Categories Autodesk Products

What’s New in 3DS Max 2021

Autodesk 3DS Max 2021 is now released, see what’s new. Bake to Texture Installer Scripting with Python 3 Arnold as the Default Renderer Physically Based Rendering (PBR) Improved Viewport Quality & Settings OSL Shaders File I/O Chamfer improvements Weighted Normals Modifier SketchUp Import Substance Update ProSound Improved audio support…

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Categories Announcements

Up Close and Personal with 3ds Max Event

Join the team behind 3ds Max for a first look at and discussion around recent Max updates. During this 2 hour and 30 minute live stream event, we’ll be joined by guests from Scanline VFX, Ubisoft, and Hoare Lea. 1:00-1:20: Introduction & Updated Roadmap; Nancy LaRue, Industry Marketing…

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Autodesk Maya Bonus Tools

The Maya Team has posted a compilation of free and updated Maya Bonus Tools 2019-2020 to the Autodesk App store for use with Maya 2017, 2018, 2019, and Maya 2020. Bonus Tools 2019/2020 is a free collection of useful Autodesk® Maya® scripts and plug-ins. After installing Bonus Tools,…

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Categories Autodesk Products

Maya 2020

Maya 2020 is here and it has some big changes. Read all about it on the Maya blog and check out the video.https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-maya-blog/introducing-maya-2020/ “Maya 2020 adds new tools that empower artists throughout the production pipeline. Whether you’re focused on animation, rigging, modeling, or effects, we’ve packed a lot…

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Categories Events

Autodesk Media and Entertainment Showcase 2019

Last Thursday in our Portland Autodesk office, we held a free event for anyone to celebrate and show the creative customers and community of our entertainment products such as Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max. We had several presentations from local visual fx and animation studios with amazing visuals…

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Categories Autodesk Products

If You Love 3D and are in Portland Oregon Today

I hope if you are in the Portland Oregon area today, that you plan to attend the second annual Autodesk Media and Entertainment Showcase. The event is free with some food and refreshments with the highlight amazing local speakers who use Autodesk Media and Entertainment products like 3ds Max…

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Categories AI

What is Autodesk Researching with AI and VFX

  Problems grow in complexity with time, what is Autodesk doing to solve this challenge for VFX? “From specialized image segmentation to AI-powered UV creation, and natural language art directing, see where Autodesk stands and is going with AI-fueled entertainment creation. Evan Atherton, Senior Research Engineer, kicks off…

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