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SOFTWARE REVIEW

3ds Max 2024

PRICE £250/$235 monthly | COMPANY Autodesk | WEBSITE autodesk.co.uk/products/3ds-max/features

AUTHOR PROFILE

Paul Hatton

After graduating with a first-class computer science degree, Paul Hatton has spent nearly two decades working within the 3D visualisation industry.

PROS

Improved and extended modifiers

Create materials using nodes

Better colour management support

CONS

Remains pricey Lacks a Mac version

OCIO COLOUR MANAGEMENT

OpenColorIO (OCIO) is now supported. This colour management standard is fine-tuned for motion picture production with a focus on VFX and computer animation. The past few years have seen a significant uptake in DCC applications introducing support for this standard. 3ds Max’s adoption will help to enforce a standard colour management methodology in these pipelines.

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