3DS Max News

updated QuasiKrystal has announced that its new render pass and generic task manager for 3dsMax called RenderStacks is out now.  According to the release it shares similarities with RPManager, LPass Manager, Prism, StateSet, and Scene State but is "aiming to be a lot smarter, faster and more stable". (more...)

KitBash3D has announced that its stock assets are now compatible with Unreal, Unity (HDRP & Built-In), and Houdini. (more...)

VFX Assets has released a free high altitude cloud VDB in 3 voxel sizes tested with Houdini, 3DS Max and Maya. The asset can be downloaded from Gumroad. This is a sample of a larger commercial collection of 60 high altitude clouds, also available from Gumroad.

3DS Meetup's next broadcast will take place tomorrow, August 6 at 7PM UK. time. This month's presentations are by Dan Moore from VFX house Framestore, Ivaylo Begov  from Cosmoscube, Emil Rasmussen winner of The Rookies Awards Archviz category, and Mads Lind Nicolaisen winner of The Rookies Awards Archviz Runner-up.  (more...)

RenderStacks has released a new demo of its new render pass and task manager for 3ds Max in action. In this tutorial that goes over a typical workflow you will learn how to set up 4 different passes with different cameras, resolution, HDRI environment, and lighting. Then, make previews for all the passes in a single click. Watch it on YouTube.

Soft8Soft has announced the latest version of Verge3D, its  artist-friendly toolkit for creating 3D interactive web applications. (more...)

Redshift Rendering Technologies has released a preview of Redshift RT,  a new rendering mode that attempts to dramatically improve interactivity to get "close to real-time performance" while maintaining  the same shaders, lights, and options as regular Redshift Core. (more...)

We're getting reports from readers that Autodesk has sent out emails announcing 3ds Max Indie will be available "worldwide" from August 7, 2020.  (more...)

Jaime Cardoso's latest tutorial explains how to get up and running with Verge3D, an application that works alongside 3ds Max, Blender and Maya that allows users to create interactive experiences without coding. Watch it on YouTube. 

Joker Martini has released a new tool for 3ds Max that allows the user to apply vertex colors based on a variety of conditions. It is possible to set vertex colors by Object, Element or vertex based on several properties such as distance, their position, the order in which they were selected, their names, or randomly.  (more...)