V-Ray materials appear black in 3ds Max viewports
Issue: When opening a 3ds Max scene, some (or all) of the objects in the Viewport are shown in black. These objects may have previously had textures or materials applied to them. Environment: V-Ray (Chaos Group) Causes: Includes, but is not limited to: 3ds Max preference corruption Network communication errors Graphic driver outdated/corruption VRay installation […]
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BlackRay – real-time engine for 3DS Max
BlackRay is a new real-time renderer and game engine for 3DS Max in development by Hamid Memar. The engine is based on OpenGL and DirectX and is designed to run entirely inside Max. Though detailed information is limited at this point, according to the website, it has a physical sun and sky system including volumetric clouds. […]
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Project Manager 3 for 3DS Max released
KStudio has released Project Manager 3 for 3ds Max. New features include the ability to assign custom previews to materials, associate files with materials, and create a gallery of files associated with any type of assets including materials. it is also possible to create a description for a material and add materials to favourites. Project Manager costs […]
Read MoreUV Tools 3 for 3DS Max
HQ Details has released UV Tools 3, a scripted tool for 3DS Max that simplifies many processes for UV mapping that’s aimed at archviz, but that many artists may find handy. Features include the ability to move and rotate textures visually in the max viewport, the ability to align textures with the edges, simplified tools […]
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Clone Modifier pack for 3DS Max
John Martini has released a modifier pack that contains 3 plugins for creating linear, radial and grid clones. They work by copying an object with options to incrementally translate, rotate and scale. These settings can also be animated and multiple modifiers can be built-up in the stack for more complex results. The plugins are compatible with […]
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Arnold Scene Converter
Mads Drøschler has released a free tool for converting V-Ray and Corona scenes to Arnold. Supported materials include V-Ray material, V-Ray 2 Sided material, V-Ray Light material, V-Ray Blend Material and Corona material. Many map types are also supported. To see the full list, visit Mad’s website.Refer to some related articles: – Project Manager 3 for 3DS Max […]
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Copy and paste models between different apps
Origami Digital Software has released a set of plugins that allow the user to copy and paste geometry between different DCC apps. Supported programs include Modo, Lightwave, Blender, Maya, Houdini, C4D, Rhino, Sketchup, 3DS Max, XSI, Moi3D, ZBrush, Substance Painter, 3D Coat, Unity, and Mari. The plugins vary in support for what attributes of a […]
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Appleseed 2.1 beta released
A new version of Appleseed, the open-source renderer aimed at animation and VFX, is out now. Version 2.1 includes support for Cryptomatte AOVs, render checkpointing for resuming mult-pass renders, support for OSL shaders, a fisheye camera, the ability to control samples using a black and white mask, filter importance sampling, and more. Appleseed plugins are available for […]
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Phoenix FD 3.99 Beta for 3DS Max and Maya
Chaos Group has released a new Beta for Phoenix FD4, codenamed 3.99. New features so far include the return of Active Bodies to allow the user to float geometry over liquid and push it with flooding water. Currently, there are still no collisions between the bodies and the fire/smoke simulators cannot blow active bodies away, but this […]
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AqBullet and AqMesher 1.1 released plus free lite editions
MagicPictures Software has released updates for its recently released plugins for 3DS Max. AqBullet gains a new AqBullet utility, collision groups and local gravity control for dynamic object. New features in AqMesher include a Levelset CSG function, a Levelset morph function, plus a texture map and media filter. add median filter Also released are free Lite editions […]
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