ShaderFX 1.5 Released!

Kees and I have been working really hard on ShaderFX recently and we finally finished all of the details, put together screen shots, the web site, and a bunch of new demo videos. The image at the right is a screen shot of procedurally generated fire that I created using the new Perlin Noise node. It animates and looks pretty cool. You can take a look at it all here:

http://www.lumonix.net/shaderfx.html

I'm really proud of this new version, as it really adds a lot of power to the system and puts the control over some pretty amazing effects right in the hands of artists. Here's a list of new features that we've added:

• Subsurface Scattering
• Perlin Noise
• Object Space Normal Mapping
• DXT5 Normal Map Compression
• Bump Mapping
• Relief Mapping
• Refraction
• Projected Texturing
• Support for DXSAS format
• Custom Code Node
• UV Rotation Node
• Instruction Count Report
• Glow Material Node
• Upgraded User Interface

We've got a demo version available for download at the Lumonix web site to go download it and let me know what you think!