Monday, November 25th, 2024Posted by Jim ThackerNevercenter releases Silo 2025 and Milo 2025html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Nevercenter has begun its 2025 releases of Silo, its lightweight 3D modelling software, and Milo, its Unreal Engine-based real-time renderer.Silo 2025.0 adds the option to generate UVs for a model by projecting them the viewport.Milo 2025.0 adds direct support for Silos Modifiers.A lightweight sub-D modeller and accompanying real-time rendererFirst released in 2003, Silo built up a reputation as an efficient, focused modelling package.It has a streamlined set of polygonal and subdivision surface modelling tools, a topology brush for drawing new topology over a reference object, and interactive real-time UV unwrapping.As well as creating low-poly assets for games or real-time applications, it can be used to rough out base models for sculpting in ZBrush, and supports its GoZ bridge system.Although development stalled during the 2010s, the pace picked up again with the release of Silo 2021, with Nevercenter also launching Milo, a new standalone Unreal-Engine-based real-time renderer and VR viewer.Milo 2025.0: support for Silos ModifiersThe key change in Milo 2025.0 is direct support for Silos Modifiers, making it easier to see the results of procedural modeling operations.Rather than having to bake modifiers to render them, saving out a .sib file from Silo and reloading it in Milo automatically updates the scene.Silo 2025: generate UVs for models using viewport projectionSilo 2025.0 adds a new option in the Recreate UVs command: Using Current Viewport Projection.It generates UVs for a model by projecting them from any of the orthographic or perspective viewports, with the option to apply them to the entire object, or only to selected faces.The software could already generate UVs using a range of other projection types, and unwrap UVs using the LSCM (Least Squares Conformal Mapping) method.Pricing and availabilitySilo and Milo are available for Windows 10 and macOS 12.0+.Perpetual licences of Silo have an MSRP of $159, which includes Milo. The updates are free to anyone who has bought the software in the past year. Read a full list of new features in Silo 2025 and Milo 2025 in Nevercenters release notesRead more about Silo and Milo on Nevercenters product websiteHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Latest NewsNevercenter releases Silo 2025 and Milo 2025Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, and its Unreal Engine-based real-time renderer.Monday, November 25th, 2024Boris FX releases Sapphire 2025Set of effects plugins for apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve gets new tools for mimicking the look of analog video.Monday, November 25th, 2024Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artistsUpdated 25 November: Discover 100 seasonal offers on CG tools and hardware, now including DaVinci Resolve, LightWave and ZBrush.Monday, November 25th, 2024Epic Games releases RealityCapture 1.5Big update to the photogrammetry app adds USD export and new options aimed at games and VFX. Free to indie artists and studios.Friday, November 22nd, 2024KeenTools releases FaceTracker for BlenderMuch-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.Friday, November 22nd, 2024Check out Blender crowd animation add-on Population 2Promising lightweight add-on for creating 3D crowds for animation or visualization now lets you paint crowd characters into the scene.Thursday, November 21st, 2024More NewsDownload SideFX's free Project Greylight toolkit for HoudiniAdobe releases Photoshop 26.1Chaos ships Corona 12 Update 1 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D5 key features in Blender 4.3BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2024.3Free tool: Reallusion's Blender Auto Setup pluginDownload VFX Assets' free 2D Cloud Textures PackCreate perfect topology for animated charactersEphere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4DMaxon releases Red Giant 2025.2 and Universe 2025.1Nekki releases Cascadeur MobileUnreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artistsOlder Posts