New LuxRender is finally out. This version is follower of 4 candidates before. LuxRender 0,8 (GPL, unbiased, physically based rendering engine) represents a new stable version. This version brings many improvements and new features e.g. new materials or new volume rendering features.


If you noticed that in the „materiallibraries“ folder the material library 3dsmax.mat is missing after you installed 3DsMax 2012 or 3DsMax 2012 Design you can download a fix from Autodesk webpage. To fix the problem just go to autodesk webpage and download the missing library and move to your 3DsMax 2012 folder. For example, C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max Design 2012\materiallibraries. After this restart your 3DsMax if it was running and the problem should be solved.
Topic of this training DVD is Plant Design & EcoSystem Functions. It includes nearly 6 hours of training for Vue Infinite/xStream and Photoshop. This training focus on how to learn to customize Vue plant species, create custom texture maps in Photoshop, and design ecosystem functions in Vue, and more.