Genetica 2 is Spiral Graphics' latest seamless texture editor - www.spiralgraphics.bizHere we will highlight some of the fantastic features that Genetica 2 has to offer.  | Powerful New Lab System
Genetica 2 retains the extreme flexibility of its node-based system, but now combines it with a set of powerful Lab Nodes that do the tricky stuff for you. |  | Weather Lab
The Weather Lab introduced in Genetica 2 gives texture artists a powerful new way to apply a great number of weathering or aging effects to their textures. |  | Tiles, Blocks, and Boards The new Cut & Tile Lab will automatically cut up your solid textures and turn them into everything from wall tiles to floor boards. |  | Layer Lab The all new Layer Lab makes it easy to create a wide variety of effects that involve one texture being layered on top of another one.
|  | Weaves Instead of spending lots of time to painstakingly assemble seamless weave textures, let Genetica 2 automate the process for you.
|  | Vents, Grates, and Gates No science fiction environment would be complete without a few good exhaust vents or floor grates. Genetica 2 will streamline the construction of this useful texture type.
|  | Hundreds of New Presets Genetica 2 comes with well over 500 readymade texture presets. All presets can be edited to taste in any way the user sees fit.
|  | Wood Lab With the new Wood Lab users will be able to create seamless wood textures in record time.
|  | Hair and Fiber The Hair node and Fiber Lab allow graphics professionals to quickly create a wide range of fully-seamless fibrous materials from animal fur to fuzzy cloth.
|  | Atmosphere The Pro edition of Genetica 2 offers an Atmosphere node for beautiful seamless skies, smoke, nebulas, and more.
|  | Batch Processor The new batch processor will allow you to automate a variety of repetitive tasks that would otherwise take a long time to complete.
|  | Lab Conversion With Genetica 2 Pro you can convert any of the Labs discussed throughout this tour into a node tree, giving you unmatched control over your textures.
|  | Professional Presets In addition to the seamless texture presets that come with the standard edition of Genetica 2, the Pro edition adds two more texture categories: atmosphere and fiber.
| | | CGD Comments:
Genetica 2 Pro has a huge depth to it that enables you to tweak, combine, adjust and alter just about every aspect of your textures. The node based approach is easy to grasp, and the ability to import your own textures is a nice a touch, and the vast amount of presets will certainly get you on the right path with the texture you need if it isn't already in there!! Every texture you create is seamless, and when you run a render you can drag the texture about to see how it looks. The ability to render part of the texture tree is excellent for creating bump and specular maps to go with your texture. A very fine piece of software....
Details
Genetica 2 Pro - $399
Genitica 2 Standard $129
See www.spiralgraphics.biz for further documentation, tutorials, and demo versions as well as a free program called 'Wood Workshop' which lets you create seamless wood textures in the same manner as Genetica. |
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