Plug-In Applications


4DPAINT - 4DPAINT brings high-end 3D paint functionality to the PC in a fully interactive 3D environment. 4DPAINT invites you into a virtual paint world with natural media painting tools. 4D PAINT is a real-time modular brush and paint system with unlimited, uniquely individual painting effects.

Available May 15 from 4DVISION LLC at $1,495 U.S. list.

Contact: Scott Susmann, 303-759-1024; scot@4dvision.com; http://www.4dvision.com

Sculptor NT - Sculptor brings full trimmable 3D NURBS modeling to 3D Studio MAX. Open and closed smoothed surfaces may be instantly created and deformed intuitively and interactively. Sculptor creates objects than can be modified by moving control points to achieve shape changes on coarse or fine detail levels. Multiple Sculptor objects may be joined to form composite objects, and objects can be deformed or stretched and retain their smooth, flexible joints.
Available August 1996 from 4DVISION LLC at $495 U.S. list.

Contact: Scott Susmann, 303-759-1024; scot@4dvision.com; http://www.4dvision.com

MetaREYES Metaballs NT - Metareyes creates complex surfaces using a technique called Metaballs. Metaballs creates objects with an organic look. Animating Metaballs allows users to quickly create lifelike characters, animals or liquids.
Available August 1996 from 4DVISION LLC at $595 U.S. list.

Contact: Scott Susmann, 303-759-1024; scot@4dvision.com; http://www.4dvision.com

Puppeteer NT - Puppeteer combines smooth skin deformation, real-time motion capture,

constraints-based motion editing and the ability to load pre-defined motion files. The face tracking and skeletal skin modules allow for vertex level mesh animation based upon captured motion data or the movement of underlying skeletal mesh objects. The system's real-time motion capture capability provides a direct interface with Flock of Birds motion capture hardware from Ascension Technology Corp. Motion data files for most motion capture systems are supported directly, including Ascension, Motion Analysis, Adaptive Optics, Viewpoint, SuperFluo, Polhemus, Biovision and other popular formats.

Available September 1996 from 4DVISION LLC at $795.00 U.S. list.

Contact: Scott Susmann, 303-759-1024; scot@4dvision.com; http://www.4dvision.com

RayMax - The first Raytracer for 3D Studio MAX! The Plug In is fully integrated into 3D Studio MAX, does selective Raytracing (Objects for Raytracing are selectable) and has a programmable shader (Material, Texture, Shadow, Volume, Light, Lens, Output). Very important: it supports multithreading and distributed network rendering. Planned for the future: hardware supported Raytracing from ART.

Available August 1996 from ABSOLUTE Software GmbH, Dammtorstr. 34 B, 20354

Hamburg, Germany

Contact:, Ruediger Hoefert, 100136,1105@compuserve.com

GAMUT-SGm - For Sega Saturn developers, this professional file conversion and preview

application simplifies Saturn game development using 3D Studio MAX. GAMUT-SGm converts geometry, materials, textures, and bitmaps to standard file formats, with automatic quad generation. An interactive preview function displays converted objects on the Saturn.

Available July 1 from Animetix Technologies, Inc. at $995 U.S. list.

Contact: Adam Walters, 604-730-5627; adamw@axionet.com; http://www.animetix.com

GAMUT-PSm - For Sony PlayStation developers, this professional file conversion application

simplifies PlayStation development using 3D Studio MAX. GAMUT-PSm converts geometry,

materials, textures, and bitmaps to standard file formats, with optional quad generation.

GAMUT-PSm also exports and imports standard PlayStation file formats.

Available July 1 from Animetix Technologies, Inc. at $995 U.S. list.

Contact: Adam Walters, 604-730-5627; adamw@axionet.com; http://www.animetix.com

GAMUT-DXm - For Windows '95 game developers, this professional file conversion and preview application simplifies game development for Windows '95 titles. GAMUT-DXm converts geometry, materials, textures, bitmaps, and animation to Microsoft's Direct3D format. An interactive preview mode shows converted objects with animation.

Available August 1 from Animetix Technologies, Inc. at a price to be announced.

Contact: Adam Walters, 604-730-5627; adamw@axionet.com; http://www.animetix.com

BauMAX - BauMAX is an interactive prototyping tool for Architecture. In the old days a user

doing architectural renderings would create 95% of his construction in AutoCAD and AutoCAD applications and then export these drawings to 3D Studio via .DXF or .3DS. This resulted in a bunch of problems which took a long time to correct (like flipping normals manually). BauMAX changes your way of working. The user models complex architectural models inside 3D Studio MAX und visualises these extremely fast ! BauMAX provides architecture specific commands and tool sets. The user builds models including all parameters like Textures and material. Walls, windows and doors are inserted based on a parametric database.

Available July 1996

Contact: Cebas Computer, Edwin Braun, +49-6221-760038, http://www.cebas.com

3D/AV Digital Production Suite - 3D/AV synchronizes 3D graphics with full-motion video and audio to provide non-linear movie play, animation recording, digital compositing and real-time AV capture and record within 3D Studio MAX. Running on Truevision's Targa 1000/2000 cards, 3D/AV integrates render previews, video texture maps, motion tests and true video display in NTSC and PAL.

Available May 1 from Diaquest at $795 U.S. list.

Contact: Howard Gutstadt, 510-526-7167; howard@diaquest.com;

http://www.diaquest.com

3D/Digital Disk - 3D/Digital Disk provides direct access via Ethernet or SCSI connection to

Accom, Abekas and Sierra Design Labs recorders. DDR functions are remotely controlled from MAX and image sequences are automatically color converted and transferred for video capture and recording. The VTR Auto-Edit option provides editing between the DDR and RS-422 VTRs.

Available May 1 from Diaquest at $795 U.S. list.

Contact: Howard Gutstadt, 510-526-7167; howard@diaquest.com;

http://www.diaquest.com

Sand Blaster - This next-generation particle system allows 3D Studio MAX artists to use any

object as a particle. Animators can explode an object into particles and reassemble the particles into another object. Sand Blaster features vortex, swarm, and collision detection space warps for intelligent particle motion.

Available second quarter 1996 from Digimation at a price to be announced.

Contact: David Avgikos, 504-468-7898; sold@digimation.com; http://www.digimation.com

Fractal Flow - This image processing plug-in application uses fractal technology to distort images or specific parts of an image. 3D Studio MAX users can simulate cloaking space ships, rain drops, fire, water, smoke and more. Each effect can be animated over time using the Track Editor.

Available second quarter 1996 from Digimation at a price to be announced.

Contact: David Avgikos, 504-468-7898; davida@digimation.com;

http://www.digimation.com

Image Master - This essential utility for 3D Studio MAX allows artists to instantly view thumbnail pictures of images created or used inside the application. Features include the ability to easily view, move, delete and resize groups of images at once. Users can also convert between any 3D Studio MAX file format.

Available second quarter 1996 from Digimation at a price to be announced.

Contact: David Avgikos, 504-468-7898; davida@digimation.com;

http://www.digimation.com

Bones Pro - Based on the award-winning product for 3D Studio, Bones Pro provides skeletal

deformation with an easy and straightforward approach. This plug-in allows artists to animate any mesh object with 3D MAX Studio bones, and comes with a Blend plug-in to smooth joints between connected objects.

Available second quarter 1996 from Digimation at a price to be announced.

Contact: David Avgikos, 504-468-7898; davida@digimation.com;

http://www.digimation.com

LenZFX MAX - This award-winning special effects software includes Glow, Hilight, Depth of Field Blur and Lens Flare. Each module features total user control and animatable options. Lens Flare features a unique and powerful lens flare construction kit.

Available second quarter 1996 from Digimation at a price to be announced.

Contact: David Avgikos, 504-468-7898; davida@digimation.com;

http://www.digimation.com

SpaceArm 3D Digitizer SpaceSculpt Interface - Designed for 3D Studio MAX, this driver

allows the modeler to create true 3D datasets from a sculpted model in record time. Artists can

digitize points or splines and create simple or complex models in a matter of minutes. By enable the automatic surface generator, models come to life.

Available May 1996 from FARO Technologies, Inc. Call for pricing.

Contact: Jon Houston, 800-736-0234; houstonj@faro.com

SPRN DLL - is a system printer driver for 3D Studio MAX. It allows to render directly to a

Windows configured printer driver. It's possible to determine resolution of the output and runs

integrated as a 3D Studio MAX Plug In. Price is $49.

Availability: now, orderable over compuserve via Credicard No.

Contact: netnice GbR, Horst Brueckner, +49-9195-946612, CIS

100015.1534@compuserve.com

PRIMATTE S-100 for 3D Studio MAX - This high-quality chromakey and image composting package offers blue (or any color) screen removal to any size image supported by 3D Studio MAX.

Available May 15 from P.E. Photron at $400 U.S. list.

Contact: Scott Gross, 408-261-3613; sgross@photron.com; http://www.photron.com

Moritz - Moritz is a toolbox for technical visualisation, steel construction and piping. With only a few keystrokes you build up a tube construction with bends, flanges and fittings or simply choose a steel beam from a Database, determine the length parameter an put it into 3D Studio MAX. You can generate steel profiles e.g. T-beams or U-beams either by chosing them from a standards library or determine the parameters in the menu. Building up a tube construction is done by creating only the central axis - Moritz generates pipe bends and pipe skin. Generate flanges or reductions either by chosing them from a library or determining the parameters in the menu. Price: $250+shipping costs.

Availability: September 1996

Contact: Schneider & Partner, Rolf Peter Gansel, +49-203-26155, CIS

100121.3336@compuserve.com

MaxParticles II/All-Purpose-Emitter - These particle systems provide trails, shaped bursts,

fountains, explosions, streams, bubbles, sparks, fireworks. The application supports multiple particle types, multiple mapping options, secondary motion inheritence configuration, burst shaping, emission bias control. It also provides simple vapor and smoke plumes.

Available April 1996 from Sisyphus Software and from Independent Kinetix and Graphics

Software Dealers at a recommended price of $70.

Contact: Eric Peterson, 210 543 0665; CIS 74461,157 or 74461.157@compuserve.com;

http://www.sisyphus.com

MaxTrax - MaxTrax provides procedural and permanent object trails. Useful for skid marks, jet trails, boat wakes, footprints, painting, handwriting, animated map development, banners, and tire tracks, the software supports multiple mapping options, trail fade, and scale inheritance. It provides for the ability to switch between procedural trails and permanent trails for completely unique effects.

Available May 1996 from Sisyphus Software and from Independent Kinetix and Graphics

Software Dealers at a recommended price of $70.

Contact: Eric Peterson, 210 543 0665; CIS 74461,157 or 74461.157@compuserve.com;

http://www.sisyphus.com

Max'Plode (MaxParticles III) - This plug-in generates explode geometry and shape-filling,

all-purpose-emitter routines. Max'Plode provides an intelligent fragmentation engine with the

configurable vector controls of Sisyphus All-Purpose-Emitter to fragment geometry by faces,

clumps, smoothing. Provides arbitrary particle distribution and stable particle replacement systems. Provides 'blowaway', explode, and disintegrate effects. Blast centers are configurable, and it provides volume-filling bubbles.

Available June-July 1996 from Sisyphus Software and from Independent Kinetix and

Graphics Software Dealers at a recommended price of $75.

Contact: Eric Peterson, 210 543 0665; CIS 74461,157 or 74461.157@compuserve.com;

http://www.sisyphus.com

MaxParticles 1 - This software provides specialized particle effects: fast bursts, halos, and planar fields. It approximates running water, rapids, planar force fields, cylindrical fields, jumpgates, black holes, and whirlpools.

Available July-August 1996 from Sisyphus Software and from Independent Kinetix and

Graphics Software Dealers at a recommended price of $70.

Contact: Eric Peterson, 210 543 0665; CIS 74461,157 or 74461.157@compuserve.com;

http://www.sisyphus.com

MaxSolids - MaxSolids provides extended primitives for use in the 3D Studio MAX

create/geometry mode, including parameterized filleted cubes, prisms, spindles, tanks, filleted

n-gonal extrusions, channels and standard extrusions.

Available August-September 1996 from Sisyphus Software and from Independent Kinetix

and Graphics Software Dealers at a recommended price of $50.

Contact: Eric Peterson, 210 543 0665; CIS 74461,157 or 74461.157@compuserve.com;

http://www.sisyphus.com

SpaceWare AniMotion - SpaceWare AniMotion is a plug-in and SpaceController (3D control

device) bundle that gives animators real-time, 3D motion control of objects, cameras, and light

sources. Automatic animation recording captures the motion as it happens and the dynamic camera gives animators simultaneous, hand-held control of subject, path and field of view for impressive 3D animation.

Available June 24 from Spacetec IMC at $495 U.S. list.

Contact: Stas Mylek, 508-970-0330 ext. 123; stas@spacetec.com;

http://www.spacetec.com

TARGA 1000 Pro & 3D/AV Digital Production Suite - This is a digital video suite within 3D Studio MAX. Features include synchronization of 3D graphics and animation with AV movies, real-time compositing and effects using the TARGA 1000, design and preview of fast rendered 3D graphics, and audio/video capture and record with remote control of VTR inside 3D Studio MAX.

Available April 29 from Truevision and Diaquest at $3,495 through Dec. 31.

Contact: Truevision, 408-562-4200 or 800-522-TRUE; info@truevision.com;

http://www.truevision.com