Digital Project™ Photo Studio

Gehry Technologies offers two advanced rendering add-on products for Digital Project Designer: PHOTO STUDIO and PHOTO STUDIO OPTIMIZER.   DIGITAL PROJECT™ PHOTO STUDIO PHOTO STUDIO generates high-quality, photo-realistic images and movies of projects in 3D for virtual building walk-throughs, ideal for presenting design projects in realistic context.   PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS State-of-the-art ray tracing; rendering exceeds that of graphic cards. Photo Studio’s ray tracing technology provides real shadow computation and reflection effects, enabling anti-aliased images and computing images bigger than full-screen resolution. Photo Studio is based on Mental Image’s mental ray®, the industry leading rendering core system for digital content creation and CAD/CAM. Easy-to-create, realistic renderings: simply load a model and click the rendering icon. Instant graphical previews provide immediate feedback. Images can be saved in multiple formats, such as .rgb, .jpeg, .tiff, .bmp. Control rendering quality and time spent to compute an image. Control and reuse: Define reusable scene settings by specifying light sources, cameras, materials, and stickers. Use spherical, cylindrical, or cubical environments to simulate interior or exterior scenes, and specify the rendering objects involved in a shoot. Powerful animation: Turntables can generate sequences of images representing model rotation. Videos are easy to create by setting camera, light and environment parameters.   KEY BENEFITS Photo Studio provides physically realistic simulations of models’ appearance for better design communication and validation.   DIGITAL PROJECT™ PHOTO STUDIO OPTIMIZER Photo Studio Optimizer extends Photo Studio capabilities for incredibly realistic images and moves of projects in 3D advanced rendering technologies such as global illumination and caustics.   PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Photo Studio Optimizer advanced material definitions improve realism. 3D texturing defines a color for each point in 3D space. Solids looks like they have been carved from a single block of material. Bump mapping introduces apparent surface deviations to give the illusion of deformed geometry (such as waves on water). Photo Studio Optimizer uses advanced technology for superior rendering. Global illumination produces superior realistic rendering by applying varying forms of light transport: diffuse, glossy, and specular. Caustics produce more accurate reflections and refractions. When light hits a reflective or refractive surface, it is reflected or transmitted and forms light patterns on other objects (such as a lens focusing light on a table). Photo Studio Optimizer’s fast computation performance increases productivity.   KEY BENEFITS Photo Studio Optimizer brings projects to life and enables building professionals to better envision building components.