Hello, I design 3D Architectural Renderings. I'm looking for some feedback and advice on how to take my renderings to the next level. I've been using 3ds max for close to 5 years. I use Vray with it to render. My modelling seems to be good. I've been trying to get better at lighting, shadows, and adding more people and objects to my models.    -Does anyone favor a rendering engine over vray? I've looked into corona. Not sure what others may be superior. -Based on my attached images how could I take these to the next level? Any links or resources would help. - and finally, what is the best source for buying quality add in 3d blocks? People, Trees/Plants, Cars, Furniture, etc.   Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! I love 3DS Max and my skills have improved with each use but I intend to achieve higher quality in photo-realism Show More

I've requested this before, now also submitted on ideas. We can't add Arnold .ass files to particle instances. Please look at supporting the construct. The container can be any format of the following:   .obj .ass .ply .obj.gz .ass.gz .ply.gz Show More

MaxtoA(3.0.82) not support Perspective Control option for Physical Camera, we need to use ramp node to control it. But a big scene with many cameras may be very confusing.   So, MaxtoA needs fully support for the Physical Camera settings. I hope this should add in future update. Show More

Hello, Boris brought it up, several other individuals have confirmed, and after a long drag I finally got it as well. The physical material lacks a Normal INPUT slot, which can accept Bitmaplookup OSL texture nodes with normal maps loaded.   This is a mockup where bump got overwritten, but the slot should sit above or under the bump slot on the material. This will move procedures away from legacy shaders in some cases and in general greatly simplify normal work for game artists as another example.   Show More

Make it possible to clone a view slot in Slate Material Editor with copies of all the materials in it. Show More

add UDIM/UVtile baking to RTT (render to texture) Show More

Hi Render elements has never been updated and its very annoying the process to create render elements, sometimes I just want to use the same element (like AO) as a base and then change some value, or I want to organize the elements and theres no way we can sort them or even move them to keep them organized Show More

From the Solidangle support site:   "3ds Max does not support more recent EXR formats natively, and you may have issues using Arnold generated EXRs in your scenes. EXRs with only one layer should work."   Well, this seems like a no-brainer.     Show More

I find it very helpful to lay out complex material trees in an easy to understand manner, group them according to function, set apart maps that change the basic look the most, show big previews for some maps and collapse others etc., not only when I want to share the file with other artists, but also for when I revisit it myself after a while.  Layout Children etc. is not sufficient for this. An even more basic form of this would be distributing different groups of materials to dedicated view tabs.   Arranging material trees in such a way can take quite some time and effort, but currently there seems to be no way to transfer such a layout between different max files. The best we can do is to resave the same file under a different name, or merge additional content into this file, but I'm not aware of a way to merge the material tree layout or whole view tabs into other files. Show More

The idea is to pack shaders/compounds and people can reference them throughout a production. Like in a read-only mode that can't be edited, only by updating the original shader. This is VERY handy to standardise shaders, debugging and so on. Currently, if you save a compound externally, as soon as I load the shader, it loads locally. This way, if I update the shader later, it won't update all the changes I made across the whole production. Not to mention that it can be very expensive depending on the network. The idea is to load it as a reference and just input information on the exposed inputs. Similar to a OSL shader (if Max supported OSL closures). Show More

  Vertex and Edge display on objects would be far more readable and easier to the eye if the size /thickness of vertices and edges would respond to the distance from the view. Otherwise when you zoom out they form a visual clutter almost like a fill effect on your object covering it all. With wireframes its even worse.    The now discontinued Modo has possibly the best implementation of this:       I think at one point there was an idea to implement this in Blender:         A related idea:   [Viewport] [Wireframes] Back Face Wireframe fade/dim effect for better readability at Object level (Houdini/Modo Wireframe Ghost alike) Show More

Hi! Simple quality of life idea: The compact material editor is now very old stuff, so to work easier on a single monitor would be great to have an attachable SME or setting it like a viewport view.  Thanks! Show More

In Data Channel we need a velocity calculation algorithm that does not depend on the vertex ID. It will be useful for rendering motion blur with objects such as blobmesh. Something similar to the by-pixel motion blur in After Effects, only applicable to geometry. Show More

I don't understand how it doesn't have a pause function yet. Having to close the window and reopen it seems very outdated. Maya's version is much more practical. Show More

Need to see the effects of painting vertex colors that are used in materials in the viewport. For example painting texture blends with the vertex color channels. This is a common workflow especially for games. Right now the user experience for working with vertex paint is fairly obtuse. For example the only way to access vertex alpha is to use an OSL UVW Channel node, then input an override value node of -2. Most people coming from Unreal are used to seeing something like this.  I recommend updating to the vertex color node with split RGB/XYZ outputs and a drop down selector in the node for which channel you want to use. For example, I select vertex alpha from the dropdown and then can output RGB together or split them off. Most importantly the viewports need to be able to properly display the effects of the colors when used in materials.   Show More