Come and See GhostPainter 2.5 Live!

Learn how we implemented GhostPainter 2.5 and how it can help you increase your productivity now!

The live recording session featured below, not only covers what we feel are the most important aspects of GhostPainter 2.5, but it also demonstrates how fast and easy it is to use. We hope you enjoy this "testride" and that it helps you master all the capabilities of GhostPainter!

Feature List

Photoshop Plug-ins:

Vector graphics precision unwrapping to Photoshop paths as reference for texture-painting

Creation of pixel selections based on faces of 3ds max objects

Creation of pixel selections based on edges of 3ds max objects

Fast preview of the current document in 3ds max without saving/reloading

Complete integration into the Photoshop Action system

3D-Painting:

Use any Photoshop tool on 3ds max objects (pencil, brush, lasso, stamp...)

Realtime painting (Brush strokes appear in Photoshop while painting in 3ds max)

Free switching between Photoshop 2D-Painting and 3ds max 3D-Painting

Painting across multiple objects

Painting across multiple UV elements

Painting across texture seams

Painting on specific material ids and/or only selected faces

Support for pressure sensitive tablets (Wacom)

Support for all texturemap slots (Diffuse, Specular, Bump...)

Support for all UV mapping options of 3ds max (including those of the Bitmap map)

Fast painting of high resolution meshes

All image processing is done by Adobe Photoshop itself (layers...)

Customizable preview quality for 3ds max vieport display (speed vs. quality)

Rendering/Post-Production (psd-manager 2):

Unique support for 16 bits per channel PSD files

Produces 100% compatible PSD files (Adobe? Photoshop? file format)

Output of rendered image as layer with layer mask

Outputs all 3ds max Render Elements as layers into one single psd file

Extremely customizable render element layers (order, blending modes,...)

Easy setup through builtin preset system and automatic layer sorting

Optimized render element presets for finalRender and V-Ray

Output of objects as separate layers and channels

Output of groups of objects as separate layers and channels (using Object IDs)

Output of materials as separate layers and channels (using Material Effects IDs)

Output G-Buffer channels (Material Effects ID, Object ID, Node Render ID, Normal)

Embedding of camera and point helper animation for import into Adobe After Effects

Unilimited free network rendering

Can selectively prevent standard 3ds max image/render element file output

Low memory requirements through on the fly processing

Workflow:

Photoshop can be used as a 3ds max viewport

Drag & Drop support for Bitmaps between Photoshop and 3dsmax

Color synchronisation between Photoshop & 3dsmax

Multiple monitor support

MaxScript and Custom User Interface support

Edited 3ds max scenes don't require GhostPainter plug-in to load

3D-Painting GhostPainter allows you to use Photoshop tools inside the 3D viewports of 3ds max. This provides you with a much more intuitive control over the placement of your brush strokes. All you have to do is to select the bitmap map you want to paint on (e.g. a bitmap assigned as Diffuse map). Then you can draw on your object, using whichever tool is currently selected in Photoshop. For example paint using brushes, clone, draw selections, erase, blur&sharpen, dodge&burn and move layers across your object. Ease of use It was never easier to start into the world of 3D-Painting. You don't have to learn another type of user interface, because GhostPainter integrates seamlessly into Photoshop and 3ds max. There is no new image editing software to learn, because GhostPainter builds up on Adobe Photoshop's strong image handling capabilities and tools. So you will never miss a single Photoshop tool. A huge benefit of the seamless integration is that at no point any export/import process is required. This makes GhostPainter a handy tool even for very simple textures.

Two Cursors are Faster than One While you draw inside a viewport on your 3D object, GhostPainter automatically draws in Photoshop taking into account how your texture is mapped onto the object. So actually two cursor are on the screen at the same time. This way you can see immediately what happens in Photoshop. GhostPainter behaves just like your current Photoshop document where wrapped around your 3D object.

Free Switching between 2D & 3D Painting Since all image-editing operations are exclusively carried out by Photoshop, you can always benefit from all its features. This lets you also freely decide whether it is easier to make changes in 2D or 3D. For example you can draw a selection using the Lasso Tool on your object. And then apply any filter to the new selection in Photoshop. Pressure Sensitivity The paint engine of GhostPainter 2.5 supports all the pressure sensitivity options that Adobe Photoshop provides for Wacom? tablets. Complete Support of 3ds max Mapping Options GhostPainter is the only 3D-Painter that supports all the UV mapping options of 3ds max. This includes all mapping channels, vertex color channels, material IDs as well as all mapping options the bitmap map offers such as UV/VW/WU mapping, tiling, UVW rotation, UV offset, cropping and placement.

Assign PSD Layers Utility GhostPainter allows you to assign all layers of a PSD file to the corect map slots of any material or map (including 3rd party products). All you have to do is to name the layers of the PSD file according to the map slots they are intended for. This greatly simplifies an otherwise timeconsuming and tedious task.

Composite maps are handled differently. In this case all layers are assigned in the same order as they appear in the PSD file. This lets you basically rebuild the PSD file as a Composite map.

Photoshop Viewport During texturing you usually switch constantly between 3ds max and Photoshop. Sometimes you need Photoshop fullscreen, sometimes 3ds max and sometimes its good to see both at the same time. This is usually no problem with multiple monitors but all others will love the new GhostPainter Photoshop viewport feature.

GhostPainter allows you to turn any 3ds max viewport into a Photoshop viewport. This makes all Photoshop functionality accessible from within 3ds max without ever leaving the 3ds max environment. While editing textures or using GhostPainters 3D-painting features you can easily see how changes made in Photoshop affect your object. Switching between 3ds max and Photoshop is just a matter of minimizing and maximizing viewports. Whenever you need Photoshop fullscreen you can still use its builtin fullscreen mode, maximize the Photoshop viewport or use the 3ds max expert mode. This feature is unfortunately not compatible with Photoshop CS3.

Unwrap to Path GhostPainter's "Unwrap to Path" is the first plug-in that allows you to unwrap your mesh to a precise Photoshop vector path. "Unwrap to Path" is the most precise way to visualize mapping coordinates within Adobe Photoshop. Because of its vector precision it will always display the mesh as thin accurate lines even at 1600% zoom. So you can see clearly which pixels of your texture affect which faces of your object.

A path has many advantages over a normal pixel layer. You can quickly show and hide a path using shortcuts and it will always stay on top of all other layers. Unlike a normal layer a path is even visible while you edit layer masks and channels. Since a path is not part of the pixel data of an image you don't have to hide it when you save/export your Photoshop document. So it will never accidently appear as part of your texture in 3ds max.

Advantages of using paths vector graphics sub-pixel precision (thin unwrap lines even at 1600%) visible while editing channels and masks quick show/hide using shortcuts (Ctrl+Shift+h) never appear as part of a texture in 3dsmax stay always on top of all other layers clearly visible against underlying layers accurate undistorted display at each zoom-level never influence other tools (e.g. the clone stamp tool with the all layers option) lose no quality when changing the image size can be stroked with Photoshop brushes

Select Faces + Select Edges "Select Edges" and "Select Faces" are 2 new Photoshop plug-ins that create pixel selections. "Select Faces" produces pixel selections that correspond to the faces of the selected objects in 3dsmax. "Select Edges" produces pixel selections that correspond to face edges. Both Photoshop plug-ins use the currently selected 3ds max objects as source for the mapping coordinates. This seamless workflow between Photoshop and 3ds max is an unparalleled GhostPainter feature. Select Edges UI You can use the produced pixel selections to create a reference layer that allows you to see which parts of the texture correspond to which parts of the 3ds max object.

All that is required is to create such an unwrapped mesh layer is to fill the selection produced by "Select Edges" with a color of your choice. Usage of the various options of the 2 selection plug-ins allows to create more sophisticated reference layers (e.g. different colors for each material id, halftransparent hidden edges, emphasized selected faces/edges). Once you found your favourite combination of options you can easily make a Photoshop Action out of it. So when starting a new texture all it takes is the push of a button and GhostPainter + Photoshop will create a reference layer of your choice for you.

Another way to make use of "Select Faces" and "Select Edges" is to just select those parts of the image that correspond to a particular material id or to the selected faces. With the selection in place all Photoshop operations will only modify the selected pixels. You can use this to prevent brush strokes form influencing other parts of your texture. Combined with other Photoshop selection tools (smooth, contract, expand) and the quick mask mode - "Select Faces" and "Select Edges" become very flexible tools that can be used throughout the whole painting process.

Workflow Improvements Besides the bigger features like 3D-Painting GhostPainter also contains some small workflow improvements that simplify and speed-up some annoying everyday tasks.

Color Synchronization GhostPainter has its own foreground/background color swatches that are linked to their Adobe Photoshop counterparts. This allows to pick colors in Photoshop and then to access them in 3ds max and vice versa. Who prefers to use the 3ds max color picker can use it to set the Photoshop foreground/background color. Opening images in Photoshop While working in 3ds max you often have to open images used within the scene in Photoshop. GhostPainter provides several ways to avoid searching through folders and sub-folders all the time. Bitmap maps can for example be dragged on the "PSD Drag Drop" UI control and the corresponding image will open in Photoshop. Or even easier, a middle mouse-button click on a map slot will open the contained image. GhostPainter also offers a dynamic quad menu that lists the images used by selected objects.

Assigning images to map slots Another common workflow is to create a new image in Photoshop that is going to be used as a texture map in 3ds max (e.g. as bump map). Then the image gets saved somewhere in a folder. The next step in 3ds max is usually to create a new bitmap map and to find the just saved image again somewhere in the map folders. Fortunately GhostPainter allows to simply drag&drop the current Photoshop document anywhere onto a map slot.

System Requirements

Software

Autodesk 3ds Max 6 - 2009 (32-bit & 64-bit)

Adobe Photoshop^? 6.0 - CS3

Hardware

Mouse or Wacom tablet

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