MAXON Computer GmbH today announced the Announced the release of a plug-in that enables seamless Connection between MAXON’s texturing and 3D painting software BodyPaint 3D and Discreet’s 3ds max. This new plug-in enables the Combination of the two graphics programmes and thus provides a significantly increased production workflow. Never before has it been so easy to create detailed Textures for 3ds max scenes and post-process them. The User has the possibility to paint directly in the raytraced 3D image – and that in real time!
The link was developed in co-operation with cebas computer, a leading and experienced plug-in manufacturer for MAXON and Discreet products. The plug-in is now available at http://www.plugincafe.com, the official address on the Internet for MAXON plug-ins, for free Download.
BodyPaint 3D enables the texturing of all conceivable 3D objects; tarting with low-poly objects for use in the games sector, right through to to complex 3D objects with millions of polygons. The BP<->MAX Exchange plug-in supports the conversion of complete 3ds max scenes including all objects, hierarchies, lights and cameras, Material properties and UV data. At the touch of a button, the data from 3ds max to BodyPaint 3D at the touch of a button. A further click transfers the data after the Texture and UV data back after the texturing process back to 3ds max.
Since its initial release at the end of 2000, BodyPaint 3D has already received several top-class awards and test victories, including the “Best of Show” award at the MacWorld 2001 RayBrush technology allows the user to directly and in real time paint or manipulate textures on a raytraced image in real time! Reflections, bump maps, transparencies, highlights and numerous other Material properties can be applied with direct visual feedback and changed – and all this in any number of 3D views simultaneously! Up to 10 material channels can be created using the MultiBrush technology can be manipulated simultaneously to create combined Material properties such as burst rust, scratches, dirt or Or seams with just one brush stroke.
Sophisticated UV and mapping tools such as “Interactive Mapping”, “Optimal Mapping” or the powerful UV editor enable the quick and easy preparation of all conceivable object geometries for optimised texturing. BodyPaint 3D also supports the entire Range of features of the Wacom Intuos graphics tablets. So you can use almost all Pen properties such as pressure, inclination or speed with any Brush parameters in BodyPaint 3D.
The BP<->MAX Exchange plug-in requires BodyPaint 3D and 3ds max 3 or 4. The plug-in is now available free of charge via the Plugin Cafe (www.plugincafe.com), the central contact point on the web for MAXON plug-ins, available. A free demo version of BodyPaint 3D can be downloaded from the MAXON website (www.maxon.net -> Downloads).
