Spiral Graphics announced the release of its anticipated Genetica seamless texture maker. Genetica, the industry's first node-based texture maker to specialize in the generation of seamless textures, intends to dramatically improve the productivity of game designers, 3D artists and others.
Because of Genetica's flexible node-based system, all elements of a texture can be edited and rearranged in any desired order, leading to a significant increase in productivity. Since no change to a texture is permanent, costly mistakes are eliminated. In addition, Genetica will automatically see to the work of making textures seamless, allowing designers to focus purely on the texturing itself.
More than 200 fully-editable presets come included in Genetica, meaning designers don't have to start from scratch with each new texture. Genetica is resolution-independent, leaving designers free to quickly re-render existing textures at different sizes as requirements change.
For more information on these and other features offered by Genetica, a fully illustrated guided tour can be seen here: www.spiralgraphics.biz/gentour_index.htm.
In addition, a free Genetica demo can be downloaded from the following location: www.spiralgraphics.biz/download_gen.htm.
Spiral Graphics Inc. is a software development firm based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Spiral Graphics' primary objective is to develop innovative graphics tools for the games and 3D industries. Additional information may be obtained by visiting www.spiralgraphics.biz.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
