 The aim was to create a rig that was as easy to animate as possible but still give as much control as possible. For the amount of control you have, this is probably the easiest rig to animate with in 3ds max.
Rig features: full IK/FK blending on the arms and legs simple yet extremely versatile spine and head setups, squash and stretch parameters on all parts of the body, curved limb parameters, twisting and volume preserving bones on all limbs, soft IK extensions on all limbs to reduce popping, IK/FK snappping tools, auto-hiding IK/FK limb controls, finger controls with preset poses, character pipeline tools for adding extra objects, ...
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 Megaterrain is a software designed to easily render very large and realistic landscapes. It consists of two main products: Megaterrain Real-Time SDK and Megaterrain MAX plug-in.
Megaterrain key features: very large terrain visualization using clipmaps technology, terrain import/export tools, compressed Megatextures up to 65536x65536 pixels, grass rendering, terrain textures pack and grass pack.
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 EON Raptor is a 3ds max plug-in that enables you to display and interact 3ds max content in real-time with intuitive controls. Simple interactive behaviors can also be authored rapidly without leaving 3ds max.
The completed application can then be published to a web page for viewing with a browser, exported to a standalone file for viewing with the free EON Viewer application or exported to EON Studio for further editing to create even more complex 3D applications. EON Studio is a complete visual authoring tool for creating 3D interactive applications, with support for high-end VR hardware and powerful user-extensible components.
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 After the coding, debugging and testing sessions, the first update to IllusionCatalyst is ready to rock.
IllusionCatalyst is a brand new set of instruments designed to improve artistic expression and increase productivity in Autodesk 3ds Max. It consists of three independent scripts for specific tasks of the production pipeline.
IC.Shape Organic polygonal modeling. Draw and erase mesh edges like tracing lines with a pencil on paper, then deform and relax the surface like shaping clay by hands.
IC.Face Facial rigging and animation. Bring characters to life letting them express every emotion and mood with a full range of controllers. No more gummy faces allowed.
IC.Mime Keyframing and animation. Take a step and get the other one for free, control the flow of the action and each pose more easily. Forget about motion brakes.
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 nPower Software, a division of IntegrityWare, Inc, announced today the 5.0 release of its popular Power NURBS, Power Solids, and Power Translators products (with support for 3ds Max 2009 and 3ds Design 2009, including 64 bit support).
nPower Software's popular Power NURBS, Power Translators, and Power Solids products received a turbo charged performance boost with the version 5.0 release. This 5.0 version dramatically improves productivity and design throughput by significantly optimizing the most common operations used in virtually all of the commands. Power Translators, Power NURBS and Power Solids 5.0 now also take advantage of modern multi-processor architectures with multi-threaded tessellation. Version 5.0 also supports much larger models (especially for importing) due to a reduced memory footprint. With version 5.0, you can work on larger models, get the job finished significantly faster, with fewer obstacles, and have more fun doing it.
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 gw:Ivy is an Ivy generator plugin for 3ds Max developed by Guruware. Ivy's are designed to grow in scenes with real-world scale and growing Ivy is quite a breeze, you just have to plant an IvyRoot and hit the "Grow" button to watch it growing in your view port.
Hit the button again to stop the growth. A Multi/Sub-Object Material is already assigned for mapping your ivy easily and you can even generate the grow-animation easily by specifying key frame for the ivy age. gw:Ivy generator plugin for 3dsMax comes with various handy parameter control options, using which you can easily create and control the looks of ivy. If the ivy isn't growing the way you want, you can stop growing any time, adjust age and/or grow-prams and start growing again.
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 Crosswalk is a Softimage initiative to help transfer XSI content in and out of 3ds Max and Maya pipelines using the latest dotXSI, COLLADA, and FBX standards.
The Crosswalk components in XSI 6 have now been packaged as a standalone setup, complete with an installer that can automatically detect existing installations of 3ds Max, Maya, Face Robot and XSI, and install the appropriate plugins.
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 The free plugins Glue, Clone and ColorEdge have been recompiled for Max 2009.
Glue - one tool to place an object over any surface. This plugin aligns the pivot point of an objects selection over the surface of another object. For example, it's useful in placing trees over a mountain. Also conforms a spline to follow the surface.
ColorEdge is a procedural texture which changes the color along the VISIBLE edge faces of an object, allowing you to define color gradients and add noise effects.
Clone is a modifier which can be used to create copies of an object. It is similar to the Array tool in 3DS Max, except that it is parametric.
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 cebas Computer GmbH have released Service Pack 2 for finalRender Stage-1 R2, finalToon R2 and finalShaders R2.
finalRender is a raytracing graphics rendering engine for 3D Studio Max, Maya and Cinema 4D software. finalRender featuring full global illumination, advanced raytracing and subsurface light scattering support.
finalToon is a full blown True Line Renderer (TLR), with unparalleled line quality and rendering speed. Cartoon or line rendering scenes that take a long time to render within 3ds max, are lightning fast in finalToon
FinalShaders, an Add-On for finalrender, is the latest development from cebas Computer. finalShaders contains 14 advanced, easy-to-use, and "ready to render" materials.
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 The TurnTool technology is a real time 3D technology. This tool contains two elements:
The TurnToolBox is a plug-in for 3D Studio Max, Autodesk Viz, Cinema4D , ArchiCAD, MicroStation etc. The plug-in will be available for more 3D applications along the way.
The TurnTool Viewer is the smallest browser plug-in for interactive web 3D solutions. This enables the viewing of the TNT files.
TurnToolBox2008 now supports 3D Studio Max 2009 as both 32 bit and 64 bit.
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