Capture Atlas introduces a new material and shading system commonly known as "Physically Based Rendering" or PBR for short. Physically based rendering generally includes a number of different things and Capture already simulates lighting from a physically based perspective, but the new shading model provides a more realistic lighting response from surfaces and improves the look of materials in the visualizer.

Capture Atlas introduces some major changes in how the views of Capture behave and in this post we'd like to walk you through the background and reasoning behind these changes, while at the same time showing off some of the new features that make us so excited about Capture Atlas.

After announcing the release of Capture Atlas and the product structure changes accompanying it, we have received a lot of feedback and questions related to our product pricing, upgrade policies and plans for the future.

With this posting we hope to provide answers to all these questions and provide a clear view of our long term strategy.

A few days ago we went public with the imminent release of Capture Atlas and our product structure chagnes. Today we would like to give you a brief introduction to the amazing new features in Capture Atlas!

Capture Atlas runs faster, uses less memory and relies on more modern technologies. It enables more lighting design elements such as placeable smoke and omnidirectional lights - with physical based rendering and simulation of spill lighting.