» Stepback Book Covers

July 21st, 2010 :: 7 Comments

Jason from Simon & Schuster asked me to add some stepback book shapes. These books have smaller front page, so you can see a bit of the next one. This is still in-progress, but some images are worth viewing … more »

» The Roadmap

June 27th, 2010 :: 20 Comments

While working on the next version I decided to release it as a major upgrade. New shapes and 64-bits support look enough to name the upcoming release “3.0″. Below I describe my vision of the third version of Box Shot 3D and answer to some possible questions. … more »

» Batch Rendering On Mac

June 4th, 2010 :: 12 Comments

Well, as we have figured out how to perform batch rendering on Windows, let’s switch to the land of Mac. Some things are a bit easier there, others are harder, but everything is possible, no doubt … more »

» Go 64 Bits

May 23rd, 2010 :: 13 Comments

Both Windows and Mac versions of Box Shot 3D were 32-bit from the first days. Even on 64-bit platforms they still run as 32-bit applications. There is no speed difference between running 32-bit code on 64 or 32-bit platform, so I didn’t care about that. Until the last days. … more »

» Batch Rendering on Windows: Part 2

May 12th, 2010 :: 3 Comments

In the previous post, we’ve discussed the simplest batch rendering that takes a series of front images and render a series of shapes. But what if you need to assign images for both front and, for example, left sides? Here are some solutions: … more »

» Batch Rendering on Windows: Part 1

May 8th, 2010 :: 5 Comments

This question is being asked quite often: how to render a series of boxes or books using the series of images. Of course you may render them one by one by replacing side images, but an easier way exists. … more »