MMST 3ds Max Class Blog

3D Studio turned 20 this year. Autodesk announced the 2011 versions of it Media & Entertainment line, including 3DS Max. Again, there are hundreds of new features which extend the product in the same directions as before. We should be enthusiastic about some of these:

1. Painting objects on other objects
2. Expansion of "Paint on Canvas" into a full 3D paint package
3. A new node=based material editor with a new material library
4. Toxic built-in as a compositor (this includes most features we had in Combustion)
5. Major expansion of the Ribbon, including the ability to customize these palettes.

These are all summarized in videos at http://area.autodesk.com/3dsmax2011