Features
infiniMap has been thoroughly tested in production by us and our trusty beta testers. The main features of infiniMap are:
- Full compatibility to LightWave 3D's surfacing, allowing for an easy replacement of native image texture layers with infiniMap texture layers.
- Works as a procedural texture layer or as a node
- A user interface that remains as close as possible to the native image texturing interface provided by LightWave 3D, resulting in a minimal learning curve.
- Complete support for multi-threading to make full use of multi-processor, multi-core and/or hyper-threading computers.
- Low memory footprint.
- Shared image caches: Multiple instances of the same image use a shared cache, reducing the amount of memory required during rendering for scenes that re-use identical images (or single channels thereof).
- Useful tools to make working with infiniMap images easier, such as an automatic OpenGL preview layer generation tool to make infiniMap images visible in Layout.
- Free network render nodes.
- Unlicensed plugins can be used to load, render and save infiniMap enabled scenes, there is no need to purchase a license for every copy of LightWave 3D in your facility 1) .
- ScreamerNet network rendering support, of course.
- Convert images to the ECW/JPEG 2000 and OpenEXR format from within LightWave 3D
- Replace images globally
- Support for JPEG 2000 images with up to 28 bits per channel (a limitation of the JPEG 2000 standard).
- Free point upgrades, free support, free beer 2) )
- A dedicated node for normal mapping
- Native support for PNG files to lower the memory requirements when converting
- Support for colour spaces
Feature Comparison
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| Texturing plugins | Surface Shader | Surface Shader Texture Layer Texture Node Multi-Channel Node |
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| Projection Types | Planar Only | All image projections supported by LightWave 3D. The Texture Layer does not support UV mapping, the Shader and the Node do. |
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| Native image format | Tiled OpenEXR JPEG 2000, ECW | Tiled OpenEXR | Tiled OpenEXR JPEG 2000, ECW |
| Supported platforms | Windows, MacOS 3) | Windows | Windows, MacOS |
| Conversion options | Single Image converter. Convert on load if the source image is not native to infiniMap. | Batch Image converter. Convert on load if the source image is not native to infiniMap. |
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