Arnold for 3ds Max released

The plugin was released at Siggraph 2016. Arnold for 3ds Max (or MAXtoA) provides a bridge to the Arnold renderer from within the standard 3ds Max interface. Current v0.5 version of MAXtoA is a Preview Release.

Features

• Integration with 3ds Max shapes, cameras, lights and shaders.
• Image Based Lighting support, including a state of the art physical sky.
• 3ds Max ActiveShade interactive rendering allows parameter changes to be rapidly previewed without interrupting your work.
• Support for AOVs & Deep EXR files.
• Defer the creation of geometry at render time with the Procedural placeholder nodes.
• Texturable Mesh lights.
• 3rd Party Arnold shader support.
• MAXtoA Cloud Rendering for stills and animations. Users can join the optional Autodesk ‘Render Pilot’ program, which now supports MAXtoA.

Pricing

The Arnold for 3ds Max plug-in is provided free-of-charge to customers that buy the Arnold core renderer. Click here for more information on pricing. Node-locked licences of Arnold cost $790; floating licences cost $1,220. Rental options are also available.

• More on Arnold to Max page.