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Tips and tricks and sporadic news about Project Dogwaffle and related tools

PD Howler - beyond
Project Dogwaffle!

Take your ideas into
the 3rd dimension
with Curvy 3D!

monkey faces tutorial - nothing scary here

3D sculpting,
from a painter's view

the howling-fast,
multi-threaded,
PD Howler:
beyond digital painting

PD Howler screenshot

nifty
texturesz

know your doat

painting
the Dorpus

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moving key frames
on the timeline

thing oh beauty

Summer Place, by leaftracker

#199 - Happy Labor Day

reflection map in astronaut's visor

2023

#199 - Happy Labor Day! new!

#198 - Sizzling Summer Hot Deals for Comic-Con / build 61 is here!

#197 - Save 45% with build #45 - The pre-Independence Day Build

#196 - PD Howler 2024 - get it for Memorial Day!

#195 - Beware of the Easter bunny (it can now hop over water)

( a few email blasts were sent by email only )

#191 - Mid January Joy

2022 --- What !?!? Over so soon ??!??!?

#190 - Thanksgiving and Black Friday

#188 - Happy Spooky Halloween

#187 - Labor Day

#186 - Announcing PD Artist 2023

#185 - Happy July 4th - PD Howler 2023 (v16) is here

#182 - PD Artist 2022 is here!

#181 - January 2022: Eagles

2021

#180 - December 2021 - The End is Near - we're Doing a 180

#179 - November 2021 - Thanksgiving and Black Friday Specials

#178 - August 2021 - Analytical Upscaling for Back-to-School, and Labor Day

#177 - July 2021: Howler 2022 build 33 - aka 2022.1

#176 - March/April: PD Artist / Howler 2021.4 (Build 110)

#175 - Build 85 is also known as PD Howler 2021.3

2020

#174 - November - Sparks will Fly, with Build 70

(#172 and #173 were only by email - don't miss out! join our mailing list!)

#171 - September - the Fruit of your Labor (Day)

#170 - July - First look at Howler 2021

#169 - June Lake

#168 - May-onaise

#167 - Who would have thought?

#166 - Howler 13 (2020) now also at Daz

2019

#165 - Bye Bye 2020?

#164 - Thanksgiving / Black Friday / Build 43 / Curvy3D v4 and more

#163 - October - build 42

#162 - Craters and Lakes

#161 - Labor Day Weekend

#160 - PD Artist 2020 is here, and build #37

#159 - Back to School already? Howler 2020 to the Rescue!

#158 - Howler on route 66 to July 4

#155 - Water - the art contest with Pixarra

#154 - Free At Last!

2018

#153 - Happy 2019 - Here we Are! (build 2019.0015)

#152 - 2019.0011 is here just in time for Thanksgiving and 'our' Mars landing!

#151 - Announcing Howler 2019 - for Early Adopters!

#150 - No September to Remember, join the 8ktober revolution!

#149 - August Blues - Labor Day promo and Back to School

#148 - July Surprise: Howler 11.3 is here

#147 - June Gloom for Father's Day

#146 - More Landscapes (and Yes, we're heading to Mars!)

#145 - Create Stunning Landscapes

2017

#144 - Hohoho Howler Holidays

#142 - 20 days to celebrate 20 years of Project Dogwaffle!

#141 - Boo! RC69 "Tide pool" has arrived, and Pumpkin stickers are coming

#140 - A September to Remember - Hello AniRhythm! and Howler 11.1 is now also at DAZ3D

#139 - Summer Splash continues, with PD Artist now also at version 11.1

#138 - Summer Splash! PD Howler 11.1 is here!

#137 - How to Donate a D.A.D. for Father's Day

#136 - May Mania, Mother's Day and Memorial Day

#135 - The Shaggy Star Thingy and the new API

#134 - Announcing PD Artist 11

#133 - What's New in Howler 11

#132 - Introducing PD Howler 11 - Axehead is here!

#131 - Hello Puppy Ray

#130 - Happy New Year

2016

#129 - Countdown to Christmas

#128 - Glow, baby, Glow!

#127 - Water caustics for Thanksgiving

#126 - More Plugins for PD Particles

#125 - Working with Video

#124 - Labor Day Special

#123 - Two Freebies and a Great Promo

#122 - Father's Day

#121 - Memorial Day

#120 - Mom! PD Howler 10 is on Steam!

#119 - RC33 for PD Howler and PD Artist, Plus an Easter Sale

#118 - PD Artist 10, RC 30 and Howler 10 RC30

#117 - Howler 10, Update 1, RC26

#116 - President's Day

#115 - Announcing PD Howler 10

2015

#114 - Happy New Year 2016

#113 - Pre-Ordering Howler v10

#112 - Thanksgiving 2015, Black Friday and Cyber-Monday

#111 - The top 10 of v10 - Preparing for a long, cold winter,...with Dogwaffle!

#110 - 2 Years back, 2 months forward

#109 - Under Water is Scary Enough

#108 - Back to School and Labor Day Sale!

#107 - early August - Muzzle Flares

#106 - mid July - Letters from Pluto

#105 - Late June - From Outer Space

#104 - Early June - Get your Fruits and Veggies

#103 - Late April - News on Howler 9.6

#102 - Easter Bunny Specials

#101 - Howler on Steam(!) + jWildfire supports .anb animated brushes

#100 - Hello PD Artist 9.6

#99 - Hello PD Howler 9.6

#98 - More Dibble Dabbles and a Presidential Treatment

#97 - Dibble-dabbles

#96 - Night at Shangri-La

2014

#95 - End of Year promotion 2014

#94 - Birds and Trees

#93 - Cyber Monday Sale

#92 - Free Update for Better Erosion in Howler 9.5

#91 - Goodbye Halloween, Hello Thanksgiving

#90 - Columbus Day Special

#89 - New Foliage Presets, and Deep Dive into the River Canyon

#88 - Howler 9.5 is here - Now What?

#87 - Howler 9.5 is here - and going Purely Ballistic

#86 - 4th Howler 9.5 Preview - Exporting Terrain Mesh to Wavefront^(TM) OBJ format

#85 - Third Preview of Howler 9.5 - Cloud Modeling, Lightwave 3D plugin

#84 - Videoscribing with Dogwaffle, and a second Preview of Howler 9.5

#82 - Ambient Occlusion on a Friday the 13th with Full Moon

#77 - PD Howler 9.2 is Coming Soon

#75 - Painting & Animating

#74 - Share the Love

#73 - Houston, we have a problem... fixed!!

#72 - Howler 9.1 is here - Puppy Ray on the GPU

2013

#71 - ...and a Happy New Year

#70 - SuperNova Flux and a 3rd Preview Look at 9.1 - coming soon

#69 - A Second Look at Howler 9.1 - coming soon

#68 - Thanksgiving Promo, and a first peek at v9.1

#67 - Toon Brushes Batch #3, and Animation Tutorials

#65 - PD Artist 9 is here

#62 - September - PD Howler 9 is almost here!

#59 - July - To the Horse Races!

#58 - June Gloom

#57 - Memorial Day Promos, and a new Puppy Ray image

#56 - Many new Demo Videos, and a first look at Puppy Ray

#55 - PD Howler 8.2d, Four Videos and a new Demo version

#54 - Royalty-free Soundtracks and Previewing PD Pro 8.2d

#53 - PD Artist 8.2b is dead - long live 8.2c!

#52 - Announcing PD Pro 8.2b Artist

#51 - Announcing PD Pro 8.2 Howler

#50 - the Nifty-Fifty (another 8.2 Preview)

#49 - More PD Pro 8.2 Previews & Anim8or tutorials

2012

#48 - (Christmas) PD Pro 8.2 Sneak Peek

#47 - (late Nov.) You are Here! (and hello Mike Hutchens)

#46 - (November) Etherial Eyelashes and a first Sneak Peek at v8.2

#45 - (October) Animated Fireworks, Attila the Hun(garian), and promos

#44 - (October) Working with Selection Masks

#43 - (Sept/Oct) Tillie Tuppet by BJ Bradley

#42 - (September) AnyFX for PD 8, and PD 8.1 Sneak Peek

#41 - (August) PD Artist 8

#40 - Discovering PD Pro 8 - Taming the Broomhead

#39 - (July) Announcing the Release of PD Pro 8 Howler

#38 - (late June) Pigment Profiles

#37 - June 10 - Clone Fill

#36 - May 31st - Broomhead goes RC, pre-Ordering Info, tutorials: Slow Spinning Planet Earth under Attack

#35 - May 12/13 - Broomhead, Part 3 and start of promo for free v8 upgrade

#34 - (late April) Project Broomhead - a 2nd peek

#33 - (April) PD Pro Broomhead - a first peek

#32 - (March) PD Pro 7.2 Howler is here

#31 - PD Pro 7.2 Coming Soon, Price Drop, New Tutorials

#30 - PD Pro 7.1 Howler is here

#29 - by email only - join our mailing list

2011

#28 - New Year's eve

#27 - by email only - join our mailing list

#26 - by email only - join our mailing list

#25 - Thanksgiving Edition 2011

#24 - by email only, See #25 for a repeat and more

#23 - October2011

#22 - Belated September 2011 (40-40 promo & Curvy 3D for Mac)

#21 - August 2011 (PD Artist 2)

#20 - July 2011

2010

#16 - December 2010

#15 - October 2010

#14 - Late August 2010

#13 - June 2010

2008

#12 - March 2008

2007

#11 - September 2007

#10 - May 2007

#9 - April 2007

2006

#8 - November 2006

#7 - October 2006

2005

#6 - October 2005

#5 - August 2005

#4 - July 2005

#3 - Memorial Day 2005

#2 - Mother's Day 2005

#1 - first newsletter early 2005

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reflection map in astronaut's visor

#190 Thanksgiving
& Black Friday

#188

pumpkin house

#187 Labor Day

#186 - Announcing
PD Artist 2023

Eagle and Indian Face by Frank Bonacquisti

Gaussian blur on beach scene rendered
in Howler

Howler 2021

_____________

falling
prices on fall colors

getting ready for a long cold winter with
Project Dogwaffle 10

getting ready to move up - v10 is only 2 months
away

get your
fruits and veggies

Howler 9.6 on Steam

PD
Artist 9.6 is here

welcome Howler 9.6 treatment

dibble
dabble

night at Shangri-La by Dalemation

Merry Christmas

Ho ho ho
Batch #5 is here!
(and batch #6 too!)

Winter is Coming

Painting Trees:
using foliage brushes

River Canyon:
Deep Dive
Paint, Model, Render
and Discover your
own New World!

discover your own new world in 3D on COlumbus
Day, with PD Howler's 3D Designer

Howler 9.5 is here -
and it's Purely Ballistic!

3D Designer 9.5:
Clouds, Erosion, Sediments, Snow...
putting it all together,
in realtime - on the GPU!

the contrast map - new in 9.5

the local contrast map

better lighting - new in 9.5

better lighting

To the Horses!

June Gloom

Puppy Ray!

Space
between Whispers

Mike Hutchens:
Space between whispers

musical tutorial - first snow fall

Tillie
Tuppet is blowing bubbles

Greg
Taylor

pigment profiles and color mixing

motion prediction used for slowing down a
video with smart image extrapolation

motion prediction

blue
moon

Read the
PD Howler Review

Danas Anis reviews PD Howler 1 aka PD
Pro 6

by famed Carrara 3D Artist
and Photographer Danas Anis