Genetica 3.0 Announced

[CJO]

Genetica 3.0, the latest version of our seamless texture editor has just been announced! New features include seamless vector drawing, the ability to create and export totally unique HDRI environment maps, and the creation of animated textures and special effects.

And here's a video showing what the new version can do: http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/genetica/gen3announce.htm

[jbshorty]

Wow! Those animated textures were really nice!

jonah

[CGRookie]

I'm interested in the HDRI feature. Is it capable of producing custom HDRI maps?

I like these guys. Even their free Genetica Viewer is very useful in itself. You can generate hundreds of textures already. The interface is also simplified. No thick documentation to read.

[CJO]

Originally Posted by CGRookie

I'm interested in the HDRI feature. Is it capable of producing custom HDRI maps?

Yes, you can product custom HDRI environment maps with the Pro and Studio editions of Genetica 3.0. You can get a little taste of the feature at a about one-and-a-half minutes into the video that I posted above. Beyond what you can see in the video, you can do things like:

- Layer HDRI environments on top of each other with the type of blends you'd see in a photo-editing app.

- Rotate, color, filter each of the layers.

- Generate additional lights and effects and blend them in.

- Import any of your own HDRIs you may have to throw into the mix.

- Bake lighting effects straight into the HDRI itself (used often in real-time projects like games, but is useful for doing neat things quickly in any environment). For you example, you can diffuse the environment map (makes speedy shiny surfaces look like diffuse surfaces lit by global illumination) and you can do light scattering effects (makes surfaces look like they are partially reflecting the HDRI).

- Export your original HDRI creations in common formats such as latitude/longitude maps and cube maps.

- HDRI environment manipulating nodes are also given in which case you want to dig deeper and build custom node trees that will generate and filter HDRI environments in totally unique ways.

[Thomas]

We had a deal with Spiralgraphics under Eovia, for Hexagon2. We provided some maps generated with Genetica and Emmanuel and me were very impressed with this software and were very happy to use it. It's a good software and the new features seems very powerfull!

[CGRookie]

I just pre-ordered Genetica 3.0 Pro for $299, which is $100 less than the regular price. I got 2.5 in the meantime. I'll get 3.0 when it's released. I don't know when.

[WillBellJr]

Yeah, I was tempted myself when I saw this thread but already owning TextureMaker and Darktree Textures makes it a tough call.

The fact that animation is not included for that price is actually what stopped me from purchasing...

-Will

[CJO]

Genetica 3.0 has gone into open beta. You can download it here: http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/beta/index.htm