Press Release - for Immediate Distribution


 Title:
 TheBest3D.com announces free plugins for PD Particles, German Menus for PD Pro 4

 Date:
 San Diego, CA, Febr. 25, 2007

 TheBest3D.com has released a plugin collection for PD (Project Dogwaffle) Particles,
 and a German version of the menu file for PD Pro Digital Painter 4.


 *** Free Plugins: CoolTools #1 for PD Particles 1.0

 This collection of free plugins, "CoolTools #1 for PD Particles", includes the 
 popular "Store Image" tool also found in PD Pro. It let users store a
 snapshot of the current working buffer's image in memory, without the
 needs or delays of saving to file. The stored images are then easily accessible 
 through thumbnails for quick re-use or channel extraction, such as using just 
 the red, green or blue channel. 

 A similar tool, named "Store Alpha", serves similar purposes but focuses 
 on the selection mask or transparency mask in the alpha channel. A stored alpha
 channel appears as greyscale image. It's possible to manipulate it in several ways
 while it is stored, and to paint on it as well for touch-ups.

 Several more plugins which deal with the alpha channel are included, such as a 
 toggle to switch to painting directly on the alpha channel until the switch is toggled again.
 There are also plugins for shrinking the alpha or growing the alpha. 

 These new plugins are intended for 3D artists who use PD Particles to paint
 foliage and shrubbery with transparency masks in the Alpha channel, 
 which are then mapped onto 'billboard polygons' within 3D games 
 and animation. 

 The plugin collection can be downloaded freely from 
 http://www.thebest3d.com/pdp/downloads/index.html#cooltools1
  


 *** German Language Menus for PD Pro v4, Demo versions

 German-speaking users of PD Pro 4 can now download a free menu file which 
 replaces the main English menus with their German equivalents.  It is available
 at http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/lang

 PD Pro (Project DOgwaffle Professional) 4 was developed as the first version of
 Project Dogwaffle to run under Windows Vista, and to take advantage of new
 system hardware configuration with dual processors, quad processors and more
 cores to come. 

 A demo version of PD Pro 4 is available for free downloading at 
 http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/demozone

 The earlier version (3.5) remains available for downloading there too. The price
 of v3.5 was recently reduced to $79. 

  

 *** Press Contacts

 For Press inquiries and NFR copies or to arrange a review please contact Philip Staiger:

 Web: www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/presszone
 email: admin-AT-thebest3d-DOT-com
 Skype: staigermanus
 Phone: +1-858-208-7377


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