Chaos Vantage v1.5.2 released

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!

We are back with a new update - v1.5.2. Here are the highlights:

• Added configurable material preview swatches, and an updated Materials UI tab
• Added new Live Link animation render button in 3ds Max
• Changes made to lights are now saved to .vantage files
• Added top/bottom option for stereo output
• Added command line wrapper vantage_console.exe (see vantage_console.exe --help)
• Added .vantage file association in Windows Explorer
• Improved translation tool: now does surface placement with the center cube
• Improved animation editor: multiple UI tweaks, new "Shot" mode
• Improved UI: added more tooltips
• Improved performance when loading a .vantage file that imports Cosmos assets

You can find the full change log here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

Edit: We released a quick hotfix that can be downloaded from the same link above.

You can see some of the new features in use here:

Best regards.
The Chaos Vantage team

[s.balabanov]

Hello everyone!
We released a new version 1.5.3 and it has the following improvements:

• Implemented HDRI environment and dome light creation and updating
• Material name searching, type filtering and sorting(name and creation)
• Select the material of the selected object button
• Drag-and-drop material assignment with preview
• Alt+drag-and-drop replaces material on all object with same material
• Ctrl+drag-and-drop assigns material to objects and its children
• Initial support for ply, obj, bin, geo, hclassic, bgeo, bhclassic, prt, alembic (static) files
• Optimized memory usage of texture files with a single color
• Optimized memory usage for material previews
• Cosmos browser doesn't show importer choice inside Chaos Vantage when multiple importers are running
• Motion blur is not allowed for non-perspective (Cube 6x1, Spherical and stereo) cameras.

For the full change log click here:
https://docs.chaosgroup.com/x/DgihAw

You can download the update from here:
https://download.chaosgroup.com/?platform=47&product=63

Best regards.
The Chaos Vantage team