Autodesk released the new version of their award winning 3D applications 3ds Max 2013 and 3ds Max Design 2013 bringing new motion graphics, animation, and simulation tool to CG artists and designers. The products share core technology, but offer specialized toolsets for game developers, visual effects artists, and other creative professionals working in the media design industry on one hand. The new version enhancing the UI & Workflow,  MassFX and a lot more along with new features and ActiveShade interactive NVIDIA® iray® rendering.

MARI is a 3D digital paint tool developed by The Foundry designed from the ground up to meet the needs of the most demanding VFX texture and matte painting artists in the CG industry. MARI can handle vast numbers of pixels and out performs all other paint tools in speed, flexibility and processing capabilities. Moreover the 1.4 version introduce the import and export functionality of Adobe® Photoshop® layered PSD. With these and all other functions, MARI is the leader in digital painting.

Today the leader in facial animations Di-O-Matic announced the immediately availability of their Rapid Facial Modeling solution: Facial Studio v3.1 for Windows platforms. Facial Studio allows you to create 3D realistic, caricatured or cartoon head using more than 500 controls covering the entire 3D head creation process. With all features inside Facial Studio you can perform face deformation and deform almost anything on your character for your desired final result and export to your favourite 3D application including 3ds max, Cinema4D, LightWave, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage XSI and many others using the FBX file format.

Autodesk announced the 2013 versions of its Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) software and suites. The new releases improve consistency and interoperability between applications, making it even easier for artists to take advantage of powerful new and enhanced creative features. Autodesk extended its suites offering with the new Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate edition. This suite contains both Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 and Autodesk Maya 2013 animation software, together with Autodesk Softimage 2013 3D animation and visual effects software, Autodesk Mudbox 2013 3D sculpting and painting software and Autodesk MotionBuilder 2013 real-time virtual production and motion capture editing software.