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Rendering Revolution Contest!
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Rendering Revolution Contest!

Posted 16 September 2010 1:16 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

I’m excited to announce that the site for the Rendering Revolution Contest is now live! This worldwide contest is intended to show off some of the new rendering possibilities in 3ds Max/Design 2011 and the upcoming Advantage Packs – as well as celebrate the 20th Anniversary of 3ds Max.

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3ds Max Subscription Advantage Pack: iray, PhysX, substances!
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3ds Max Subscription Advantage Pack: iray, PhysX, substances!

Posted 10 September 2010 8:00 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

Subscription customers are going to get some "goodies" later this month as we reveal the details of the new Subscription Advantage Pack for 3ds Max and for 3ds Max Design

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Submissions for the 2010 Autodesk Design Visualization Reel are now open!
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Submissions for the 2010 Autodesk Design Visualization Reel are now open!

Posted 9 September 2010 2:46 am by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

If you think you've done something creative, it time to share! We're looking for the best of the best done with a range of Autodesk products.

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Do we have a problem with the latest McAfee?
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Do we have a problem with the latest McAfee?

Posted 8 September 2010 5:04 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

Here's a report of problems with using 3ds Max 2011 and the latest McAfee. Do you see this problem?

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The community has spoken: results of 3ds Max platform survey
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The community has spoken: results of 3ds Max platform survey

Posted 1 September 2010 8:00 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

With about 1,000 responses collected so far, I think we can share some of the results of our recent platform survey.

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Platform options for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design
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Platform options for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design

Posted 23 August 2010 7:45 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

We're doing a survey to see if customers would like to have 3ds Max running on other platforms.

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RAM and 3ds Max
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RAM and 3ds Max

Posted 13 August 2010 4:43 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

Here are the results from CIP of our users memory configuration

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20th Anniversary website and celebrating with tshirts!
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20th Anniversary website and celebrating with tshirts!

Posted 22 July 2010 8:00 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

We just launched the new AREA website for the 20th Anniversary celebration. Also, if you’re going to SIGGRAPH, you’ll probably be able to score one of the 20th Anniversary tshirts from our booth. If you’re not, now you have some options to get one yourself.

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Getting current and a peek into the future
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Getting current and a peek into the future

Posted 10 July 2010 8:00 pm by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

After a long delay in keeping you all informed, I try to do it all in one single blast. You'll learn a little bit about what we've got going at SIGGRAPH and some ways we'll be celebrating the 20th anniversary of 3ds Max.

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mental mill Standard Edition 1.1 Beta release now available as a free public download
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mental mill Standard Edition 1.1 Beta release now available as a free public download

Posted 24 April 2010 12:00 am by Ken Pimentel on Maxed Out

mental images has published the latest beta version of their mental mill Standard Edition shader editor as a free public beta. This is the version with all the features, including a visual debugger of the shaders and the ability to export various forms of shader code (HLSL, CgFX, etc.).

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