Mirye Software with original developer E Frontier announce the immediate availability of Shade 3D through the Apple Mac App Store.

Shade 3D is a complete 3D modeling, rendering and animation software for Mac OS X. Create your own models using your imagination, import existing models, or import in 2D illustrations or digital photos to generate 3D models. Light your scene, arrange your cameras - then render! Use 3D modeling tools to build organic, curved models as well as mechanical and architectural designs. Shade gives you the tools; you provide the imagination. Shade is scalable to projects of any size - great art, film or game content development. Shade 3D is based on Shade Basic, the fastest and easiest way to get started with 3D art.

Through the month of May, 2011, Shade 3D is 50% off the regular price through the Mac App Store, costing as little as $49.

Shade 3D customers can upgrade to Shade Basic for free by registering on the Mirye Software website, and then become eligible for upgrading to Shade Standard and Shade Professional, two other versions of Shade that additional, professional features to Shade. In addition to getting a full serial registration, the free update also includes almost 2 GB of materials, tutorials and demo models. Shade 3D documentation is already available on Shadecamp.net, the learning resource for Shade.

Through May 16, 2011, customers who purchase new or upgrade to Shade Standard or Professional can gift their friends with licenses of Shade Basic. Purchasing new or upgrading to Shade Standard includes two activation codes for Shade Basic, whereas Shade Pro includes four activation codes.  Purchasers can give these codes to their friends to redeem and register their software. All redemptions must occur before the end of May, 2011.

Learn more about Shade on the Mirye Software website or through the Shade 3D page on Facebook.