KeyShot Studio 2024.3

Security fixes

• KEYS-33432: Updated zlib dependency to 1.3.1
• KEYS-33386: Fixed 3DS import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23681)
• KEYS-33387: Fixed SketchUp (.skp) import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23685)
• KEYS-33388: Fixed 3DS import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23693)
• KEYS-33390: Fixed OBJ import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23697)
• KEYS-33392: Fixed alembic import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23700)
• KEYS-33395: Fixed JT import vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23826)

More information at KeyShot CSIRT and PSIRT.

New Features

• KEYS-32723:KeyShot is now named ‘KeyShot Studio’
• KEYS-32736:Denoising now preserves fine details better at higher sample counts
• KEYS-32930:Added ability to set Quality settings on an individual instance level for KeyShot Web Viewer export
• KEYS-33280:Option to adjust Camera Perspective added to Ribbon menu
• KEYS-33516:New Mold-Tech Materials have been added to the Library
• KEYS-33517:Added AkzoNobel Interpon color library

Improvements

• KEYS-30159:Updated included Python version to 3.12.6
• KEYS-32808:3D model Instances with no changes should no longer be baked again in cases where the scene is being re-baked
• KEYS-32667:UVs resulting from automatic unwrapping in Baking pipeline, are now saved
• KEYS-32709:
  • Inventor 3D Read: 2025
  • Revit 3D Read: 2025
  • UG NX 3D Read: NX 2312 Series (until 2312.7000)
• KEYS-32807:Materials with no changes should no longer be baked again in cases where the scene is being re-baked
• KEYS-33092:Move Tool dialog now allows for multi-selection
• KEYS-33284:”Select Group” in scene tree now called “Select Parent”, and hotkey option has been added
• KEYS-33285:Cleared default hotkey for “Select Model” to eliminate conflict
• KEYS-33343:Dynamic edit boxes has been re-added to the Move Tool widget
• KEYS-33412:Improved light sampling for CPU and GPU with special emphasis on many lights

Bugs

• KEYS-33338:Fixed a crash that happened if <removeCloudOption bool=”true”/> was present in KSSettings.xml
• KEYS-33485:Fixed an issue where the Uninstaller could remove files unrelated to KeyShot in locations mapped as KeyShot resource folders
• KEYS-21283:Fixed various issues with medium transmittance for direct lighting
• KEYS-32063:Fixed an issue that caused a crash when adding Studio Switches to some Animations
• KEYS-32416:Fixed an issue where saving a Material before the thumbnail has been generated, would not save the Material
• KEYS-32516:Fixed a crash in the Sketchup importer related to “Image” planes
• KEYS-32718:Fixed a crash that occurred when dragging and dropping a Material containing a 3D Paint texture
• KEYS-32734:Fixed an infinite load loop in the Library when it contained a shortcut to itself
• KEYS-32989:Fixed an issue in GPU rendering where Ray Bounces would cause white squares
• KEYS-31577:’Name’ field no longer automatically selected when adding a new sub-material
• KEYS-32797:Fixed an issue where the Profile fly-out in Welcome Window would disappear
• KEYS-32840:Fixed an issue where re-rendering an XR would not correctly respect updated settings
• KEYS-33185:Fixed an issue in GPU mode where Light Power sampling was scaled incorrectly
• KEYS-33227:Fixed an issue where GPU mode failed to be enabled after adding an Animation to the Scene
• KEYS-33345:Fixed a crash in Headless Scripting when removing a Model Set
• KEYS-33385:Updated to Sketchup 2024.0.594 which addresses this vulnerability
• KEYS-33542:Fixed a memory leak related to Rounded Edges calculation
• KEYS-33597:Fixed an issue that caused a crash on load of scenes with cameras with an empty name
• KEYS-33676:Fixed an issue that caused the real-time view to not enter Adaptive Performance Mode
• KEYS-33681:Fixed an issue where pasting animation was slow
• KEYS-33804:Fixed an issue related to the Mapping2D node, that could cause instabilities in the scene
• KEYS-30964:Fixed an issue in GPU mode where IES lights with a Curve Fade, was not visible in Volumetrics
• KEYS-30965:Fixed an issue where Spotlight Color Textures were ignored when Power was driven by a Curve Fade animation
• KEYS-31124:Fixed direct illumination of textured Area Lights with black Areas in GPU mode
• KEYS-31406:Added Rename back to library context menu
• KEYS-31488:Fixed an issue where Material Previews would not update correctly
• KEYS-32042:Depth of Field animations in GPU mode should now correctly use Scene Units when picking a Focus Distance
• KEYS-32381:Fixed an issue where Duplicating could create an unexpected amount of new items in the Scene
• KEYS-32630:Fixed an issue where some EXRs could not be loaded
• KEYS-32860:Fixed textured area lights contribution to caustics in GPU mode
• KEYS-32902:Fixed caustics not respecting the IES Light Radius correctly
• KEYS-33027:Fix for a bug where the yellow animation path in the real-time view could be incorrect when using rotations with custom pivot points
• KEYS-33107:Fix move tool gizmos can have an incorrect position in the real-time view after moving keyframes
• KEYS-33138:Fixed an issue that caused the migration tool to not detect versions prior to 2023
• KEYS-33209:Fixed an issue where memory for Image Styles were not released on renderings with multiple frames
• KEYS-33271:Fixed an issue where scrolling in the Library view could become very slow, after switching between list/grid view
• KEYS-33398:Fixed a bug where baked textures would not be found in Web Viewer upload
• KEYS-33426:Fixed an issue that caused the Blender plugin to not work
• KEYS-33452:Fixed an issue where imported .glb files failed to find textures
• KEYS-33492:Fixed Radial textures not respecting scene units in GPU mode

KeyShot Web Viewer

Bugs

• KEYS-32619:Fixed a bug where scenes with a lot of textures would not load in Firefox.
• KEYS-33453:Fixed a bug where shadows could cause bright spots on objects
• KEYS-33454: Fixed a bug that caused shading artifacts on materials with a bump map applied
• KEYS-33697:Fixed a bug where thumbnails for small environments were incorrect

Security fixes

• KEYS-31749:Fixed an issue where invalid input during BIP file parsing could cause memory to be freed twice (use-after-free) (ZDI-CAN-22515)
• KEYS-31744:Fixed an issue where invalid input during BIP file parsing could cause an out-of-bounds memory read (ZDI-CAN-22449)
• KEYS-31557:Fixed JT file parsing out-of-bounds vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23163)
• KEYS-31556:Fixed X_T file parsing out-of-bounds vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-23124)

New Features

• KEYS-31538:Rendering will now be paused in the background while Re-Tessellate tool is open
• KEYS-27293:Added support for animations in gLTF import
• KEYS-31530:Added option “Select Group” to Scene Tree, which selects the parent group
• KEYS-31750:Added function to “lock-in” to an axis in Move Tool by using hotkeys or radio buttons
• KEYS-30439:Added new preview workflow for uploading to Web Viewer
• KEYS-31272:Added support for Texture input to Camera Aperture Shape

Improvements

• KEYS-31571:Users will now be asked whether to link colors with the same name when applying a Color from the Library
• KEYS-31910:Updated support for the following formats
  • CATIA V5 3D Read: V5-6R2024
  • Parasolid 3D Read: V36.1
  • UG NX 3D Read: NX 2312 Series (until 2312.4000)
• KEYS-31792:”Link Materials” in materials list now links to right-clicked material rather than the first selected.
• KEYS-31687:Added “Depth” parameter to Cylinder texture Mapping Type
• KEYS-32015:Added support for importing SketchUp 2024 files
• KEYS-31794:Material Graph will now automatically update when user selects new material for editing
• KEYS-31783:Improved layout of the Move Tool widget
• KEYS-31590:”Cloud Library” button will now always open in external browser
• KEYS-31505:In Geometry View, selecting Cameras on Camera Keyframe path, will now select the corresponding Keyframe

Bugs

• KEYS-32617:Fixed a bug where the incorrect image style was used.
• KEYS-32791:Fixed an issue that caused incorrect normals after saving the scene
• KEYS-31768:Fixed an issue with camera states being reverted when switching back and forth between CPU and GPU modes
• KEYS-31246:Fixed warning in log when enabling Panoramic or Stereo Camera lenses
• KEYS-31774:Fixed a bug that prevented the Cloud library downloading to KeyShot in external browsers
• KEYS-31127:Fixed indexing of Color Names when dragging and dropping a multi-selection of Colors
• KEYS-31799:Fixed a crash when opening Color Mode
• KEYS-31977:Fix crash when selecting many triangles in split surface tool
• KEYS-31735:Fixed a crash that occurred when using Geometry Tools on certain geometries
• KEYS-32237:Fixed Area Light on Flake Geometry causing a crash in GPU mode
• KEYS-32014:Fixed GPU being detected in TCC only systems
• KEYS-31737:Fixed a GPU mode crash exit with certain geometries
• KEYS-31574:Fixed Image Style list being re-ordered after Save and Load of Scene
• KEYS-31817:Fixed a crash that could occur when taking over a session
• KEYS-31379:Fixed deactivation of license getting stuck while uninstalling a Beta build
• KEYS-32163:Fixed Axalta Paint color tweaker not working correctly
• KEYS-32012:Fixed Anisotropic Material input not working consistently in GPU mode
• KEYS-31994:Fixed hitbox of items in Scene Tree
• KEYS-31769:Fixed a crash in Network Configurator when switching languages
• KEYS-31448:Fixed an issue where aborting tasks on paused workers could sometimes prevent them from resuming correctly
• KEYS-31434:Fixed progress bar incorrectly showing 0% in Render Output dialog
• KEYS-31268:Fixed issue that caused Global Illumination to not update correctly on material changes
• KEYS-32570:The geometry is duplicated and KeyShot does not crash
• KEYS-32373:Fixed KeyShot not remembering window state correctly on Windows
• KEYS-31853:Fixed warning in log when interacting with UI Splitter in HDRI Editor
• KEYS-31688:Fixed Translucent Material Samples slider being able to go below 1
• KEYS-31449:Increased maxiumum animation window height on small screens.
• KEYS-31784:Fixed the issue of empty presentations showing on the drive, when the user is out of Drive storage.
• KEYS-32455:Fixed a crash when loading scenes with a Camera Keyframe orbit animation in Headless Mode
• KEYS-32200:Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting GPU mode
• KEYS-32199:Fixed a crash in Welcome Window when selecting a scene
• KEYS-32198:Fixed a crash that could occur in the License Wizard when creating a Request file
• KEYS-32196:Fixed a crash in Migration Tool
• KEYS-31957:Fixed a crash when initializing denoiser
• KEYS-31954:Fix crash when merging triangle meshes with vertex colors
• KEYS-31893:Fixed a crash that could occur on multi-GPU setups when GPU0 is disabled
• KEYS-31738:Fixed a crash related to cache of library used for Image I/O
• KEYS-23966:Fixed improper scaling of Animations when changing Scene Unit
• KEYS-28515:Added Progress bar to Re-tessellate tool when pressing “Apply”
• KEYS-27607:Fixed incorrect split of objects in “Split Object Surfaces” tool

KeyShot Web Viewer

New Features

• KEYS-31469:New material model adopted for scenes uploaded with KeyShot Studio 2024.2

Bugs

• KEYS-32617:Fixed a bug where the incorrect image style was used

Security fixes

• KEYS-31073: Fixed improper initialization weakness in relation to BIP file parsing
• KEYS-31074: Fixed improper input validation weakness in relation to BIP file parsing
• KEYS-31198: Fixed DLL planting vulnerability in relation to BIP file parsing
• KEYS-31740: Fixed improper input validation weakness in relation to BIP file parsing

New Features

• KEYS-31218: Added a quick-menu to script ribbon button
• KEYS-30655: Added new “Sharpen“ Image Style effect

Improvements

• KEYS-30338: Improved the performance of GPU mode
• KEYS-31202: KeyShot, Network Rendering, and the KeyShot Viewer will now install versionlessly
• KEYS-30423: Made improvements to the look of AxF Measured Materials
• KEYS-31069: Added support for the following CAD versions:
  • CATIA V6 / 3DEXPERIENCE 3D Read: R2024x
  • Solid Edge 3D Read: 2024
  • SOLIDWORKS 3D Read: 2024
  • UG NX 3D Read: NX 2306 Series (until 23067000)

• KEYS-30631: Minimum required GPU driver version has been updated to version 535 or newer
• KEYS-31220: Removed the function to Upload to the KeyShot Cloud Library
• KEYS-29410: Added support for Roughness Textures in Volumetric AxF materials
• KEYS-29412: Added support for Specular Normal textures in Volumetric AxF materials
• KEYS-30495: Removed Flash video output format
• KEYS-30743: Removed Alias import on Mac
• KEYS-30836: Silent installation can now specify use of subscription license
• KEYS-30908: Added support for Rhino 8 files
• KEYS-31188: Updated RAL color palette to version 2024
• KEYS-31266: Added compression of scenes
• KEYS-31509: Only enable arrow keyboard shortcut for environment brightness/contrast adjustments in the real-time view

Bugs

• KEYS-31009: Fixed a memory leak with legacy textures
• KEYS-30708: Fixed a crash in Material Templates when using special characters
• KEYS-30861: Fixed occasional crash when rendering very high resolution images
• KEYS-31092: Fixed a bug that caused the realtime view denoiser to show an old image
• KEYS-31499: Fixed a crash that could occur when unlinking materials
• KEYS-31507: Fixed a bug that caused luxgetRenderOptions() to return incorrect information
• KEYS-27707: Fixed an offset between the mouse and the UI in the Touch-Friendly presentation mode
• KEYS-30466: Fixed an issue with incorrect region
• KEYS-30739: Fixed an issue that caused Texture Area Lights to output too much light in GPU mode
• KEYS-30756: Added support for displaced geometry in FBX exporter
• KEYS-31005: Fixed a bug that caused the minimum size of the Project panel to be wider than intended
• KEYS-31013: Fix rare crash when deleting parts in the scene tree
• KEYS-31016: Fixed a crash when creating Render Passes with a large number of hidden objects
• KEYS-31119: Fixed crash in FBX export
• KEYS-31163: Fixed a bug that caused reloading the Frontplate image to not work
• KEYS-31175: Fixed an issue where the alpha of Frontplates got premultiplied
• KEYS-31199: Improved responsiveness of the realtime view when adjusting materials
• KEYS-31245: Fixed a bug that caused the Geometry View Camera to be incorrect after model import
• KEYS-31286: Fixed a bug that caused “Use Target as Pivot” to not update the camera correctly
• KEYS-31388: Fixed a bug that caused materials to be initialized with black colors when added to the scene
• KEYS-31500: Fixed an incorrect Shadow calculation for texture scattering mediums in GPU mode
• KEYS-31521: Fixed a bug that caused textures to be UV mapped incorrectly