The Dogwaffler of the Moment (DOTM) - our sporadic newsletter about PD Howler and PD Artist.




 
  PD Howler 2024 - Happy Labor Day
      50% off for the long weekend!

     



Hello again! We have more great news.

A lot has happened in recent weeks. We have numerous improvements in the OBJ parser and PBR viewer / renderer with it.

Physics Based Rendering:
https://www.thebest3d.com/2024/#pbr




Coming soon: Free and Paid Tutorial at DigitalArtLive.com

Check details here:
https://digitalartlive.com/event/pd-howler-evolution-new-features-techniques-and-3d-mastery/

Don't miss it:
  Sunday September 10 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm BST  (around Noon on the pacific West coast, check if DSST is still on?)

You'll see what's new in recent releases, such as PD Howler 2021, 2022, 2023 and of course the ongoing 2024 release.

Some of the topics covered / up for discussion  (subject to change / attendee input welcome)

- 2021: Quick look at the CLAHE filter

- 2022: the Media browser, improved.

- 2022: painting foliage with special brushes and features




- 2023: the new Sky filter


  the new sky filter - volumetric, animated,
              casting shadows

- 2024: Loading and rendering Wavefront OBJ files with Physics Based Rendering  (PBR)

 


We'll do a brief review of these new features and then dive into a bigger
project  to gather a few elements into a final composition

  The paid level will also receive some extra content. Check the details in DigitalArtLive.


Labor-Day Special - 50% off!


We're offering PD Howler for the long weekend and a few days over that at 50% off the regular price of $79. That's less than $40 for a collection of tools that include motion stabilization, moption estimated interpolation, frame painting, and just tons of amazing tools for painting, sketching, drawing, animation and 3D rendering. We remember the days when some of these tools by themselves for plugins or add-ons for Premiere at $99 individually!

This discount is automagic. No code needed.
Just order at https://www.thebest3d.com/sales  >>> pick PD Howler 2024

 
Order here:

Start exploring the universe of 3D, 2D, animation and video:
https://www.thebest3d.com/sales


You can also order from Dan Ritchie directly - he is at pdhowler.com  - 

What's new in Build 75/76?
 

 

Note: Build 76 is for SSE2 based older PC that don't support AVX for the faster 3D viewing experience in the PBR module.

Aug 31
- made a new legacy build 76 for SSE2 (older systems) instead of AVX

Aug 28
- Further bullet proofing in gemoetry loading

Aug 26
- Fixed "place on ground" option in geometry renderer.

Aug 20
- Fixed the second light source being the wrong color in the Geometry rendering tool
- Finalizing the default reflection maps that ship in the geometry folder
- You might want to remove old reflection maps from that folder.


For more details look for what's new in https://www.thebest3d.com/2024 




Reminder: YouTube videos and tutorials


stay up to date on most new features here:

https://www.youtube.com/pdhowler

 


 



Thank you for waffling and howling!!
Team Dogwaffle
https://www.pdhowler.com
https://www.thebest3d.com

 


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