Foundry Modo 14.1 is now available. This is the latest version of the 3D modelling, animation and rendering software. This version has new mPath renderer with support for Intel’s Embree ray tracing. Also It has also integrated Intel’s Open Image Denoise and AMD’s new AI-driven render denoising systems in Modo, alongside the existing AMD and Nvidia OptiX denoisers. Other than that Modo 14.1 has new PBR texture loader, and a work-in-progress USD importer, new Ghost and X-Ray display modes in Modo’s Advanced Viewport, and further iterative updates to the modelling and rigging tools.
Foundry Modo 14.1 what’s new
Advanced Real-time Viewport
The AVP gets support for the new Ghost and X-Ray display modes introduced in the standard viewport in Modo 14.0, plus support for vertex maps.
Performance Improvements
Modo 14.1 brings a handful of performance improvements to speed up your daily work. The UV Relax Mesh Operation has been multi-threaded in Adaptive mode offering up to 5X speed increase when relaxing UVs. The Edge Remove operation has also been significantly improved for speed increases between 5 and 20 times.
Direct Modeling
Procedural Modeling
Rendering & Shading
Animation & Rigging
The rigging and animation toolsets now support for IK/FK switching in the Planar IK system added in Modo 13.2. Also now user can disable both the Planar IK and Full Body IK solvers after they have been applied to a rig, making it easier to tweak the positions of individual joints.
See all what’s new here!
Modo 14.0 is available with the new perpetual licences of the software cost $1,888. Rental costs $62/month or $629/year.