3ds Max Entertainment Creation Suite (Std/Pre)
Production tools that include 3ds Max.
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Film & TV
NAB 2012
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Create stunning movies, commercials, and television content with Autodesk visual effects (VFX) software
Workflow for film and television editing and visual effects
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Overview
Workflow
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Storyboards, character design
Create production-quality meshes with animation-ready topology from scanned, imported, or sculpted data with Autodesk® Mudbox® software.
Explore and present new ideas for characters, props, and environments using a hybrid paint and vector toolset.
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Previsualization
Take a more innovative approach to shot planning with the 3D Editorial toolset in Autodesk® Maya® software.
Quickly lay out shots using motion capture data.
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Motion capture cleanup
Quickly make changes to dense motion capture data with cleanup, filtering, blending, and editing features.
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Model
Create convincing, high-quality characters, props, and environments for your film and television productions with Autodesk modeling solutions.
Bring your ideas to life faster using Autodesk modeling solutions.
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UVs
Quickly produce higher quality UV maps on complex models with Autodesk visual effects software.
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Shaders, textures
Paint intricate textures across multiple high-resolution maps and exchange multilayer files with Adobe® Photoshop® using the 3D Paint toolset in Mudbox.
Build complex shaders more easily with Slate node-based material editor.
Develop the look you need for your models with artist-friendly shading and texturing toolsets.
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Skinning, rigging
Speed your character setup process with automatic character rigging.
Create realistic characters with tools for smooth skinning and interactive volume binding in Maya.
Create advanced rigging elements and drive the movement and behaviors of characters with flexible tools in Autodesk® Softimage® software.
Wire one-way and two-way relationships between controllers for a customized keying animation method.
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Matte paintings
Enjoy more creative freedom with Autodesk® SketchBook® Designer software, which gives you the ability to use both pen and mouse.
Create matte paintings through the use of perspective matching, camera mapping, and render layer management.
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Camera extraction
Experience 2D film and 3D animation using Autodesk® MatchMover™ software to accurately place 3D objects into a video or film sequence.
Count on accurate results, even when mixing 2D and 3D elements, with the ability to create a single composite in Autodesk® Flame® Premium software.
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3D data transfer
Exchange digital assets with studios that use different tools than your own with Autodesk® FBX® asset exchange technology.
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Animation
Produce better animation in less time by adding the MotionBuilder real-time animation software to Maya, 3ds Max, and Softimage.
Develop convincing character animation with accelerated skinning workflow, and nondestructive live retargeting.
Create compelling content faster with enhanced modeling, animation, physics, and selection tools.
Create more realistic animations using built-in character rigs in CAT and Character Studio that are compatible with a range of motion-capture file formats.
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Animation simulation FX
Create realistic simulations that interact more believably with characters and environments using an extensive range of toolsets for simulation.
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Lighting
Quickly set up advanced photorealistic lighting and custom shaders.
Easily create global illumination and then bake into texture maps, vertex maps, or point clouds with the Turtle plug-in for Maya.
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Rendering
Create higher-fidelity previews in less time with the Quicksilver hardware renderer in 3ds Max.
Simplify your workflow with the ability to work in a unified mental ray® Standalone software executable.
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Pre-comp
Enhance rendered passes and incorporate them into live action footage with Autodesk® Composite, a fully featured, high-performance, high dynamic range (HDR)-capable compositor.
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Composite
Create advanced graphics, color grade, or perform high-speed 2D and 3D compositing.
Expand layer-based timeline effects with a single click into a customizable, schematic view.
Maintain total control over lighting in your project.
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Finishing, conform
Quickly create multilayer timelines that can be shared between VFX, editorial, and grading using conform and versioning tools.
Import projects from Apple® Final Cut Pro® X via XML and access multilayer timelines and media using AAF.
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Editing
Quickly move between organizing clips, source/record editing, color matching, and visual effects.
Make changes and updates more easily with rendered results that are automatically fed back into your timeline.
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Grade
Create stylized looks, shape color and lighting, and establish narrative tone using color grading tools.
Create looks, match shots, or grade entire projects with color correction tools in your timeline.
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All products for film and television
3ds Max
3D modeling, animation, effects, rendering, and compositing software.
Maya
Tools for 3D modeling, animation, effects rendering, and compositing.
Mudbox
3D digital sculpting and texture painting software.
Softimage
3D character animation and visual effects software.
Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate
Portfolio includes Maya® and 3ds Max®.
FBX
Asset exchange technology for higher-fidelity data exchange.
mental ray Standalone
High-volume 3D rendering software.
SketchBook Designer
An intuitive hybrid paint and vector toolset.
Maya Entertainment Creation Suite (Std/Pre)
Production tools that include Maya.
Flame Premium
Visual effects software with tools for integrating ultrarealistic lighting.
MotionBuilder
3D character animation and virtual production software.
Smoke
Professional video editing and effects software for Mac® computers.
Industry trends and topics
Virtual production captures the difficult shots
Capture otherwise impossible camera shots with virtual cinematography, for greater production flexibility. VFX software from Autodesk helps you tell your story in a whole new way.
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Previsualization helps save time and budget
Communicate, plan shots up front, and stay within budget with the help of Autodesk VFX software for previsualization.
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What customers are saying
Products they used
Atomic Fiction
Small, nimble VFX shop plays in a competitive market by using Autodesk® Entertainment Creation Suite, being as efficient as possible and by looking at the business differently.
Makuta Effects
A visual effects studio brought an animated fly to life with software from Autodesk. The team used Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® Maya® software to model, render, and tweak the characters, for emotive, visually stunning results.
Mikros Image
A VFX studio created an award-winning commercial with Autodesk software. To stay on deadline, the team collaborated via Autodesk® Maya®-based pipelines and used Maya nCloth to help create realistic effects for skin and fur.
Digital Dimension
This visual effects studio creates award-winning film, television, and games cinematics. To stay on time and on budget, Digital Dimension used Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suites to access the right tool for the task at hand.
