3ds Max
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Basic data
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developer | Autodesk |
Publishing year | 1990 |
Current version | 2019 (March 2018) |
operating system | Windows |
programming language | C ++ |
category | 3D modeling program |
License | proprietary |
German speaking | Yes |
www.autodesk.de |
3ds Max (formerly also 3D Studio MAX ) is a 3D computer graphics and animation program that is used in computer games , comics , animation, film ( TV / cinema ) and in creative professions such as design or architecture .
history
3ds Max was from , Inc. Autodesk developed. It was created as the successor to 3D Studio for MS-DOS , at that time under the name of 3D Studio Max from Kinetix . From the version 3D Studio Max 4 to 3ds max 7 it was further developed by Discreet . Since version 5, a version with a modified range of functions has also been developed under the name 3D Studio Viz for the field of design and architecture.
content
The software package offers, among other things, particle systems , plug-ins for realistic physical simulations and character animation, texture baking, lighting according to geographic coordinates as well as time of year and day, polygon objects, blobmeshes / volumes and mathematical surfaces ( NURBS ).
Depending on the program version, the renderers supplied and those published by other manufacturers, complex image calculations are among others with scanline rendering or ray tracing, shadow mapping, diffuse shading, global illumination, multiple reflections and refractions, ray marching, motion blur, depth of field, volume rendering etc. possible. In particular, the possibility of using various CPU and GPU based renderers such as V-Ray, nVidia iRay / mentalray, Arnold Render, Octane, Redshift, Indigo etc. ensured that 3D Studio Max was widely used in private and commercial environments.
3ds Max can be easily expanded with its own plug-ins and has the program's own script language Maxscript.
Known users
The following lists represent a selection and do not claim to be complete.
Companies and organizations
- Alexander Lehmann
- Animal Logic
- Bethesda Softworks
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Bungie
- CD project RED
- cdv software entertainment
- Crytek
- Cyan Worlds
- Deep Silver
- Digital Domain
- Digital Illusions CE
- Electronic Arts
- Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
- Piranha bytes
- Remedy Entertainment
- Rockstar Games
- Ubisoft
- Fishlabs
- VA software
- Valve
Film productions
- The 13th Floor
- Battlefield Earth - battle for the earth
- Black Hawk Down
- Blade: Trinity
- Cats & Dogs - like cats and dogs
- The Core - the inner core
- The Day After Tomorrow
- Driven
- Dr. Dolittle 2
- The exorcist: the beginning
- Final Destination 2
- The Green Mile
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Hellboy
- The reign of fire
- The Italian Job - chasing millions
- Jurassic Park
- K-19 - Showdown in the Deep
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Last samurai
- Lost in Space
- The Majestic
- matrix
- Matrix Reloaded
- Mighty Joe Young
- Minority Report
- Mission: Impossible II
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
- The mummy returns
- Panic Room
- Password: Swordfish
- Paycheck - the settlement
- planet of monkeys
- Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
- Sin City
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Spider-Man 2
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
- die Another Day
- (T) Spaceship Surprise - Period 1
- The Truman Show
- The Incredibles
- X-Men
- X-Men 2
- 2012
Computer games
- Age of Empires II
- ArmA: Armed Assault
- ArmA: Armed Assault 2
- Assassin's Creed
- Battlefield 1942
- Battlefield 2
- Black & White
- Blue dragon
- Command & Conquer: Renegade
- Clonk
- Crysis
- Crysis Warhead
- Darwinia
- The Lord of the Rings - video games for the film adaptations
- Diablo ii
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- Empire Earth
- Far Cry
- God of War
- Gothic
- Gothic II
- Gothic 3
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Guild Wars
- Half-life
- Halo: fight for the future
- Halo 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Lula 3D
- Max Payne
- Medal of Honor
- Myst (Uru (Uru Live), Myst V: End of Ages)
- Need for speed
- ParaWorld
- Peter Jackson's King Kong - video game based on the film
- Red Faction
- The settlers III
- The Settlers - The Legacy of the Kings
- The Settlers - Rise of a Kingdom
- StarCraft
- Star Wars: Empire at War
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
- Tony Hawk's skateboarding
- TrackMania
- Tribes 2
- Unreal Tournament
- Vietcong
- Vietcong 2
- Warcraft III
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
- X²: The threat
- X³: reunion
- Galactic Civilizations 2
- The Settlers II - The Next Generation
- The settlers IV
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
- Titan Quest
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- The Witcher
- Two Worlds
- Two Worlds 2
- Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
- Anno 1701
- The Sims 3
- The Sims 4
- Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance