Adobe Dimension is a

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developed and published by

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operating systems. It was founded as Project Felix on March 28, 2017, and became Dimension on October 18, 2017.

Overview

Unlike with other modeling programs such as

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, models are not created in Dimension. Instead, Dimension is a photo-based mockup editor where models, photos and textures need to be created in third-party software before being imported into Dimension. Once in Dimension, models and images can be composed into arrangements before being rendered to

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2D images.

History

Originally relying on the

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rendering engine, Adobe switched to its own 3D rendering engine called Adobe Rendering Engine (ARE) with the release of Dimension CC2.2 in April 2019, and stated that support for external rendering engines may be considered in the future. On June 23, 2021, Adobe released Adobe Substance 3D Stager, which is part of the Adobe Substance 3D Collection and not included with the Creative Cloud All Apps subscription. Adobe Dimension is still available and included in the Creative Cloud All Apps plan. Adobe has committed to providing support for the original Dimension program.

Dimensions

Historically, Adobe released a similar program called Adobe Dimensions from 1992 to 1997,A few About boxes from vintage Mac applications
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into simple 3D renders, similarly to Specular LogoMotion or

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References

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