MARI Tool Kit v1.6 for MODO

It is time for a new update of my MARI Tool Kit. I refined the UI and gave it a couple of nice icons. Besides that I have rewritten the image import which is now faster and now able to sort all the imported files into mask groups. So each UDIM has then its own mask group and its textures. If the user defines an entity as well all UDIM groups are nested under their entity. This makes working with all textures in modo very easy.
Besides that the user has various tools for integrating manually imported textures like set the UV offset or shader effect, gamma correction and create UDIM selection sets.

Currently it is supported for MODO 701 and 801. It doesn't utilise the UDIM features of the new MODO version but I am working on it and there will soon be an update to v1.6.1
So if you are a modonaut and have MARI in the pipeline you might want to give it a try. Download it from my github.

MacPass - finally a nice OS X version of KeePass

It is not easy to find a keepass program for OS X. There is KeePassX which is oaky but looks like a bad port from windows and still lacks functionality. Then there is KyPass Companion which I also bought. And my honest advice is to stay away from it.
For its seven bucks it costs it doesn't give you more than a better looking UI but it still feels cheaply made and also lacks basic features. Why did I bought it? The beta phase ended (well at least for the developer) and I couldn't open the database anymore in KeePassX. So I bit the bullet and bought it to still be able to access my keys.
And now I found MacPass and it is awesome. It is still not finished and still has some UI flaws but it is freeware, open source and really looks like a OS X app. And the developers care about its functionality and the design.

MacPass

So if you are a Mac and keepass user give it a try.