FisheyeRender is a Max plugin to render dome masters (Planetarium projections), or circular fisheye images of a scene. It provides a quick way to create accurate equidistant projection images in Max. Version 4.0 offers Max 2010 32/64-bit compatibility (previous releases also supported). More at PineappleWare.
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Great thats the first time I see the word dome master on a professional 3d Website! Still for me the best way generating fisheye images in 3ds max is the vray dome camera!
Thanks Joachim. We always try to give context and vocabulary to news items, it’s great to see readers appreciate. Thanks also for posting the info on the VRay dome camera, it may help others who follow this news item. More dome camera and lens options can be found at Maxplugins, courtesy of Dave Baker:
Mental Ray Lens shaders:
http://www.maxplugins.de/mentalray.php?range=Lens&sort=Author
Brazil also supports various lens settings that allow for rendering fisheye images for dome projections:
http://splutterfish.com/sf/WebContent/B4MaxFeatures
And so does FinalRender:
http://www.cebas.com/index.php?pid=product&prd_id=75&feature=874