Changes for v4.1.20 are:
- Fixes a crash when importing from RealWave to Max
- Minor bug-fixes

Changes for v2009.03.24 are:
- Adds a new OGRE plugin that exports mesh.xml files
- Adds a new Text Object plugin

Changes for v5.7.1.4684 are:
- Double-sided options in object properties (Deep Exploration) is no longer missing
- Cortex now installs to the correct location
- Fixes a plugin error message with CADbase.x3d, CoreCAD_Standard.x3d
- 'Update now' now works in 64-bit DE 5.7.1.
- Fixes problems with 32bit CADformats in RHJob 64-bit
- Rhjob is now disabled for Max/Maya files

Deep Exploration CAD Edition is available for Max 4 to 2009 and costs $1995. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v7.21 are:
- Fixes host application exiting when xStream plugin has been used during the session
- Fixes save of XSI scenes containing a large incorporated Vue scene
- Fixes crash when closing C4D scenes if xStream is used in the scene
- Improved display when first keyframe isn't at zero time
- Fixes PNG module on MacOS
- Adds missing QTVR file format on Windows
- Improved repartition of instances when using mixed ecosystem materials
- Fixes hypervue single video file output
- Fixes file saving when path contain non-ascii characters (MacOS)
- Fixes UI presets change on Windows
- Fixes crash after changing motion type
- Fixes range command line option for both StandAloneRenderer & RenderNode applications
- Improved export of polygonal objects with multiple textures
- Improved download of C3D Item
- Improved rendering of glow (external rendering and when using hybrid 2.5D effects)
- Improved external rendering of hybrid 2.5D effects with multiple passes
- Improved Collada material import
- Fixes possible crash when loading back objects made of metablobs and/or boolean operations
- Improved C4D export

Vue 7 xStream is available for Max 7 to 2009 and costs $1495. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.0.411 include:
- Adds further support for user frame buffers
- Command-line rendering can now attach back to shell console for log text display
- Adds initial support for IPR network rendering
- Fixes profile selector script to handle multiple detections
- Adds initial support for user frame buffers

Rendition is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs $395. A demo version is available here.

slideElements enables you to easily save multiple Max render elements to a single OpenEXR file for use in compositing. It comes with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Essentially, you add all the render elements you want to your scene as usual, and set them all to save to a dead .exr file. You then add the new slideElements shader to a 'mr Shader' object in your scene and drag this shader to the material editor. In there, you set a filename and a path, and then tell it the order in which your chosen elements appear in the render element list. When each frame has been rendered, it'll bake all these elements into a single file (with a frame number added). It also converts the ObjectID pass into a series of (up to 100) individual mask channels labelled the same as the ObjectID.

Changes for SP2 are:
- 20% faster rendering core
- Importance-Sampling IBL is working again
- Definitive Anti-Aliasing system
- IBL now renders caustics and certain GI situations more smoothly
- Better tonemapping for burnt-out tones
- sRGB-corrected physical sky hues
- Material auto-conversors now support .PNG / .TIF
- Adds support for mouse-wheel in the UI
- Fixes some glitches in the UI
- Fixes multi-threading conflicts when using several instances of the standalone
- Fixes scrollbars in the UI
- Fixes the Light UI
- Fixes problems with cropped sliders when resizing the UI
- Fixes .TGA vertical flip in some .TGA files
- .TGA files now save properly in RAM-stressed situations
- The OBJID buffer now keeps the same colors through all frames of an animation
- Fixes random colored spots in the framebuffer at very high efficiency values
- All Kelvin colors now carry the same average power regardless of their temperature

fryrender is available for Max 6 to 2009 and costs €795 for 1 master license and 2 slave licenses. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.05 are:
- Adds support for Deadline 3
- Double Click edits a node instead of renaming it
- Renaming a node requires F2 to be pressed, or ENTER
- Major code restructuring for RenderAPI
- Adds detected for some unknown system exceptions
- Removed 'No info found on passDDL' warning
- Fixes minor bug with previewMode
- Fixes bug in shot submission where inactive passes are submitted

LPM Pro is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs $75. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.8.15.0 are:
- Adds GrannyIsDeformerAccelerated function
- Replaced PS2 assertion function with SCE inspired version
- Updated documentation section: Granny Data Loading Overview
- Fixes linker warnings in the Xenon libraries
- Preprocessor unit tests added for the basic commands
- Preprocessor granny_memory_arena macros renamed to avoid collision with the 'official' versions
- Fixes a crash when CAT objects in Max were categorized as tri-meshes, rather than bones
- Many documentation updates and tweaks
- Rectangle objects recognized in Max object classification
- Moved undocumented GrannyClipRootMotionVectors to the source API
- Adds plugin support for RC3 of Max 2010 (not officially supported)

Granny Exporter is available for Max 6 to 2009, and is part of the Granny Toolkit which costs $12500.

The SigerShaders are scripted plugins for use with V-Ray v1.5 and higher that control many components of the V-Ray Material based on specific Material criteria.

This set contains 8 Mosaic templates which can be customized flexibly and, most importantly, quickly, for all needs. The Mosaic shader only exposes the settings that are important in creating a highly realistic and optimized material.

SigerShaders VMosaic is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs €25.

Changes for v2008.2.179173 are:
- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Adds Submit dialog drop-down selection to support all submit options
- Adds 'select/unselect all files' checkbox to Submit dialog
- Fixes sync button resize issue in History dialog
- Fixes crash when clicking on Have Revision column header under Get Latest Revision from Perforce
- Filenames no longer truncated in the Get Latest Revision/Checkout dialog
- Changed 'Document' to 'File'
- Adds new option to enable files to be reverted upon close
- More file info displayed in depot browser
- Changed default submit option to show all opened files
- Adds new checkbox to Submit dialog for leaving unchanged files in default changelist

Changes for v2.0 are:
- The price has been dropped from $84 to $49.98
- You can also now purchase single plugins for $7 each

Quadratic Primitives -NURBS is available for Max 4 to 2009 and costs $49.98. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v0.9.5 are:
- Adds installation support for Max 2008 and 2009
- User modified normals are now correctly exported
- Point helper names are now exported
- Fix a problem with composite materials

Changes for v3.2 beta are:
- Improved rendering of high poly mesh trees
- Adds 'Render Mode' parameter to Display rollout
- Improved handling of high poly meshes
- Viewport redrawing is much faster
- New Viewport display modes: Pyramid and Box
- Adds normals alignment options to Surface rollout
- New parameters in Forest Material to override the Random Tint global values
- New parameter in Forest Material to disable the use of 'Forest Shader' in mental ray
- Adds intelligent parameter handling for high-poly meshes and mental ray rendering
- Adds a warning dialog for forest objects that errored in the last render
- Adds 'Drag & Drop' support for Material parameters
- Forest Stats shows estimated trees for render when 'Simplification Level' is enabled for viewport
- Fixed dark edges artifacts in mental ray when self-shadowing option is enabled
- mental ray Forest Material is now compatible with bucket rendering
- Trees now receive GI in Forest Material with V-Ray
- GI is no longer applied to shadow planes in V-Ray
- Adds Self-Shadowing detection for V_Ray (Forest Material only)
- In V-Ray, you no longer need to disable 'Hide Planes in Viewport' to get shadows
- Library Browser no longer duplicates existing materials
- Fixes visual artifacts for billboard trees when Camera and Light were parallel
- Creation Tools / Along a Path with Spacing option now works as intended
- Z-Offset now works with surfaces
- Fixes a problem with 'Link to Surface' if a surface is not defined
- showMapInViewport is now enabled by default in forestpack.ini
- Collision detection now works in Custom Edition mode
- Fixes an issue with Custom Edition mode and maximum trees/faces limits
- Fixes a crash when a Custom Object used by Forest was deleted from scene
- XShadow no longer ignores center displacement values
- Fixes shadow issue with center displacement and random mirroring
- Forest errors while network rendering are now logged to Backburner
- Applied UVW mapping to default mesh ('F' icon)

Forest Pack Pro is available for Max 7 to 2009 and costs €250. A demo version is available here.

This is a simple controller that filters manipulations and passes them on to other objects. It's based on the 'Gizmo Transform' controller that comes with CAT (Phil was lead developer of CAT), but this one is a lot more sophisticated, and can do a few more tricks. The source code is also available at the link above.

Changes for v5.7.1.2493 are:
- 2D: export of 2D image formats no longer crashes
- CAD: UG loader 'Display Hidden Objects' setting now works
- CAD: UG 2009 now uses alternative tessellation
- CAD: merged fixes from trunk
- CAD: if legacy fails to load a Solidworks file, automatically switch to '2009 Reader'
- CAD: correct version info is now returned for 2008 and 2009 Solidworks files
- CAD: fixes inventor legacy and 2009 loading process conflict
- CAD: changed the 'Method B' string to 'Standard'
- CAD: fixes missing CATIA Parameter Objects in DE and DS
- CAD: PMI Dimensions are no longer missing their witness lines
- CAD: fixes export metadata to *.jt files
- CAD: fixes the colour loading problem in the repo materials
- CAD: Unigraphics 2009 now matches the native UG assembly
- CAD: non-referenced uploads now process rp_storeassembly features
- CAD: Corecad plugin now exposes only solidworks, DGN and CADKEY
- CAD: capture now respects camera angle
- CAD: axis systems now displayed
- CAD: merged from trunk to fix JTPMI issues
- Collada: Collada update and export implementation
- Deep Exploration: adds DPI support for jpeg and tiff files
- Deep Exploration: adds option 'create layer for each stage'
- Deep Exploration: Visual Compare is now available for 2D files
- Deep Exploration: adds reflections to the software renderer
- Deep Exploration: fixes 'Remove small objects'
- Deep Exploration: rendering AVI w/ pause 'after' is at the beginning of next step
- Deep Exploration: improves deleting materials from object with multiple
- Deep Exploration: fixes an issue with copying and pasting keys in the Animation timeline
- Deep Exploration: fixes a crash when creating a highlight then changing subtitles settings
- Deep Exploration: software render is no longer darker in 5.7 than 5.6
- Deep Exploration: version number in About window is now correct
- Deep Exploration: lower case legacy serial numbers now activate license
- Deep Exploration: fixes broken PNG files in *.rh files
- Deep Exploration: adds the EMF project to the solution
- Deep Exploration: modified XML elements to reflect proper HD values
- Deep Exploration: fixes a problem with CATIA V4 files
- Deep Exploration: fixes watermark issue in line illustration render with DX9
- Deep Exploration: line illustration in Software render has colours like solid illustration
- Deep Exploration: clicking on a long URL now works
- Deep Exploration: fixes help link
- Deep Exploration: adds export setting 'Max string length before wrap'
- Deep Exploration: fixes wrong return value e3_SCENE:Animatable()
- Deep Exploration: textures now included with specific files after a save
- Deep Exploration: copyright updated
- Deep Exploration: removed PMI Module from the solution
- Deep Exploration: DE file save as times now 3~4 minutes
- Deep Exploration: default extension now set correctly
- Deep Exploration: watermark layer in *.rh file
- Deep Exploration: detail view icons and safe frames not required in rendering
- Gateway: no longer crashes when trying to expand folder
- Illustration: *.ai export major changes
- Illustration: standard and alternative methods now have same behaviour on 'Show parametric curves'
- Illustration: 'Show parametric curves' now means 'display edges which lie between same face'
- Illustration: Thick'n'thin is supported in Alternative SOLIDs method
- Installer: fixes Cortex path
- Installer: improved cleanup after installation
- LightWave: adds support for v9.2 and v9.5
- LightWave: crash fix
- Maya.x3d: modified scene hierarchy collecting
- PDF Publisher: raster-vectorization changed to double-sided
- PDF Publisher: adds using global FlyTime settings
- PDF Publisher: DE no longer crashes when clicking on the 'UV Remap' tool
- Pcut: cutting box rotation fixed
- PMI: removed license checking
- Steps: duplicating a step now copies subtitle settings
- Steps: render to video now shows the caption for the whole step
- Steps: Duplicating Procedure now maintains output size display

Deep Exploration CAD Edition is available for Max 4 to 2009 and costs $1995. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.21 are:
- Fixes material order to be same in Material Editor for Max when exported

Changes for v1.0.409 are:
- Minor fix to mi_instance_lightlist support
- Added support for mi_img_image_dbcreate
- Fix to mi_vector_from_light
- Fix to support incremental changes to hierarchy
- Fix to LightIterator implementation

Rendition is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs $395. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v5.10.0.13 are:
- Fixes a bug in the Collada importer for files exported from Autocad
- Adds an event in the web plugin when selecting an object
- The web plugin now has a 'Pause' property to stop the rendering
- The Vector3Interpolator in the SDK has been renamed NovaVector3Interpolator
- The QuaternionInterpolator in the SDK has been renamed NovaQuaternionInterpolator
- The SDK enums InterpolatorTypes and InterpolationLoop are now global
- Adds 'NovaObject.DisableRenderDepthSorting' for scripting
- 'NovaEntity.ComputeWorldMatrixOnce' has been replaced by 'NovaEntity.IsDynamic'
- Adds the new script property MainForm.RenderEvenInBackground
- Adds the new script property MainForm.PickPoints
- Better support of the undo/redo in the Nova Explorer
- Better search engine for find/replace in the Nova Explorer
- Better support of intelliscript in the Nova Explorer
- Namespace imports are no longer implicits for better code visibility in the Nova Explorer

Nova is available for Max 7 to 2009 and costs €7000. A demo version is available here.

Siger Studio has released a box set of 8 of their shader presets, adding up to a saving of €44. This set contains the following shaders:
-SShaderVMetal
-SShaderVCarpaint
-SShaderVCeramics
-SShaderVGemstones
-SShadersVLeather
-SShadersVPlastic
-SShadersVLiquid
-SShadersVGlass

SigerShaders Set 1 is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs €129.

The SigerShaders are scripted plugins for use with V-Ray v1.5 and higher that control many components of the V-Ray Material based on specific Material criteria.

This set contains 28 Glass presets which can be customized flexibly and, most importantly, quickly, for all needs. The Glass shader only exposes the settings that are important in creating a highly realistic and optimized material.

SigerShaders VGlass is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs €22.

Changes for v1.0 are:
- Adds support for Max 9, 2008 and 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- The plugin is now freeware

Changes for v1.0 are:
- Adds support for Max 9, 2009 and 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Changes for Build 1703 are:
- Bug-fixes

Changes for v2.1 are:
- Now detects and installs onto NavisWorks 2009 applications and Impression 2009

Changes for v1.0 are:
- Adds support for mental ray
- Adds support for finalRender
- Adds support for Brazil R/S
- Adds an option to export to Java Processing

GTools MultiLight is available for Max 2009 and costs $30.

Changes for SP3 are:
- Adds linear workflow
- Adds mesh-based lights
- Adds V-Ray light material as direct light
- Adds V-Ray Fog environmental effect
- Adds vector displacement
- You can now import proxies as meshes
- Adds support for Max Arch & Design materials
- Adds region rendering directly in the VFB
- Improved irradiance map to further reduce flicker in animations
- Camera Overrides now work with Physical Cam
- MultiMatte, VRayExtraTex and VRayZDepth render elements now work with transparency
- DR now supports the incremental modes of the irradiance map
- Adds V-Ray Fast SSS2, a new SSS material for better and faster rendering

V-Ray is available for Max 6 to 2009 and costs $999. The upgrade is free of charge for all current V-Ray customers. A demo version is available here.

Quadratic Primitives -NURBS is a package of 12 plugins that represent 12 quadratic primitives (curves and surfaces): three quadratic curves (which are also known as conic sections or conics) and nine quadratic surfaces. This is the first set of plugins for Max on the market that presents the full package of primitives for modelling of / with the forms mentioned below. The curves can be created as Splines or NURBS, and the surfaces as Mesh and NURBS.

The 12 plugins are:
- NURBS Elliptic Arc v2.0
- NURBS Parabolic Arc v2.0
- NURBS Hyperbolic Arc v2.0
- NURBS Ellipsoid v2.0
- NURBS Paraboloid v2.0
- NURBS Hyperboloid v2.0
- NURBS Double Hyperboloid v2.0
- NURBS Hyperbolic Paraboloid v2.0
- NURBS Cone v2.0
- NURBS Elliptic Cylinder v2.0
- NURBS Parabolic Cylinder v2.0
- NURBS Hyperbolic Cylinder v2.0

Quadratic Primitives -NURBS is available for Max 4 to 2009 and costs $84. A demo version is available here.

The SigerShaders are scripted plugins for use with V-Ray v1.5 and higher that control many components of the V-Ray Material based on specific Material criteria.

This set contains 30 Liquid presets which can be customized flexibly and, most importantly, quickly, for all needs. The Liquid shader only exposes the settings that are important in creating a highly realistic and optimized material.

SigerShaders VLiquid is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs €22.

UVW Frame is composed of two plugins, a helper that displays a frame in the viewport, and a modifier that converts any mesh that is inside this frame to a UVW mesh for another object. UVW Frame allows the artist to manipulate the UVW mesh in a 3D viewport, to use the editable plugins on this mesh, and to use as many modifiers as they like.

This is a library of 150 professional license-free wood flooring shaders (half bond, random running bond and stacked bond patterns) with 450 maps (3000 x 3000 pixel resolution in maximum quality JPG).

SigerShaders Volume 1 is available for Max 2009 and costs €100.

The SigerShaders are scripted plugins for use with V-Ray v1.5 and higher that control many components of the V-Ray Material based on specific Material criteria.

This set contains 27 Plastic presets which can be customized flexibly and, most importantly, quickly, for all needs. The Plastic shader only exposes the settings that are important in creating a highly realistic and optimized material.

SigerShaders VPlastic is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs €22.

Changes for v3.7 are:
- A new algorithm for tracking simple particle systems significantly reduces calculation time

Changes for v2009.03.02 are:
- Fixes a crash with objects using three texture layers without having UVs for all of them
- Fixes a problem with 1x1 size textures with no wavelet compression

Changes for v2.8.13.0 are:
- HLSL texture inputs now export as Granny textures
- Fixes several bugs in the 'ExtractStrings' and 'RemapStrings' preprocessor command
- Corrects some half-pixel drawing errors
- granny_dag_pose_cache now returns granny_local_pose objects with the correct bone count
- Strict aliasing on PS3
- New function GrannyCopyLocalPoseBoneCount

Granny Exporter is available for Max 6 to 2009, and is part of the Granny Toolkit which costs $12500.

Changes for v3.2 include:
- Adds dotXSI/COLLADA action plotting
- Adds FBX support on Linux
- The FBX UI has been revamped
- New FBX option 'export selection only'
- FBX stabilization
- dotXSI/COLLADA stabilization
- Improves COLLADA camera export to enable live broadcast content authoring
- Improves huge scene data handling in COLLADA
- Adds support for Maya 2009
- Fixes the 'relink material at import' option in the Max importer

Changes for v1.0.408 include:
- Fixes minor memory leaks
- Improved XSI Render Profile Detection
- Adds support for mi_api_touch
- Adds user option to determine number of worker threads
- Minor fix to script file dialogs
- Fix to incremental changes to instances of geometry shaders
- Adds script support for mi_api_instgroup functions
- Adds script support for further Instance and Light properties
- Fixes motion vectors to handle cameras in motion changing state
- Adds rendering profile for Softimage 7.5

Rendition is available for Max 9 to 2009 and costs $395. A demo version is available here.