This is issue #142 of the Dogwaffler of the Moment, the newsletter about Project Dogwaffle.
Celebrating Twenty Years of Waffling and Howling
Project Dogwaffle is 20 years old.
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In this issue:
20 Years of Project Dogwaffle - lots of waffling and howling!
Yes, can you believe it? It's been 20 years since Dan Ritchies started coding Project Dogwaffle. Do you remember the last of the free releases? It was v11.1b
You can see what happened since then over the years here:
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/whatsnew
Do you remember the first major release with particle brushes for grass?
Or the mirror and kaleidoscope tool?
Or the paint program within the paint program: Penny paint?
And the boxed release that was published in the UK by Fasttrak, and even featured on QVC in Europe?
The first Dogwaffler of the Moment in the DOTM pages was a German artist named Rolf Hilger, aka RoHi, and he was an eye doctor. The doctor knew what was best for your eyes, and it included Dogwaffle :-)
One of our favorite moments was the release of the Motion Prediction module. Oh and then of course, the 3D Designer went ballistic, Pure Ballistic to be precide, in version 9.5, with tools for erosion and sediments. And of course, Puppy Ray on GPU became stellar in the recent v11 release and subsequent summer update.
It's time to celebrate. If you don't have the latest version of DOgwaffle yet, why not upgrade or get it now?
20 days at 52% off regular prices
20 days to celebrate 20 years!
We're offering PD Howler 11 and PD Artist 11 at 52% off their respective regular price. See details here:
http://www.thebest3d.com/sales
Coming very soon: What's new in Howler version 11.2 - the free update
Last month we had a minor update. We mentioned that we're not done. Indeed, the next update is almost here:
PD Howler 11.2 is coming.
http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/11/index-v11.2.html
Here is a sneak preview of what's coming with this release - a free update if you have v11:
- Brush stabilizer tool: improved and rewritten, smooths the motion of the pointer for better-looking brush strokes.
- Improved Symmetry panel
- OBJ export: Saving objects (3D OBJ format) from 3D designer now exports a MTL file with texture images in various formats.
- Post-Correction: now on Curves too, to change the appearance along the path with an envelope curve, and against a color gradient too!
- Warp-mode for the Free Transform tool
New Tutorials and Videos
For latest tutorials, look here:
www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/tuts
If you want to learn about creating landscapes, start here and check the tutorials link:
http://www.thebest3d.com/landscapes
To model, erode, enhance with sediments etc..., check 3D Designer related topics:
http://www.thebest3d.com/3D-designer
If you want to learn about rendering with Puppy Ray, you can explore here:
http://www.thebest3d.com/puppyray
Be sure to check for latest additions on our main video channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/pdhowler
There are many playlists in there to, for various topics and products.
Here are a few more, recently added:
GIMP and Dogwaffle - How to save MNG animations for iTranslate stickers
https://youtu.be/I02UkxrtmBU
One for v11.2: How to use the Warp mode in the Free Transform tool
http://www.thebest3d.com/howler/features/free-transform-warp/index.html
The Last Draw: New artwork from Hannes Wiesendanger
Hannes has an update with a few new images. Check it out here:
http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/dotm/HannesWiesendanger/
And that's a wrap, for now.
Thanks for waffling and howling!
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