Turtle 3 officially launched

Turtle 3 is now available for download and purchase directly from Illuminate Labs and leading resellers.

Illuminate Labs announces launch of Turtle 3 for Maya®.  The new Turtle 3, which will be shown for the first time at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose, California, is available for immediate purchase.

“We chose this venue for the launch of Turtle 3, as it truly reflects the product’s strong points and our development focus,” explains Nils Wirell, Turtle Product Manager. “The handling and baking of large datasets, required by developers of next generation console games and real-time applications, shifts the focus from rendering to the baking and transfer of textures from high polygon to low polygon meshes,” continues Mr. Wirell.

Advance customers concur. “The fact that you can use all the rendering power and functionality in the baking and combine it with things like PTMs makes Turtle 3 a truly one-of-a-kind tool for next-gen development,” says Jason Smith, CG Supervisor for Burnout, Electronic Arts.

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