Allegorithmic creates $99 Substance Designer licence
Identical to the full $590 edition, but intended for non-commercial use by hobbyists and games modders.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
3ds max
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 2.0
Normal mapping toolkit gets new image-editing controls, faster algorithms, 15 built-in grunge maps.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Ephere ships Ornatrix 2
Popular 3ds Max hair-simulation plugin gains full support for V-Ray and Max's MassFX physics system.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Ephere ships Zookeeper 2
3ds Max plugin for taming large production scenes gets cleaner, faster UI, updates to the tree and schematic views.
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Imagination announces Series2 raytracing boards
New OpenRL cards will accelerate Caustic Visualizer real-time raytracing plugins for Max, Maya.
Thursday, November 29th, 2012
Otoy ships OctaneRender standalone & Poser plugin
Standalone version of the physically based GPU renderer finally ships to join the 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
AAA Studio to release FurryBall for 3ds Max
While you're waiting: version 3.2 of the Maya edition of the GPU renderer is out, and the price has been cut.
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012
Mir Vadim releases RayFire 1.60 for 3ds Max
Control how objects fracture with texture maps via the plugin's cool new RayFire Trace system.
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Allan McKay releases two new free FumeFX tutorials
Watch the 3ds Max effects expert deconstruct a fire sim from the Young Empires' White Doves video.
Monday, November 26th, 2012
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
Cyber Radiance releases Hair Farm 2.0
Popular 3ds Max hair solution now supports Maxwell Render; support for V-Ray and finalRender improved.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Try this at home: outdoor mini-sculpture with 3ds Max
Watch Greg Petchkovsky create this cool little piece via image-based modelling and 3D printing.
Monday, November 12th, 2012