{"id":6603,"date":"2017-04-27T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-clone.psoft.co.jp\/en\/?post_type=pressrelease&#038;p=6603"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:30:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:30:41","slug":"%e6%96%b0%e8%a3%bd%e5%93%81-3ds-max%e7%94%a8-%e3%83%97%e3%83%a9%e3%82%b0%e3%82%a4%e3%83%b3-%e3%80%8e-psoft-pencil-4-%e3%80%8f-%e3%82%92%e7%99%ba%e5%a3%b2","status":"publish","type":"pressrelease","link":"https:\/\/maintenance.psoft.co.jp\/en\/corporate\/pressrelease\/20170427-6603\/","title":{"rendered":"New Product: Release of \"PSOFT Pencil+ 4\" Plugin for 3ds Max"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jp\/images\/stories\/news\/pencil\/Pencil4_logo.png\" class=\"img-fluid alignnone\" alt=\"Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max\" height=\"675\" width=\"1440\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span><em>Sendai, Japan - April 27, 2017 -<\/em>\u00a0P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd. (location: Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture, Japan; CEO: Keiki HATAKEYAMA) released, on April 27, \"<\/span><strong><a href=\"\/en\/product\/pencil\/3dsmax\/\">PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max<\/a><\/strong><span>\", a non-photorealistic rendering plugin for 3ds Max which produces strokes similar to those seen in pencil sketches.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>The development of Pencil+ 4 was based on feedback from various production sites, especially television animation and film production companies, and emphasis was put on providing ways to optimize work and improve productivity. This latest version of Pencil+ introduces massive speed increases, Nitrous viewport display, material penetration, new edge detection settings and more, further improving workflows and opening up new kinds of expressions.<\/p>\r\n<h2>About Pencil+<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n<div class=\"col-4 offset-4 col-sm-3 offset-sm-0 text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jp\/images\/stories\/store\/pencil4_pack.png\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-9\">\r\n<p><span>PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max is a non-photorealistic rendering plugin which can reproduce the appearance of pen-and-ink and color pencils drawings as well as animation cels. It makes it possible to reproduce in 3D the distinctive art style seen in Japanese animation and illustrations.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Main Features<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Materials with high level of expressiveness<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Fast and beautiful line drawing<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Unique modifiers<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Powerful render elements output<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Functionality<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"row mb-5\">\r\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4\">\r\n<h3 class=\"h5 mb-3\">Material<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Cel shading<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Stroke maps for hatching<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Highlight design<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Configurable light color influence<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Shadow blend<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Configurable light intensity influence <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Material penetration <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Nitrous viewport display <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line reflection \/ refraction<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Configurable line drawing detection<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line color substitution<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4\">\r\n<h3 class=\"h5 mb-3\">Line<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Visible line drawing<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Hidden line drawing<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Advanced line settings<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Detailed brush settings<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line animation<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Distance-based reduction <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">Update<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line size map<\/li>\r\n\t<li>New edge detection settings\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"mt-2\">\r\n\t<li>Outline<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Open edge <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Object<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Intersection<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Smoothing boundary<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Material ID boundary<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Selected edge <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Normal angle<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Wireframe <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">Update<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Support for external reference objects and scenes <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-12 col-lg-4\">\r\n<h3 class=\"h5 mb-3\">Modifiers<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Perspective deformation modifier<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Normal copy modifier<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Edge selection modifier <span class=\"badge rounded-pill bg-danger\">New<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3 class=\"h5 mb-3\">File Output<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Zone render elements output<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line render elements output<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Line output to EPS format<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Host Application<\/h2>\r\n<p><span>Autodesk 3ds Max 2015 \/ 2016 \/ 2017 \/ 2018<br \/>\r\n * Operates with the scanline renderer.<br \/>\r\n <\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2>Hardware<\/h2>\r\n<p><span>Requirements identical to those of the host 3ds Max version.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2>Product Prices<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-sm table-store\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr class=\"table-light\">\r\n<th>Standalone License<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"w-25\">(Tax included)<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>Download version<\/td>\r\n<td class=\"price\"><strong>60,480<\/strong> Yen<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Purchasing<\/h2>\r\n<p>Sold on the PSOFT Store.<br \/>\r\n <a href=\"\/en\/store\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/store\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>Demo Version Download<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/download\/pencil\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/download\/pencil\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>Related Links<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<h2>Related Documents<\/h2>\r\n<h3>\"PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max\" Product Summary<\/h3>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/product\/pencil\/3dsmax\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/product\/pencil\/3dsmax\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Accessed from the Product Summary page above.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Inquiries<\/h2>\r\n<p>P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd. <a href=\"\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>For products-related inquiries, please use the form below.<br \/>\r\n Contact page: <a href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-6603","pressrelease","type-pressrelease","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"TakahashiSei","author_link":"https:\/\/maintenance.psoft.co.jp\/en\/news\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Sendai, Japan - April 27, 2017 -\u00a0P SOFTHOUSE Co., Ltd. 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