NEWS ARCHIVE
July 02, 2008
ShaderStyle now available in the DCG store
ShaderStyle, the Toon! Pro, Wireframe Pro, Shaders Plus, and Anything Goos bundle is now available in the DCG store. Step up your shading and rendering with the ShaderStyle bundle; cel shading, cartoon edges, dirt and aging, wireframes, bevel shading, GI shadow catching, and more. Click here for pricing.
 
June 28, 2008
Anything Goos patch for multiprocessor machines
Anything Goos is the first of a series of updates meant to reduce memory use on multiprocessor machines. Try it or download the update here
 
May 31, 2008
Carrara Dark Arts covers Enhance:C, Anything Goos, and Shaders Plus
Check out Mark Bremmer's tutorial featuring Enhance:C, Anything Goos, and Shaders Plus at Carrara Dark Arts.
 
May 14, 2008
Wireframe Pro and Toon! Pro for Carrara 6.2 patch
Patches for Wireframe Pro and Toon! Pro fix problems running under Carrara 6.2. Try them or download the update from the Wireframe Pro or Toon! Pro product pages.
 
April 14, 2008
Parchment for Carrara 6.1 patch
Parchment gets a patch for running under Carrara 6.1. Try it or download the update here
 
March 20, 2008
Anything Grooves for Carrara 6.1 patch
There's a patch for Anything Grooves to fix a problem running under Carrara 6.1. Try it or download the update here
 
March 20, 2008
Wireframe Pro for Carrara 6.1 patch
There's a patch for Wireframe Pro to fix a problem running under Carrara 6.1. Try it or download the update here
 
February 24, 2008
Anything Goos update
Anything Goos gets a small update that adds shading domain borders to the list of available edges. Now use Anything Goos to smooth transitions between shading domains. Try it or download the update here
 
November 03, 2007
Bevel shader update
There's a patch for Shaders Plus that fixes a few problems with the Bevel shader. Grab it from the Shader Plus page here.
 
October 21, 2007
Carrara 6 patch for Anything Grows and Shaders Plus
Anything Grows and Shaders Plus' Procedural Lock get a patch that corrects problems working with DAZ content. It also fixes a problem where the Anything Grows primitive was unable to select a base object. You can grab the updates here.
 
October 19, 2007
New store
We've changed over to a new online store. Please let us know if you have any feedback, good or bad.
 
October 08, 2007
Carrara 6 plug-ins
DCG plug-ins for Carrara 6 plug-ins are now available. Grab them from the plug-ins page or the individual product pages. There is no cost to upgrade.
 
August 30, 2007
Beta Carrara 6 plug-ins
You can now grab beta versions of DCG's Carrara 6 plug-ins at here. There is no cost to upgrade.
 
May 21, 2007
New seamless terrains and textures tutorial for Ground Control
Check out the new Ground Control tutorial here. Use the new USGS site to download seamless elevation data and textures for Ground Control and Carrara.
 
May 21, 2007
Ground Control update for Mac Intel
Ground Control gets a patch that fixes a problem with the Mac universal binary version. Grab the patch for Carrara 5 OSX UB from the product page here.
 
December 21, 2006
No more Mac OS9 support after January 1st, 2007
As of January 1st 2007 we will no longer support our plug-ins under Mac OS9. Existing OS9 plug-ins will continue to be available for download and recompiled when patches are posted, but they will be untested and any OS9 specific bugs will not be fixed.
 
September 30, 2006
OSX Universal Binary plug-ins
The OSX Universal Binary plug-ins are now officially available and supported. You can grab the updates from our Plug-ins page.
 
September 16, 2006
Introducing Terrain Tools
Based on the Anything Goos technology, Terrain Tools adds a variety of new tools for shading the intersections of water planes, terrains, and other objects. Check it out here.
 
September 16, 2006
New tutorial for Terrain Tools
The new Terrain Tools tutorial shows how to use Terrain Tools Surf, Beach, and Normal Shader tools to enhance the traditional island render.
 
September 01, 2006
OSX Universal Binary Final Beta
The final beta OSX Universal Binary patch for DCG plug-ins is now available. Details are here. Problems with Wireframe Pro, Bevel shader, and PPC versions have been corrected.
 
August 20, 2006
OSX Universal Binary Beta
The beta OSX Universal Binary patch for DCG plug-ins is now available. Details are here.
 
June 24, 2006
Toon! Pro patch
The patch fixes a problem with Toon! Pro and rendering with an isometric camera. Grab the update here.
 
June 24, 2006
Wireframe Pro patch
The patch fixes a problem with Wireframe Pro and rendering with an isometric camera. Grab the update here.
 
June 06, 2006
Toon! Pro patch
The patch fixes a UI problem with Toon! Pro and Carrara 5.1. Grab the update here.
 
June 06, 2006
Wireframe Pro patch
The patch fixes a UI problem with Wireframe Pro and Carrara 5.1. Grab the update here.
 
May 27, 2006
New tutorial for Enhance:C
The new Enhance:C tutorial shows how to build the starship hull shader from the presets using a Layers List to build up layers of chipped paint, rust, and goo.
 
May 13, 2006
Introducing Enhance:C
The Enhance:C plug-in puts hundreds of new shaders at your fingertips. Over 200 new shader functions for Carrara make Enhance:C a must have plug-in for the procedural shader fan. Check it out here.
 
March 19, 2006
Support offline
For the next week we will have intermittent connectivity so may take longer than usual to respond. The store will remain open and can fill orders.
 
March 14, 2006
Shaders Plus patch
This update fixes a problem in Bevel when it runs across the a mesh that has points that aren't assigned to a facet. Grab the update here.
 
January 21, 2006
Ground Control update
Ground Control gets a new shader for importing Shuttle Radar Topography Mission water shapefiles. No more guessing where's the water on your SRTM terrains!
Grab the update for Carrara 4 and 5 from the product page here.
 
January 21, 2006
New tutorial for SRTM data and Ground Control
Check out the new Ground Control tutorial here. It shows step by step how to find Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data and use it with Carrara and Ground Control to build real world terrains.
 
January 17, 2006
New Anything Goos tutorial from AWBenson
Check out the new Anything Goos tutorial from AWBenson Getting to Know Anything Goos.
 
December 29, 2005
New source for SRTM data for Ground Control
NASA has moved the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data to a new server. The new data set is corrected and cleaned up for even better terrains using Ground Control.
 
December 26, 2005
Big plug-in update
Grab patches for Anything Goos, Shaders Plus, Toon! Pro, and Wireframe Pro from each of the product pages. The patches fix a handful of problems under C5 and C4.
 
December 18, 2005
Toon! Pro update
Toon! Pro gets a couple of new render options; skip the base render or use the object's approximate color as the line color. Grab the update or check out more details here.
 
December 16, 2005
Power Pack bundle
eovia is no longer selling the Power Pack bundle through their store, but by request we've continued that bundle here. You can now purchase Power Pack through the DCG store. Power Pack includes Anything Grooves, Anything Grows, Shader Ops, and StarBright for the low price of $79 USD.
 
December 11, 2005
Carrara 5 plug-ins available
The individual downloads for the Carrara 5 versions of DCG plug-ins are now available on the various product pages and banners.
 
December 10, 2005
Carrara 5 plug-ins available
Grab the Carrara 5 plug-ins from our temporary Carrara 5 page here. Individual downloads will be available in a few days.
 
December 04, 2005
Website update
The website has been updated to fix a few layout problems on Safari, allow access to all versions of the plug-ins from the banners, and hopefully clear up some confusing navigation points. Please let us know if you have any issues.
 
October 27, 2005
Carrara 5 Beta plug-ins available
Grab the Carrara 5 Beta plug-ins from our beta page here.
 
October 19, 2005
Wireframe Pro updated!
Wireframe Pro gets a few bug fixes, higher performance on large meshes, and a few new renderer options. Grab the update from the product page here
 
October 01, 2005
Shaders Plus upgrade!
We added two new plug-ins to Shaders Plus; Procedural Lock and Bevel. Grab the update or get more details here.
 
September 06, 2005
Anything Goos updated
Anything Goos gets a handful of bug fixes and the ability to act as a terrain distribution shader under C4. Grab the update here.
 
August 24, 2005
New site live
Our new site is live, thanks to [anonymous] for the great site design. We've tested on Firefox and IE 6.0 on the PC, IE 5.2 and Safari on the Mac. If you see anything odd or have any problems, please let us know.
 
August 23, 2005
Anything Grows Patch
A patch for Anything Grows for Carrara 3 and 4 lets you use Anything Goos in the Length shader for Anything Grows. Grab the update here.
 
July 24, 2005
Anything Goos for Carrara 3
Anything Goos is now available for Carrara 3. Try it or check out the details here
 
June 25, 2005
Shader Ops patch
This Shader Ops patch fixes a problem with the Max shader. Download the patch here.
 
June 22, 2005
Introducing Anything Goos
Dirt and ageing shading for Carrara. Try it or check out the details here.
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