Watch Autodesk's Siggraph 2011 masterclasses online
Free training sessions on next-gen head modelling, animation in Maya and Softimage, and VFX in Max.
Sunday, September 4th, 2011
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Sneak peek: see Krakatoa MX 2.0 in action
Check out a brace of videos showing off the new hair support in Thinkbox's 3ds Max render engine.
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Control crowds by painting maps with ScatterFX
New scattering script for 3ds Max enables users to control animation states by painting bitmap images.
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2
Game-focused texturing app gains vector paint, CrazyBump-style toolkit, OS X support and $350 Lite edition.
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Cebas demos finalRender 4GPU
User footage from the expo floor shows GPU acceleration in action in the upcoming 3ds Max renderer.
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
CGschool announces two new free 3ds Max webinars
Sign up now for classes in optimising system resources and use of the Onyx vegetation plug-ins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Thinkbox to unveil Krakatoa 2.0 MX
3ds Max renderer to support hair, improved Magma and fractals, and gain new standalone sibling app.
Monday, August 1st, 2011
New 3ds Max script ends misery of poly pushing
Manipulate rows of edges as if they were Bezier curves with Marius Silaghi's intuitive Smooth Edges.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Chaos Group announces Phoenix FD 2.0
3ds Max fluid-simulation plug-in to get foam, splashes and better GPU preview: sign up to beta test it now.
Monday, July 18th, 2011
Evermotion releases new unbiased renderer
Free open beta of NOX available even for commercial jobs. Includes plug-ins for 3ds Max and Blender.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
e-on ships Carbon Scatter for Maya and Cinema 4D
Previously Max-only instancing plug-in for creating natural environments goes multi-platform.
Friday, July 8th, 2011
Autodesk asks its users to 'Be Max' for viral ads
See Ken Pimentel, Allan McKay, Wayne Robson and other Max legends Spartacus it up on camera.
Friday, July 8th, 2011