Once Virtools Dev Users asked for Shader-Authoring using graphs … in meanwhile we not only saw such technology used in a couple of other engines (i.e. offset engine, Unreal3 engine) but also in products like the one from Lumonix or the discontinued RTZen's Ginza and ShaderWorks. (which btw. was inspired by ShaderMan for RenderMan). Now there will be another product aaaaand …. it will be for free …
Mental Mill Artists Edition
More info on CGSociety. The product is also mentioned in the GDC FXComposer2_PDF. Moreover you can get information from the creators directly: Mental Images
This is indeed awsome news ! I've been waiting for this for over a year and it looks like the wait has been worth it. _Graph based shader development _Art-pipeline integration features (semantic remapping) _Shader performance profiling YAY If only virtools would support Collada FX, the integration into the art-pipeline would be even simpler. But I think we will be able to get this to work fine anyway.
8th of may and still no sign of the damn thing…they would not dare to be holding out till siggraph, or would they….. ?
Anything new about this Dom ? Looks fantastic and exactly what I wanted when Ginza stopped..
Gorbi1,
yes!!! see this: http://boutin.info/2007/06/15/fx-composer-2-and-mental-mill-now-in-public-beta/