Glenn Melenhorst has updated his site with more of his work. Check out these very nice images and animations. A couple of the later feature Max animation integrated with Terragen.

Discreet has been working on a sample gmax game pack (a Quake 3 level editor called "Hades") to show that games companies can make game editors with 3ds max technology and have near complete control over the toolset and UI. For example, Macromedia Flash can be used within the UI and each Flash button or widget can fire off a max command or a full maxscript.
Check out the snapshots from Hades: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4. (more...)

Three of the premiere atmospheric plugins developers have put their heads together to tackle one of MAX's long-standing shortcomings : the inproper mixing, and indeed layering, of atmospheric effects. (more...)

cebas Computer GmbH, Germany, just opened www.finalrender.com to the public, containing an overview of the new renderer's core features and some sample material.

Reyes-Infografica wants betatesters for its CartoonReyes plugin. If you are interested check out the requirements at Reyes-Infografica's site.

DvGarage announced the release of its first product, "The dvG Surface Toolkit", a collection of images and tutorials specifically designed to add the final touches of reality to both 2D and 3D projects. The Surface Toolkit includes 150 "grime" images along with step-by-step tutorials and project files to accelerate the learning process. The images included can be used for everything from building organic surfaces to brushed metal. The product can be purchased through dvGarage's distribution partner, Toolfarm.com for $249.95.

Kaydara announced it will unveil FiLMBOX version 3.0 at NAB 2001. The latest version of FiLMBOX further extends the content-authoring ability with significant improvements to the character animation process, providing both high-level controls and advanced animated parameters. FiLMBOX provides integration with all major 3D packages, including Max, Maya, LightWave and Softimage|3D.

javakitty Media has released a beta version of vid2flash, an application that converts video files into Flash files. The program converts "mpeg", "avi" and "mov" files into swf format. The price for the full beta is $25. A demo version (with watermarking) is available for download.