Shade 3D is a 3D modeling, rendering, animation, 3D printing computer program developed by e frontier Japan and published by Mirye Software.
[3] Shade was first published in Japan in the mid 1980s, making it one of the oldest 3D applications on macOS and Windows.
E Frontier, a Japanese software company acquired Shade from its previous owner ExpressionTools in the early 2000s.
E Frontier America sold its directly owned assets to Smith Micro.
In 2009, Mirye Software started localization and publishing of Shade in the English language worldwide until 2014 December.
After then, Shade3D Co., Ltd is now handling both Japanese and English version development and worldwide marketing included Japan.
Shade 9 introduced Particle Physics, Collision Detection, new Polygon Modeling Tools, Hair Salon, Parallax Bump Mapping, improvements to PoserFusion, previewing and HDRI import and export.