Changes for v3.5 are:
- Integration of RADIANCE 3.6.1
- Improved quality due to integration of 'Overture' calculation from original Radiance
- Improved quality and speed due to 'adaptive' rendering
- Faster due to shadow buffer
- Faster due to usage of instances
- Faster due to usage of more single octrees
- Faster due to 'shared memory' (new multithreading model that also works on single processors)
- More comfort due to usage of new Light Studio 'RadTarget' lights
- Improved image quality due to new render quality options
- New, improved manual

Light Studio is available for Max 3 to 7 and costs €2000. A demo version is available here.

Next Limit have released a new Alpha version of their Maxwell renderer. Alpha version 1.1.10 is available to those who have pre-ordered the final version.

MAX Plugins.de would like to wish all visitors to the site all the best for the holidays. We hope you have a good and peaceful one. Dave

Changes for v4.11 are:
- Improvements in network licensing management
- Fixes a few bugs in the Navigator

VR4MAX is available for Max 3 to 7 and pricing starts at €850. A demo version is available here.

Extended features for v1.46.09 are:
- Glossy reflections on/off switch added to the Global Switches rollout
- VRay will warn if the camera FOV is too small
- VRay will warn if the scene bounding box is too small/large or too far from the origin
- Drag-and-drop support for the material override button in the Global Switches rollout
- Drag-and-drop support for the small map buttons in VRayMtl
- Correct preview for the refraction of the vray material in viewports
- A viewer for the .vrimg files produced by VRay is included

Bug fixes for v1.46.09 are:
- Simbiont materials did not work
- Artifacts with nested objects possible
- VRayMtlWrapper did not produce a matte surface
- VRayEdgesTex crashed with proxies
- VRayLightMtl did not keep its name on file load/save
- GI with transparent surfaces could cause a crash
- Caustics with interpolated glossy reflections caused a crash
- Dome light darker with lightmap
- Render-to-texture with lightmaps was a problem
- Crash when rendering gbuffer channels and Max resolution differed from VRay VFB
- VRay VFB with save to raw file crashed
- VRay VFB rendered out black in sequence
- Alpha channel was inverted in the VRay VFB

V-Ray is available for Max 3 to 7 and costs $299 for the Basic version and $799 for the Advanced version. A demo version is available here.

This is an advanced version of the JSR184 exporter included with Max 7. It adds a lot more control over exporting, and also has an improved user interface. It also supports Max 6, and fixes a few bugs found in the version that ships with Max 7.

Export 184 Professional is available for Max 6 and 7, and costs $699.

Changes for v4.10 are:
- Adds VR4MAX Conferencing
- Adds support for ArchVision RPC
- Fixes a number of bugs in the Navigator
- Improvements in the licensing system
- Fixes some bugs in the Exhibitor

VR4MAX is available for Max 3 to 7 and pricing starts at €850. A demo version is available here.

Evasion Ltd. have released a compatibility patch for X-DoF v2.0 and Max 7. You can get it here.

Changes for v1.31 are:
- Improvements to seamless transitions for all cameras
- Seamless transitions now work with Craft SpyCam and Craft AeroCam

Craft Camera Tools is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $695. A demo version is available here.

This is a totally new version of the plugin for exporting your Max scenes to layered Photoshop files. It is now a utility instead of a videopost filter, and has a much improved user interface. It also now has a built-in Virtual Frame Buffer for previewing the layers that will be exported.

AF Export Channels is available for Max 3 to 7 and costs $99.99. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.02 are:
- Adds additional functionality for the Split Group operator

Registered users of Orbaz plugins can download the update at the Support / Download forum.

Particle Flow Tools: Box 1 is available for Max 5 to 7 and costs $195. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.61.01 are:
- Added initial support for particle-flow sources
- Added noise fractal for the smoke shader
- Added an animatable viewport pointer for the direction of gravity, initializer velocity
- Modifier rollup has been moved to a separate 'modifier' tab
- Fixed Aura crashing when deleted from the environment with consequent 'undo'
- Fixed Aura crashing when using several Aura instances in the same scene
- Fixed a bug in the lightmap of the Aura smoke shader that could cause crashing

AURA is currently in open beta-testing, this version will expire in a month or so.

Changes for v0.31b are:
- Fixes UV Grit, which was broken in the Max 6 build

These plugins allow Max to export scenes in the *.XRD format required by RT² and XRadiance. RT², a realtime raytracer, and XRadiance, a hardware accelerated photon tracer, both use the GPU on your graphics hardware to render images.

This is basically the same as the Point Cache modifier except it records the vertex selection data. It also has the ability to accumulate the selection so you can do all sorts of neat deformation effects.

This is basically the same as the Conform compound object, but implemented as a modifier so it is more flexible.

This is an enhancement to the Max6 Blob Mesh. It adds 2 new options. The first is analytic normals and the option to use a 3d texture as an iso surface. These are only available when 'Large Data Set Optimization' is on.

Max 7 users on subscription can look forward to getting a new extension in the new year. Discreet has announced that Cloth Extension, based on ClothFX from Size8 Software, will be made available to subscription members in January 2005.

Changes for v1.30 are:
- Improvements to Craft HeliCam regarding speed and seamless transitions
- Removal of Auto-View-Change on selection
- Possibility to change settings during flight
- Possibility to fly a mesh from ind. view

Craft Camera Tools is available for Max 4 to 7 and costs $695. A demo version is available here.