3DS Max 2009 is finally out - gfx elite forums

NMILIOTI · #1 (**permalink**) April 1, 2008, 16:54

You can download from Autodesk a free trial of 3ds Max 2009.
You can download from here:

Code:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=10083915

Also there are available videos for what's new:

Code:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=11007364

daimi · #2 (**permalink**) April 1, 2008, 22:04

My opinion after first few hours. M-ray is looking Great, mray proxy have more flexibility than vray. BSP2 is great great too. Considering the great shaders in mental ray , I think that will see more and more works that are not rendered with Vray :)

hiroguchi_saitou · #3 (**permalink**) April 2, 2008, 05:14

Really? is this REALLY a trial of the FINAL ver of 2009? I won`t touch it before i`ve got confirm.

#4 (**permalink**) April 2, 2008, 09:57

hm, in the tutorial videos you can see that the shadow is displayed in the viewport. In the normal viewport, not ActiveShade or Iterative.

How do you do that? How do you display shadows in the viewport?

EDIT: alright, I found it. Right-click on a viewport and on top of a quad you find a "Viewport Lighting and Shadows" sub-menu.

Hmm, that is new, I don't think in v.9 this was available.

And, after half an hour testing v.2009, I think it has some real improvements.

NMILIOTI · #5 (**permalink**) April 3, 2008, 18:19

Here is the link for Autodesk Design 2009
and Video Demonstration of what's new.

Code:

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=10369488
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=11007421

Eric189 · #6 (**permalink**) April 4, 2008, 04:42

Will check this out, seems cool

john808 · #7 (**permalink**) April 4, 2008, 15:07

It seems that all 2008 plugins versions are not compatible :-(

John