Artlantis 5 - My First Thoughts

Artlantis power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis 5 a spin; he's put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Here's a sneak peek at what Evan found most impressive:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."

• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."

Read the entire review here...

Image by Evan Troxel | An example of Artlantis 5's God rays | Click for full screen

If you're new to Artlantis, you may want to take a look at one of Evan's earlier tutorials here...

And here's a great tutorial on Interior Cove Lighting...

We look forward to seeing many great designs by Evan using Artlantis 5!

taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include: - See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.j9txYgte.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Power user Evan Troxel has taken the time to give Artlantis Studio 5 a spin, put his thoughts into words, and shared his first impressions with us.  Some of his comments include:

• "The interface is really nice. It makes total sense especially as more and more people are using laptops where screen real estate is of utmost importance. It allows you to put things away that you're not using but you still have easy access to. I also love how easy it is to populate the scene with additional items like trees, furniture and people with the Catalog feature. It's not a new feature but it's laid out in a much better way now with categories. Being able to find what you're looking for is really nice."
  
• "Batch rendering is also a breeze with this app. Just cue up a bunch of views and tell it to render later. Then when you're ready, launch the Artlantis Batch app and you can run it overnight, cranking out image after image until they're all done. This is a huge feature not to be underestimated. For most of us in small offices or doing solo work who only have a single computer, this can make it so work is getting done while you sleep."
  

Read the full review here...
We're looking forward to seeing lots of great designs from Evan in the near future!
- See more at: http://www.artlantis.com/en/blog/posts/artlantis_5_my_first_thoughts/show#sthash.x0sEUrBv.dpuf

Artlantis 5 sneak peek: New user interface

'N' stands for New, as in New user interface, brought to you by Artlantis 5!

The Artlantis 5 Revolution is almost here, and we saved the best for last.  The new user interface  can now be viewed in one window and in full screen on both Mac and PC platforms.  Keep an eye on your project and your tools at your fingertips!

Real-time radiosity preview

Artlantis’s productivity is based on a founding concept: real-time preview. Regardless of the change in the scene settings (materials, lighting, environment), the preview is updated instantly.  You control your work, you confirm your changes, and you run the calculation in high definition for your final image without wasting time.

Viewpoints

The freedom offered by Artlantis 5 comes from the multitude of viewpoints that you can create, save, and organize. Each viewpoint allows you to create a real study of your scene: date, a light source change, a camera lens change, adding a background -- edit and save the combinations of parameters in your list of viewpoints that are important to you.

In order to optimize the display of your project while keeping an eye on your list views, they appear on the left-hand side of the screen in a fixed position with a refocusing of the preview on the left, or on the fly so that the preview is not moved!

Inspectors

Now grouped at the top of the screen, inspectors allow you to set all the parameters associated with shaders, objects, lights, heliodons and perspectives (perspectives, projected views, panoramas, VR objects and animations). The real backbone of Artlantis 5 is this clear and intuitive tool bar, allowing you to access -- with a minimum of clicks -- a maximum of Artlantis features and settings. You can make adjustments, improvements, and fine-tune your scene and see the results instantly -- without taking your eyes off the preview window.