Tagged 'News'

Chaos Group to present new developments at SIGGRAPH 2010

Submitted by chaossw on Wed, 2010-07-07 07:01
58 votes

Chaos Group will be giving demos of Phoenix and V-Ray RT at this year’s SIGGRAPH. They will also be holding a public event showing how V-Ray can be integrated with post production tools into studios’ pipelines. Also of note, Chaos Group and the CGschool will be offering an 8-hour thorough training event called “The Best of V-Ray” that covers various issues including speed, detail, and noise in renders, animation techniques for static and non-static scenes, practical lighting of exterior and interior scenes, etc.

Chaos Group Booth 612
SIGGRAPH Exhibition floor 27th-29th of July, 9.30-6.00 pm

More at www.chaosgroup.com

3ds Max 2014 Extension Available

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2013-09-30 09:41
1 vote

The latest subscription extension for 3ds Max 2014 is available for download within your Autodesk subscription account.

Key features for this update are Point Cloud Support, Python Scripting & Stereo Camera (available via Autodesk Exchange).

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/maxstation/n212-extension-for-autodesk-3d...

Max to Sunflow Exporter v0.22 released

Submitted by maxplugins on Tue, 2008-01-08 10:30

I've released a new version of the SunFlow Exporter. This one adds a number of small features and bugfixes:

- adds the "Enable Jitter" option to the Sampling settings
- adds support for spherical cameras (the old exporter only had support for the fisheye camera)
- adds an option for importance sampling to the IBL settings
- adds a setting for SunSky turbidity

SoulburnScripts Updated July 18th 2008

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2008-07-21 08:02
14 votes

(Copied from Neil Blevins' email list)

Created one new script:

polyCountSelector: Selects objects based on their facecount.

Updated several older scripts, here's the major updates:

bitmapCollector: Now searches your mappaths and local maxdir for missing bitmaps.
modifierUtilities: Added a new mode for selecting objects with uVWMapping Modifiers with a specific map channel.

Congratulation to MAXPlugins.de

Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2010-07-12 13:08
46 votes

Everyone's favorite plugin resource site - maxplugins.de is celebrating their 10th anniversary today! A huge thanks to David Baker who not only keeps maxplugins.de updated but maintains the sourcecode of many free plugins for each new version of 3ds Max!

Read David's anniversary post here: http://www.maxplugins.de/maxnews.php#id4705

Autoweight 1.0 Promotion Video

Submitted by kogen on Sat, 2013-11-02 06:43
0 votes

Hi guys

just wanted to share the news with you:
Autoweight 1.0 is about to be release shortly.

This video features some workflow impressions using the new version.
Autoweight's core was completely rewritten to provide you with more stability and speed.

"RE-launch" Raffle #3 - Win PolyBoost for 3ds max!

Submitted by Admin on Tue, 2007-02-27 03:02
12 votes

This week we have FOUR licenses of Polyboost up for grabs! For those who might be new to the raffle, ScriptSpot is celebrating its "RE-launch" as an all new community scripting site with some great prizes for the community!


Congratulations! Our Winners Are:

zeronove, PetrZ, cliffbrannon, and Georg Duemlein

 

Max to Sunflow Exporter v0.24 released

Submitted by maxplugins on Tue, 2008-01-15 10:29

I've released another new version of the SunFlow Exporter. This one adds a few features and bugfixes:

- adds support for Hair and Fur modifiers
- adds support for the Amb-Occ shader
- adds support for Multi/Sub-Object materials
- adds a "Skip geometry" checkbox. Useful if you've already exported your geometry, and just want to fiddle with the materials or sunflow settings

3ds max select by name slow/fast

Submitted by turbinea on Sun, 2010-02-07 09:05
10 votes

For those who find "select by name" dialog in max 2008 and later, too slow, HERE is nice tip how to revert it into "old style and fast" mode.

Autodesk 3ds Max 20th Anniversary

Submitted by Admin on Thu, 2010-07-22 11:39
68 votes

Make sure to head on over to The Area for the 20th Anniversary of Autodesk 3ds Max!