Posted by Smarty on 07/25/07 00:58

a.. FYI..........
b..
c.. Software Antialiasing
With software antialiasing your exported video and picture files always
look super sharp, no matter what graphics card, video driver and hardware
antialiasing settings you're using. A nice side effect is that you no longer
have to keep the render window visible when exporting.
d.. Create videos with resolutions bigger than your desktop
For example you will be able to create the highest HD resolution of 1920 x
1080 on a 1024 x 768 desktop. Resolutions good enough for printing are also
possible, like creating a 3000 x 3000 picture for use on a party flyer. In
the File > Set Show Resolution... dialog you can select a view of 50%, 25%
or 12.5% to indicate that the exported resolution should be 2, 4 or 8 times
bigger than the render window.
e.. Post-Processing
In version 7 you can select an effect file in the camera layer. This
effect will be applied to the whole render window as a post-processing
effect. All filter effects including blur, median and charcoal can be used.
f.. Support for shader model 3.0
Advanced effects like median filters, morphing effects and fractals are
possible with shader model 3.0. Of course these effects will only work if
your graphics card also supports shader model 3 (Geforce 6, ATI X1800 or
better)
g.. Effect properties
Effect files used to abuse existing properties to make them controllable
by the GUI. In version 7 effect files can add properties to layers. For
example it's possible to create a Mandelbrot fractal effect that adds the
properties Max Iterations and Colour Cycling Speed to the picture layer.
Another example is plane-to-donut morph effect that adds a Morp Stage
property to the picture layer!
h.. Subtle material effects
Combine lighting, texture mapping and reflection mapping in any ratio:
fine-tune your materials from dull to 100% reflective.
i.. New file formats
Stills and numbered frames can now be exported in the following file
formats: .BMP(including 32 bits), .TGA(including 32 bits), .JPG, .GIF, .TIF
and .PNG(including 32 bits).

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