Tagged 'News'

Motiva COLIMO 1.0! for windows now shipping with the beta price until Dec. 25

28 votes

I'm glad to announce that COLIMO 1.0! RC1 (finished but manual still needs a review) has been released.

Thanks to all the Luxology staff is a must since they kindly have help us to bring this app to Modo 501 using the new SDK.

The current price 79€ will be kept until Christmas day. In that date the final 1.0! will be released and the price will be raised to 139€. We've delay this release date to offer the modo 501 customers the change of get it at beta price for some days.

New Tool for 3ds Max - RenderFlow Beta

28 votes

David Holmedal has written a node based render manager for 3dsmax and is making it available immediately to anyone who is interested ...for free. More information is available on his website http://www.davidholmedal.com/renderflow.php

Description:
RenderFlow is a nodebased render manager. It allows you to setup your
render passes much like you would set up a composite in programs such as
Shake. This gives you a clear overview of what is going on in the scene. It
is easy to use, you decide the complexity as you go along.

Dual Quaternion finally landed on 3dsmax!

27 votes

3dsmax has linear vertex blending for skinning by default, this causes a lot of artifact during bones rotation, especially
the classic candywrap effect. Dual Quaternion skinning mantains volume a lot better, BUT it cannot be used alone as general solution. In some situations you still would like to mantain linear skinning AND with XrayBlendSkin YOU CAN!
You can even paint the amount of Dual Quaternions influence.
Features:
- Dual quaternion skinning to avoid candy wrap artifacts
- Interactive bind between linear and dual quaternions.
- Paint blending

Blur Studio releases Py3dsMax beta

27 votes

Amazing news for those of you looking to make the switch to Python.

"We have developed a way to run Python as a complete replacement of Maxscript in 3dsMax, utilizing Python and PyQt to develop tools, we're hoping to revolutionize the ability to develop fast, efficient and powerful utilities.

All the information you need to get going can be found at our new development website:

http://blur-dev.googlecode.com "

Read the full, original post by Eric Hulser on CGS - http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=816475

9 years of ScriptSpot

24 votes

May has come and is nearly gone but is a special month for ScriptSpot - this is the 9th year since ScriptSpot was created. 9 years... Wow. So - what does this mean? Not much this year but I do think next year should be big! I'm thinking everything from competitions to giveaways to a major site refresh. If you've got some ideas or just would like to help out over the coming year shoot me an email or leave a comment below.

Christopher Grant
ScriptSpot.com

Happy New Year!

23 votes

To everyone here on ScriptSpot - as we watch 2008 come to a close around the world, here's to a great and prosperous new year!

Thank you all for visiting and stay safe tonight!

Christopher Grant
ScriptSpot.com

SoulburnScripts Updated Sept 18th 2008

20 votes

NOTICE: I had to make some major changes to sLib to remove several recursion bugs that could cause max to crash. I've successfully removed the bugs, but it's possible I may have introduced new ones, despite a lot of testing to make sure all of the functions still work correctly. If you see any weirdness where scripts you know worked aren't working as expected anymore, please get in touch with me immediately. Thanks.

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

Maxscript programmer needed in Bangkok

19 votes

International animation company seeking for maxscript experts.
The job position is located in Bangkok, Thailand.
Please send CV and personal contact info to the following address:
[email protected] (English or Thai),
[email protected]
or call:
080-050-5414 Tick

FaceFX Facial Animation Plugin for 3DS Max released for $199

18 votes

FaceFX Plugin

The facial animation solution powering over 150 triple-A game titles is now being sold as an affordable line of plugins for several popular Autodesk animation packages, including 3ds Max. For $199, the same technology driving blockbuster video game characters is available to animators on a shoestring budget. To make the deal even sweeter, a single FaceFX plugin license can be shared across team members on different computers using a flexible and powerful licensing system.

Major flaw revealed in Internet Explorer; users urged to switch

17 votes

This isn't particularly related to 3ds Max but there is (I've heard a patch may have already gone out) a very serious IE vulnerability that can allow any saved passwords to be stolen by a malicious website. According to the article - security pro's a recommending switching browsers (at least for the time being) to one of the alternatives such as Firefox or Google Chrome.

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/111811

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