Objects Online Closes Its Doors

It has been a long, wonderful journey, but as they say, all good things must come to an end. Objects Online is closing its virtual doors and is now redirecting to artlantis.com. With the introduction of Abvent's online store and the Artlantis media store, Abvent will now be handling the distribution of Artlantis in the U.S. and Canada. Abvent will continue working with its existing reseller network to bring you localized sales and support.

For our ArchiSuite and Artlantis Members customers, please contact those developers directly for future sales and support. Cigraph (ArchiSuite) is online at www.cigraph.it and Artlantis Members is online at www.artlantismembers.com. For those of you in need of ArchiCAD objects, which is where it all began for us, don't forget to check out our good friends at BIMobject and BIM Components for high quality, FREE ArchiCAD content.

As the manager of Objects Online for the past nine years, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and best wishes to all of our wonderful customers whom we have had the pleasure of serving over the years. Thank you so much! I hope to chat with many of you again in the future as I take on the role of support specialist with Abvent.

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Artlantis 5 Sneak Peek: New User Interface

'N' stands for New, as in New user interface, brought to you by Artlantis 5!

The Artlantis 5 Revolution is almost here, and we saved the best for last. The new user interface can now be viewed in one window and in full screen on both Mac and PC platforms. Keep an eye on your project while having all your tools at your fingertips!

Real-time radiosity preview
Artlantis's productivity is based on a fundamental concept: real-time preview. Regardless of the change in the scene settings (materials, lighting, environment), the preview is updated instantly. You control your work, you confirm your changes, and you run the calculation in high definition for your final image without wasting time.

Viewpoints
The freedom offered by Artlantis 5 comes from the multitude of viewpoints that you can create, save, and organize. Each viewpoint allows you to create a real study of your scene: date, a light source change, a camera lens change, adding a background -- edit and save the combinations of parameters in your list of viewpoints that are important to you.

In order to optimize the display of your project while keeping an eye on your list views, they appear on the left-hand side of the screen in a fixed position with a refocusing of the preview on the left, or on the fly so that the preview is not moved!

Inspectors
Now grouped at the top of the screen, inspectors allow you to edit all the parameters associated with shaders, objects, lights, heliodons and perspectives (perspectives, projected views, panoramas, VR objects and animations). The real backbone of Artlantis 5 is this clear and intuitive tool bar, allowing you to access -- with a minimum of clicks -- a maximum of Artlantis features and parameters. You can make adjustments, improvements, and fine-tune your scene and see the results instantly -- without taking your eyes off the preview window.

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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: Preview Controllers

We are so close to the launch of Artlantis 5! Based on what we've seen thus far, it's hard to believe it can get any better. But look at what's behind the letter 'O' in R E V O L U T I O N...OH my goodness!

Handling shaders or simple textures in the preview or in the 2D window is easy. A preview controller allows you to move, resize, and rotate shaders and textures. A simple keyboard shortcut is all it takes to snap a shader or texture to the geometry automatically.

Just like shaders and textures, objects are handled with the same ease in the preview or in the 2D view. Rotate, move, resize or duplicate...everything is optimized! The objects can also be snapped onto edges.

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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: Media Store

What's behind the 'T' in the Artlantis 5 R E V O L U T I O N is nothing short of T E R R I F F I C! Here's a sneak peek of the new Artlantis Media Store, coming soon:

Artlantis 5 offers an In-App Store, offering more than 5,000 shaders, objects, and billboards for sale. To access these and enrich your renderings, just create an account, purchase credits, and download your Media. Your purchased Media will be downloaded into the proper catalog under the correct categories and sub-categories. All you have to do is use them! Also, there are plenty of Media available free of charge, so check those out, too!

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? Buy now!

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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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