New ArchVision RPC Libraries Launched

Let's face it, there's nothing like watching the expression on your clients face as they see an animation of their new building replete with people buzzing around the new establishment. Our goal is to help get you there and in doing so we're pleased to announce the immediate availability of 2 new RPC Moving People Libraries. 2.5D Moving Casual People Volume 3 and 2.5D Moving Business People Volume 2 each contain 16 highly detailed RPCs.

Each RPC contains 20 seconds of movement allowing you to create incredibly realistic animations full of life. And as with all RPC Content, you can take advantage of the time saving tools available in the RPC interface. Features like "Ping Pong" will loop your Moving People leaving no jump in motion if someone is in view for longer than 20 seconds. You can also alter the start frame for each motion cycle with a single click.*

*Features vary per application. Refer to the instructions included with your RPC application.

Most of you have probably read the RPC Shadow Tutorial we've promoted over the past couple of years. We've found techniques like this can serve you well, particularly when working with exteriors and including dozens or hundreds of RPC Trees & Plants.

Now we've taken that same concept and turned it into a new RPC Plug-in! 3ds max, Autodesk VIZ and ADT users can now use the RPC Shadow Plug-in to automatically generate shadows for the RPCs in their scene. The RPC Shadow Plug-in provides a new RPC Light, the sole purpose of which is to cast shadows for the RPCs in your scene. A great feature of the RPC Light is that it doesn't affect any other lights in your scene! The RPC Light "removes" light where RPCs should be casting a shadow.

The RPC Shadow Plug-in provides parameters letting you control the resolution of shadow masks (fuzziness of shadows) and intensity of the shadow. Rendering a scene with a moving lightsource? No problem, just link the RPC Shadow Light to the moving one and the RPC Shadow Plug-in will do the rest.

The RPC Shadow Plug-in is only $49 and is guaranteed to become a favorite.

ArchVision Helps Launch New AUGI Revit Exchange

As a result of updates to ArchVision's Content Management solutions to accommodate the AUGI Exchange and other initiatives you may have noticed a change to our own website. The ACM (ArchVision Content Manager) now has its own home at acm.archvision.com (ACM Central). ACM Central provides a centralized location for managing ACM registrations, messages and preferences. Watch for other ACM Enabled websites in the coming months allowing you to easily manage downloads, licenses and updates with one application.

Hyperfocal Design Textures

The sky collection features over 50 ultra high resolution textures ranging from an amazing 12,000 to 14,000 pixels in width!

The terrain collection features over 90 high resolution ground cover textures including grass, dirt, gravel, sand, rocks and others. Terrain textures range from 2048 to 4096 pixels in resolution.

Click here for details or to order.
 

Maya Challenge Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Maya RPC Challenge!

Chia-Cheng Wu from Taiwan took 1st Place and won a Creative Labs Media Player for his efforts!

Click here to see the winners.
 

Welcome back to Tech Talk. This month we will continue to highlight some of the features of the new ArchVision Content Manager (ACM). This edition will explore the Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. This feature will allow you to manage licenses more efficiently and optimize the number of licenses required for your office.

Click here to learn how you can put the Digital Rights Management feature of the ACM to work for your company.
 

The latest Autodesk Civil 3D release includes the Viz Render rendering solution meaning you can now incorporate RPC People, Trees & Automobiles into your civil engineering presentations!