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Product Overview



Here we present just a small overview of the features and capabilities of TS5. For a complete description of features and many more screenshots, video illustrations and examples, please read the Caligari TS5 website


artwork by Kenneth Lehtinen

trueSpace 5.2 lets you model, animate and render your 3D creations, with the same tools as used by the pros! If you are new to 3D, then you will appreciate the intuitive interface that is as close to being "inside" your 3D scene as you can get. If you already have some 3D software, then you'll like expanding your toolset with things like Subdivision Surfaces, radiosity, inverse kinematics and bones, NURBS, and more!

trueSpace5.2 is a complete solution, from making the model to getting your finished output, and gets you started in 3D no matter what your ambitions.

artwork by Andrew Moffitt


Plus, it works great with Project Dogwaffle as an imaging / painting tool for your uv maps, backdrops and for post work. See tutorials that use Dogwaffle with TrueSpace.




trueSpace5.2 also features Key Frame Editor enhancements for better control of the animation process.




TS5 Nurbs Handles
Modeling with Nurbs:
control handles!


3D Paint
Advanced Surfacing:
3D Paint!


great rendering
Physically Accurate Rendering!
image by
Martin Løvvold



rendering of NURBS sculpture


Facial Animator ....  say What !?



Various aspects of the 3D scene can be animated, including subdivision surfaces and Nurbs surfaces through their control handles. Even materials can be animated!
animated materials
Single layer animation of procedural color


trueSpace5.2 includes a very cool Facial Animator tool that generates animated human facial muscle movements directly from speech or text input using high level animation controls. With  improved head model and a new editing interface, resulting in more realism. There's also added Subdivision Surface support for the heads!


more animation features
Subdivision and NURBS surface are animatable


By Stan Slaughter By Kary Ohman By Stan Slaughter By Saul Greenberg


System Requirements



tS5.2 System Requirements: Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP. Will not install on Win NT4On Win 95  "MS Speech" will be disabled. Microsoft DirectX7 or higher







User Interface




There are a lot of new features which were introduced with trueSpace 5 - including workflow enhancements in the user interface.

Learn everything about TrueSpace's user interface  here








modeling with NURBS




Do More with Companion Tools



There are numerous plugins and standalone products available for free download or purchase to enrich and enhance the TrueSpace environment.

See a number of links to Plugins and other resources in the Resources page.

Example:  Painting Foliage with Project Dogwaffle

Project Dogwaffle is a PC paint and animation program. Using the Optipustics particle brushes, you can paint realistic grass, shrubs and other foliage, even animated waterfalls and fireworks, to use as part of a 3D scene rendering by mapping the created textures onto rectangular polygons acting as billboards.

Grass painted in Project Dogwaffle, including the lens flares.

Here's an example of putting it all together: Using a seamless texture for the ground floor, and trees by DigArts as well as tufts of grass from PD Pro.


Example:  Trees and Textures by DigArts

DigArts makes excellent collections of trees and shrubbery for painting and 3D compositions. Try the free samples, buy the complete sets.


sample from DigArts free trees


rendering of simple 3D scene with
billboard trees properly casting shadows




Paint simple tufts of
grass in seconds!





use PD Pro 3.5 to also
generate Alpha on-the-fly


click for full size seamless texture
(2048x2048 Jpeg)

red tricycle and trees and tufts


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