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update

Mainly standardisation with other Autodesk apps and UI updates, but also support for stereo workflow.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

Latest update to game engine adds waves, foam generated at shorelines, Bokeh effects.

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Texturing tool gets new mirror function, fractal noise shaders and Python integration - but no official support for ATI GPUs yet.

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and LightWave plug-ins all now compatible with Maxwell Fire interactive renderer.

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Advantage Packs add iray renderer for 3ds Max; Composite, MatchMover and multiphysics for Softimage.

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including nifty new Select Details options in the AI-based Object Selection tool.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.

Thursday, April 24th, 2025

Get JustB Studios' 1850s Post Office Environment pack of 3D assets for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025

Real-time physics framework used in game engines and offline simulation tools for 3ds Max and Maya is now fully open-source.

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025