Artur Leao releases mScrub for 3ds Max
Handy little script lets animators scrub the timeline with their mouse wheel. Costs less than a coffee.
Friday, April 19th, 2013
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Autodesk opens app store to Maya, 3ds Max
Buy plugins, libraries and training through Autodesk's commission-free Exchange Apps store.
Monday, April 15th, 2013
Augment turns Max models into augmented realities
Free AR app for Android and iOS gets 3ds Max exporter, plus support for custom tracking markers.
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Raylight releases XrayCat Survival Toolkit for 3ds Max
Updated: New rigging plugin from the creators of XrayUnwrap and XrayBlendSkin has begun shipping.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 3.5
Free update to the texturing tool adds live link to Photoshop, new graph profiler, better 3D preview.
Friday, March 29th, 2013
Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2014
Watch videos of the new crowd system, mParticles, Perspective Match and pan and zoom tools.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Otoy announces Octane Render Cloud Edition
Developer aims to allow "every single 3D app" to process render jobs in the cloud on up to 128 GPUs.
Friday, March 22nd, 2013
3ds Max sneak peek: image-based lighting in mental ray
New Skylight Illumination from IBL option lets mental ray render scenes using an environment map properly
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Thinkbox Software announces Stoke MX
Drive dense particle simulations using data from lower-count sims from FumeFX or vanilla 3ds Max.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Otoy ships OctaneRender for LightWave
Updated: LW version of the GPU-based renderer enters open beta. Check out some nice new videos.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio
Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Faceware announces Retargeter 4.0
New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa MY
New Maya particle renderer produces 'pixel-identical' output to its 3ds Max sibling, runs on laptops.
Friday, February 22nd, 2013