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Release of Cheetah3D 7.2 - Adds HEVC, ProRes, IES Lights,…

22. Feb. 2018

We are pleased to announce the release of Cheetah3D 7.2. The biggest change in v7.2 is probably the complete rewrite of the movie import/export code. Cheetah3D is using the AVFoundation framework now which offers much faster and better movie export. It also supports new state of the art movie codecs like HEVC. Professional users will enjoy the added ProRes workflow.
Cheetah3D unbiased render engine Falcon also saw some nice additions like support for IES lights and Filmic tone mapping.

Major new features in Cheetah3D 7.2:

upgraded form QTKit to AVFoundation framework

supports modern video codecs

JPEG
H264
HEVC (just on High Sierra)
ProRes422
ProRes4444

better image quality
multithreaded export
much faster
hardware accelaration if appropriate hardware is available

added .gif exporter to Render Manager
added support for the iMac Pro with up to 18 CPU cores (and 36 threads)
added support for IES light profiles
added support for filmic tone mapping to Falcon renderer
added "Triangulate" property to Boolean creator object
added "Triangulate" property to Boolean modifier object
added support for SVG tag
added bevel property to box object
added bevel property to box object
added bevel property to cylinder object
added partial cylinder support to cylinder object

added support for soft shadows to non-physical light sources in Falcon

point light
spot light
distant light
sky light sun
added more steps to the quality slider in the JPEG export options
added Javascript Document::fileName() function call
JAS files are now exported with a proper UTI
improved UI of external file link in properties editor
improved UV->PDF tool (better compatibility with Photoshop)
removed old Cheetah3D 3.2 light sources (.jas loader converts them to Light objects)
fixed bug in .obj loader
fixed bug in .obj exporter (caused by objects with identical names)/Users/mwengenm/Downloads/Test Renders
fixed bug in smart folder (could forget file path)
fixed bug in torus object (could create zero area polygons when N1=0 or N2=0)
fixed bug in movie save panel
fixed bug with SVG tags
fixed undo bug when using steppers
fixed crashing bug when rendering animations
some small OpenGL optimizations
dropped support for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7