Autodesk Launches 3ds Max 2009 Entertainment Software and Introduces 3ds Max Design 2009 for Design Professionals, http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080212/aqtu080.html?.v=40
Sage...I think you made a major typo. Or, if you're right, I'd like to see a test on viewport performance between max and xsi. I was under the assumption many max users used a third party app to reduce the geometry of exported sculpts, and break them down into segments, so Max could handle them.
mm max is cool. every program has bugs and anyway max 2008 seems a lot better It has a nicer splash screen for one thing and if it crashes it crashes more stylishly:)
Wow I guess maya 2010 is coming out soon. I can't believe this bs. Max 2008 just came out wtf and from looking at posts it's buggy as hell so what gives? Why don't they just make Maya, Max, mudbox, motionbuilder just support each other as all of them support .max, .ma, .mb and whatever mudbox files system is. Improved obj…
Autodesk 3d studio max 2009 cs3 mx expert edition (TM) It's like the last 3 versions of photoshop/illustrator. Nothing substantial added, all the same bugs present, bad compatibility between the programs. I've left max for dead but still find it easy to use.
We all bitch about Max but do you ever actually send in these requests to Autodesk? Or do we expect them to just troll forums and hope for improvement suggestions? Autodesks majority of funds do NOT come from 3D model applications they own like Max and/or Maya, they come from their industry tools like CAD. And with our…