The latest new build of Brazil r/s v2.1b (Pro-Beta), build 1565, is now available from the SplutterFish FishMarket Account (if you have upgraded to Brazil r/s v2.0). You can find a full list of enhancements and bugfixes here.

Brazil r/s v2.0 is available for Max 4 to 2008 and pricing starts at $795 for the Basic Edition, and $995 for the Professional Edition.

Changes for v2.6 are:
- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit only)
- Improved support for Microsoft Vista
- Improved .anno file usage
- Improved Memory usage
- Updated documentation and tutorials

This update is available free of charge to all Di-O-Matic Premium, Premium+ and VIP users.

Voice-O-Matic is available for Max 6 to 2009 and costs $349. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.3.19 are:
- The PFlow operators now work in Max 9 and 2008

glu3D is available for Max 7 to 2008 and costs €495. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.0.333 are:
- Fixes mipmap generation to ensure component data is inherited
- Added rendering profiles for Max 2009
- mi_img_get_color now falls back to 4 component images if no component field specified
- Fix to prevent filters clamping output for floating point frame buffers
- Changed shortcut key for Timeline panel to prevent conflict with default Mac OSX keys
- Adds support for miObject to scripting
- Adds global limit to subdivision tessellation
- Adds support for MR .map texture files
- Fixes mi_img_get_color to handle single component images

Changes for v1.5.0 are:
- Recompiled for the latest release of Panda3D

Changes for v1.6.8 are:
- Adds the scene scale to exported file
- Adds the unit name (along with any divider) used to export the scene
- Modified the exporter to always export a light's 'cast shadows' setting
- Modified the installer to install NVidia cgD3D9.dll
- Fixes a scale bug when using the 'Active' scene scale in the Scene Settings dialog
- Fixes a bug with mesh export that caused occasional problems with skinned meshes

The latest new build of Brazil r/s v2.1b (Pro-Beta), build 1558, is now available from the SplutterFish FishMarket Account (if you have upgraded to Brazil r/s v2.0). You can find a full list of enhancements and bugfixes here.

Brazil r/s v2.0 is available for Max 4 to 2008 and pricing starts at $795 for the Basic Edition, and $995 for the Professional Edition.

Changes for v1.36 are:
- Fixes a crash bug when rendering images higher than 1024 pixels

Liquid+ is available for Max 5 to 2008 and costs ¥45,800. A demo version is available here.

Die Lichtplaner / Hab have announced that version 4 of their LightStudio Renderer is to be released in April. New features include support for Max 9 / 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) as well as improvements to auto-exposure, materials, export, and multi-processor handling.

Changes for v1.1.0 are:
- There are too many to list here! Take a look at the release notes

Krakatoa is available for Max 8 to 2008 and costs $495 plus support ($123.75) for the standard bundle (1 workstation license and 2 rendering licenses). A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.0.5 are:
- Adds support for Max 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)

f-Edge is available for Max 6 to 2009 and costs $39. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.04 are:
- Fixes a bug with referencing of DXShader materials

Click-VR Visualizer is available for Max 5 to 2008 and costs €1,180. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2008.03.17 are:
- The GUI of the WalkObject Primitive has had a facelift
- Adds a command which returns the path to the desktop
- Images can now be rendered out directly from TurnTool in 8x8 resolution
- All TurnTool examples have been updated

Changes for v1.0.331 Beta include:
- Fix to support 16-bit image files as textures
- Further fix to potential crashes during mi_call_volume_material for intersecting volumes
- Fix to prevent restoring main window to an offscreen location
- Adds HDR floating-point image encoding
- Fix to RGB floating-point image encoding for all relevant image formats

Changes for v2.7.0.32 are:
- You can now pull the Max computed tangents from an arbitrary map channel (Max 9 and up)
- DirectX materials in Max can now export bitmap parameters with custom settings
- The exporter can now extract vector animations correctly from non-trivial modifier stacks
- The face annotation extractor now retrieves the channels from the correct object
- Fix a bug in extraction of color parameters in the triangle annotation section of the Max exporter
- The exporter tries harder not to touch non-exported Max IParamBlock2 parameters
- GrannyExtractTrackMask now searches all sub-members of the bone
- Other non-Max-specific fixes. The changelog is available here

Granny Exporter is available for Max 6 to 2008, and is part of the Granny Toolkit which costs $12500.

Andy Murdock is selling Automatron at a reduced price until the end of April. It is now available for $49 per license instead of $149. A license is good for Automatron 1.x on two computers owned by the same user for Max 8 and higher.

Changes for v1.6.7 are:
- Adds 'Create Movable Plane' setting to the Object Settings dialog
- Adds double click editing to the custom parameters, node and mesh animations lists
- Adds support for exporting line objects
- Adds support for using the Max project directory to define resource locations

Changes for v1.6 are:
- Adds support for Max 9, 2008 and 2009 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Morph ToolKit is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs $199. A demo version is available here.

The latest new build of Brazil r/s v2.1b (Pro-Beta), build 1550, is now available from the SplutterFish FishMarket Account (if you have upgraded to Brazil r/s v2.0). You can find a full list of enhancements and bugfixes here.

Brazil r/s v2.0 is available for Max 4 to 2008 and pricing starts at $795 for the Basic Edition, and $995 for the Professional Edition.

Changes for v1.04 are:
- Fixes moving patch points on an animated branch
- Fixes crash when deleting spline points
- Fixes selecting meshes for the pot that have a modifer
- Fixes branch constraint problem in release version

Branches is available for Max 9 and 2008, and costs $70. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v3.0 include:
- Adds support fro Max 9 / 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Adds a memory node for storage of any kind of data with an adjustable storage depth per variable
- New dynamic nodes: Force node, Orbit, PAttach and ShapeJoint
- All dynamic nodes have been enhanced
- Adds a Vertex To Particle node
- Adds new material nodes
- Newly added initiator nodes
- Newly added reference system nodes
- Particle playback has been enhanced
- Adds a full port debugger
- Adds an InMesh condition node
- New and enhanced global dynamic properties (inc. support for AGEIA PhysX)
- And much much more... Read the whole press release here

ThinkingParticles is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs $1695. Upgrade pricing is available for current ThinkingParticles v2.5 owners for $595.

Changes for v9.2 include:
- 3D Photo Browser is now available as an x64-bit application
- 3D Photo Browser is now a unicode application
- Alpha channels can be used as transparency masks
- 3DS parser has been improved (esp. objects without points)
- The default point of view is now correctly saved
- Points coordinates are now checked when importing a file

3D Photo Browser for 3D Users is available for Max 4 to 2008 and costs $69. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.12 are:
- Fixes 'Load Used Materials Only'

Changes for v4.04 are:
- Adds a load of new workflow features

Orionflame is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs $149. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.0.330 Beta include:
- Fixes a potential crash during mi_call_volume_material for intersecting volumes
- Further fix to Max HDR bitmaps
- Adds 8-bit support to mi_img_put_color

Changes for v1.6.6 are:
- Modified the billboard settings so that white is the default color
- The mesh exporter now limits the max. number of bone weighted vertices to Ogre's maximum
- Modified the exported camera FoV setting to be vertical using the 4:3 aspect ratio
- Fixes the tab ordering on the dialogs
- The Mesh Animation Settings dialog now selects the proper track when editing an existing animation
- Fixes the 'surface_emissive_colour' auto constant type being spelt as 'surface_specular_colour'
- Fixes a bug with instanced skinned meshes exporting as separate meshes

Changes for v1.0.326 include:
- Fixes IFF texture decompression to be more comprehensive
- Adds preferences option for window activation on new connection from plugin
- Adds OpenEXR floating-point image encoding

Changes for v5.x.66.0 are:
- Adds an option to store export settings along with the scene
- Fixes a bug where degenerate faces caused a face count inbalance with custom normals

Feeling Software has announced that it has stopped development on the open-source COLLADA tools (FCollada, ColladaMaya, ColladaMax and ColladaMotionBuilder) and will no longer offer free support for these COLLADA tools. The open-source projects will soon be transferred to Sourceforge to allow the community to maintain it at its own pace.

Changes for v1.0010 are:
- Fixes an occasional crash during the node cloning process
- Better support for using NodeJoe in the Max viewport
- Floating docking windows
- Adds support for enabling the material hardware shader in the node context menu
- Adds a 'Compatibility Display Mode' for users with display problems with older graphic card drivers
- It is now possible to link the outgoing edges of a node to another node

NodeJoe is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs €289. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v1.80.01 are:
- Fixes a bug with camera constraints
- Fixes a bug where the 'Use' button for render options didn't keep initial scene state
- Adds a new tool called 'Create a pass per render element'

Vanilla Pass Manager is available for Max 9 and 2008, and costs $350. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v5.15 are:
- Adds support for MAXScript
- Recompiled against the new version of the PathEngine SDK

groundExport is part of the PathEngine SDK, and is available for Max 6 to 2008. A basic license for the SDK costs €5000.

Changes for v1.0.325 include:
- Navigation importance now defaults to 0.3
- Adds a FullScreen option to render view
- Fix to Max plugin: mark as supporting MR shader types
- Fix to Max plugin: transmitted profile respecting version
- Fix to Max plugin: potential crash on closing render option window with Rendition assigned
- Fixes NURBS to avoid problems with single sided surfaces

Branches is a collection of tools to assist artists in the creation of 3D trees intended for realtime applications. You can model trees by drawing branches with imposters, and the plugin includes tools for modifying, multiplying and planting your trees.

Branches is available for Max 9 and 2008, and costs $70. A demo version is available here.

When using splines as paths, making one little change to the spline changes everything along the path. This is because splines work in percentages. But what if you could actively 'drive' the node along the spline, programming 'waypoints' to stop, slowdown, wait etc.

Craft Spline Speed-Controller does just that. If you change the length of the spline your 'waypoints' will stay in the same place. Each waypoint gives you the option of programming a speed change, a stop or a delay. This makes it very useful for animating things like traffic flow, or a camera dolly.

Craft Spline Speed Controller is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs $395. A demo version is available here.

NodeJoe is a schematic material editor realized as a plugin for Max that allows you a quick, clear and easy way of working with textures and materials. It uses Max internal data structures to provide compatibility with all materials and textures that work with Max.

The plugin provides an intuitive, clearly arranged graphical user interface to create, analyse and modify materials and textures within Max. The working area is zoomable and draggable, presenting an interactive preview of materials, including all submaterials and subtextures, as well as showing their dependencies between each other. You can create connections between different materials by 'drawing' directly onto the surface. The integrated automatic layout provides a clearly aligned diagram. Nodejoe gives you a clear overview of the relationship between existing materials within the current scene.

NodeJoe is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs €289. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v4.0 include:
- New AfterBurn Shadow Map is much faster without significant shadow quality loss
- AfterBurn now supports standard light's interface for atmospheric shadows
- FusionWorks support lets AfterBurn properly blend with FumeFX, ScatterVL Pro and standard Max fog
- FusionWorks support adds FusionWorks Z-Depth Render Element and output to non-clamped colors
- AFC View is a workflow improvement allowing users to edit all AFCs and Gradients in one place
- Geometry Clipping option enables particles contained inside geometry to not render outside of it
- Completely reworked built-in noise types are now plugins that can also be developed by 3rd parties
- New 3D Texture Map allows you to use Max 3D Map as a noise generator inside AfterBurn
- AfterBurn Daemons user interface is displayed directly inside AfterBurn UI
- New ThinkingParticles controller allows using TP's channels to replace AfterBurn values
- New MAXScript functionality

AfterBurn is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs $545. Existing AfterBurn 3.x owners can upgrade for $135, and AfterBurn 2.x owners can upgrade for $230.

Changes for v1.0.324 are:
- Adds support for 3ds Max HDR bitmaps
- Adds navigation controls to walk around a scene
- Adds view setting for navigation control

Changes for v1.35 are:
- Adds support for Max 2008 (32-bit only)

Liquid+ is available for Max 5 to 2008 and costs ¥45,800. A demo version is available here.

Changes for v2.1 are:
- Adds support for Max 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Pencil+ is available for Max 6 to 2008 and costs ¥45,150. A demo version is available here.