gmax v1.2
This program is based on the best selling animation and...
- Category Non-Gaming
- Size 18.8 MB
- Program by Discreet
gmax v1.2
This program is based on the best selling animation and rendering platform, 3D Studio Max. gmax is a free 3D content creation platform designed to let game enthusiasts create custom art for their favorite titles. It includes many powerful tools including polygon and patch editing, texturing, lighting, and simple keyframe animation.
gmax Features:
Architecture
Multi-threaded for superior performance
Support for Discreet's powerful 3ds max™ scripting language MAXScript™
Hardware accelerated viewport graphics support OpenGL, Direct3D, or Heidi®
Individual modifiers, materials, maps, and controllers to help you model, texture and animate your own 3D content
Viewport interaction
Amazingly real WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) viewports to display all the textures and animation you create
Customize your viewports to help you model: Left, Right, Perspective, Top, etc.
2D and 3D snap system—to help you place objects where you want them
Several object alignment tools to help you place, pivot, clone and array your 3D models
Several selection and grouping tools to help you manage your 3D scene
Materials and Mapping
Several texture mapping tools to help you align, rotate, and scale your textures on objects or faces
Vertex colors painting tools
Texture mapping options for spherical, planar, box projections
Direct manipulation of texture vertices with extensive UVW Unwrap tool
Creation and Modeling
Extensive 2D and 3D parametric primitives
Convert 3D objects and primitives to other base geometry types
Modeling tools for splines, polygons, polygonal mesh, and Bezier patches
Polygon modeler with smoothing groups, mapping channels, vertex colors and custom face data
Polygon "proof" tools
MeshSmooth NURMS for organic modeling
Advanced spline-based patch modeling with patch, extrusions, beveling, welding edges, vertices, and more
Soft Selection tools for variably weighted surface control
Patch surface modifiers like Relax, UVW Unwrap, UVW Map, Material, etc and sub-object selection modifier for greater control of the surface properties
Explicit or procedural modeling modes
Animation
Fully customizable timeline so you can create animations of any length and complexity
Several controller types to help reduce time and complexity of creating animation
Shaded Bones with a unique squash and stretch ability
Trackview to help advanced animators manage complex animations
The Trackbar can display Audio files for matching up animations with audio
Multiple keyframe animation tools to help you create realistic animation
Basic character creation tools including a 2 limb animation solver, bones system and skinning
Lights
Light types include omni, free and target spot, free and target directional
All light types support plug-in shadows, shadow color and density, projected
images, contrast, edge softness, attenuation and decay
Cameras
Create cameras to visualize your animation
Precise alignment and tracking tools to help you capture the action
Scripting
Support for powerful 3ds max MAXScript—write custom scripts to customize your user interface and tools
Visual MAXScript, for quickly creating UI elements and layouts for MAXScript
Drag and drop support for MAXScript—add your favorite scripts to your toolbar
MAXScript Macro Recorder records your commands as you create—a great tool to help you learn MAXScript for you future job as an animator
Workflow
Non-modal workflow: model, texture and animate in one consistent interface
Xrefs—load external references to help manage your assets
Add User Interface elements like sliders, dropdown lists, and buttons
Parameter Wiring connects any parameter from one object to another for cause and effect style animation
Undo and Redo definable in-depth with separate scene and viewport lists
Customizable user interface—customize your environment to suit your taste.
Customize interface elements, colors, custom toolbars, buttons, tool tips, macros, and scripts and quad menus.
Support for Macromedia Flash for complete user interface customization.
Context-sensitive menus for fast workflow
Minimum system requirements
Windows® 2000, or Windows® 98
Intel® or AMD processor at 300 MHz
128MB RAM and 300MB swap space
Graphics card supporting 1024 x 768 x 16-bit color (OpenGL and Direct3D hardware acceleration supported)
Windows-compliant pointing device
CD-ROM drive
Internet Explorer 5.0 (IE 5.5 recommended and available for download)
Macromedia Flash Player (included with the gmax installer)