Wave Issue 0205 2/15/02 Article 3-02

***ART Updates PURE and RenderDrive with Shader Pack for Maya
(February 12)

Advanced Rendering Technology (ART) today started shipping an
upgrade to RenderPipe for Maya, the plug-in interface to the
company's PURE and RenderDrive 3D rendering products for users of
Alias|Wavefront's Maya application. This latest update delivers
an expanded and improved set of shaders, providing more complete
coverage for Maya's standard Shading Nodes and ensuring a good
match on these shader nodes between ART's rendering devices and
the default Maya renderer.

The Shader Pack upgrade for the RenderPipe for Maya interface
includes new support of Maya shading nodes, and an improved
visual match for some nodes already supported. New shading nodes
within the Shader Pack upgrade includes: Cloud, Crater, Granite,
Marble, Mountain, Rock, SolidFractal, Snow, Water, and Wood.
Shaders that have been rewritten to give a more accurate visual
match with Maya includes: Brownian, Bulge, Checker, Cloth,
Fractal, GammaCorrect, Grid, LayeredTexture, Leather, Multiply
Divide, Place2Dtexture, Ramp, Set Range, and Stucco.

The Shader Pack upgrade will be provided free of charge to all
registered PURE and RenderDrive customers who use Maya.

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