The Dogwaffler of the Moment - a sporadic newsletter - Issue #38

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Hello again starving artists, animators, wafflers and howlers.  Here's another update on PD Pro 8: More Tutorials on new and improved features, less time to take advantage of the pre-order savings specials.

- New Tutorials,
Pigment Profiles and eMaya's Music
- Motion Prediction Mania
- Massive Price Drops on earlier/older versions
- Only a few weeks (days?) left
- Watercolor Lifting
 
Here we go...



 

v8: New Tutorials!

Pigment Profiles and more

 
  We have added a bunch of new tutorials with Version 8 over the last few days. See them in the Daily Dose



Recent Additions:

v8: Pigment Profiles new!
v8: Custom brushes new!
v8: Enhanced 3D tools & lighting FX new!
v8: New brush effects new!
v8: Various new features in broomhead new!
v8: Removing the neighbours from the duck pond new!
v8: Meteor impact new!


Here's the one by Dan Ritchie, on Pigment Profiles and color mixing:








Did you like the Music?


If you noticed the introductory, soothing music entitled "Andersen", and you liked it, please feel free to explore more samples. It is from Jose Luis Suazo's eMaya music: http://www.thebest3d.com/music/jls








 

Motion Prediction Mania

Gazillions(!) of calculations to find out where your pixels went

 
  If you've followed my tutorials, you know that I (Philip) am a bit obsessed with the MPM, the Motion Prediction Module. I've covered it in more tutorials than any other feature. And right as I'm typing this I am thinking of yet another two or three ways to show it off, to show its merits. Stay tuned for more motion estimation examples. In the meantime, we've gathered all of the tutorials (we think).

http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/7/motion-prediction-mania.html

Here's one of the examples:



 

 Massive Price Drops

on earlier & older versions


  We have recently dropped the prices on most of our products, including PD Particles, PD Artist, PD Pro 3, 4, 5, 6  and 7. This is of course a prelude to releasing version 8 very soon. We don't want to keep just the latest and greatest version out there. We want to make the earlier versions available for those who are on avery tight budget. If you've been saving up for v5 or v6 your wait may be over.

Here are the new prices:

PD Particles ............... $8 
PD Artist 1 ................ $9.97
PD Pro 3.5 ................. $10 
PD Pro 4 ................... $29 
PD Pro 5.1b ................ $44
PD Pro 6 Howler ............ $53
PD Pro 6 Artist ............ $39
PD Pro 7 Howler ............ $89
PD Pro 7 Artist ............ $59


If you can't afford version 8 yet, even at the pre-order discounts, perhaps you can afford a prior version. If you're using the freeware version 1.2 at the moment, this may be your new chance to go Pro.



Only a few weeks (days?) left

(to Pre-Order PD Pro 8 Howler)

June 30 is the next deadline



PD Pro 8 Howler is coming very soon. Only a few more days of pre-order special. Soon it will be the release special. Still a way to say, but not as good as now. Check the promo pricing at http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/sales/special_promos.html while they are there. Here's a recap:




Do you have v7 already?
Upgrades from v7 to v8 - preorder & release specials


regular price: $139

limited days of promo
your cost
approximate discount
discount code
Jun 16-30 
$37
73% off regular price  contact us
Jul  1-release date+15days   
$39
71% off regular price  contact us
After release date+15days   
$45 68% off regular price  contact us

Want to pre-order the upgrade to v8 for extra savings?
Contact Philip for your discount coupon


Do you have earlier versions?

If you have PD Particles, Artist 1, PD 2, PD Pro 3 or 4: upgrade to PD Pro Howler 8

limited days of promo
your cost
approximate discount
discount code
Jun 10- until the release date          
 $83.40 40% off regular price 
contact us
After release date, for another 30 days
 $90.35 35% off regular price  contact us

  If you have PD Pro 5 or 6 (Artist or Howler):  upgrade to PD Pro Howler 8

limited days of promo
your cost
approximate discount
discount code
Jun 10- until the release date          
 $48.65 65% off regular price 
contact us
After release date, for another 30 days
 $76.45 45% off regular price  contact us

  Want to pre-order the upgrade to v8 for extra savings?
Contact Philip for your discount coupon


Don't have Project Dogwaffle yet? No problem.
New full installer - preorder & release specials



limited days of promo
your
cost
approximate discount
discount code
Jun 16-30 
$109 22% off regular price
CCVM000CR
Jul 1 until release date+15days   
$119 15% off regular price
CCVN000NG
15 days after release date, the normal price will be $139
Note: we reserve the right to change the release date. It could be later, it could also be earlier than early July.
 




Watercolor Lifting with v8


Watercolor is a brush post effect (brush FX) that can be refined through one of the brush settings panels, now called the 'FX' tab.

Look at the way the vertical blue brush strokes (placed on top of the other colored ones) appear to smear into the lower ones, and more so as we increase the lifting value going from left to right.

broomhead/watercolor-lifting-ex1-512.jpg

Here's another example (using Translucent Watercolor). First we painted a brush stroke in a wave from left to right in blue, then we painted short dabs in light yellow across the blue. The ones on the left have very low value of lifting, the ones on the right side have high lifting values:

watercolor-lifting

Learn more and see more examples here:



As always, don't hesitate to contact us and ask for assistance if you need any help with ordering or configuring your version of Dogwaffle. And thank you so much for your support.



Happy Waffling and Howling!
 










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