Shade 7.2.1 Read Me

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Shade 7.2.1(tm) by e frontier and Curious Labs
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Thank you for purchasing Shade 7 by e frontier and Curious Labs! This readme includes important information about your new software, some of which is not included in other documentation. e frontier and Curious Labs are committed to creating stable and functionally rich software tools.


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Contents
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- What's New in 7.2.1
- Curious Labs' & e frontier's Commitment
- Registering Shade 7
- Important Information
- About the Online Documentation
- Copyrighted files on the CD-ROM
- Poser integration with PoserFusion
- Miscellaneous
- Known Issues
- Technical Support
- Copyright & Trademark Notice


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What's New in 7.2.1
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- PoserFusion compatible with Poser 6 now. Able to import Poser 4/5/6 pz3/pzz file.
Before import Poser 6 file, please make sure to change the Poser location and point to the installed directory of Poser 6.

Known Issues:

1. Switch off External Binary Morph Target support on the Misc tab of the General Preferences dialog (CTRL/CMD+K) before saving your PZ3/PZZ for PoserFusion.

2. Used an improved bending algorithm on some of Jessi's joints. Visual quality of bending might be affected since PoserFusion will fall back to an older algorithm.


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Curious Labs' & e frontier's Commitment
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In our efforts to fulfill our commitment to our customers, we post updaters for our products on an ongoing basis. Please visit http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/downloads to check for updates.


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Registering Shade 7(tm)
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Shade 7(tm) requires registration in order to receive updates and tech support. If you haven't registered your copy of Shade 7 yet, please visit http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/register. Please make sure you've entered all information marked as necessary, including the Shade 7(tm) serial number you received with your purchase.

If online registration is not working or if you do not have an Internet connection, you may register Shade 7(tm) manually via email, postal mail, fax, or phone. To do this, print out the Shade 7(tm) Registration Form (available in your Shade 7(tm) CD's root folder in PDF format), complete it, and send it to us via any of the following means:

US AND GLOBAL CUSTOMERS (except Asia & Pacific Rim):

EMAIL - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
POSTAL MAIL - Curious Labs (Attention: REGISTRATION), 655 Capitola Rd #200, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, USA
FAX - +1-831-462-8925

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM CUSTOMERS:

WEB - http://www.e-frontier.co.jp
POSTAL MAIL - e frontier inc., 6-22-1 Nishi Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 163-1111 Japan
FAX - +81-3-5339-3832

We require your serial number in order to register or upgrade your copy of Shade 7(tm).


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Important Information
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Please note:

- Please keep your product serial number in a safe place. It is needed in order to launch and register your software.

- In the Windows version, if there is only one Shade file open, closing it will exit the application. If there are multiple files open, closing any of them will not exit Shade, but merely close the file.

- Shade runs best with 32 bit true color graphics driver settings. If your driver doesn't support 32 bit, please use 24 bit true color instead.

- Shade's hardware accelerated preview runs best on recent NVIDIA and ATI graphics boards (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200, GeForce FX 5600, GeForce FX 5800 or ATI RADEON 9000). In case you encounter any problems with the hardware acceleration, please switch off the acceleration component.
  * Go to Edit menu > Preferences...
  * On the Preferences dialog, select the OpenGL tab.
  * Uncheck the Accelerator check box.

If upgrading to the newest driver version offered by the original manufacturer still does not solve the problem, set the hardware accelerator to [none] under graphics accelerator trouble shooting.

  * Close Shade if it is running.
  * Right-click on an empty area of the desktop, and select [Properties].
  * Select the [Settings] tab from the display properties, and click on [Setting Details] (Windows XP) / [Details] (Windows 2000) in the bottom right corner.
  * Select the [Trouble Shooting] tab from the window.
  * Set the [Hardware accelerator] slider to [none].
  * Click the Ok button to apply the settings.

- Windows version

ATI RADEON 9800, RADEON 9700, RADEON 9600
Problem: When the version of the driver is old, polygon mesh editing won't display correctly.
Solution: Update the latest driver (Catalyst 4.9 Driver) from the manufacturer.

ATI RADEON 9200, RADEON 9000
Problem: When the version of the driver is old, the figure window won't display correctly.
Solution: Update the latest driver (Catalyst 4.9 Driver) from the manufacturer.

ATI RADEON IGP 345M Chipset
Problem: Figure window displays too slowly.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

ATI FIRE GL 8700
Problem: Figure window displays incorrectly.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

Intel 82865GM Chipset
Problem: Figure window displays incorrectly when using camera.
Solution: Turn off the "Use Scissor" option from the OpenGL tab in the preference dialog.

Intel 82855GM Chipset
Problem: Figure window displays incorrectly when using camera.
Solution: Turn off the "Use Scissor" option from the OpenGL tab in the preference dialog.

Intel 82810GM Chipset
Problem: When resizing or scrolling the figure window, it won't display correctly. Also, the background color will become light green.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

Matrox Millennium G450
Problem: Figure window displays too slowly.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

Matrox Millennium G550
Problem: An error dialog occurrs when trying to edit the object in the figure window.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

SiS 651 Chipset
Problem: Figure window displays incorrectly.
Solution: Turn off the hardware accelerator.

SiS 650 Chipset
Problem: Figure window displays incorrectly.
Solution: Turn off the hardware accelerator.

- Mac OS X version

ATI Rage128 Pro
Problem: The figure window displays incorrectly when Shade launches.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.

PowerBook G3
Problem: During the program launch, a dialog will tell you to turn off the OpenGL accelerator. It will crash if you click to the figure window.
Solution: Turn off OpenGL acceleration from the preference dialog.


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About the Online Documentation
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The online guides are Adobe Acrobat files, located in the "Documentation" folder in your Shade 7 installation. Open these documents with Adobe Reader. In Shade 7, to access the online guides, choose "Contents" from the Help menu. This will launch Adobe Reader, allowing you to browse the online documentation, such as the "Shade User Guide" or "Shade Beginner's Tutorial".

Your copy of Shade 7 includes the latest version of the program. Therefore, some descriptions in the online guide differ from the actual program specifications (e.g. parts of the Shade 7 Plug-in Manual).


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Copyrighted files on the CD-ROM
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The copyrights for the sample files included on the Shade 7 CD-ROM belong to the original authors of those files. They are included for personal use. Commercial use of the original or modified files, or using them in any media, is prohibited.


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Poser integration with PoserFusion
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Please take the following notes into account when working with the PoserFusion feature in Shade:

- If you use motion blur, for best results, check "Use Integer Frame Numbers". If you use BlurEffector, uncheck "Use Integer Frame Numbers".
  * Go to Rendering menu > Render...
  * On the Image window click on the Effects tab. From the Effector pulldown menu select BlurEffector.
  * Go to View menu > Motion. Click on the Setting button and change the Steps to 0.2 in the Animation Settings palette.

- Hosting a Poser 5 scene with bump maps in Shade:
  In Poser 5, if the bump image map is connected to the Gradient_Bump channel, the Bump map will not render correctly in Shade. To correct this, disconnect the Gradient_Bump and connect the image map to the Bump channel.


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Miscellaneous
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- Wavefront OBJ Export
  When importing Wavefront OBJ files from Shade 7 into other 3D applications, e.g. Poser, you might notice that mirrored geometry gets reversed. There is a simple procedure in Shade to correct this issue:
  * Open the .shd model in Shade 7
  * Go to Rendering menu> Display Mode> Shading.
  * Go to Rendering menu> Single-sided.
  * Go to the Modify menu> Show Normals.
  * Adjust the direction of the reversed faces of all objects by using the Flip Face checkbox in the Browser window.

- Pausing an animation in the current frame:
  You will notice by default, the animation pause button in the Motion palette will go back to the last position of the scrubber on the timeline. If you playback an animation and want to pause on the current position of the scrubber you will need to uncheck "Restore the sequence cursor after playing".
  * Go to View menu > Motion. Click on the Options button and uncheck "Restore the sequence cursor after playing".

- Web 3D: Viewpoint & Shockwave 3D
  Shade 7 can create 3D interactive scenes that can be seamlessly integrated with web pages and viewed over the Internet using the Viewpoint Media Player plug-in for Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL and CompuServe. You will need to obtain a broadcast key from Viewpoint in order to have your content viewable over the Internet without Viewpoint's "water mark" placed over your image. Broadcast keys are made freely available by Viewpoint for non-commercial uses and for many smaller scaled commercial uses as well. All use is subject to Viewpoint's license agreement. To acquire a valid broadcast key, visit the Viewpoint web site at http://www.viewpoint.com.
  Viewpoint and Shockwave 3D export is supported by the Windows versions of Shade only.


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Known Issues
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Shade 7 professional only:

- Rendering animations in a network of rendering servers might fail if your Shade scene relies on plugins or the PoserFusion feature. In case you encounter this problem, please render the animation on your main computer. Curious Labs and e frontier are working towards a solution for this issue.

Please visit our website to see Shade FAQs - http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/support/technicalsupport


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Technical Support
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You must be registered to receive technical support. If you haven't registered your copy of Shade 7 yet, please visit http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/register.

US & GLOBAL SUPPORT (except Asia & Pacific Rim):

Please visit our Web site for the latest information on registration and technical support. For up to date information on our technical support policies or for our online frequently asked questions go to: http://www.curiouslabs.com/go/support.

Note: Curious Labs reserves the right to change its support policies at any time.

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM SUPPORT:

Please visit http://www.e-frontier.co.jp for updated support information.


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Copyright & Trademark Notice
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Shade 7 designer LE, Shade 7 standard and Shade 7 professional Copyright(c) 2004-2005 Curious Labs, Inc and e-frontier, Inc. All rights reserved. Shade 7 designer LE, Shade 7 standard and Shade 7 professional are trademarks of Curious Labs, Inc. and e-frontier, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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Optgraph End User License Agreement (EULA)
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Please read this software license agreement before using the OptGraph Radiosity Library.

The OptGraph Radiosity Library was developed by OptGraph, Inc., and its copyrights and all of the intellectual property rights are owned by OptGraph, Inc. OptGraph, Inc. grants e-frontier, Inc. and Curious Labs, Inc., Inc the rights to use the Radiosity Library to incorporate the OptGraph Radiosity Library in its product, Shade, so that the Radiosity Library can be used under the same conditions as the Shade product itself. Therefore, the Shade user must agree to Shade's license agreement, in order to use the OptGraph Radiosity Library.

Optgraph, Inc.
e-frontier, Inc.
Curious Labs, Inc.