Domingos Silva releases Massive importer for Max
Updated: Get animated crowds of up to 50 into 3ds Max for rendering. Version 1.5 now available in beta.
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
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The making of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo's titles
Watch a breakdown showing how Blur Studio created the oil-drenched 150-second opening sequence.
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
CGschool releases free 90-minute Onyx Trees tutorial
Create vegetation with the OnyxTREE STORM, Onyx2Max and OnyxGRASS plug-ins for 3ds Max.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
Read excerpts of Jamie Cardoso's new book for free
Arch viz artist posts extracts from 3D Realism: Practical and Easy Workflows on his blog.
Monday, December 26th, 2011
Maide Control: control Maya or 3ds Max via your iPad
Clever app lets users to navigate 3D scenes or apply modelling commands via the touch screen.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
HDR Labs ships sIBL_GUI 4.0
Free tool for creating 'Smart IBL' setups for faster HDR renders gets new UI and performance boost.
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Artur Leão releases iDevCam 1.5 for 3ds Max
Free update to the virtual camera control iPhone app gives smoother camera moves in every dimension.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
iCube releases CityTraffic 2 plugin for 3ds Max
Free update to vehicle animation tool gets completely rewritten AI system for simulating traffic flow.
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
KeyShot to get native support for 3ds Max, Maya
New plugins will let easy-to-use real-time renderer to play nicely with DCC software, not just CAD apps.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011
Marius Silaghi releases TopoRelax for 3ds Max
New modifier relaxes meshes without altering their volume: handy for sculpting and morph targets.
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 2.0 for 3ds Max
GPU-accelerated fluid simulator gets new tools for creating foam and splashes, better viewport preview.
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Read 100 3ds Max tips from Autodesk's Jamie Gwilliam
Autodesk UK's 3ds Max expert comes to the end of his 100-day tips marathon. Read the results here.
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Get Kaboom: free explosion tool for 3ds Max 2012
Laurent Renaud updates his animated shattering tool to work with 3ds Max 2012's MassFX physics.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011