<s>
Modo	B-Application
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
MODO	B-Application
,	O
and	O
originally	O
modo	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
and	O
subdivision	O
surface	O
modeling	O
,	O
sculpting	O
,	O
3D	O
painting	O
,	O
animation	O
and	O
rendering	O
package	O
developed	O
by	O
Luxology	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
merged	O
with	O
and	O
known	O
as	O
Foundry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
incorporates	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
n-gons	O
and	O
edge	O
weighting	O
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
core	O
group	O
of	O
software	O
engineers	O
that	O
previously	O
created	O
the	O
pioneering	O
3D	O
application	O
LightWave	B-Device
3D	I-Device
,	O
originally	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
and	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
Amiga-based	O
Video	B-Device
Toaster	I-Device
workstations	O
that	O
were	O
popular	O
in	O
television	O
studios	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
senior	O
management	O
at	O
NewTek	O
(	O
makers	O
of	O
LightWave	B-Device
)	O
and	O
their	O
key	O
LightWave	B-Device
engineers	O
disagreed	O
regarding	O
the	O
notion	O
for	O
a	O
complete	O
rewrite	O
of	O
LightWave	B-Device
's	O
work-flow	O
and	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NewTek	O
's	O
Vice	O
President	O
of	O
3D	O
Development	O
,	O
Brad	O
Peebler	O
,	O
eventually	O
left	O
Newtek	O
to	O
form	O
Luxology	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
joined	O
by	O
Allen	O
Hastings	O
and	O
Stuart	O
Ferguson	O
(	O
the	O
lead	O
developers	O
of	O
Lightwave	B-Device
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
LightWave	B-Device
programming	O
team	O
members	O
(	O
Arnie	O
Cachelin	O
,	O
Matt	O
Craig	O
,	O
Greg	O
Duquesne	O
,	O
Yoshiaki	O
Tazaki	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
more	O
than	O
three	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
work	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
was	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
SIGGRAPH	O
2004	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
high-end	O
visual	O
effects	O
studio	O
Digital	O
Domain	O
integrated	O
Modo	B-Application
into	O
their	O
production	O
pipeline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
studios	O
to	O
adopt	O
Modo	B-Application
include	O
Pixar	O
,	O
Industrial	O
Light	O
&	O
Magic	O
,	O
Zoic	O
Studios	O
,	O
id	O
Software	O
,	O
Eden	O
FX	O
,	O
Studio	O
ArtFX	O
,	O
The	O
Embassy	O
Visual	O
Effects	O
,	O
Naked	O
Sky	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Spinoff	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
201	O
was	O
the	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Use	O
of	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Graphics	O
for	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
also	O
won	O
"	O
Best	O
3D/Animation	O
Software	O
"	O
from	O
MacUser	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Game	O
Developer	O
Frontline	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Art	O
Tool	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
feature	O
films	O
such	O
as	O
Stealth	O
,	O
Ant	O
Bully	O
,	O
Iron	O
Man	O
,	O
and	O
Wall-E	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
's	O
workflow	O
differs	O
substantially	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
mainstream	O
3D	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Maya	B-Language
and	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
stress	O
using	O
the	O
right	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
job	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
artists	O
typically	O
use	O
a	O
much	O
smaller	O
number	O
of	O
basic	O
tools	O
and	O
combine	O
them	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
tools	O
using	O
the	O
Tool	O
Pipe	O
and	O
customizable	O
action	O
centers	O
and	O
falloffs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
allows	O
an	O
artist	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
"	O
pivot	O
point	O
"	O
of	O
a	O
tool	O
or	O
action	O
in	O
realtime	O
simply	O
by	O
clicking	O
somewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
avoids	O
making	O
the	O
artist	O
invoke	O
a	O
separate	O
"	O
adjust	O
pivot	O
point	O
"	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
artist	O
can	O
tell	O
Modo	B-Application
to	O
derive	O
a	O
tool	O
's	O
axis	O
orientation	O
from	O
the	O
selected	O
or	O
clicked	O
on	O
element	O
,	O
bypassing	O
the	O
needs	O
for	O
a	O
separate	O
"	O
adjust	O
tool	O
axis	O
"	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
allows	O
an	O
artist	O
to	O
paint	O
directly	O
onto	O
3D	O
models	O
and	O
even	O
paint	O
instances	O
of	O
existing	O
meshes	O
onto	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
an	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
the	O
paint	O
tools	O
in	O
Modo	B-Application
are	O
airbrush	O
,	O
clone	O
,	O
smudge	O
,	O
and	O
blur	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
of	O
painting	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
a	O
bitmap	O
and	O
that	O
map	O
can	O
be	O
driving	O
anything	O
in	O
Modo	B-Application
's	O
Shader	O
Tree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
's	O
renderer	O
is	O
multi-threaded	O
and	O
scales	O
nearly	O
linearly	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
processors	O
or	O
processor	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
cores	O
and	O
offers	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
network	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
standard	O
renderer	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
take	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
to	O
run	O
with	O
a	O
complex	O
scene	O
on	O
even	O
a	O
fast	O
machine	O
,	O
Modo	B-Application
has	O
a	O
progressive	O
preview	O
renderer	O
which	O
renders	O
to	O
final	O
quality	O
if	O
left	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
's	O
user	O
interface	O
allows	O
you	O
to	O
configure	O
a	O
work	O
space	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
preview	O
render	O
panel	O
,	O
which	O
renders	O
continuously	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
restarting	O
the	O
render	O
every	O
time	O
you	O
change	O
the	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
preview	O
renderer	O
in	O
Modo	B-Application
401	O
offers	O
progressive	O
rendering	O
,	O
meaning	O
the	O
image	O
resolves	O
to	O
near	O
final	O
image	O
quality	O
if	O
you	O
let	O
it	O
keep	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
material	O
assignment	O
is	O
done	O
via	O
a	O
shader	O
tree	O
that	O
is	O
layer-based	O
rather	O
than	O
node-based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
's	O
renderer	O
is	O
a	O
physically	O
based	O
ray-tracer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
features	O
like	O
caustics	O
,	O
dispersion	O
,	O
stereoscopic	O
rendering	O
,	O
fresnel	O
effects	O
,	O
subsurface	B-Algorithm
scattering	I-Algorithm
,	O
blurry	O
refractions	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
frosted	O
glass	O
)	O
,	O
volumetric	B-General_Concept
lighting	I-General_Concept
(	O
smokey	O
bar	O
effect	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Pixar-patented	O
Deep	O
Shadows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modo	B-Application
once	O
included	O
imageSynth	O
,	O
a	O
Plug-in	O
for	O
creating	O
seamless	O
textures	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
CS1	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bundle	O
ended	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Modo	B-Application
301	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luxology	O
has	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
imageSynth	O
plugin	O
for	O
Photoshop	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
retired	O
.	O
</s>
