TURTLE V4.1.0.7 FOR MAYA 32BIT | 22.2MB

Turtle is the only product on the market that combines advanced rendering technology with sophisticated baking functionality in one integrated toolset.
By integrating the baking functions into the core of Turtle, standard rendering and baking can be handled in the same way. For you, this means a better workflow while baking and the ability to bake with all of Turtle?s render features. Continue Reading

Lynda.com: 3DS Max 2009 Essential Training
As the most widely used 3D animation software in the world, 3ds Max is capable of creating stunning visual effects for a broad range of purposes. It can be used to create effects for everything from video games and feature films to architectural walkthroughs and mechanical designs. Continue Reading

DAZ The Mimic Lip Sync Studio v3.0.1.1
Mimic Pro provides an advanced environment for easily creating and editing facial animation sequences. Take existing WAV audio files of any language and let Mimic animate your figure for you. Or, record your own speech file within Mimic’s simple recording studio via a microphone connected to your computer. Continue Reading

Craft Director Tools is a suite of plug-ins for Direct Animation in Maya and 3ds Max. Direct animation is a ground breaking animation discipline in which animators are given greater precision and control. Objects and cameras are steered manually in the 3D environment with the aid of such input devices as a joystick or a 3D mouse.

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fryrender Release Candidate is out!!!

There are so many changes and massive IMPROVEMENTS in this version that I don’t even know where to begin.

– fryrender is FASTER overall
– The memory footprint is between 2x and 3x smaller than before
– Most of the relevant features have been improved individually
– The noise distribution is more uniform and dense
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Autodesk has released a Service Pack for Max 2009 that fixes a number of issues.

Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 Service Pack 1 includes a number of fixes for Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 across several functional areas, including Biped, Customer Error Reports (CER), Custom Attributes, Edit Normal Modifier, FBX\Revit? Shaders , Hair, Inverse Kinematics, Materials, Network/Command Line Rendering, Particles, Performance, Render Elements, Render to Texture, Revit Import, SDK, Spline Mapping, SteeringWheels?, ViewCube?, Viewport and XRefs.

3dsmax2009_sp1.zip (zip – 25396Kb)
Readme (pdf – 62Kb)