21st
MAY

ADG 3D Tools ver.5.0.0.45

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ADG 3D TOOL (ADG Exporter) enables file export from 3DS MAX to ADG File Format developed for Web Publishing (Albatross Design Group, Inc. File Format, Copyright © 2000-2004.) ADG Exporter has a built-in ADG Viewer for fast viewing of 3D scenes in ADG File Format. No HTML or Java programming knowledge required! ADG Files can be viewed through ADG Java Viewer that eliminates a Plug-in installation and gives a platform independent use on the Internet.

Minimum System Requirements

* 3DS MAX 4.0 - 8.0 ®
* Intel Pentium R - class PC (500 MHz or higher)
* Microsoft ® Windows ® 95, 98, 2000 Professional, XP, Millennium
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1, Netscape Communicator 4.0 or higher
* Microsoft DirectX 6.0 or higher
* 3D accelerator (recommended)
* 64 MB RAM

3rd
APR

Alteros 3D v2.81.2812

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Alteros3D is a 3D/2D graphic viewer with customizable interface. The program allows viewing any 3D files (3DS, MAX, VRML, TrueSpace, LightWave and many other formats), as well as 2D graphical files (PSD, TIFF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIF and many others). Built-in text editor allows viewing and editing TXT and RTF files. Alteros 3D can also display HTML files and other documents via OLE interface (requires installed Internet Explorer). Built-in mediaplayer plays DVD-video disks, Video and Audio files. Program interface can be easily set up with the help of the skins. Besides, Alteros 3D has its own desktop files format- ADESK.

Features:
- Thumbnails for 2D and 3D graphic files.

- Display 3D files: 3dm, 3dmf, 3ds, asc, ase, c4d, cob, dwg (limited support), dxb, dxf, geo, iv, lif, lvs, lw, lwo, max (limited support), md2, md3, mdl, mts, ndo, obj, objf, off, peo, prj, pro, rax, scn, spx, stl, tim, wrl, x, xsi.

- Copying 3D image rendering result in clipboard.
- Rotation and scaling of 3D objects. Alterations of lighting, transparency, material type and display mode of 3D objects, as well as many other settings for 3D scenes.
- Display 2D graphical files: bmp, btn1, btn2, btn3, dib, emf, gif, ico, jif, jpe, jpeg, jpg, pcx, rle, tga, wmf, psd, tiff, png, ppm, cel, iff, rgb, fli,flc (only first frame), pic, tim.
- Saving pictures as BMP or JPEG.
- Zoom in and zoom out modes, screen floating.
- Set any picture as Desktop Wallpaper.
- Standard Copy, Paste functions for pictures.
- Slideshow mode.
more….

21st
NOV

Maya V8.0P06

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Autodesk (formerly Alias Systems Corporation) Maya® - Academy Award® winning software is the world’s most powerfully integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution. Maya also adds to the quality and realism of 2D graphics. That’s why film and video artists, game developers, visualization professionals, Web and print designers turn to Maya to take their work to the next level.
Integrates the world’s foremost modeling, animation, visual effects, and advanced rendering technologies into one complete workflow solution. It’s the most comprehensive 3D software for producing professional-quality graphics on desktop PCs or graphics workstations.
Maya Unlimited includes all of the integrated tools and functionality in Maya Complete and adds these industry leading innovations: Maya Fluid Effects™; Maya Cloth; Maya Hair; Maya Fur, and Maya Live.
Based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using an embedded scripting language and a well-documented and comprehensive Application Program Interface (API) enabling you to realize your creative vision.
Autodesk Maya is used by film and video artists, game developers, design visualization professionals, and students to create engaging, lifelike digital images, realistic animation, and extraordinary visual effects.

Create breathtaking 3D content with Autodesk® Maya® 8 software. With Maya 8, Autodesk demonstrates its commitment to meeting the demands of next-generation productions. The new release addresses the fundamental challenges Maya customers are facing today–and those they expect to face in the future.

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Highlights of the new product and feature offerings for Autodesk Maya 8 include:
- 64-bit support for Windows and Linux platforms
- Multi-threading and algorithmic speed-ups to boost performance
- File referencing enhancements
- Enhanced polygon modeling and UV tools and workflows
- Transfer of UVs and other attributes between models
- Updated mental ray 3.5 core
- Enhanced interoperability between Maya and other Autodesk products, including MotionBuilder, 3DS Max and Toxik.

Autodesk Maya Complete:
- Intuitive User Interface
- Data and Scene Management Tools
- Polygon Modeling
- NURBS Modeling
- Subdivision Surface Modeling
- General Animation
- Character Animation
- Deformers
- Rigid and Soft Body Dynamics
- Particles and Fields
- Maya Paint Effects
- Toon Shader
- Maya Artisan
- 3D Paint
- Multiple Rendering Options
- Rendering Controls and Effects
- MEL
- Maya API/SDK
- Connectivity and Integration

Autodesk Maya Unlimited contains everything in Autodesk Maya Complete, plus:
- Maya Hair
- Maya Fluid Effects
- Maya Cloth
- Maya Fur
- Maya Live

* Maya Fluid Effects™ - Simulate and render a huge variety of atmospheric, pyrotechnic, viscous liquid, and open ocean effects. Maya Fluid Effects overcomes one of the greatest barriers in computer animation.
* Maya Fur - Easy creation of realistic fur, short hair, wool and grass on NURBS or polygonal models. Incredibly realistic styling and rendering of short hair and fur, with Maya Artisan brush interface for painting fur attributes.
* Maya Cloth - The fastest and most accurate software solution for simulating a wide variety of digital clothing and other fabric objects. Any cloth object can be animated including sails, skins, tents, drapery, bedding, etc.
* Maya Live - Sophisticated matchmoving combines 2D live-action with 3D elements. Maya Live provides greater flexibility, a fast integrated 2D tracker and an interactive root frame solver. Maya Live also allows you to reconstruct live-action elements as 3D geometry plus output to external applications.
* Maya Hair - Tools for the creation, styling and rendering of fully dynamic long hair on NURBS or polygon objects. Make any NURBS curve dynamic for use in advanced character rigging and effects. Create a wide range of other “non-hair” effects too.

15th
OCT

3D Photo Browser Light

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3D Photo Browser Light is a browser for your 3D, photo, video and audio files. This is a fast and powerful media manager to browse thousands of files thanks to its thumbnails window. You’ll find user friendly features to display your 3D and images files.

3D Photo Browser recognizes more than 60 images and videos files format, many 3D files format and most of the audio files format:

* LWO
* LWS
* MAX
* 3DS
* DXF
* JPEG
* TIFF
* PSD
* BMP
* GIF
* AVI
* SWF
* HTML
* MP3
* WAV
Display in the same window the files located in several folders: this is very useful to take a glance at your whole photos library.

Display your files the way you want:

* Small thumbnails to browse thousand of files in a split second.
* A customizable display mode to view the information you need such the width and height of your images, the number of faces of your 3D files or the title and the length of your MP3 files.

For your comfort and a better navigation, 3D Photo Browser fits all your needs by:

* Sorting the files at your convenience (name, picture-taking date, user-defined)
* Filtering the files as you want (I.e. display only images or 3D files or *.jpg and *.html files starting by A)
* Grouping files together using logical criteria.

3D Photo Browser also handles renaming and deleting files that share a given name but have different extensions (i.e. example.jpg image and example.wav sound).

3D Photo Browser Light offers a wide range of advanced features, increasing the choice every day thanks to the regular updates. Rename a set of files, replace your desktop background image: there is no limit. No other software gives you so much daily services!

12th
OCT

Autodesk 3D Studio Max ver. 9.0

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Bring 3D film effects to the big screen. Generate realistic characters for a top-selling game. Create rich and complex design visualization. Autodesk 3ds Max 9 3D animation, rendering and modeling software lets game developers, design visualization professionals, and visual effects artists maximize their productivity and tackle challenging animation projects.

11th
SEP

BodyStudio for 3DStudio MAX v2.6.0.8b

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BodyStudio seamlessly integrates Poser 3D character animation technology into Discreet 3ds max. This innovative plug-in allows 3ds max users to render and playback Poser animations. Now With Added Support for Poser 6, and Max 8!