Discover how pioneering CG short Construct was created
Director Kevin Margo explores Construct's advances in real-time ray tracing at a free event at Gnomon next week.
Monday, October 22nd, 2018
3ds max
Free tool Materialize converts photos to PBR materials
Game dev Mike Voeller's promising free app turns source images into texture maps for PBR shading.
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Preflight prepares 3ds Max models for export to UE4
SiNi Software's new plugin automatically identifies missing textures and fixes doubled or flipped faces.
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
thinkingParticles 6.7 ships
Big update to the 3ds Max particle plugin's fluid simulation tools adds new options for generating waves, water levels and diffusion effects.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Kinematic Lab releases TopoLogiK for 3ds Max
Neat new $35 plugin lets users retopologise models by drawing poly sheets across their surface.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
Review: Dell Precision 7920 Tower workstation
Jason Lewis puts Dell's top-of-the-range graphics workstation through a battery of real-world DCC tasks.
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
IKMAX lets you rig characters in 'seconds, not minutes'
3DtoAll's plugin aims to let 3ds Max, C4D and Maya users 'avoid tedious s**t' in rigging and skinning.
Thursday, October 4th, 2018
AXYZ design ships anima 3.5
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation plugin's new 'alive' technology synchronises cameras and geometry with the host app.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.2
Release adds new Fluid Loader object for tweaking and rendering cached sims, further updates to Alembic and OSL.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Free tool MeshSync live links Unity to DCC software
Open-source app syncs geometry, lights and cameras between Unity and 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and MotionBuilder.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Check out promising 3ds Max scattering plugin NeatScatter
Interesting new tool generates detailed, non-overlapping patterns of instances for close-up shots.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Try V-Ray Cloud for free
Now in open beta: push-button cloud render service lets you launch jobs directly inside 3ds Max or Maya. Free for a limited time.
Monday, August 13th, 2018
Allegorithmic ships Substance for 3ds Max 2.0
Free plugin for editing Substance materials in 3ds Max now supports animation and network rendering.
Friday, August 10th, 2018