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Professional tools for 3D animation

Autodesk® 3ds Max® software offers powerful, out-of-the-box capabilities for creating professional-quality 3D animation. With a creative toolset for 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering, 3ds Max helps games, film, and motion graphics artists create better 3D content in less time.

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3D modeling and texturing

  • New Vector map support

    Vector map support

    Get new support for vector maps. (video: 0:49 sec.)

  • Mesh and surface modeling

    Mesh and surface modeling

    Efficiently create parametric and organic objects.

  • Texture assignment and editing

    Texture assignment and editing

    Use texture mapping, baking, and layering.

  • Shading and material design

    Shading and material design

    Accelerate shading and material design.

3D animation

  • New Populate crowd animation

    Populate crowd animation

    Generate believable human motion. (video: 1:10 min.)

  • Character animation and rigging tools

    Character animation and rigging tools

    Create believable characters.

  • General animation tools

    General animation tools

    Get a range of keyframe and procedural tools.

  • Animated deformers

    Animated deformers

    Add life to creatures and simulate fluidic effects.

Dynamics & effects

  • New Augmented particle flow system

    Augmented particle flow system

    Create better physical simulations in less time. (video: 1:12 min.)

  • MassFX

    MassFX

    Create simulations with unified simulation solvers.

  • Particle Flow

    Particle Flow

    Create water, fire, spray, and snow effects.

  • Hair and fur

    Hair and fur

    Create strand-derived effects like hair and grass.

3D rendering

  • New Improved viewport performance

    Improved viewport performance

    Get better interactive and playback performance. (video: 1:09 min.)

  • New DX 11 viewport rendering

    DX 11 viewport rendering

    3ds Max now supports DirectX 11 shaders.

  • Integrated rendering options

    Integrated rendering options

    Use NVIDIA® iray® rendering technology.

  • Render pass system

    Render pass system

    Segment scenes for downstream compositing.

  • ActiveShade interactive rendering

    ActiveShade interactive rendering

    Iterate more effectively with interactive rendering.

  • Nitrous accelerated graphics core

    Nitrous accelerated graphics core

    Accelerate your workflow with Nitrous.

  • Slate compositing editor

    Slate compositing editor

    Wire together composites in Slate.

UI, workflow, and pipeline

  • New Perspective Match

    Perspective Match

    Place CG elements into photo backgrounds. (video: 1:05 min.)

  • New 2D Pan and Zoom

    2D Pan and Zoom

    Pan and zoom without affecting camera position. (video: 1:19 min.)

  • Configurable user interface

    Configurable user interface

    Access multiple views with tabbed layouts.

  • Adobe After Effects interoperability (enhanced)

    Adobe After Effects interoperability (enhanced)

    Get efficient 2D/3D data exchange.

  • Data transfer and pipeline integration

    Data transfer and pipeline integration

    Get single-step data transfer with 3ds Max.

  • Compositing integration

    Compositing integration

    Choose from several compositing options in 3ds Max.

  • Collaborative workflows with Containers

    Collaborative workflows with Containers

    Use containers to override object properties.

  • 3ds Max SDK

    3ds Max SDK

    Extend and customize 3ds Max with the SDK.

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