- A new page for Akeytsu - 26 April 2022
Dear Akeytsu fans, dear fellow animators and riggers, First of all, thank you so much for your patience and understanding during these long months of silence. The year 2021 has been extremely hard for Nukeygara and the difficulties encountered forced us to find a buyer. 2021 was for us an incessant fight. Akeytsu has never been a software like the others. It’s a passion product combining strong identity and unique workflow whose singularity must be preserved, whose difference has all its place into CG market. It’s inside an environment fully in harmony with my ideals, a school, symbol of transmission and bearer of many values, that Akeytsu will follow its route. I have the pleasure to announce you that Game Sup, video game school based in Lyon (France) is now its benevolent home. A big news goes along with this new stage as the current Akeytsu version being soon perpetual and free for e…
- 2020.3.8 White Release for akeytsu Indie 2021 - 2 July 2021
We deliver a first pass on the Space Switching ie. Dynamic Parenting constraint for akeytsu Indie 2021 right on time before Christmas. This opens up tons of possibilities to create convincing animations featuring a character and an object. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1468090/akeytsu_Indie_2021/ This comes together with a unified timeline experience to facilitate multi-character animation following up on the addition of Cameras in our previous release. We also updated our akeyboy test character model to give him a modern look and illustrate the use of Space Switching. Sky Surfer also gets a board and a gun that you can play around with as well as a new Sky Jump animation showcasing Space Switching. Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows. Note: This release is only available for PC users for now. Summary: Major release Features Added Space Switchi…
- Akeytsu Summer Sales - 24 June 2021
Here is the opportunity to get akeytsu at discounted price udring the summer. The sales end on July 8th 2021 10:00 AM PST time. 50 % OFF akeytsu Indie 2021 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1468090 Save 50 % on the akeytsu Indie 2021 upgrade This offer is only available for owners of akeytsu Indie 2020. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497320/akeytsu_Indie_2021_Upgrade/ Save 70 % on the akeytsu Indie 2020 upgrade This offer is only available for owners of akeytsu Indie 2017. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Have a great summer everyone !
- It's Santa Keytsu time ! - 23 December 2020
Oh ! Oh ! Oh ! Santa Keytsu comes back yet again this year to give you the opportunity to purchase or upgrade akeytsu at a sweet price during Winter Sales. The special offers last until January 5th 2021 10:05 AM PST time. If you've ever considered getting your hands on our accessible and intuitive 3D animation toolset, now is a good time ! akeytsu Indie 2021 related offers For newcomers, you get 40% OFF: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1468090 For akeytsu Indie 2020 owners, you get 40% OFF on the loyalty offer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1497320/akeytsu_Indie_2021_Upgrade/ akeytsu Indie 2020 related offers For owners of akeytsu Indie 2017, you get 60% OFF on the loyalty offer available on this page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Revamped Free Characters We have more gifts for you with two revamped models that were introduced in 2020.3 and made…
- Upgrade to enjoy Space Switching ie. Dynamic Parenting & Unified Timelines - 16 December 2020
We deliver a first pass on the Space Switching ie. Dynamic Parenting constraint for akeytsu Indie 2021 right on time before Christmas. This opens up tons of possibilities to create convincing animations featuring a character and an object. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1468090/akeytsu_Indie_2021/ This comes together with a unified timeline experience to facilitate multi-character animation following up on the addition of Cameras in our previous release. We also updated our akeyboy test character model to give him a modern look and illustrate the use of Space Switching. Sky Surfer also gets a board and a gun that you can play around with as well as a new Sky Jump animation showcasing Space Switching. Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows. Note: This release is only available for PC users for now. Summary: Major release Features Added Space Switchi…
- Going NUTS for Black Friday - 26 November 2020
This year we set up a special offer for your to upgrade akeytsu at discounted price for the Black Friday week-end. Don't miss out ! Our special offer ends December 1st 10 AM PST. Upgrade to akeytsu 2021 at sweet price This is our biggest sales this year and you can take advantage as long as you already own akeytsu Indie 2017. For akeytsu Indie 2017 owners, you can upgrade to akeytsu Indie 2020 at preferential price thanks to our loyalty offer. During Autumn sales this offer is discounted by 40% to show our goodwill to those who have been with us for a long time and let them enjoy another year of updates in 2020. This not only gives you access to our latest 2020.2 release but also upcoming 2020.3 features as clarified in this forum post. Head over here to take advantage of the discount NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Latest Developments If you missed o…
- Clarifying akeytsu Indie 2021 release - 9 November 2020
Hi all, This post will attempt to clarify all questions related to the upcoming introduction of akeytsu Indie 2021 and the release of our last major update this year. Although things are not set in stone for 2021 and we have no definite roadmap for that year it will also touch on the main development areas, how we'll go about running this devs and perhaps most importantly for the community how we'll communicate on our progress. 2020.3 Major Update We are currently all hands on deck to get version 2020.3 released by end of the month. Believe us when we say no time is spared to make this happen and it isn’t short of challenges. Contrary to what was highlighted on the shop presentation page at some point it was decided that all 2020.3.X updates will be made available to akeytsu Indie 2020 users to reward early adopters for upgrading from akeytsu Indie 2017, ease the transition to an annual…
- Halloween Sales - 30% off your akeytsu Indie 2020 Upgrade - 29 October 2020
No trick in that treat. We have a terrific offer for Halloween. Special Halloween Offer Akeytsu Indie 2017 owners can upgrade to akeytsu Indie 2020 for $99 until next Monday ! The offer ends November 2nd 10:05 PST. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ During Halloween the $129 akeytsu Indie 2020 upgrade is discounted at $90. Get it NOW ! 2020.2 Release Highlights With 2020.2 we expanded our toolset with Cameras, Retargeting, Improved Biped Auto-Rig and other noticeable quality-of-life improvements that make akeytsu a 3D animation powerhouse for Indies and mid-sized studios. Read more about it here ! Catch-up In case you missed out you can also check the full Release History. More is on the way for 2021 with 3 major releases to be revealed soon ! -The Nukeygara Team
- Halloween Sales - 30% off akeytsu Indie 2020 - 29 October 2020
No trick in that treat. We have a terrific offer for Halloween. Special Halloween Offer Akeytsu Indie 2020 is discounted by 30% until next Monday ! The offer ends November 2nd 10:05 PST. During Halloween akeytsu Indie 2020 is discounted at $239 $167.3. Get it NOW ! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ 2020.2 Release Highlights With 2020.2 we expanded our toolset with Cameras, Retargeting, Improved Biped Auto-Rig and other noticeable quality-of-life improvements that make akeytsu a 3D animation powerhouse for Indies and mid-sized studios. Read more about it here ! Catch-up In case you missed out you can also check the full Release History. More is on the way for 2021 with 3 major releases to be revealed soon ! -The Nukeygara Team
- 2019.4 now available for akeytsu Indie 2020! - 17 December 2019
Time to break down what happened this year, put on a happy face and decorate with festive colors for Winter holidays. This year's December release includes blendshape controls, Tween Machine and UI options. Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows. Note: This release is only available for PC for now. macOS update will be available in 2020 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Features Blendshapes Tween Machine Color Picker Tree and AnimBank window options (freeze, hovering, bottom-right docking) Bug fixes No more "NaN" (Not a Number) displayed in the Transform panel when a joint constrained by a RF controller is set to 0 scale Right-click/Paste is now allowed when entering license number Joints are not invisible anymore in Front and Back views Other minor bug fixes
- 2019.4 now available for akeytsu Indie 2020! - 17 December 2019
Time to break down what happened this year, put on a happy face and decorate with festive colors for Winter holidays. This year's December release includes blendshape controls, Tween Machine and UI options. Read more about our release highlights on our website. Changelist follows. Note: This release is only available for PC for now. macOS update will be available in 2020 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Features Blendshapes Tween Machine Color Picker Tree and AnimBank window options (freeze, hovering, bottom-right docking) Bug fixes No more "NaN" (Not a Number) displayed in the Transform panel when a joint constrained by a RF controller is set to 0 scale Right-click/Paste is now allowed when entering license number Joints are not invisible anymore in Front and Back views Other minor bug fixes
- October Update 2019.3 now available for akeytsu Indie 2020! - 5 November 2019
In October you may want to put on a few additional layers and take care of your skin before stepping outside. Lucky you ! Nukeyuara developers are here to help you do just that. Discover the highlights of our 2019 October release on http://bit.ly/2pMBida. Changelist follows. Note: This release is only available for PC for now. macOS update will follow shortly. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/ Features Additive layers are now implemented* Geodesic voxels are now used to calculate binding weights Reverse Foot Snap or Align: Snap your RF controller to foot sole or align it horizontally while preserving your pose (available in Spinner RF mode) Added Stepped Interpolation to Curveboard* Added Playback speed in Timeline preferences* Added Back-face culling option in 3D rendering preferences* Added Hide HUD option in Layout and Render window* Right-click menu on S…
- September Update now available for akeytsu Indie 2020 - 20 September 2019
Autumn is at our doorsteps and for akeytsu users it comes with an apple on top of many grapes that the Nukeygara team has nurtured through summer. The macOS version should be available shortly on Steam as well. Changelist follows. Discover the highlights of our 2019 September release on https://bit.ly/2kT1DE2 Features Custom leg joint chain for Reverse Foot Update Skinned Mesh : replaces skinned mesh by unbound mesh and transfers skinning data Smart Pivot Reorientation: pivot orientations are recomputed in animation mode according to how they are edited in Bind Pose .obj and .dae (Collada) formats can now be imported Target size now customizable for each Inverse Kinematics/Reverse foot handle Enhancements Display: OS-Driven High Resolution management Settings: Exposed a “quality vs performances” Rendering preference to let user choose between Fast/Balanced/Beautiful rendering (PC only,…
- akeytsu 2020 Loyalty Offer - 13 September 2019
Hi akeytsu users, A loyalty offer is now available for akeytsu Indie 2020. Please visit the store page and choose akeytsu Indie 2020 Upgrade to take advantage of a discounted price. The offer only applies if you own akeytsu Indie 2017. We remind you that akeytsu Indie 2017 will not benefit from future updates going forward. Product roadmap with upcoming features can be consulted on akeytsu Indie 2020 store page. Best, The Nukeygara Team https://store.steampowered.com/app/1125100/akeytsu_Indie_2020/
- Akeytsu User Survey - 9 April 2019
Dear users, We value your opinion highly and would like you to tell us about your experience. We have prepared a quick survey to know how we are doing, what to improve and where to take Akeytsu next. Typically this will take less than 10 min to complete. Click the link here to get started. Thank you, We appreciate your support towards Akeytsu
- Akeytsu 1.2.1 available - 1 November 2018
Hi guys, Here's a quick update! Version 1.2.1 Crash Fixes - Fixed a V1.2.0 crash, when loading a file: ---- Containing Reverse Foot controllers ---- Containing other controllers (like IKs) created AFTER these Reverse Foot controllers
- Akeytsu 1.2.0 available - 30 October 2018
Hi Akeytsu friends, We hope you are all fine (surely preparing Halloween ;-)). Here in Lyon, our team stays focused on V2 features. However we don't forget you so please find a new version of Akeytsu. Enjoy... and happy Halloween ;-) Version 1.2.0 Enhancements - IK and Reverse Foot rework ---- More stable ---- More accurate ---- Transform actions more accurate ---- Backward compatibility (ability to reload old files containing RF) - In BindPose/RefPose, when you move an ancestor of an IK/RF string, IK/RF controller is now moved relatively - Meshes are now optimized at import and file loading - Tree: When a character has no more joint, his meshes are unskinned - Skin Atelier: Removed 0. step in weight spinner, restored weight edition with weight buttons - Added selection "Descendants Only" on Middle Mouse Button click (useful to quickly select all fingers!) - Added display preferences, a…
- Future blendshape friend :-) - 7 September 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26288417%2Fd011eb10322ec2fda2a7ce94d729956f82d85c88.png Heyy! First glimpse of your future "blendshape friend"! Let's call him Akeyshape, for the moment. We are impatient to show you more about this (very nice) model. A bit more patience ;-)
- Press Review: Animation Magazine - 7 September 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26288417%2F87535ee478227d3d895f89945426a0ea9ff83886.png Hi guys, That's it! Time to return from the summer holidays (including the Nukey team already at work to cook you some very nice V2 features ;-)). By the way we really hope you spent some nice and shiny holidays. What about to (re)starting well with the fresh and nice Animation Magazine Akeytsu review by Todd Sheridan Perry? Enjoy ;-) https://www.nukeygara.com/about-us/press
- Press Review: 3D Artist - 25 May 2018
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F26288417%2F9a22b48ead05ac93a8f00edc5737e097d884fa87.png Hi everybody! New Akeytsu 1.0 review by Paul Champion from 3D Artist (issue #116). Thanks Paul! Know that facial blendshapes are already in development for V2 ;-) https://www.nukeygara.com/about-us/press
