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3ds Max 2014 vs. previous versions
Compare the features of Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2014 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software with previous versions. Take advantage of new tools for crowd generation, particle animation, and perspective matching. 3ds Max now supports Microsoft® DirectX 11® shaders and vector maps.
| Autodesk 3ds Max 2014 | Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 | Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 | Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | ||||
| 3D modeling & texturing | ||||
| Mesh and surface modeling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Texture assignment and editing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shading and material design | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector map support | ✓ | |||
| Substance procedural textures | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3D animation | ||||
| Populate crowd animation | ✓ | |||
| Character animation & rigging tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| General animation tools | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Animated deformers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track View retiming | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Dynamics & effects | ||||
| Particle Flow | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| mCloth cloth simulation | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| mRigids rigid-body dynamics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Hair & fur | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D rendering | ||||
| Perspective Match | ✓ | |||
| Integrated rendering options | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| iray renderer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Render pass system | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| ActiveShade interactive rendering | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Nitrous accelerated graphics core | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| DX 11 viewport rendering | ✓ | |||
| Slate compositing editor | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Vector displacement map support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| UI, workflow & pipeline | ||||
| Configurable user interface | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 2D pan and zoom | ✓ | |||
| Adobe After Effects interoperability | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Data transfer and pipeline integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compositing integration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaborative workflows with containers | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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