Performance
Work with ever-increasing amounts of data and more complex scenes. The
new 64-bit version of Autodesk 3ds Max 9 takes advantage of the latest
technology advancements, to address challenges you face in
next-generation production pipelines.
Productivity
Quickly model inorganic shapes with Pro Booleans. Place animation into
separate layers to easily tweak dense and complex animations. View
scene complexity statistics along with the resulting frame rate to
measure and optimize scene performance. Feature enhancements in 3ds Max
9—such as faster solving of complex cloth dynamics—deliver the speed
and precision needed to meet time-sensitive production deadlines.
Pipeline Efficiencies
Easily share files, track work-in-progress assets, and customize
production pipelines to accelerate creative workflows. Improvements to
"XRefs" for better interaction with linked assets, support for relative
paths, and Autodesk® Vault functionality help production teams optimize
workflow and manage collaboration among members of a creative team.
Rendering Enhancements
Produce stunning photo-real imagery. Use new mental ray® 3.5 shaders to
easily create beautiful skies with shadows from the sun or simulate
metallic car paint. In addition, new presets for ambient occlusion,
rounded corner effects, reflections, and refractions make it easier to
achieve realistic, stunning results. Harness the full power of the
mental ray rendering engine within Autodesk 3ds Max 9 software.
Create rich and complex design visualization. Generate realistic
characters for a top-selling game. Bring 3D effects to the big screen.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software
helps design visualization professionals, game developers, and visual
effects artists maximize their productivity by streamlining the process
of working with complex scenes.
What's new:
New Polygon Modeling Workflow
A collection of “hands-on” modeling options, new in Autodesk® 3ds Max®
2008, lets you take advantage of a more streamlined, artist-friendly
modeling workflow. This video introduces you to two of these new
options: temporary pivot overrides and a new subobject previewing
workflow that lets you preview and select subobjects in one fluid
motion and switch between subobject modes in the viewport. You’ll also
learn how to take advantage of the new Multiple UV Unwrap operation—a
feature that makes it significantly easier to organize the mapping of
multiple objects into one texture.
Performance Enhancements
Autodesk 3ds Max 2008 delivers new technology and optimizations that
result in vastly improved performance for even the largest, most
complex scenes. This video will demonstrate how new adaptive
degradation enhancements ensure your viewport interaction rates by
automatically simplifying scenes to meet target frame rates. When
combined with the new Direct3D mesh caching, which groups objects by
materials, the result is that tens of thousands of objects become just
as interactive as ten objects. Plus, you’ll see how easy it is to
control the degree to which 3ds Max simplifies your scene: You just
select a desired level of viewport interactivity and 3ds Max calculates
how best to achieve it.
Review Rendering
The powerful, new Review rendering toolset gives you immediate feedback
on various render settings, enabling you to iterate rapidly. This means
you can now quickly hone in on your desired look without waiting for a
software render—perfect for over-the-shoulder client/boss feedback
sessions and other iterative workflows. This video demonstrates the
Review rendering toolset’s ability to deliver interactive viewport
previewing of shadows, its improved workflow for those using the 3ds
Max Sun/Sky system, and new mental ray Architectural and Design
material settings. You’ll also learn how to take advantage of the new
mental ray Sky Portal system—a workflow that simplifies the process of
lighting indoor scenes with outdoor lighting.
Autodesk 3ds Max/Revit Interoperability
Deeper support in 3ds Max 2008 for the DWG™ file format results in
faster, more accurate importing of data from other popular Autodesk
applications such as Revit® Architecture 2008. This video will
introduce you to two new features that streamline 3ds Max/Revit
workflows: support for DWG solids—including all materials assigned to
these objects—and support for imported Sun/Sky/geographic location
parameters, including time of day and time zone.
Autodesk 3ds Max/mental ray Enhancements
A number of major enhancements to mental ray and the 3ds Max
2008/mental ray workflow will help you to achieve your desired look
faster. This video introduces you to
* The Sky Portal workflow for lighting indoor scenes with outdoor lighting
* The self-illumination feature for mental ray Architecture and Design materials
* The Render to Texture presets
* The photographic exposure UI—a camera-based interface for managing exposure settings (tone-mapping)
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