V-Ray - a powerful visualization tool that supports the Depth of Field (DOF), Motion Blur (effect of "smearing" in the motion), Displacement (displacement map, with increasing detail of three-dimensional objects). In addition, V-ray has its own light source, a system of sun-sky for realistic lighting with natural light, and the physical camera parameters, similar to a real photo and video cameras. System Vray Proxy allows rendering of extremely large volumes of similar objects, consisting of total tens of billions of polygons. Built-in shaders provide the user with ample opportunity to simulate virtually any material. V-Ray SDK allows both to program their own shaders, and adapt the system for solving specific problems. Ability to calculate the individual picture elements in the form of channels, such as depth, diffuse color, alpha, reflection, refraction, shadows, and others, provides greater freedom in post-processing packages compositing and editing

In this tutorial we will learn how to take a character mesh from rigging to animation using the Character Animation Toolkit (CAT) in 3ds Max. We are going to take a character mesh all the way through animation in 3ds Max. Throughout the tutorial, we will discuss workflow for an animation pipeline. We will start with rigging with 3ds Max's CAT system and learn some tips and tricks for skinning along the way. We will then talk about planning a shot and setting up a basic cameras. Finally, we take all of our assets and create a two shot animation utilizing the rig we created.

In this 3ds Max 2012 tutorial, we’ll build upon 3ds Max’s modeling tools and learn how to apply them to a high poly modeling workflow. We’ll start off by creating a base mesh for our geometry and using NURMS to smooth out our result and then jump right into creating the details we want in our high poly version model. After that, we’ll discover how polygonal modeling can be extremely helpful to give us the exact detail and topology we need for any modeling project we encounter.

In this tutorial we will learn how to take a character mesh from rigging to animation using the Character Animation Toolkit (CAT) in 3ds Max. We are going to take a character mesh all the way through animation in 3ds Max. Throughout the tutorial, we will discuss workflow for an animation pipeline.

In addition to support 3ds Max 2012 and 3ds Max Design 2012 at the new version added:
Render Server V-Ray RT displays a lot more information on-GPU (it will be useful for troubleshooting);
Added access to the list of exceptions in the material V-Ray material through MaxScript;
Added support for the four elements render FumeFX;

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Dreamscape - a set of plug-ins for creating and rendering realistic landscapes, seascapes, skies, clouds, scattering of solar landscape lighting and other tasks.
Unlike other tools to create relief for 3DS MAX, Dreamscape Terra uses new rendering technologies that occupy much less memory on your computer, making it possible to create more detailed terrain detail even on modest hardware. An intuitive and friendly user interface let you easily adjust the terrain, interactively paint elevation, and even to apply erosion effects.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 is a comprehensive, integrated solution for 3D modeling, animation and rendering solutions for professionals in the field of game development, visual effects and design.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides a comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for game developers, visual effects artists, and motion graphics artists along with other creative professionals working in the media design industry.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides a comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for game developers, visual effects artists, and motion graphics artists along with other creative professionals working in the media design industry.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides a comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for game developers, visual effects artists, and motion graphics artists along with other creative professionals working in the media design industry.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides a comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for game developers, visual effects artists, and motion graphics artists along with other creative professionals working in the media design industry.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 is a comprehensive, integrated solution for 3D modeling, animation and rendering solutions for professionals in the field of game development, visual effects and design.
Powerful 3D modeling - Advanced set of tools for modeling and texturing helps you work faster and more efficiently.

Autodesk 3ds Max provides a comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing solution for game developers, visual effects artists, and motion graphics artists along with other creative professionals working in the media design industry.

Plug-in for 3ds Max from the company Sitni Sati, known for its popular additions and Afterburn Dreamscape for 3ds Max. New plug FumeFX for 3ds Max 2010/2011, which was announced in August at the SIGGRAPH 2006 exhibition, designed to create a realistic fire and smoke. Both effects are created with physical precision, taking into account the gravity, temperature, pressure, objects, velocities and external forces. Additional module has a flexible configuration to control the effects.

For ultimate ease of use, SoliRocks comes with modular GUI and useful tools and settings to stay concentrated on creation instead of lossing time on technical settings. The GUI can be collapsed at any moment into a mini/essential GUI.