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3ds max

Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.

Thursday, June 8th, 2023

Check out the new features in the popular object scattering tool, including updates to ForestSets.

Monday, June 5th, 2023

Free iOS scanning app turns smartphone photos into 3D models. Check out its new features.

Saturday, June 3rd, 2023

Interesting hard surface modelling add-on gets support for real-time cuts for quick shape exploration.

Thursday, June 1st, 2023

Check out the new features in the popular parametric modelling plugin and its built-in asset libraries.

Thursday, May 25th, 2023

Significant update to the production renderer adds beta support for AMD graphics cards, plus a new Distortion Utility shader.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

3D modelling and rendering app gets improvements to the Boolean modifier and to animation workflow.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

Games artist Mihail Lupu's neat $45 script lets you create or edit organic models directly inside Max.

Thursday, May 11th, 2023

Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Check out the key specs and benchmark scores for AMD's first RDNA 3 GPUs for pro CG work.

Thursday, April 13th, 2023

Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023