Greenbriar Studio 3D Tools

Custom 3D Tools
by Greenbriar Studio

ToolBox - Custom 3D Modeler and Animator
GRRen - Renderman Compatible Renderer
(Renderman copyright Pixar, Inc.)
plus
Tools for
Lightwave, Cinema 4D,
Maya and Strata
Mac and PC

Specializing in tools for creating and transporting hi-res fully rigged models,
Morphing Systems, Mocap translation tools,
Animation Tools, Game Export Systems, Renderers
and custom programming for film and general animation

Lightwave Tools
Cinema 4D Tools
Maya Tools
Strata Tools
Game Tools

Lightwave Tools

Animation Loader
Loads Poser animation and bvh files and Mimic files into LW!
Conformer
Conform boned figures together in LW. Make your clothes behave!
CR2 Loader
CR2 Rigger
Directly import Poser figures from their CR2 file, includes all morphs and textures. Rig in Layout with complete parented skeleton and props. For LW use and creation of new Poser morphs. Now supports Poser 5 and its compressed files.
Load Obj as Morph
Load any exported obj file as a LW morph.
Export / Load Poses
Export poses to a file so they can be easily reloaded onto the same or different figures.
Write Morphs
Output a set of endomorphs as separate .obj files for creating Poser morph targets.
Write Morphs by Part
Create a single body level endomorph and have it output as separate .obj files for each body part for creating Poser morph targets.
Mirror Morphs
Create a morph on one right or left named part of a figure and have it automatically created, reversed, on the opposite part.
Export / Load Endomorphs
Export endomorphs to a file so they can be easily reloaded onto different figures.
Shade Weights
Auto shade Weight Maps
Write Weights
Load Weights
Saves the current weight map set to a text file and restores..
Map Game Export
Export 3dGS map and Wad files from LW
MDL7 Game Export
Export 3dGS mdl7 animated files from LW

Announcements:

January 2 , 2008

We are not Closed!

The wonderful Earthlink off-shore customer service folks,
when asked to fix a DSL email issue,
went into our business account and shut down and erased all our websites
and email addresses.
We will have everything back up shortly.

Our email is back up.
If you emailed us Dec 30 - Jan 2, please resend!

December 16 , 2007

LW CR2 Loader now Available for Intel Mac LW 9.3.1
Free Upgrade for current customers only at this time, as only CR2 Loader and CR2 Rigger
have been converted to Universal plugins.
All tools should be available for purchase in Universal Mac format by Jan 1.

July 5, 2007

GRRen Render Server and Client now available
Render Farm software. Clients run on Windows, Mac Universal and Linux.
Full info in the new ToolBox Manual.

And GRRen 1.1 now available on Linux!

May 19, 2007

GRRen 1.1 Update

GRRen 1.1 Free Update adds Raytracing functions
(Reflection, Refraction and Shadows)
Plus True Displacement Mapping
Coming Soon - GRRen Linux

ToolBox III and IV updated to 2.1
to Support new GRRen features

Updated Demo set also now Available

May 1 , 2007

GRRen

Greenbriar Poly Renderer now available
for Windows XP and Mac Universal !

More GRRen Info

Special Intro Sale!
Animation Creation Package - almost 50% off !

ToolBox IV plus GRRen for only $400 !
Includes 2 ToolBox licenses (PC only) plus 4 GRRen licenses for any combination Windows or Mac.

(Special Upgrade to package from ToolBox III - $250, from I and II - $335)

(Order buttons for the Specials are on the Order page for a limited time.)

ToolBox IV Dynamic now available!
Includes dynamics, hair, cloth and particles, sound and many additions for making movies

More ToolBox Info

New ToolBox IV Demo now includes GRRen Demo !
Email for Demo copy

April 5 , 2007

Maya 8.5 Tools now available for Mac Universal!

March 16 , 2007

C4D 10 Tools now available for PC and Mac!

Maya 8.5 Tools now available for PC!
Mac Tools coming soon.

Coming soon - Renderman compatible, polygon optimized ToolBox Renderer
Realistic plus special built in Toon Output.
Need an affordable mini render farm for that realistic or toon movie you're planning?

October 17 , 2006

We just got our first screen credit for a feature film!
Down in the Visual effects section of the credits of "One Night with the King".
This work is what led to the Acclaim Tools packages that are compatible with Massive, the animation software written for LOTR.

September 3, 2006

StrataCX 5.0 is out with our Bone and mesh control system.

StrataCX Poser tools available soon through Strata.

June 25 , 2006

Email Warning! - My main email (my name at Greenbriar Studio) has been down for a week. Earthlink has not been able to fix it yet.
Please use grnbriar at mindspring dot com for the moment for questions!

May 10 , 2006

Strata Tools Coming VERY Soon!

Poser importer, Morph system, Animation Importer
And with a new Skeleton and IK system for Strata, a First!
Poser models that move in Strata like they do in Poser!
Load and animate! No weight maps to adjust!
Like my ToolBox app, Strata will now have a Poser compatible mesh deformer!

Now use the great Strata renderer with Poser models!

My first try in Strata with Victoria 3 and Riki Blue by Thorne and Sarsa

September 11 , 2005

Poser 6 upgrade now available for All Greenbriar Poser tools!
ToolBox, Lightwave, Cinema 4D and Maya 7

Available to registered users via email request.
The updated manuals are now on the website.
(Not available for Maya 5 or Cinema 4D 8)

Unretouched Winter Queen loaded into ToolBox 1.013

Acclaim Animation Tools now available !
For Maya, Cinema 4D and ToolBox

Import and export ASF and AMC files and convert bvh to to asf/amc
Available in a ToolBox version and as packages for C4D and Maya
Maintains compatibility wih Massive animation files

Acclaim Info Page

Nov 28, 2004

ToolBox

Alexis by Angielyn
Shadows through Trans Mapped Hair with Pixar PRMan in ToolBox III

A complete 3D editor for the Price of a Plugin!
For Poser content and Game system development

ToolBox Info Page

Movie with sound - created with ToolBox II
with Mimic import. Demo of a Mimic sample sound file.
Rendered with Renderman to QuickTime.

Download Movie Here (.5 M - QuickTime 6 Mpeg 4)
(Select Save Link As to Download or Click to view in Browser)

Shipping with LW8:

The New built in Morph engine and interface
by Greenbriar Studio

DownLoad ToolBox and GRRen Doc - .pdf
(Select Save Link As to Download)

DownLoad LW Tool Set Doc - .pdf
(Select Save Link As to Download)
Covers all of our LW Tools

DownLoad C4D Tool Set Doc - .pdf
(Select Save Link As to Download)
Covers all of our C4D Tools

DownLoad Maya Tool Set Doc - .pdf
(Select Save Link As to Download)
Covers all of our Maya Tools

Greenbriar Tools

ToolBox I, II, III,IV
3D Editors for creating Game and Poser content. Versions for game level building, animated model construction and export and game cut scene and stand alone animations.

GRRen - Greenbriar Poly Renderer
Film quality Renderer designed to work withToolBox. Includes special Toon, Auto Shadows and custom particle modes.

Acclaim Mocap Tools for Maya, C4D and ToolBox
Import, Edit and Export Acclaim ASF/AMC files. Convert BVH to Acclaim. Maintains compatibility with Massive animation files.

Cinema 4D Tools

CR2 Loader for C4D
Directly import Poser figures from their CR2 file, includes all morphs and textures. Rigs with complete parented skeleton and props.

Export Morph to .OBJ
Export Morph Tags and Polygon morphs to Poser compressed morph format. Splits body morphs into Poser body part morph targets.

Morph System for C4D
Morph Controller to go with CR2 Loader that gives full morph functionality with C4D Basic!

Conformer for C4D
Conform boned figures together in C4D. Make your clothes behave!

Maya Tools

CR2 Loader for Maya
Directly import Poser figures from their CR2 file, includes all morphs and textures. Rigs with complete parented skeleton and props.

Animation Loader for Maya
Import Poser animation to figures created with CR2 Loader. Loads Pose, Mimic and bvh files.

trueSpace / gameSpace Tools
Ou tools are currently availble from the Caligari website and included in the new gameSpace 1.5 edition