Autodesk, Inc. announced the Autodesk 3ds Max 8 software, the latest version of your 3D modeling, animation and interpretation solution.3ds Max is designed to offer complete and advanced tools 3D design and workflow for game production, film and video, and the visualization of designs.
There are four areas specific focus in which 3ds Max 8 will satisfy the present and future demands of 3D production environments increasingly complex, Martin Vann noted, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Support Autodesk, Inc. Those areas are:
- Character development
- Advanced modeling and texture
- Development structure plus complete
- Data management and complex assets (which have to do with the scalability, collaboration and complexity of scenes).
3ds Max 8 will offer artists 3D character development features in your fully character animation toolkit integrated with advanced equipment tools, mix of movements and resurfacing of movements (non-linear animation). Modeling and texture advancements include new mapping UV skin that considerably decreases time and work needed to accurately texture a 3D model, DirectX and fx support to create real-time shaders inside of the 3ds Max vision port.
The development studies of games, visual effects studies and post-production, and Design visualization professionals require 3D tools that can be scaled to handle the groups of rapidly growing data and width requirements band/interactions. 3ds Max 8 will respond to these needs with a complete development structure that offers Enhanced Software Developer Kit Tools (SDK) and documentation, XML support that exchanges efficiently scene and animation data, a debugger Interactive MAXScript and support for the Autodesk DWF Viewer, the free and downloadable application that offers collaboration in the review and approval of 3D data.
Today, animation projects 3D are becoming more complex, especially because some artists work in different places and countries. 3ds Max deliver advances in data and asset management complexes with connectivity to management systems third-party assets, which integrates Autodesk Vault, a data management and asset control.
The features announced on last year exclusively for Autodesk customers Subscription as Cloth, Hair and Fur, mental ray 3.4 and eight satellite interpretation nodes, along with a large series of display features supported by Autodesk VIZ 2006, including File Link, Autodesk Import Inventor, radiosity and adaptive subdivision is will automatically include in 3ds Max 8.
