The Foundry introduces Colorway

The Foundry presented at an online event Colorway, its latest software developed for designers that will facilitate the decision-making process within a work team.

This is the first result following The Foundry’s acquisition of Luxology. Based on Modo and Nuke’s in-house technology, Colorway enables fast color changes based on customer decisions without having to reprocess the image at every step.

Colorway Kit

Colorway consists of several components. The first of these is Colorway Kit, a plug-in for 3D modeling software (such as After Effects, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D or Maya) that allows you to specify which parts of an image, whether lights or materials, are subject to change after the initial render is complete. This is done by clicking a button that will appear in the user interface and open a menu of Colorway options and commands.

Then, the image must be rendered by choosing the “Render Scene for Colorway” option.

Once in Colorway, we will see that it has a very simple user interface, with a large image displayed in the center of the screen and some icons at the bottom.

The available sidebars show us which parts of the model, as well as which lights, are adjustable. We also have the “M” (mute) and “S” (solo) buttons, to see how the individual lights interact in the final image.

When we select any part of the image, a color wheel appears to operate the color palette on that element.

Looks created in Colorway can be imported back into the 3D software using Colorway Kit.

Colorway Presenter

Colorway Presenter is a free app, available for Windows and Mac (with an iOS version on the way), that allows the client to make color decisions based on the available image options (elements marked by the designer in Colorway). After that, it sends back a small file via email so that the designer can review it and import the new looks into the original program to get the final renders in high resolution.

The company has promised that this is just the beginning, and claims that Colorway represents the first integration between Modo and Nuke (internally). Leveraging this 2D and 3D expertise and technology, they will continue to develop a new brand specifically for developers.

Colorway is already available, but only as a free trial version. Pricing has not yet been decided, but everyone will be able to try it out until the official release date, scheduled for later this year.