Compare Shade Basic, Standard and Professional


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

General
32 and native 64 bit operations (Windows and Mac OS X Intel)
 + + +
OpenGL Acceleration
 + + +
Customize Interface (Silver/Black)
 + + +
Mouse / Sticky Mouse Scroll and Zoom
 + + +
Multi-Core CPU Rendering (8 Cores)
 + + +
Single Window Interface + + +
Auto Save Open Projects + + +


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Workflow

General
3D Manipulator (Real Time Manipulation)
 + + +
Work Plane
 + + +
Advanced Snap Tools
 + + +
Local Coordinates Tools
 + + +
Lasso Selection Tools
 + + +
Move/Copy/Scale/Rotate/Translation by Numerical Value
 + + +
Work Spaces
 + + +
Workspace Selector + + +
Tool Parameters Window + + +
Edit Modes: Object, Modify, Mapping, Joint, IK + + +
Shortcuts Customization + + +

Viewports
Customizable Viewports
 + + +
Preview with Environmental Mapping
 + + +
Preview with Specular + + +
Preview with Surface Materials + + +
Preview with Background


Master Images
 + + +
View Menu: 8 Standard and Custom Views
 + + +
Display Multiple User Cameras at the Same Time
 + + +
Display Menu: Set Display Preferences ona Per Viewport Basis
 + + +
Shade Explorer (Catalog Objects, Surfaces, Sounds, Documentation)
 + + +
Shade Browser (hiearchical scene navigation)
 + + +
Modeling Light
 + + +
Preview with Stereoscopic Perspective + + +
GLSL Phong Rendering + + +
Preview Rendering + + +
Standard UV View / Edit + + +


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Modeling

General
Polygon Modeling Tools
+ +
Bevel Modeling Tools
+ +
Boolean Modeling Tools
 + + +
Master Objects / Master Surfaces
+ +
TextEffector Text Modeling Tools
 +(Lite) + +
Shape Plugins (Polygon, Arc, Spiral Lines, Sweep Circles)
+ +

Meta-Elements (Ball, Cylinder, Cube, PolyMesh, Particles)

+
Convert Object Types (Lines / Polygon Objects / Surfaces)
+ +
Direct Creation of Primitives + + +

Curved Surfaces
Curved Surface Modeling Tools
 + + +
Non-Destructive Curved Surface Deformation (Lattice, Twist)
+ +
Transform / Convert Curved Surfaces
+ +
Auto Smoothing/ Interpolate

+
Cut/Connect Curves
+ +
Mirror Copy

+

Poly Mesh
Vertex / Edge / Face Based Selection Tools
+ +
Belt/Loop/Surface/Invert/Deselect Based Section Tools
+ +
Detect Shared/Overlapping/Internal Faces
+ +
Mesh Edit: Offset/ Extrude/ Duplicate/ Bevel/ Detach/ Mirror/ Copy/ Knife/ Divide
+ +
Mesh Edit: Divide/Align/Merge/Flip/Facing
+ +
Mesh Edit: UV Projection Mapping
+ +
Cage Modeling Tool + + +
Mirror Modeling Tool + + +

Magnet Modeling Tool
+ + +

Align Vertices Tool + + +

Hair Salon
Hair Salon Modeling Tools
+ +
Hair Editor
+ +
Fur Editor
+ +
Hair / Fur Masks
+ +
Hair / Fur Mirror Tool
+ +
Hair / Fur Gravity Tool

+
Hair / Fur Collision Detection

+

Sketch Modeling
Load/Save/Delete Sketch Image
 + + +
Create/Modify Line/Point/Triangle
 + + +
Generate 3D
+ + +

Photo Modeling
Load/Save/Delete Photo
+ + +
Create/Modify Line/Point/Face
+ + +
Generate 3D
 + + +

Room Planner
RoomPlanner Room Creator

+


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Surfaces and Materials

Surfaces
Nano-Renderer Preview of Surface Materials
 + + +
Meta-Element Renderer Settings

+
Master Surfaces (Child Surfaces Inherit Characteristics)
 + + +
External Surface File References
 + + +
Surfaces: Unlimited Material Layers Per Surface
 + + +
Alpha Blending
 + + +

Materials
Set Basic Material Parameters by Number or Slider
 + + +
Mapping Patterns (Parameterized Wood, Marble, etc)
 + + +
Material Effects (Roughness, Metallic, Glow, Soft Glow, Back Light)
 + + +
Material Effects (Fresnel Reflection, Anisotropic Reflection Rendering)
+ +
Solid Texture Plugin (Grid, Bump Array, Brick, Blob, Beehive, Sand, Veins, Triangle Check, Gradation, fBm)

+
Subsurface Scattering Parameters
 +
Volumetric Material Parameters
+ +

Mapping
UV Mapping Editor
+ +
Displacement Mapping
+ +
Normal Mapping
 +
Parallax Bump Mapping
 + + +
Unlimited Image Maps Per Material
 + + +
Unlimited Maps / UVs per Mesh
 + +
Projection Mapping (X, Y, Z, Cylinder, Sphere)
 + + +
Projection Mapping: Box
 + + +
Projection Mapping: Live Manipulation
 + + +
Projection Mapping: Apply Projection Parameters to Multiple Materials
 + + +


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Camera and Lighting

Lights
Point/Spot/Direction/
Distribution Lights
 + + +
Ambient/Linear/Area Lights
 + + +
Image Based Lighting
+ +
Read IES Light

+
Shadow Mapping with Raytracing
+ +
Shadow Mapping with Pathtracing
+ +
Diffuse / Ambient / Shadow Color
 + + +
Volume Lights Parameters
 + + +

Camera
Unlimited Static, Animated Cameras and Meta Cameras
 + + +
Object Camera with Tilt Settings
 + + +
Safe Zone Setting By Camera
 + + +


Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Rendering

General
Maximum Render Image Size (pixels)
 2000x2000 4000x4000 22528x22528
Render with Color Correction (gain, gamma, contrast, bias, saturation)
 + + +
Bit Depths: 32/64/128bit
 + + +
Surface Subdivision
 + + +
Area Rendering
 + + +
Auto Exposure

+
MultiPass Rendering
+ +
Draft Ray Tracing
 + + +
Stereoscopic Rendering
+ + +

Global Illumination
Global Illumination (GI)
 + + +
GI: Path Tracing
 + + +
GI: Photon Mapping
 + + +
GI: Path + Photon Mapping
+ +
GI: Path Tracing with Irradiance Cache
 + + +
GI: Save Irradiance Cache

+
GI: Use Irradiance Cache with Shade GRID
 + + +
GI: Save and Reuse Photon Mapping

+
GI: Photon Mapping Gathering Scale

+

Radiosity
Radiosity / Radiosity Pro 3 (Pro Only)
 + + +
Radiosity with Raytracing Draft

+
Save Radiosity Calculation Results

+
Reposition lights/Set lights w/o recalculating

+
Shadow Mapping with Raytracing

+
Shadow Mapping with Pathtracing

+

Toon Rendering
Toon Rendering (TR)
+ +
MultiPass Toon Rendering
+ +
Half Tone / Color Half Toon Rendering
+ +
Cell Animation / Technical Illustration / Manga Draft / Pencil Drawing
+ +

HDRI
HDRI (OpenEXR, HDR, PFM, Raw HDRI)
 + + +
HDRI: Light Probe, Spherical Map, Cube Map, Vertical Cross
 + + +

Post Processing
Effectors (Shade Native Plugins)


GlowEffector (Lens Flare, Animated Lens Flares)
 +(Lite) +(Lite) +
Depth of Field (DepthPlus)

+
Fog, Animated Fog (FogPlus)

+
Motion Blur
+ +
Stereogram Rendering
+ +
Extract Z Depth
+ +
Add Noise
+ +
Extract Alpha Channel
+ +
Invert Image
+ +
Burn Timecode
+ +

Networking
Shade Grid/Network Rendering
 1 1 Unlimited
Radiosity over ShadeGrid / Network Rendering

+

Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Animation and Movement

Motion
Save Motion Files Separately from Shade Project File
 + + +
Inverse Kinematics
+ +
Smart Kinematics Joint Controller
+ +
Path Constraints
+ +

Joints
Rotator/ Path/ Slide / Ball / Scale / Uniscale
 + + +
Morph Joint
 + + +
Switch Joint
 + + +
Bones and Skin
+ +
Direction Control of Path Joint

+
Depth of Field Controller / Joint

+
Fog Animation Joint

+
Twist Deformer Joint
+ +

Physics
Particle Physics (Explosions, Smoke, Fire, etc)
+ +
Particle Emitters
+ +
Real Planet Based Gravity Settings (Earth, Moon, Mars, Venus, etc)
+ +
Custom Gravity Settings
+ +
Physics Based Motion Blur
+ +
Wind Objects (Cross Wind, Turbulent Wind, Tornado)
+ +
Gravity Pull Object
+ +
Collision Detection
+ +
Meta-Particle Emitters (blobs, splashes)

+

Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Formats

Digital Import/Export
XML Import/Export (Shade files)
 + + +
BVH Motion File Import

+
Blue Mars Export

+
DirectX Export

+
Epix Export

+
Second Life (Sculpted Prim)
 + + +
Wavefront (OBJ) Import/Export
 + + +
LightWave 3D (LWO) Import/Export

+
3D Studio MAX (3DS) Import/Export

+
DXF Import/Export
 + + +
RenderMan RIB Export
 + + +
VRML2.0 Export

+
COLLADA File Import


+
COLLADA File Export
 + + +
COLLADA Animation Import

+
COLLADA Animation Export
 + + +
Sketchup Import
 + + +

Image Import/Export
Adobe Illustrator AI/EPSF Import
 + + +
PICT/BMP/TARGA/TIFF/PNG output
 + + +
PSD Output
+ +
Adobe Illustrator Output

+ +
HDR Input-Output
 + + +
PFM Input-Output
 + + +
OpenEXR Input-Output
 + + +
mpo Export
 + + +

Video Import/Export
Quicktime Movie Export
 + + +
Quicktime VR Panorama Export
 + + +
Quicktime VR Cubic Export
 + + +
Quicktime VR Object Export

+
AVI Movie Export (Windows Only)
 + + +
Adobe Flash (SWF) Output
 + + +

Basic
 Standard Pro Shade 12
Shade 10
 Shade 9 Shade 8.5

Integration

Scripting
Dynamic Plugins
 Embedded + +
Script and Message Windows
+ +
Script, Run Script Menu
+ +
Script Interface (SDK)
+ +
Plug-in Interface (SDK)
+ +
Plug-in Manager
+ +
Python Script
+ +
SDK forPlug-in Development
+ +

Audio
Audio Import / Export: WAV, AU, AIF, AIFF
+ +
Export Movie with Sound / 3D Sound
+ +

Poser Integration
Pro 2010
PoserFusion (for Poser)
 +
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pro
8
 7
 6
Bounding Box
 +
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Dynamic Hair Support
 +
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External Morph Target Support
 +
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