3DS Max News

Chaos has announced the release of a public beta for Envision, a new architectural visualization and animation tool designed to expand on Enscape’s capabilities. While Enscape is aimed at architects for easy real-time rendering, Envision offers advanced features like ray-traced photorealism, realistic crowd animations, and support for massive scenes. (more...)

Black Friday is still over a week away, but a handful of deals have already started to become available and so, as we do every year, we're collecting a comprehensive list for our readers. This post was last updated on 26 November but check back often as more offers will be added as the information becomes available.

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Chaos has released Corona 12 Update 1 with including the Corona to Vantage Live Link and Chaos Cloud Collaboration. (more...)

Paul Neale has released a tutorial demonstrating how to create procedural vines in 3ds Max using built-in tools. The setup includes fully procedural vines, leaves, and flowers that dynamically grow and conform to objects in a scene. Watch the video on YouTube. 

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.5.

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Foundry has announced it will discontinue development of Modo, its 3D modeling tool, following the release of Modo 17.1 later this year. According to the press release, this it to concentrate on its core software offerings and develop new tools for the media and entertainment industry. (more...)

Phil Flag has released a new tool called Splash Screen Maker that allows 3ds Max users to customize the software’s loading screen. The tool, which is free to download, allows users to replace the default splash screen image with one of their choice. (more...)

Dimension 5 has announced the release of D5 Render version 2.9. Here's a list of the key features: (more...)

Chaos has announced the release of V-Ray 7, the latest version of its rendering software for 3ds Max. Here is a breakdown of the key features included in this release. (more...)

Autodesk has announced that Wonder Dynamics, who were acquired 5 months ago, has introduced Wonder Animation, a new AI-driven tool aimed at transforming video into animated 3D scenes for film production. (more...)