MAXON BodyPaint 3D is a texture painting application designed specifically for painting directly on a 3D model in real-time.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/why-this-package.html It can be used by texture artists to make a full range of texture and UV maps. BodyPaint also lets an artist import Adobe Photoshop layers to use with his textures.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/integration.html

Release 12 of the software package costs $995.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/ps/BodyPaint%203D%20BodyPaint%203D/1/s1/B101-CAT185 However, if a person owns one of their competitors, he can make a sidegrade for $895.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/ps/BodyPaint%203D%20BodyPaint%203D/1/s1/B101-CAT185 To take advantage of this offer, he must provide proof that he owns the other software.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/ps/BodyPaint%203D%20BodyPaint%203D/1/s1/B101-CAT185 The upgrade price for the application is between $395 to $695.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/ps/BodyPaint%203D%20BodyPaint%203D/1/s1/B101-CAT185 The difference in price depends on which older version of BodyPaint the person owns.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/ps/BodyPaint%203D%20BodyPaint%203D/1/s1/B101-CAT185

MAXON products can be purchased on their own website or from an authorized reseller.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/sos/rs&init=1/100/429-1235406540-8732 They have reseller programs in the United States, Canada, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/sos/rs&init=1/100/429-1235406540-8732 Resellers sell both commercial and educational licenses.http://www.maxonshop.com/us/sos/rs&init=1/100/429-1235406540-8732

BodyPaint 3D offers integration with NewTek LightWave 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Softimage.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/integration.html With a single click, a user can transfer the texture painting over to one of these four 3D applications.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/integration.html After the transfer, the artists can view the texture applied to his model without the intermediary steps.

The program has its own paint technology called RayBrush.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html It allows a user to work on a raytraced surface without the need to re-render the scene to see the result.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html Also, BodyPaint lets a user paint on up to ten channels at the same time.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html It offers specialty brushes, such as clone, burn, dodge, sponge and smear.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html Various parameters, like jitter and hardness, can be altered on a brush.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html MAXON BodyPaint 3D has projection painting capabilities as well.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/painting-texturing.html This means that any image can be projected down on another model's texture map.

A 3D model needs to have a set of UV coordinates so that the texture can be displayed in different programs. BodyPaint 3D gives the user several tools to create and edit UV maps. Some of the unwrapping algorithms used in the program are optimal mapping and LSCM unwrapping.http://www.maxon.net/products/bodypaint-3d/uv-tools.html