This is the Shade 9 READ ME as released in Shade 9 E. Shade 9 E is no longer supported.

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Shade 9 (tm) by e frontier
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Thank you for purchasing Shade 9 by e frontier! This readme includes important information about your new software, some of which is not included in other documentation. e frontier is committed to creating stable and functionally rich software tools.

Shade is published, marketed and supported in English by Mirye Software Publishing. If you purchase the English version of Shade, please refer to the Mirye Software Publishing website for more information - http://www.mirye.com.


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Contents
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- What's New in Shade 9
- System Requirements
- Our Commitment
- Registering Shade 9
- Important Information
- Poser Integration with PoserFusion
- Known Issues
- Documentation Updates
- Copyrighted files on the CD-ROM
- Miscellaneous
- Technical Support
- Copyright & Trademark Notice


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What's New in 9
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Surface Attribute Features
* Parallax Bump Mapping
* Improved Real-time Surface Attributes Preview
* Improved Shading Preview
* Improved Image Projection Mapping

Animation Features
* Particle Physics
* Improved Motion Window

Rendering Features
* Faster Ray-Tracing, Improved Path-Tracing
* Improved Photon Mapping
* Panorama Projection Method Rendering

Modeling Features
* Hair Salon
* Polygon Modeling
* Select/Deselect Surface
* Trace Selection Real-time Preview
* Trianglular Division, Merge Triangles
* Rearrange Triangles
* Bridge
* Unify Normals
* Degenerate to a Point
* Align to Straight Line
* Align to Center

Interface Improvements
* Link to Content Paradise
* Improved Interface Design
* Rotate to Align with Plane
* Image Window
* Browser, Surface Window
* ShadeGrid Manager
* Improved Mapping, Background, and Distant Light Layering
* Custom WorkSpace

Import/Export
* Portable Float Map (PFM) Import & Export
* Improved DirectX Exporter


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System Requirements
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Windows 32 bit:
- Windows 2000(Service Pack 4), XP (Service Pack 3), Vista (Service Pack 1)
- Intel Pentium 3, AMD Athlon XP or faster processor (must be SSE-compatible)
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 1 GB free hard drive space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor with 24-bit color
- NVIDIA GeForce FX, ATI RADEON 9000, Intel GMA 900 or later graphics card recommended

Windows 64 bit:
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Vista x64
- AMD64 processor or EM64T Intel processor
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 1 GB free hard drive space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor with 24-bit color
- NVIDIA GeForce FX, ATI RADEON 9000, Intel GMA 900 or later graphics card recommended

Mac OS X PowerPC:
- Mac OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.9 and later
- PowerPC G4 and faster processor
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 1 GB free hard drive space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor with 24-bit color
- NVIDIA GeForce FX, ATI RADEON 9000, Intel GMA 900 or later graphics card recommended

Mac OS X Intel Core Duo:
- Mac OS X 10.4.9 and later
- Intel Core Duo processor
- 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
- 1 GB free hard drive space (5 GB recommended)
- DVD-ROM drive
- 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor with 24-bit color
- NVIDIA GeForce FX, ATI RADEON 9000, Intel GMA 900 or later graphics card recommended


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e frontier and Mirye Commitment
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In our efforts to fulfill our commitment to our customers, we post updaters for our products on an ongoing basis and provide free, level 1 support as well as free community support venues. Please visit http://www.mirye.com to check for updates.


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Registering Shade 9(tm)
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Shade 9(tm) requires activation in order to get your final serial number. If you haven't registered your copy of Shade 9 yet, please visit http://www.mirye.com. You will need the activation code you received when you purchased Shade 9.

If online registration is not working or if you do not have an Internet connection, you may register Shade 9(tm) manually via email, postal mail, fax, or phone. To do this, print out the Shade 9(tm) Registration Form (available in your Shade 9(tm) CD's root folder in PDF format), complete it, and send it to us via any of the following means:

US AND GLOBAL CUSTOMERS:

EMAIL - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
POSTAL MAIL - Mirye Software (Attention: REGISTRATION) co Proactive International, 6107 SW Murray Blvd #151, Beaverton, OR 97008, USA
FAX - +1-212-659-0757

JAPANESE LANGUAGE VERSION CUSTOMERS:

WEB - http://www.e-frontier.co.jp
POSTAL MAIL - e frontier inc., Kagurazaka Building 43-1Enokicho Shinjuku-ku,  Tokyo 162-0806 Japan
FAX - +81-3-5206-1127

We require all information detailed in either the online activation form or the PDF form included.


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Important Information
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Please note:

- Please keep your product serial number in a safe place where it is not accessible on a network. It is needed in order to launch and register your software.

- The Demo version of Shade 9 has a trial period of 30 days. After 30 days you will need to visit our website at http://www.miryestore.com to purchase your copy.

- If you purchase an upgrade to Shade 9, such as an upgrade from the Shade 9 Demo version or Shade 9 standard to Shade 9 professional, you can input your new serial number by choosing "Enter Serial Number..." from the Help menu.

- The following features are not available in the 64 bit Windows version of Shade:
- Shockwave 3D Exporter
- ViewPoint Exporter
- QuickTime VR Exporter

- The following features are not available in the Mac OS X version of Shade:
- Shockwave 3D Exporter
- ViewPoint Exporter

- Shade runs best with 32 bit true color graphics driver settings. If your driver doesn't support 32 bit, please use 24 bit true color instead.

- Shade's hardware accelerated preview runs best on recent NVIDIA and ATI graphics boards. In case you encounter any problems with the hardware acceleration, please switch off the acceleration component.
* Go to Edit menu > Preferences... (Windows) or Shade > Preferences... (Mac OS X).
* Select the View tab.
* Under OpenGL, uncheck the Accelerator check box.

If upgrading to the newest driver version offered by the original manufacturer still does not solve the problem, set the hardware accelerator to [none] under graphics accelerator trouble shooting.

* Close Shade if it is running.
* Right-click on an empty area of the desktop, and select [Properties].
* Select the [Settings] tab from the display properties, and click on [Setting Details] (Windows XP) / [Details] (Windows 2000) in the bottom right corner.
* Select the [Trouble Shooting] tab from the window.
* Set the [Hardware accelerator] slider to [none].
* Click the OK button to apply the settings.

If you experience problems using the NVIDIA 32 bit ForceWare 100.65 WHQL driver on Windows Vista, please follow these steps:
1. Select the NVIDIA Control Panel from the Windows Control Panel.
2. Select Advanced > 3D Settings > Manage 3D Settings.
3. Extension Limit should be set to ON.

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Poser Integration with PoserFusion
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Please take the following notes into account when working with PoserFusion:

1. PoserFusion is compatible with Poser 5, Poser 6 and Poser 7, meaning that you can import Poser 5/6/7 pz3 or pzz files. Before importing a Poser scene file you must specify the location where Poser is installed.

2. An improved bending algorithm was used on some of Jessi's joints. Visual quality of bending may be affected since PoserFusion will fall back to an older algorithm.

3. Dynamic hair in PoserFusion is limited, depending on your available memory.

4. If you use motion blur, for best results, check "Use Integer Frame Numbers". If you use BlurEffector, uncheck "Use Integer Frame Numbers".
* Select Rendering Setttings from the Rendering menu.
* Select the Effects tab. From the Effector pulldown menu select BlurEffector.
* Select Motion from the View menu. Open the Animation Settings and change the Steps to 0.2.

5. Hosting a Poser 5 scene with bump maps in Shade:
In Poser 5, if the bump image map is connected to the Gradient_Bump channel, the Bump map will not render correctly in Shade. To correct this, disconnect the Gradient_Bump and connect the image map to the Bump channel.

6. On Windows, avoid turning Bounding Box Display on and off again frequently to avoid running out of memory.


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Known Issues
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- Rendering animations in a network of rendering servers might fail if your Shade scene relies on plugins or the PoserFusion feature. In case you encounter this problem, please render the animation on your main computer.

- To use HairSalon with ShadeGrid, convert the hair to polygon meshes before rendering.

Please visit our website to see Shade FAQs -
http://www.mirye.com

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Documentation
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The online guides are Adobe Acrobat files, located in the "Documentation" folder in your Shade 9 installation. Open these documents with Adobe Reader 5.0 or later. In Shade 9, to access the online guides, choose "Shade Help" from the Help menu. This will launch Adobe Reader, allowing you to browse the following online documentation:

Beginner Tutorials -- A guided tour of Shade for beginning users.
User Guide -- The essential guide to using Shade.
Reference -- Technical descriptions and explanations of Shade functionality.
Plugin Manual -- Documents the plug-ins included with Shade 9.
Quick Reference -- Tables of all the shortcut key combinations used in Shade 9.

Your copy of Shade 9 includes the latest version of the program. Therefore, some descriptions in the online guides may differ from the actual program specifications.

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Copyrighted files on the CD-ROM
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The copyrights for the sample files included on the Shade 9 CD-ROM belong to the original authors of those files. They are included for personal use. Commercial use of the original or modified files, or using them in any media, is prohibited.


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Miscellaneous
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- Wavefront OBJ Export
When importing Wavefront OBJ files from Shade 9 into other 3D applications, e.g. Poser, you might notice that mirrored geometry gets reversed. There is a simple procedure in Shade to correct this issue:
* Open the .shd model in Shade 9
* Go to Rendering menu> Display Mode> Shading.
* Go to Rendering menu> Single-sided.
* Go to the Modify menu> Show Normals.
* Adjust the direction of the reversed faces of all objects by using the Flip Face checkbox in the Browser window.

- Web 3D: Viewpoint & Shockwave 3D
Shade 9 can create 3D interactive scenes that can be seamlessly integrated with web pages and viewed over the Internet using the Viewpoint Media Player plug-in for Internet Explorer, Netscape, AOL and CompuServe. You will need to obtain a broadcast key from Viewpoint in order to have your content viewable over the Internet without Viewpoint's "water mark" placed over your image. Broadcast keys are made freely available by Viewpoint for non-commercial uses and for many smaller scaled commercial uses as well. All use is subject to Viewpoint's license agreement. To acquire a valid broadcast key, visit the Viewpoint web site at http://www.viewpoint.com.
Viewpoint and Shockwave 3D export is supported by the Windows versions of Shade only.

- Viewing Video Tutorials
Shade video tutorials display within Shade's HTML viewer. Consequently, web browser pop-up blocking software may prevent the movies from playing. If the movies do not play from within Shade, navigate into the "html" folder in your Shade installation and open the appropriate "index.html" file with your web browser. If the browser shows that a pop-up was blocked, change the settings to allow the content to play.

- Using ShadeExplorer with multiple installations of Shade
ShadeExplorer settings are saved in your user folder, meaning that if you install multiple copies of Shade, including both 64-bit and 32-bit installations on a Windows 64-bit system, ShadeExplorer may try to load the wrong settings. To correct this, simply click ShadeExplorer's "Update" button to update the settings location information after switching between Shade installations.


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Technical Support
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You must activate your product to receive technical support. If you haven't registered your copy of Shade 9 yet, please visit http://www.mirye.com.

US & GLOBAL SUPPORT (except Asia & Pacific Rim):

Please visit our Web site for the latest information on registration and technical support. For up to date information on our technical support policies or for our online frequently asked questions go to: http://www.mirye.com.

Note: We reserve the right to change support policies at any time.

ASIA & PACIFIC RIM SUPPORT:

Please visit http://www.e-frontier.co.jp for updated support information.

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Copyright & Trademark Notice
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Shade 9 Copyright(c) 1986-2009 e frontier, Inc. All rights reserved. Shade 9 is a trademark of e frontier, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Optgraph End User License Agreement (EULA)
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Please read this software license agreement before using the OptGraph Radiosity Library.

The OptGraph Radiosity Library was developed by OptGraph, Inc., and its copyrights and all of the intellectual property rights are owned by OptGraph, Inc. OptGraph, Inc. grants e-frontier, Inc. the rights to use the Radiosity Library to incorporate the OptGraph Radiosity Library in its product, Shade, so that the Radiosity Library can be used under the same conditions as the Shade product itself. Therefore, the Shade user must agree to Shade's license agreement, in order to use the OptGraph Radiosity Library.

Optgraph, Inc.
e frontier, Inc.