the viewport shadows is useless and breaks often when I use it. Sometimes it just stops working too if you have too many lights on an object and start using negative lights. by the way : 8.5 features revealed... http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7635643
I was looking at the tutorials that come with Max 8 a few nights ago, arnt there some tuts in there? I could be wrong but im sure there are. Almost forgot, theres an overview of hair on this Page: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=5903856
Well to that I will respond with one of my favorite quotes, from Kees Rijnen when he was working on Jade: That is from http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=5602489&linkID=7771003 It doesn't matter how much someone hates these programs or what gripes they have- when push comes to shove, they will…
use mud2011 and export the channel as PSD... or if you on 2010 flatten all your layers in mud and export the layer... Mudbox 2011 Trial http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13565063