Plugins | Eat 3D

TurboSmooth Pro 1.0 For 3ds Max Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on September 29, 2012 - 8:18am

Marius Silaghi has created an awesome new plugin for Max!

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TurboSmooth Pro is a modifier plugin for 3ds Max which produces nice smooth semi-sharp creases on your models, unlike the ugly creases that the standard TurboSmooth produces. It also give you the ability to have linear UVs which in some cases can help in the texturing pipeline.

3Point Studios Unveil 3ptools Lite!

Submitted by metalliandy on August 11, 2012 - 3:09pm

3Point Studios have announced the imminent release of 3ptools Lite for Autodesk 3ds Max!

3Point Shader 33% Off Sale!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 31, 2012 - 12:55pm

3Point Studios have announced that their fantastic 3Point Shader Pro, which is a toolset for creation and presentation of high-quality real- time rendered materials in the Autodesk 3ds Max, is now available for sale with a discount of 33%!

ZBrush 4R4 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 26, 2012 - 8:31am

Pixologic have released ZBrush 4R4!

The update, which is free for registered users, contains a new features such as IMM Insert Multi Mesh Brushes, QRemesher Alpha, Topology Brush, Mesh Fusion, Improved Vector Displacement Maps along with TransPose and Dynamesh Enhancements!

LoopTools 4.2 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 20, 2012 - 10:55am

Bart Crouch has released an update for his stunning modelling tools script LoopTools!

The update contains a few bug fixes and a new tool Gstretch, which distributes the selected vertices along a Grease Pencil stroke.

ZBrush 4R3 Decimation Master Overview

Submitted by Eat 3D on July 11, 2012 - 8:48pm

In this demonstration, Andy Davies goes over the powerful ZBrush plugin Decimation Master.

He provides an overview of the different settings you are most likely to need, such as adjusting the amount of decimation and masking to get the most out of your decimated meshes, and explains the differences between the options within the plugin, to ensure maximum compatibility for application specific configurations while maintaining a good workflow.

Polygon 10 versus Polygon Cruncher 9 Article!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 23, 2012 - 10:20am

Polygon Cruncher has been much improved since the release of version 10 a few weeks ago and now includes numerous optimizations which provide stunning results!

Wayne Robson's MudWalker X And ReDucto Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 14, 2012 - 10:46am

Wayne Robson has released the much talked about MudWalker X And ReDucto!

The decimation tool and suite of plugins include such features as Vodel grid based polygon reduction, Intelligent hole filling, Vertex level Ambient Occlusion and Normal map baking and Customisable interface configurations, along with a surprise addition: WeaponX and over 30 minutes of help videos from the man himself!

Wayne Robson's MudWalker X And ReDucto To Be Released For Free!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 8, 2012 - 10:33am

Wayne Robson is to release the much talked about MudWalker X And ReDucto for free later this week!

The decimation tool and suite of plugins will include such features as Vodel grid based polygon reduction, Intelligent hole filling, Vertex level Ambient Occlusion and Normal map baking and Customisable interface configurations!

MudWalker X features:

Blender 2.63 RC1 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on April 20, 2012 - 10:26am

The Blender Foundation have released Blender 2.63 RC1!

The release adds some really big improvements, including a totally rewritten mesh system that supports Ngons!

After months of hard work, the team is close to release this version with a completely modernized Mesh system!

3ds Max And 3ds Max Design 2013 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on April 12, 2012 - 11:25am

Autodesk have released 3DS Max 2013!

It is now available for download via subscription accounts and for those wishing to get a trial

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Autodesk® 3ds Max® 2013 animation software delivers new rendering, motion graphics, 3D animation, and simulation tools empowering artists to focus more on creative, rather than technical challenges.

Changes in this release include :-

nDo2 1.1.2 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on April 2, 2012 - 9:03am

Quixel have released nDo2 1.1.2!

The new release includes support for the new Photoshop CS6 Beta and has many crash fixes and other improvments!

What has changed since 1.06?

ZBrush 4R2b Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 24, 2012 - 9:37am

Pixologic have released ZBrush 4R2b!

The feature packed upgrade, which is free for registered users, contains a large amount of new tools and functionality, including FiberMesh, MicroMesh support, new BPR Global Shadow and Ambient Occlusion settings, Topology editing additions and Improved mask operations!

What is new in ZBrush R2b?

OctaneRender For 3ds Max v1.0 Beta 2.56b Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 6, 2012 - 12:38pm

Refractive Software have released OctaneRender v1.0 Beta 2.56b for 3ds Max!

The update adds improvements to the speed of rendering and produces cleaner results!

nDo2 1.0.6 Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 2, 2012 - 12:56pm

Hot on the heels of the holidays, Quixel have released nDo2 1.0.6!

The new release includes support for manually duplicated normals and 16 bit normal creation!

What has changed in 1.0.6?

Support for manually duplicated normals
16 bit normal creation support
Improved normal bevel removal support
nDo2 no longer hogs the screen when processing

TopoRelax Modifier For Max Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on November 21, 2011 - 2:40pm

TopoRelax has been released!

The 3DS Max modifier plugin allows you to relax the topology of a mesh without loosing it's volume

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TopoRelax is a 3DS Max modifier which relaxes meshes while preserving their volume unlike the normal relax modifier which shrinks the mesh

Here are some of the benefits you get:

Refractive Software Announces OctaneRender For 3ds Max!

Submitted by metalliandy on November 9, 2011 - 10:19am

Refractive Software has announced Octane Render for 3ds Max!

The GPU based, un-biased, physically based render engine will be available on the 1st of December 2011 and will cost 99 € until the Beta program runs it's course.

The plugin will initially support 3ds Max 2010, 2011 and 2012, with other versions being supported at a later date.

nDo2 Map Generation Tutorial!

Submitted by metalliandy on November 9, 2011 - 9:42am

Those awesome guys from over at Quixel have released a quick tutorial that shows you how to generate AO, height, diffuse and specular maps from your normal maps in the stunning nDo2! It even includes the new feature: Doodle to 3D!

Skin Slide Plugin For 3d Max

Submitted by metalliandy on October 11, 2011 - 10:38am

Seigi Sato has created a fantastic plugin for max, called Skin Slide.

The plugin creates the effect of muscles sliding underneath skin, and it looks fantastic

nDo2 Feature Tutorial!

Submitted by metalliandy on October 10, 2011 - 4:34pm

Those awesome guys from over at Quixel have released a quick tutorial that features some of the features in the stunning nDo2!

Quixel is an extremely versatile and powerful tool for Photoshop that caters for all your normal mapping needs from within the confines of everyone's favorite image editing application