Below you'll find a few 3D Studio MAX plug-ins I've written. Feel free to download (they're all freeware). For information on 3D Studio MAX itself, look here.
Want more free plug-ins, but don't know where to look? Try MAXPlugins.de, Boboland. Also, check out Max Underground.
| Date | Information |
| 4/2002 | Had a couple requests to rebuild Hextile texture plugin for MAX R4, so it's done. |
| 6/2001 | Thanks to David Baker and Dieter Morgenroth, recompiles have been made for Cel, Cubify, FilmGrainPlus, RangeFog, Sketch and SimpleSpike for MAX R4. I'm not really using MAX much anymore, so this will likely be the last recompile of these plugins. |
| 7/2000 | Changes:
I plan to eventually mirror this page on www.mindconsole.com in the near future. |
| 11/11/1999 | Due to popular (well, okay 2 people) demand, I've recompiled the "Square" and "Grayscale" filters for MAX 3.0. I'm now working for Discreet over at support.ktx.com/~200. Drop by if you're working on plugins! |
| 9/3/1999 | Well, the Gamma1 Beta plugins weren't working with the shipping
MAX R3 (thanks to those who pointed this out), so I've recompiled the following
plugins to work: Cel, Hextile, SimpleSpike, Sketch. Updated Film Grain to have additional settings (now called "Film Grain Plus" to avoid confusion) and have Render Effects version. Decided to not continue Cubify modifer for MAX 3, since Simple Spike exactly mimics it if spike amount is set to 100%. |
| 7/6/1999 | Updated Cel filter (MAX 3 version) to version 1.0.3.2. Update is really just the addition of a "Browse" file dialog button for picking user-defined palette files. However, now also included in the zipfile is a MAX 3 "Render Effects" version of the plug-in that can be used without video post (and, therefore, in the upcoming VIZ 3 too). |
| 6/16/1999 | Added MAX 3 versions of HexTile, Cubify, SimpleSpike, and Sketch plugins. Again, these were built/tested using MAX 3 "Gamma1" beta. |
| 6/15/1999 | Added re-compiled version of Cel filter plug-in for MAX 3 (as requested). I used the Gamma1 Beta of MAX 3 to build/test this, so try it out and let me know if there are any problems. |
| 6/12/1999 | Updated web page. |
| 5/28/1999 | Added simple geometric modifiers "cubify" and "simple spike". Updated Hextile plug-in, bugfixes, and changed default tile size to reduce seaming. Took a look at the beta for MAX 3. Based on what I've seen so far, I'm planning on updating my plug-ins for MAX 3, with the following exceptions:
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| 1/4/1999 | Updated brick texture plug-in to version 2.3 -- now supports
sub-textures for brick, mortar and dust as well as colors, and supports
per-brick color variance. Added HexTile texture plug-in, which provides a repeating hexagonal tile pattern support sub-textures. This is based on a Larry Gritz Renderman shader. Added Film Grain video post filter plug-in, which simulates the dirt and other artifacts of old film stock. This is based on work done by James Bowman. Removed Splatter texture -- I've decided that the default MAX 2.5 splatter texture is adequate, and my texture is merely redundant. If anyone still needs this texture for MAX 1.2, please let me know and I'll email it to you. |
| 11/11/1998 | Added new version (1.2) of sketch filter -- adds larger brush stroke sizes, ability to apply filter to object or material IDs, and a quick preview. Added "square" filter, which is of questionable utility, but perhaps someone might be able to find a use for it. |
| Plug-in Name | Description |
Teapot Sample (click for bigger render) |
MAX version(s) |
| Atmospherics | |||
| Range Fog | Fog effect similar to MAX fog with distance-from-view effect. Also, has simple noise effect. |  |
3.X, 4.X |
| Modifiers | |||
| Simple Spike Modifier |
Simple-spike : A simple geometry modifier that pulls random "spikes" from object vertices. |
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2.5, 3.X, 4.X |
| Cubify Modifier | Simple geometry modifier that pushes object out to bounding box -- akin to spherify, but in box form. |  |
2.5, 3.X, 4.X |
| Materials/Textures | |||
| Brick Texture | Material plug-in that creates a brick-wall patterns. | 1.2, 2.5 | |
| HexTile Texture | Material plug-in that creates hexagonal tile patterns. |  |
2.5, 3.X, 4.X |
| REffects/VP Filters | |||
| Grayscale Filter | Simple Video Post grayscale filter that allows grayscaling object ID, Material ID, or a sub-window. | (see FilmGrain Plus) | 2.5, 3.X |
| Cel Filter | Video Post filter that produces animation "cel" images by thick black outlines and color dithering. |  |
2.5, 3.X, 4.X |
| Sketch Filter | Video Post filter that produces a pen-and-ink drawn look via stroked lines and color variation. |  |
2.5, 3.X, 4.X |
| Square Filter | Video Post filter that produces a pixelated, blocky look via replacing pixels with "square" dots. |  |
2.5, 3.X |
| Film Grain Filter | Video Post filter that produces a grainy artifacted look that simulates old film stock. | (see FilmGrain Plus) | 2.5 |
| Film Grain Plus | Video Post filter and Render Effect that produces a grainy artifacted look that simulates old film stock. Uses either built-in MAX grain or additional grain algorithm. Allows for pre or post grayscaling of image. |  |
3.X, 4.X |
| Utilities | |||
| XRef Util | Plugin developer sample (with full source code) that replicates MAX 3 XRef functionality in utility plugin. | (N/A) | 3.X |
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