ScriptAttack announced the upcoming release of BonyFace 3.0. Bonyface is a facial animation system. The latest version of its commercial script for rigging and animating facial expressions. New features include an improved rig for eyes, mouth and jaw, enhanced controls, many UI changes, a lipsync layer, and more. BonyFace’s price will be raised after version 3.0 is released, it’s still being offered at the old price now along with a free update to the new version. Also take a note that ScriptAttack announced the upcoming development of BonyRig, a tool for rigging and animating whole characters.

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http://www.scriptattack.com/maxscripts/bonyface/Features.html

German artist Benjamin Springer has released his collection of 12 Realistic ground plants for C4D and 3DS Max.

- 12 realistic groundplants for VrayForC4D!
- With 2Side material for translucent effects!
- Proxy and Instance -READY!
- Splinepaths as place holder!
- Compatible with C4D R12/R13 (contact me if you use an older version)
- pay and directly download
- *new .lib4d file for easy using in your content browser via drag and drop

It only costs 30€

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http://exorbit-art.de/shop/real-ground-plants-v1/

CLO Virtual Fashion has updated the future development plan for its Marvelous Designer cloth design and simulation software. The 2012 Q1, Q2 and Q3 update plan

Quarter 1 2012

- Quad mesh
- Pin Synchronization
- Internal Line Crossing, Internal to Boundary Crossing
- Friction (for Cloth-Cloth and Avatar-Cloth) Setting
- Pac File Viewer
- Mac Version
- Linux Version
- Sewing in 3D
- Bump map
- Multi-Avatar, Hair and Accessory Add
- Fabric(Material + Physical Properties) Setting
- KES(Kawabata Evaluation System) Data Import (CLO 3D Only)
- Draw line on 3D and 2D patterns

Quarter 2 2012

MD3, CLO 3D 2012 release, all the following features will be added in this new version;
- Pattern Editing in 3D
- Symmetric Pattern Editing
- Stitch Design and Rendering
- Pattern Grouping
- FBX Loader

Future

(TBD, probably done after Q3, 2012)
- SVG Loader (CLO 3D Only, but not confirmed)
- Cross Section Display for Avatar and Cloth
- Ruler for Avatar and Pattern
- Rigid Body Simulation
- Undo in 3D Window
- 1 to N sewing (CLO 3D Only)
- Button (CLO 3D Only)
- Zipper (CLO 3D Only)
- Hem, Piping (CLO 3D Only)
- Pattern Cutting (CLO 3D Only)
- Baseline Drawing (CLO 3D Only)
- Line Segment Point to Curve Point Converting

A very nice and usable Tree Generator Maxscript. Ryan Smith has released a beta of his new free tree generation script. You can create varieties of low poly trees for your 3ds max projects. You can check out the small video tutorial on how to use this script and what it is capable of doing. It is very simple to use it to generate your Trees.

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http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93240

Alessandro Cangelosi has released a tutorial to create tire dust using FumeFX. The video tutorial teaches you from tire rigging and how to simulate the real motion together with creating dust for tires using fumeFX. It is a 44 minutes video.

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http://cgcookie.com/max/2012/01/05/tire-dust-with-fumefx/

Vray 2.20.01 is finally released by chaos group. Below are the features

http://www.chaosgroup.com/en/2/index.html

Learn how to convert your 2D footage to stereo 3D. Over the past few years, demand for stereoscopic cinema has grown steadily. Many films today are now released in stereoscopic 3D (S3D) at the cinema, and there are large libraries of movies that can be converted to S3D and re-released for new audiences to enjoy.
As available content grows, so too will demand for S3D, especially since stereo-enabled hardware such as televisions and computers are increasingly becoming available to consumers.

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/12/12/how-to-convert-2d-footage-to-stereoscopic-3d/

CityTraffic is a plug-in for 3ds Max which helps to create car traffic flow on the roads and off-roads.
Special road editor and automatic cars setup substantially accelerates preparation of scenes for the simulation of traffic movement.
Huge variety of configurations for each car, whether it is adjustment of a suspension bracket or style of driving, give the ability to create realistic simulation.
Dynamics calculation makes movements on complicated surfaces more realistic, and the artificial intelligent system helps cars to operate independently.

Improved suspension dynamics of vehicles

AutoCAD Quick Send to 3ds Max workflow is a technology that enables quick transferring of a design created in AutoCAD® into Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design. This add-in will reduce the number of steps involved in transferring data between these applications, as well as allow you to use, create, and share presets that will increase your productivity.

Download it from :
http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/acad_quicksend_3dsmax/

Nick Moutafis has released a free maxscript which is a value added asset tracking for relinking missing files. The Relinking missing file scripts even searches you hard drive to find where they are located. Most of the common file formats are supported with the relinking missing files maxscript even warns you if you have a duplicate file found. Download and check it out

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http://www.sinok.gr/relinkmissingfiles/about.html