Shaderlight V2.4 Released

ARTVPS, makers of Shaderlight, has just released the next point version of their flagship rendering software.  Version 2.4 is expected to reduce memory requirements and improve rendering speeds.

"Users of Shaderlight can now render faster and more efficiently, thanks to the release of version 2.4 of the leading interactive and intuitive rendering plug-in to SketchUp.

Available to download from today, this latest update to Shaderlight delivers dramatically improved export and rendering performance to users when rendering complex components such as trees from 3D Warehouse or using Replace Me functionality.  In tests, Shaderlight 2.4 has reduced memory usage up to 90%."

  ZooBoing Illustrations will do a test of the new software and will report its findings here.  Stay tuned!

SpeedTest

So you have broadband, and your sitting there one night thinking that this download is taking longer than it use to. Being smart you say to yourself, it could be the download server, it could be bad lines along the way, it could be a glitch somewhere in the city, or it could be on my side. Yikes! Water in buried cable lines, your wifi router could also be the cause.

It's time to track down that slow connection to its source. Start with SpeedTest and find out what the connection speed to your computer. It's easy... just click on the pyramid icon closest to where you live and the webpage will test your connection. Easy!

Windows 7 faster than Vista

Life hacker points to a review of the upcoming Windows 7. The reviewer points out that Windows 7 is faster than Vista. Some to-do was made of this... but in reality, every new OS needs to offer something new, and better than the previous version for anyone to justify buying the OS.

I'm happy Windows 7 is faster than Vista... though I would expect it to be just so.