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3DS MAX 2012 video review

3DS MAX 2012 video review

Apr 7, 2011

Grant Warwick has made a video review of the new upcoming 3DS MAX 2012 by Autodesk. Check out this video, which was made on his machine with Nvidia GTX285 and i7 quad core running at 2.67GHz and 12GB...

2012 Vfx Shot Breakdowns from Scanline

2012 Vfx Shot Breakdowns from Scanline

Oct 29, 2010

“Scanline VFX artists created over 100 complex water simulation shots, including an aircraft carrier on a tidal wave crashing into the White House. Scanline VFX’s toolbox included 3ds Max, the V-Ray plug-in and a proprietary simulation system, Flowline. “Over 95 percent of our shots were fully CG, and creating them required 1,200 terabytes of disk...

Free 3D model: S533r legendary chair, Mies van der Rohe.

Free 3D model: S533r legendary chair, Mies van der Rohe.

Aug 13, 2010

The targeted restriction in the use of materials, elegance in the lines and transparency in the effect are the characteristic properties of the S 533. It owes its special comfort to constant elastic flexing. This effect results from the fact that Mies van der Rohe conceived the front part of the tubular steel frame as a big bow made of spring-hard tubular...

Model library of grass and field plants for 3DS Max

Model library of grass and field plants for 3DS Max

Aug 4, 2010

This collection consists of more than 30 types of grass and field plants. Including 15 preconfigured scenes which are specially designed to work with MultiScatter to enhance your photorealistic environments and save your time. The models can be also used separately without MultiScatter. Ready scenes support 3DS Max 2009 and higher, required MultiScatter. Models...

Elephant chair 3D model

Elephant chair 3D model

Aug 4, 2010

German designers Eva Paster and Michael Geldmacher of Neuland Industrie design have created the Elephant Chair for the Italian furniture manufacturer Kristalia.  This 3D model is available for download from...