Bonus Tools is a free collection of useful Maya scripts and plug-ins. On this page you will find a series of links to various tutorials, demonstrations and updates related to Maya Bonus Tools. Recent updates include e.g. Scene Annotation, Pattern Rename or Time Warp Animation. BonusTools has also been completely overhauled in 2012. This includes general reorganization as well as removal of obsolete tools. Additionally there have been updates and bug fixes for many of the tools including but not limited to Store Transform Values / Pose, Snap and Lock Curve Points or Adjust Clipping Planes.
Digital-Tutors published a new sneak peek of an upcoming tutorial for Autodesk 3DsMax called Creative Development tutorial: Modeling a Sci-Fi City in 3ds Max with Steve Connor. In this training Steve will explain how to create a large scale futuristic city with dense urban environment. You will learn some useful tips and tricks which you need to quickly build this kind of environment using stock tools inside 3DsMax. One of the key tricks, and “heavy lifting” elements of this course, is from making the variety of buildings by copy/cloning and modifying them to get a variety of structures that have a similar look, while reducing the amount of modeling work.
Autodesk released a Service Pack 2 for 3ds Max 2012 and 3ds Max Design 2012. This Service Pack includes fixes for issues with stability and performance based on customer feedback. It contains 87 fixes and bugs in Animation, Cat, Environment, modeling Tools and much more. 3ds Max 2012 Service Pack 2 is a cumulative update, it includes Hot Fix 1 and Hot Fix 2 as well as Service Pack 1.
NHB Video GmBH a company focused on digital post production in Germany used RealFlow by their last work on an advertisement for Warsteiner. The task for this advertisement was to create a „perfect wave“. In the case study NHB explains that they wanted to create a specific wave with a specific height, power and dynamic. Parameters like gravity, viscosity, wind, aerodynamic drag, the size of the water basin and the route the bottle is taking, had to be developed. They had to do a lot of tests to achieve at the end the desired effect and result.
Chaos Group announce 2011 Official Demo Reels covering a selection of outstanding work in the Advertising, Film & Visual Effects, Automotive, and Architectural industries. These demo reels were created with the special support of numerous 3D professionals whose avant-grade imaginations and endless passion for innovation are setting trends in the CG industry. Chaos Group suprises everyone. Rather than releasing a single V-Ray reel, the developer has released four, one for each of the key sectors in which the renderer is used.