{"id":8205,"date":"2013-03-14T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firedbydesign.com\/?p=8205"},"modified":"2017-04-28T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T10:00:29","slug":"procedural-particle-system-among-modo-701-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firedbydesign.com\/?p=8205","title":{"rendered":"Procedural particle system among Modo 701 enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8207 lazyload\" alt=\"MODO_701_Particle_3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_3.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_3.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_3.jpg?resize=520%2C293&amp;ssl=1 520w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/338;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new version of modo from Luxology will offer a procedural particle engine, improved dynamics performance and audio enhancements when it ships. Version 701 will be the first release of the 3D suite since The Foundry merged with Luxology last September.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it has listened to a huge amount of customer feedback and subsequently made significant enhancements to the core functionality in this new version, which will be released shortly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_11.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8209 lazyload\" alt=\"MODO_701_Particle_1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_11.jpg?resize=600%2C281&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_11.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_11.jpg?resize=520%2C245&amp;ssl=1 520w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/281;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nmodo 701 highlights will include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a procedural particle engine with an easy to use pre-set workflow<\/li>\n<li>audio playback and a sound channel modifier, bringing animations to life<\/li>\n<li>schematic improvements, reducing scene graph complexity<\/li>\n<li>dedicated dynamics simulation layer, significantly improving performance<\/li>\n<li>simplified complexity of materials and layered shaders<\/li>\n<li>large scene performance improvements by as much as 175x<\/li>\n<li>preview render synchronisation improvements, over 50x faster in large scenes<\/li>\n<li>a new Python interpreter, making python execution many times faster<\/li>\n<li>unlimited network rendering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additionally, following a substantial internal engineering effort and with the assistance of The Foundry, modo will soon be available on Linux,<br \/>\nbringing it to all three platforms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8208 lazyload\" alt=\"MODO_701_Particle_2\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/fbdimg\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_2.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firedbydesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MODO_701_Particle_2.jpg?resize=520%2C293&amp;ssl=1 520w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/338;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brad Peebler, Co-Founder of Luxology, said users will notice a huge leap forward from version 601. \u201cWe\u2019ve made such big improvements to the existing architecture of the software in modo 701,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve also added some really cool functionality like the new particle system. This release will truly deliver on the philosophy that perfection comes through refinement. As always, we have pushed the limits and can\u2019t wait to find out what you all think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/community.foundry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Luxology<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefoundry.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">The Foundry<\/a> for more information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new version of modo from Luxology will offer a procedural particle engine, improved dynamics performance and audio enhancements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":8210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,12],"tags":[24,2421,256,165,2542,113,387,205],"class_list":["post-8205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-news","category-vfx-news","tag-3d","tag-luxology","tag-modelling","tag-modo","tag-particle-system","tag-rendering","tag-the-foundry","tag-vfx"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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