Realtime Ray-tracing Features

Progressive global illumination
Multi-core photon mapping
Adaptive material sampling
Dynamic lighting core
Focused Caustics
Realtime subsurface scattering
PRO: Realtime region rendering
PRO: Raytracing of NURBS

Real World Lighting and Editing

Image based lighting using high dynamic range images (HDRI)
Brightness and contrast control
Envrionment rotation and height adjustment
Lighting presets for various scenarios
PRO: Saturation and hue adjustment
PRO: Tilt and blur
PRO: Innovative pin system for adding lights with realtime feedback
PRO: Sun / Sky generator

Scientifically Accurate Materials

True physics based materials
Subsurface scattering
Adjustable IOR
Dispersion
Interactive color adjustment with support for Pantone®, RAL®, CIE Lab
Roughness/gloss control
Multi-layer materials
Light-emitting materials
Support for AXALTA (DuPont®) paints
Mold-Tech material with accurate scaling
Support for Sørensen leathers

Interactive Material Assignments

Drag and drop materials from library onto object
Copy and paste materials from one part to another with automatic linking
Material assignment to entire objects and layers through scene tree
Autopaint entire models through material templates
In-project material library for material management

Texture, Bump Map and Labeling

Dynamic texture mapping and control
Image based bump mapping with interactive height control
Normal mapping
Support for opacity maps
Specular mapping
Procedural texture mapping
Interactive label placement
MateriaLs and textures on labels
PRO: Interactive, node-based Material Graph with realtime feedback

Model Interaction

Interactive scene tree
Preserve structure from 3D modeling application
Interactive single or multiple part movement
Hide, Delete, show only parts
Ability to lock parts
Model and part instancing and patterning
Grouping and restructuring of scene hierarchy
Powerful search and filtering tools
PRO: Scene Sets, combining model configurations and view sets

Physical Lights

Light sources with power control and fall-off based on scene units
Area light diffuse
Point light diffuse
Point light IES profile

Camera Controls

Full interactive camera control including tumble, pan, dolly and twist
Numerical control using spherical or absolute coordinate
Interactive focal length
Realtime depth of field with F-stop
PRO: View sets for saving lighting, camera angle, and backplate

Image Composition

Realtime bloom effect
Vignetting
Solid color background
Combination of 3D scene with 2D photograph
Brightness and gamma control
Ground shadow color adjustment

Part & Camera Animation (Pro)

Animation offset transform system for models and cameras
Setup, edit, and playback inside realtime raytraced environment
Step by step guidance through animation wizard
Copy and paste of animations onto other parts with optional linking
Model/Part animation: turntable, translation, rotation
Camera animation: orbit, zoom, inclination, translation
Part animation fade in/out
Material and parameter animation
Motion blur

KeyShotVR (Add-on)

Interactive web-output directly from inside KeyShot
Plugin-free interaction in any HTML5 supported browser
VR types: Turntable, Hemi-spherical, Spherical, Custom, Tumble, Animation, Panorama
Step by step setup through wizard with interactive feedback
Dynamic image compression quality control
Customizable settings for enhanced user experience
Preserved image quality for zoom
Output to JPEG/PNG with automatic FTP deployment

Offline Rendering Features

Realtime render mode
Gaussian blur for image smoothing
Alpha channel output
PRO: Render passes including layers
PRO: Batch rendering (render queue)
PRO: Simultaneous realtime and offline rendering
PRO: Turntable animation rendering
PRO: Region rendering
Add-on: Network rendering

Network Rendering (optional)

Easy to install and manage Master/Slave system
Add/remove slaves before, after and during the rendering
Network render queue
Automatic load balancing to optimize performance on mixed CPU system
Start, stop, suspend and prioritize jobs
Local slave management for core usage and scheduling
Support for PC, Mac or mixed network

Image Input

JPEG
TIFF with alpha channel (8 bit)
PNG
TARGA
HDRI
EXR
HDZ (KeyShot proprietary HDRI format)

2D/3D Output

4.1M pixel output resolution
PRO: Unlimited output resolution
Interactive render output window with zoom and image editing capabilities
JPEG
PNG
PSD (multi-layer)
TIFF with alpha channel (8 bit/32bit)
EXR (32 bit)
AVI, Quicktime, Flash (PC) for animations
PRO: Output to OBJ
PRO: Output to STL
PRO: Output to ZPR

3D File Formats (PC/MAC)

3ds Max 2016 and prior (via plugin)
ALIAS 2016 and prior
AutoCAD (DWG/DXF)
CATIA v5/6
Cinema 4D R16 and later
PTC Creo 3.0 and prior
Inventor 2016 and prior
Maya 2016 and prior
NX 10 and prior
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2 – 5
Rhinoceros 5 and prior
SketchUp 2015 and prior
Solid Edge ST8 and prior
SolidWorks 2016 and prior
IGES
JT
3DXML
STEP AP203/214
OBJ
Parasolid
FBX including part/camera animation
STL
Collada
Alembic

Plugins w/ LiveLinking (PC only unless mentioned)

3DS Max 2011 – 2016
Maya 2013-16 (Mac/PC)
Cinema 4D R17 (Mac/PC)
Creo 3.0 and prior
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4 – 5
Siemens NX 8.5 – 10 (requires KeyShot Enterprise Edition)
SolidWorks 2011 – 2016
Rhinoceros 4, 5
SketchUp 7, 8 & 2013 – 2015 (Mac/PC)
Solid Edge ST7 and later (through Siemens)
SpaceClaim (through SpaceClaim)
IronCAD 2016 and prior (through IronCAD)
Delcam ArtCAM (through Delcam)
Delcam Shoemaker Pro (through Delcam)
Delcam PowerSHAPE (through Delcam)
Geomagic Design and others ((through 3D Systems)
SolidThinking Evolve (through Altair)

Language Support

Chinese
Czech
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Architecture

CPU based – no special graphics card needed
Parallel architecture with full support for multi-core and hyper-threaded systems
Near linear performance scale with additional CPUs
Utilization of GPU for rendering effects
PRO: Stereo viewing
Support for PC and Mac

Licensing

Node-locked license, tied to MAC-address of computer
PRO (Optional): Floating licensing using FlexNet Publisher (FLEXlm) for Windows or Mac OS X, including support for license borrowing, and access through VPN

What’s Included

500+ predefined materials including texture and bump maps
50+ lighting environments
Access to KeyShot Cloud, an online library for materials and textures
Quick start guide
Hotkey list
Manual

Improved Workflow Efficiency

Rendering has always been fast and easy with KeyShot. KeyShot 6 continues the focus on making your workflow even smoother. From import to final render these features will have you creating visuals faster than ever before.
Interior Lighting Mode
KeyShot 6 comes with six new lighting modes powered by an all new lighting algorithm. Set or adjust scene lighting optimized for interiors or product shots. Switch to performance mode or use your own custom preset with the click of a button.
Real-time Region Render
KeyShot Pro users can now render any region of their scene in real-time. Only the region enclosed by the bounding box in the Real-time view will be rendered.
Save Scene Sets
The ability to save active Scene Sets allows them to be easily share with users of KeyShot HD who need access to a scene created with KeyShot Pro.
Multi-layer PSD
Render still images and animation frames as PSD and PSD 32 Bit format with passes and layers included as individual Photoshop layers in the file.

Greater Material Control

With KeyShot’s scientifically accurate materials, it’s easy to get the look you want. KeyShot 6 brings you even greater control over materials with advanced editing capabilities and many more materials options to expand your material and texture possibilities.
Material Graph
Material editing is now more robust than ever before with the KeyShot 6 Material Graph. The Material Graph opens in a separate window and displays materials, textures, labels and more as nodes in a graph view to visualize connections and relationships within complex materials.
Materials on Labels
Materials and textures can now be applied to labels to enhance appearance and realism for a more accurate communication of their properties.
Material Animation
Color and Number Fade animations now make it possible to quickly adjust material colors or settings, change materials opacity or fade lights.
Occlusion Procedural
A new procedural texture for the addition of proximity-based shading on a material used to accentuate the self shadows cast on a material.

Amazing New Capabilities

When you want your workflow to be more about creating, the new capabilities in KeyShot 6 offer incredible ways to cut away those time-consuming steps, automate your tasks and completely eliminate post-processing steps.
Geometry View
KeyShot 6 introduces an entirely new way to setup a scene with the new Geometry View. This highly responsive secondary real-time view provides an additional camera viewpoint, 1:1 animation playback, camera path animation control and more.
Geometry Editor
The Geometry Editor brings the freedom of splitting surfaces, calculating vertex normals, separating individual surfaces and closing open boundaries.
Scripting Console
Share, save and automate. KeyShot Scripting allows you to unleash the possibilities of KeyShot functionality using Python scripts.
Shift Lens
A new Shift Lens allows you to adjust the verticals in a scene with the click of a button, making architectural shots and interior set-up a breeze.

Powerful Feature Enhancements

With KeyShot 6 you have more power with unlimited resolutions for KeyShot HD and KeyShot Animation included with KeyShot Pro. New Animation and KeyShotVR features allow you to create visuals and present them like never before.
Camera Path Animation
New in KeyShot 6 is the ability to add Camera Path Animations for smoother, more dynamic camera movements and more control over your camera.
New Plugins
New, free plugins bring more advanced support and LiveLinking capabilities to Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.
Preserve Image Quality
Pinch and zoom a KeyShotVR and preserve the image quality for amazing detail in your interactive website and mobile visuals.
Panorama Animation
In KeyShot 6 you can now create panoramic camera animations simply and easily using the camera itself as the center of rotational viewing.