mental mill® provides an innovative new approach to shader creation which enables artists of all levels of experience to develop, test and maintain shaders via an intuitive and visual graphic user interface. Previous programming experience is not required.
Features and Benefits
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Simplified Shader Creation | Using an intuitive user interface, artists without programming skills, can create an unlimited number of unique shaders. Complex shader graphs can be packaged up into higher level Phenomena for simplification and reuse. |
Exportable to Several Platforms | Shaders can be exported to CgFX, HLSL, GLSL and other formats. The shader only needs to be created once, then it can be exported to other platforms for hardware and software rendering. |
Real-time Node Preview | The dynamic hardware-rendered preview allows the nodes to be fully interactive. You can see the shader result at all points in the shader graph. |
Graphical Debugging | For advanced shader developers, the debugging interface allows for visualizing the surface normal, or color while stepping through every line of code. This allows for very quick and easy development of your shader. |
Technical Specifications
mental mill supports the following hardware configurations.
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Graphic Cards | |
NVIDIA supported |
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NVIDIA Compatible | Consumer:
Professional:
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ATI Supported |
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ATI Compatible | Consumer:
Professional:
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