RayFire Tool 1.33 Plugin for 3ds MAX 9 , 2008 and 2009 has been released.
RayFire Tool gives you the ability to shoot, destroy, demolish, ruin, break down, make havoc, blow up, burst, detonate, explode and do other similar things you have always dreamed of to do in Max.
New plugin for Maya to automate the always tedious task of uv mapping. There is a free version available for download, altough it has not all the features of the PRO version. Click the image to read the full list of features for both versions! You’ll also find the download link there.
Via: CGIndia
FaronStudio has launched PixPlant, a new texturing tool that transforms ordinary photos into seamless textures of any size. PixPlant is a Photoshop plug-in which can be used to quickly generate seamless textures, to augment images or for any purpose which requires a new image based on other seed images.
Submitted by: Jorge Diogo
Vincenzo Leombruno, a good friend of mine, has pointed me to his latest creation: a new layer manager for Autodesk Maya, called ‘Hierarchic DisplayLayer Manager’. HDL is a Display Layer Manager, similar to Photoshop’s. You can create containers to organize and manage groups of displayLayers, using drag and drop. Very useful for those who use to end up with a bunch of layers!
Go on and test it before Autodesk realizes that this should be included inside Maya! Click on the image to go to highend3d or download HDL from here.
PolyBoost 4.0 for 3dsmax has been released! Almost all parts of PolyBoost have now been implemented in c++ through the 3ds max SDK, which means more speed and efficiency of the tools.
This new version is only available for 3ds max 9 and higher(32 and 64 bit).
Submitted by: Rafael Rubio
Blast Code, Inc. releases Blast Code ‘Megaton’ and ‘Kiloton’ Version 1.6. The new version is the result of continued production experience within the film, television and game industries. Among other improvements, this new release incorporates the latest version of the Ageia Novodex rigid body solver which can be accelerated using the PhysX physics processor.
Via: CGTalk
fryrender vBeta1.9 is out!!!
This is probably the most awaited version of fryrender up to date. The main reason for that is that vBeta1.9 is fully 64-bit ready, meaning that it’s more production-ready than ever.
The most remarkable implication of the 64-bit port is that all the RAM available to your 64-bit CPU/OS will be available to fryrender.
SplutterFish, developers of the award-winning, fully-integrated rendering suite for Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk VIZ, yesterday announced the worldwide availability of Brazil r/s version 2.0. Click the image to read the press release, or click here to see the full list of features.
Via: CGTalk
According to 3DM3.com, Next Limit Technologies has announced the release of an update for Maxwell Render.
Maxwell Render 1.6 and the updated plug-ins are available for download from the usual customer download area. The public release of Maxwell Render 1.6 will take place some days after the client release.
Version 1.6 brings new features and improvements, including the much-anticipated Maxwell Displacement, Instances, multithreading voxelization, new plug-ins, network improvements and more.
Maxwell Render 1.6 also includes a free pack of Dosch Design HDR images, exclusively for Maxwell Render license holders. This HDRI pack will be made available for download soon after the 1.6 release, and all customers will be notified by email.
ZAppLink is now available for ZBrush 3.1. This new version expands upon what ZAppLink was capable of under ZBrush 2 through several new features:
* Integrated editor selection so that you can easily set the application that ZBrush will link with.
* No need to use Projection Master. ZAppLink integrates with it automatically, making it a breeze to use Photoshop in your texturing and polypainting.
* Create ZBrush stencils in Photoshop via selection tools.
* Save and Load views of your model.
* Send your stored views to Photoshop all at once.
* Create a character strip with all views of your model.