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3ds max

Check out the latest features in the 3D modeling and animation app, from the new Smart Extrude system to LookdevX, Arnold and Bifrost.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2024

Control Max with text commands: type in a description of what you want to create and have this GPT-based plugin do the work for you.

Thursday, March 21st, 2024

Download free, fully rigged human characters with Reallusion's animation-friendly CC3+ Base topology. For commercial use.

Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024

Sizeable updates to the shattering and dynamics plugin add new Fast Stacking & Deactivation solver, new fracturing and simulation controls.

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

Production renderer gets native support for the hardware-accelerated ray tracing technology in Apple's new M3 processors.

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024

Check out the new features in the free photogrammetry app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, including better scan cropping tools.

Thursday, February 15th, 2024

New small-form-factor 16GB card is the cheapest Ada Generation pro GPU. See how it performs in CG apps like 3ds Max, Maya and V-Ray.

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024

Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.

Sunday, February 4th, 2024

Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2024

Discover how to create AAA-quality assets for games with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to hard-surface modeling and texturing work.

Saturday, January 27th, 2024

Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.

Thursday, January 25th, 2024