ins are available for ArchiCAD, Vectorworks, SketchUp, and Revit in order to make Artlantis's rendering more accessible to you. Additionally Artlantis reads the latest versions of the most common file formats such as .dxf, .dwg, .dwf, .fbx or .obj.

With Artlantis's renowned ease of use you no longer need specialists in your firm to achieve high quality photo-realistic renderings and animations. Webinar guests will be able to take advantage of a special Artlantis promotion, which will be mentioned during the webinar. Mark your calendar (Wed. May 29, 2:00 PM EDT) and register today!

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Expert Rendering Parameters in Artlantis 4

Understanding the purpose and effect of the expert rendering parameters allows Artlantis users to customize their radiosity settings separately for each view, and thus, to bring out the best in their scenes.

Rendering Paramaters in Artlantis

Automatic lighting adjustment has been available since the launch of Artlantis 3. With Artlantis 4.1, users can now choose to keep this setting or use a new feature called Physical Camera. Which one suits you best? What does each setting mean? Watch this recorded webinar to learn more about the rendering parameters and output formats in Artlantis.

Artlantis 4.1 Offers New Physical Camera option with ISO/Shutter Speed Settings

We are excited to announce the release of Artlantis 4.1. This latest update takes visualization to new heights by combining the speed and ease-of-use of Artlantis with the power and accuracy of Maxwell Render. Artlantis 4.1 is a free update for all Artlantis 4 users and includes a 30-day demo version of the Maxwell Render engine. An unlocking code for the Maxwell Render engine can be purchased separately on Objects Online.

There has been a lot of buzz about the Maxwell Render engine, and we'll be covering that in depth in a future article, but today we're going to focus on one of the other key new features: the new Physical Camera setting. Automatic lighting adjustment has been available since Artlantis 3, but with Artlantis 4.1, an additional Lighting option called Physical Camera is available in the Expert Rendering Parameters (will only be visible if Expert Rendering Parameters are enabled in the general Artlantis preferences). When Physical Camera is checked, the First Bounce/Next Bounces sliders are replaced with ISO/Shutter Speed sliders.

In photography, ISO refers to how sensitive the film (or a digital camera's sensor) is to light in the scene, while shutter speed refers to the length of time the camera's aperture stays open when taking a picture. As with a real camera, increasing ISO increases light sensitivity (brightening the scene), while increasing shutter speed decreases exposure time (darkening the scene). These two controls work in combination to balance the exposure, enabling you to think like a photographer when composing the scene. When used with the Artlantis Tone and Post-Process parameters, your renderings can take on a warm, rich photographic quality.

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 Maxwell Render Engine Pricing and Ordering