Create incredible animations. Design rich environments with flexible procedural modelling software. Use Arnold to render beautiful final results.
Take your 3D assets and environments from first draft to final frames
DISCOVER THEMedia & Entertainment
Artistic tools for entertainment content creation, including 3ds Max and Maya
Create incredible animations. Design rich environments with flexible procedural modelling software. Use Arnold to render beautiful final results. Collection includes Maya, 3ds Max & Arnold 5-licence pack.
TOP M&E PRODUCTS
3D modeling, animation, and rendering software
3ds Max® 3D modeling and rendering software helps you create massive worlds in games, stunning scenes for design visualization, and engaging virtual reality experiences.
3ds Max FEATURES
Easy, robust modeling
Create, shape, and define a range of environments and detailed characters.
High-end rendering
3ds Max works with most major renderers—including Arnold, V-Ray, and Iray—to help create striking scenes and visuals.
Efficient 3D animation
Build imaginative characters and realistic scenes for games, architecture, and product design.
Flexible interoperability
Revit, Inventor, and Fusion 360, as well as SketchUp, Unity, and Unreal, all work with 3ds Max.
What's new
Fluid simulation
Create realistic liquid behaviors directly in 3ds Max.
Arnold for 3ds Max
The MAXtoA plug-in is integrated into 3ds Max, giving you access to the latest Arnold features.
Open Shading Language
Create Open Shading Language (OSL) maps, from simple math nodes all the way up to fully procedural textures.
Shape Boolean object
Create parametric Boolean operations on 2 or more splines for open or closed shapes using the familiar UI from 3D Booleans.
See 3ds Max in action
-
SLIGHTLY MAD STUDIOS
Project CARS 2: Racing to realism
A small, globally distributed game studio delivers a realistic driving experience in over 180 iconic cars across 60 world-renowned tracks.
Read Story
-
CAPCOM
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard in VR
The franchise that popularized the survival horror genre pushes the limits again to create one of the most frightening VR experiences available.
Read Story
-
ARUP
14,000 heads are better than one
Pushing the limits on interactive storytelling in design visualization in a company that designs everything from infrastructure to art exhibits.
Read Story
See how 3ds Max works with other Autodesk software
Make it with Maya computer animation software
Maya® 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software provides an integrated, powerful toolset. Use it for animation, environments, motion graphics, virtual reality, and character creation.
Maya FEATURES
Animation workflow
Animating in Maya is easier and faster with new features such as Time Editor.
Arnold integrated with Maya
Use Arnold RenderView to view scene changes in real time, including lighting, materials, and camera.
Motion Graphics toolset
Quickly create complex procedural effects and animations with instanced objects.
Interactive grooming workflow (XGen)
Intuitive brush-based grooming tools give you greater control and accuracy for styling and posing hair and fur.
What's new
UV editor workflow, look, and feel
The UV Editor interface has been overhauled, and includes a new UV Toolkit with better tools and functionality.
Clump modifier for interactive grooming
Generate realistic clumping effects in hair and fur for more natural-looking hair.
After Effects live link
Create a live link between Maya and Adobe® After Effects® to make real-time changes and view scenes simultaneously.
Additional MASH nodes
The MASH toolset gives you new nodes (curve, signal, world, placer, and more), as well as updates to existing nodes.
See what customers are doing
-
FRAMESTORE
My journey to "Blade Runner 2049"
Learn how VFX Supervisor Richard Hoover and the team at Framestore Montreal pulled off some of the most visually compelling VFX shots filmgoers have yet to see.
Read Story
-
MACKEVISION
Wakes, crowds, and destruction in Game of Thrones
Since Mackevision began work on Game of Thrones, they’ve witnessed the series explode to epic proportions regarding both production and popularity.
Read Story
-
ILM
Larger than life: Kong Skull Island
How did ILM make the incredible Kong, a half-man, half-gorrilla credible on-screen, in real environments with live actors?
Read Story
See how Maya works with other Autodesk software
Global illumination rendering software
Arnold software is an advanced Monte Carlo raytracing renderer. It’s designed for artists and for the demands of modern animation and visual effects (VFX) production.
Arnold FEATURES
Scalable
Optimizations like 2D dithered sampling deliver high-performance results, helping you produce great images.
Speedy rendering
Arnold is carefully multithreaded and allows for optimal use of available CPU threads. Get even better performance with hyperthreading.
Streamlined controls
Get great-looking results quickly, even on the most complex scenes.
Memory-efficient
Render your most demanding shots with highly optimized data structures.
What's new
Denoising
Two denoising solutions give you the flexibility to use much lower-quality sampling settings.
Adaptive sampling
Access another means of tuning images, allowing you to reduce render times without jeopardizing final image quality.
Material assignments and overrides
Operators enable flexible support for open standard frameworks with a new plug-in system API.
Toon shader
Get an advanced Toon shader, part of a nonphotorealistic solution provided in combination with the Contour Filter.
See 3ds Max in action
-
FRAMESTORE
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. heroics
Learn how Framestore used Arnold to meet the rendering challenges on this blockbuster feature film.
Read Story
-
IMPORTANT LOOKING PIRATES
Rendering the world of Westworld
Arnold played a key role in Important Looking Pirates's work on the HBO series Westworld, including all the character work.
Read Story
-
HYBRIDE TECHNOLOGIES
Arnold brings Arrival to life
Louis Morin, freelance production VFX supervisor, discusses how he used Arnold to help create the visually striking film Arrival.
Read Story
ALSO INCLUDESANALYSIS, RENDERING, REALITY CAPTURE & OTHER
MotionBuilder
3D character animation software
MudBox
Digital painting and sculpting software
recap pro
Reality capture and 3D-scanning software and services
SketchBox
Painting and drawing software
Character Generator
Web-based 3D character generation
Autodesk Rendering
Fast, high-resolution renderings in the cloud
revit live
Intuitive 3D sketching app with native Revit interoperability
structural bridge design
Advanced BIM-integrated structural analysis and code compliance verification tool
dynamo studio
Vehicle swept path analysis software
formit pro
Intuitive 3D sketching app with native Revit interoperability
vehicle tracking
Advanced BIM-integrated structural analysis and code compliance verification tool