http://www.3dsmaxblog.com Your daily dose of 3ds Max. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this little review, I want to talk to you about the all new 3ds max 2008, and some of it's most cool features. This is a big update compared to the 3ds max 8 to 3ds max 9 update, there are some very cool features. Speed improvements, some useful ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/10/27/autodesks-3d-studio-max-2008-review/ Let me share some of the most interesting 3D modelling related articles I’ve read this week: CGArena : Making of the Korean Actress Song Hye Kyo Photorealism to the limits. CGPortfolio - papaya digital A small test for morning light? This is an amazing piece of art! Architectural Rendering in 3DSMAX with VRay - Icrontic.com If ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/09/10/linklove/ Okay, as a fun intermezzo between the rendering tutorials, let me share my list of favourite game babes with you. A lot of them are modelled with 3ds max, so that gives me the right to show some (modelled) flesh on this otherwise highly educational blog. Let's get started ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/09/10/the-7-most-beautiful-game-babes-and-their-human-counterparts/ As a 3d-artist I'm contstantly in the quest of finding new hires textures and reference images. There are some site's which share good textures, and some which share good reference images. But this site contains them both. Over 17000 hires pictures are available for free. So if you are having ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/09/08/image-after-reference-images-and-textures/ A new, user made plugin is available for Vray! Dieter Morgenroth has been/is working on a plugin that will make the use of highly detailed meshes a really easy job. The plugin allows users to create a fully customizable high poly surface from a simple object such as a sphere. ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/08/25/vray-iso/ In this new tutorial on CG-Heaven the basics of the "Fur" function of Vray are being explaned. This is a "must-see" tutorial for the beginning 3ds max/Vray user, but also for the more advanced users who would like to get the hang of Vray and all of it's functions. So, check this ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/08/25/vray-fur-tutorial/ The update's are very neat, there just heading on into the details with these new features. The "accelerated performance" option is looking real good. This feature allows you to; "control how 3ds Max adjusts scene display, whether the smallest objects are hidden, or distant objects have less detail, etc., and ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/08/15/autodesk-announces-3ds-max-2008/ In answer to Maxwells Mxm-gallery, the Vray users decided to make their own website exclusively for Vray materials. Here, the users can share and download a wide variety of materials. From a chrome material to a procedural magma shader, everything can be found. And since you can choose from nearly ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/08/14/vray-material-gallery/ Take a look at this amazing piece of 3D modelling, done by JPRart - a Deviantart member. Could you tell this isn't a picture? He recreated Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from Pirates of the Caribbean from scratch using 3dsMax, ZBrush and Photoshop. Especially this software package called ZBrush ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/06/15/3dsmax-and-zbrush/ Maxwell (one of the most popular render engines for 3ds Max) has launched the MXM Gallery, "a meeting point for those who want to ... http://www.3dsmaxblog.com/2007/06/11/maxwell-mxm-gallery/