3DS Max News

Shater Studio has announced Substance Painter Ultimate Bridge, a new script for exporting objects, textures and materials between 3ds Max and Substance Painter. (more...)

Marius Silaghi has released TurboTriSmooth, a new modifier for 3ds Max that subdivides triangle meshes while promising to produce smoother results and nicer topology than standard TurboSmooth. (more...)

Autodesk has released 3 new tutorials in which  3ds Max Principal Experience Designer Martin Coven uses the new downloadable Retopology Tools to retopologise CAD data, a scanned mesh, and a booleaned model. 

Chaos Group has announced the its real time rendering application Project Lavina is out of beta and has been renamed Chaos Vantage. (more...)

Updated: Polygon flow has posted a very promising looking demo video of GraphN. You can watch it on YouTube

Former TD and Content Evangelism Lead at Quixel and Epic Games Adnan Chaumette has launched Polygonflow, a new software development company built on the idea of creating "a new concept around which tools are made, shared and maintained".  (more...)

The final 3ds Meetup TV stream of the year takes place tonight (02/12/2020) at 7pm GMT. This month there's something a bit different with Autodesk's Zap Andersson providing electronic music twists on festive tunes, Gianpiero Monopoli from State of Art Academy will be joining to discuss the upcoming Academy Days 2020, Fabio Palvelli and Jason Bergeron from D2 Conferences will discuss the upcoming D2 Holidaytime Spectacular, plus Elena V Miller, one of the 2020 CGArchitect 3D Awards judges, will join after the post-ceremony. The December 3ds Meetup TV event will be streaming live on YouTube.

A number of companies will be offering discounts during this year’s Black Friday (November 27) and Cyber Monday (November 30) sales.  Details are already starting to be released and so, as we do every year, we're collecting a list for our readers.   (more...)

iToo Software has announced a beta version of Forest Pack 7, the latest version of its scattering plugin for 3ds Max. (more...)

Motiva has announced the release of Layama 1.2, the latest version of its tool for creating 360-degree tours in just a few clicks. New features include the ability to create different scene sets, (more...)

Future has announced the Vertex 2021 conference, its event organised by 3D World and ImagineFX magazine. Like most conferences at the moment, this one will be virtual, but the organisers are promising collaborative doodling, virtual life drawing, an "exhibitor hall" and of course presentations from artists. Tickets cost £25. Find out more on the event's website.