Morph-O-Matic v2 *

+ Di-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animation software, is proud to release today the new edition of the award-winning Morph-O-Matic. The Morph-O-Matic, is industry standard morphing extension for 3ds max, has been designed from the ground up as a tool to assist modellers, animators and technical directors in creating complex morph setups and animations. Morph-O-Matic provides many benefits over the build-in morpher of 3ds max. More importantly, no matter how complex the model or how numerous the targets, Morph-O-Matic will provide you with instant results every time.
Now, Morph-O-Matic also provides you with the ability to create pose presets, allowing you to easily re-use a combination of morph targets. In addition to fully supporting the latest versions of 3ds max (2008 and 2009) in both 32 bit and 64 bit, Morph-O-Matic newest version sports many new features including:
· Faster morphing calculation speed
· Enhanced user interface for animators
· Ability to use modifier stack result as morph target
· Auto Reload Target per channel
· Improved .mom file features
· Additional MaxScript commands
· Correction of malfunctions from the previous version
· Much more
“The key benefit of using Morph-O-Matic is that it is a huge increase in productivity for both animators and character setup artists. I really recommend Morph-O-Matic as THE tool for studio animating with morph targets in 3ds max.” revealed Luis San Juan from Nexus Production. “On the animation side: the increase of speed, been able to play facial animations in real time and having a floating window for each character simultaneously allowing you to animate a few characters at the same time make live much easier. The new pose system saves a lot of time in reusing poses too.” He continues: “On the character setup side: it’s like having all the small options you always wanted to have in morpher, the ability to keep the targets in the modifier, the negative target, independent limits for each morph." To learn more about Morph-O-Matic or to download a trial version visit: www.di-o-matic.com

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max plugins, Character Rigging

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RayFire For 3D Studio MAX **

+ Just got word in from Anselm von Seherr, FX artists from Germany and the Producer of RayFire; about the release of new version 1.33 of RayFire plugin Scripts for 3ds MAX 9, 2008 and Max 2009. RayFire Tool gives You ability to shoot, destroy, demolish, crash, ruin, break down, cause havoc, blow up, burst, detonate, explode...You have always dreamed of to do in Max...It gives your VFX Department a fast and easy to use impact and destruction tool at hand for the cost of less then $200USD. Some of the RayFire Features Includes; # Fragmentation. Allows you to fragment geometry objects. # Reactor Explosion. Allows you to realistically explode objects. # Reactor Hit. Creates realistic physical interaction of impact objects with bullets. # Displace. Automatically subdivides impact faces and creates detailed animated dents. # Holes. Creates holes and destruct Impact objects piece by piece totally in real time. # Instant Action. Allows you to shoot and explode without gun, manually defining all impact spots on impact object. # Various effects, such as Impact flash, Muzzle Flash, Particle Debris, Geometry Debris, Fragmented Debris from Holes, Smoke, Sparks, Blood, Decals, Bullets and any Custom objects which you can define by yourself. For more information and trial download, please visit - www.mirvadim.com

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max 2009, 3ds Max plugins

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MAX2AE Version 3.0 *

+ Boomer Labs announces the release of MAX2AE Version 3.0. Building on the tremendous popularity of their essential production tool that provides a seamless bridge from Autodesk Media and Entertainment’s 3ds max to Adobe’s After Effects, Boomer Labs has expanded MAX2AE to further improve the workflow between these two popular applications. MAX2AE already supports exporting individual camera, light and helper layer information, and Version 3.0 extends this creative freedom by supporting the export of all of these 3d objects from 3ds MAX into After Effects with a single operation. MAX2AE Version 2.0 also delivers an industry first; importing AE compositions into 3ds max. MAX2AE Version 3.0 extends this functionality further by supporting 3ds max Particle Systems and Space Warps. Also new with this release is Autoscaling which lets the user automatically match the scale of their scene between the two applications. MAX2AE Version 3.0 has an extensive increase in functionality, Including features like: #Ability to export Particles as layers, nulls or lights, # SpaceWarp support, #Automatic scene scaling, #3ds max 2009 support, #Support for 23.976 fps HD drop frame format, #Improved Windows system detection for AE scripts and many more.
>> Download MAX2AE - demo version

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max 2009, 3ds Max plugins, After Effects

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Forest Pack 3.0 for 3ds MAX

+ Itoo Software has released a new version of Forest Pack, is a package of plugins for 3D Studio Max and 3D Studio Viz, designed to give a complete solution for creation of vast surfaces of trees and plants. All customers who bought Forest Pack Pro after November 1, 2007 will receive a free upgrade to the new version. Forest Pack 3.0 new features includes; Definable Geometry list, now Forest and Planes combined in a single plugin, Library browser, Density Falloff for Area Splines, Automatic detection of collisions, Animation support (only 3DS Max), including multiple random samples, Automatic creation of multi-materials, Improved shader for Mental Ray and many more.

>> Download Forest Pack Trial

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max plugins

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GhostPainter and psd-manager for 3ds Max 2009

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ThinkingParticles 3.0 DEMO and finalF/X 1.5 Recompile for 3ds Max 2009

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Facial Studio v2 for 3ds MAX*

+ (Montreal, Canada : PR) – Di-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animation software, is proud to release today the new version of Facial Studio (3ds max edition). Offering more than 500 controls covering the entire creation process of a 3d head, Facial Studio is for far more than just modelling, it’s a comprehensive suite of tools designed to help you achieve better facial animation results in less time than ever before. All of this, directly within 3ds max. From modelling to muscle-based deformations, including texture map libraries and everything in between: Facial Studio does it all with its intuitive interface that will have you creating amazing heads in only minutes.
In addition to fully supporting the latest versions of 3ds max (2008 and 2009) in both 32 bit and 64 bit, Facial Studio (3ds max edition) v2 sports many new features including:
- New and Improved shapes and proportions for the default head
- Improved deformations including gender, ethnicity and phonemes
- New additional facial deformations
- Automatic Voice-O-Matic configuration, making lip-synching a Facial Studio head a breeze.
“I've worked with 3D face animation for over 20 years, created the first fully 3D music video using synthetic faces for Kraftwerk and taught the first course solely on facial animation at Stanford University.” explained Steve DiPaola. “I'm still around facial animation everyday but when I go home to do MY work I always turn to Facial Studio - it's fast, flexible and gives me professional results.” To learn more about Facial Studio (3ds max edition) or to download a trial version visit: www.di-o-matic.com

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max plugins

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GrowFX - Plugin for 3ds MAX

+ GrowFX is a new system of plants 3d modeling and animating for 3D Studio Max developed by Exlevel. GrowFX (version 1.0) Priced at $499, can be ordered online. Exlevel boast; of its easy interface, essential set of parameters, which you can assign yourself, helps you to create different plants, from grass and big trees to forest land. With GrowFX you will create broadleaf-trees, conifers, palm trees, flowers, Ivy and many other vegetational compositions. Unique building mechanisms help to create creeping plants, entwining any scene objects, shearing plants of every possible shape. The plants bending round different obstacles. GrowFX is totally integrated with 3D Studio MAX and all the parameters can be animated, i.e. the wind animation, the plant growth and other animation. There is an opportunity of editing the parameters through MAXScript.

>> Download Trial GrowFX

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Introducing Flood - 3ds Max Plugin

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GhostPainter 2.5 for 3ds Max

+ cebas Computer, maker of finalRender®, today announced the release of GhostPainter 2.5 for 3ds Max. The full version of GhostPainter is $345. All users that purchased GhostPainter within the last 2 months will get this update for free. GhostPainter 2.5 update now supports 3ds Max 9 and 2008 64 bit, as well as support for Adobe Photoshop® CS3 and CS3 Extended. GhostPainter 2.5 is the next generation of integration between Autodesk 3ds Max® and Adobe Photoshop®. It consists of a set of 3ds max and Photoshop plug-ins that make a seamless fusion between these 2 applications possible. GhostPainter 2.5 provides a solution for texturing, 3D painting and post-production as well as general workflow improvements around 3ds Max and Adobe Photoshop.
cebas Computer GmbH is a German developer of advanced 3D software 3ds max and other 3D applications, based near Heidelberg. With 14 years of experience in software development for the 3D market, cebas has become renowned for its quality and unique software products
serving graphics and animation studios around the world. More info is available at www.cebas.com and for more information about GhostPainter 2.5 for 3ds max, Please - Click Here!

Labels: 3ds Max, 3ds Max plugins, CS3, photoshop plugins

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NodeJoe 1.0 for 3ds Max*

+ Thinking Apes GmbH has announced the release of NodeJoe 1.0 (commercial) for 3ds Max, free 30 days Demo Version is also available for download. Now, NodeJoe 1.0 Commercial with a ridiculously high prize tag of $450+ was featured on our website some time last year, during its beta stages. Anyways, NodeJoe is a schematic material editor realized as a plugin for 3ds max™ that allows you a quick, clear and easy way of working with textures and materials. It uses the 3dsmax™ internal data structures to provide compatibility with all the materials and textures that work with 3dsmax™. The plugin provides an intuitive, clearly arranged graphical user interface to create, analyze and modify materials and textures within 3dsmax™. The working area is zoomable and draggable, presenting an interactive preview of materials, including all submaterials and sub textures, as well as showing their dependencies between each other. You can create connections between different materials by "drawing" directly on to the surface. The integrated automatic layout provides a clearly aligned diagram - at your fingertips. Nodejoe will give you a clear overview of the relationship between existing materials within the current scene. For more info and trial download, please - click here

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ThinkingParticles 3.0 for 3ds Max

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AfterBurn 4.0

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nPower translator - Revit to 3ds Max

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Plug-in for Animating Tanks