Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly
3D Studio, then
3D Studio Max is a professional
3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. It is developed and produced by
Autodesk Media and Entertainment. It has modeling capabilities, a flexible
plugin architecture and can be used on the
Microsoft Windows platform. It is frequently used by
video game developers, many TV commercial studios and architectural visualization studios. It is also used for movie effects and movie pre-visualization. To its modeling and animation tools, the latest version of 3ds Max also features
shaders (such as
ambient occlusion and
subsurface scattering),
dynamic simulation,
particle systems,
radiosity,
normal map creation and rendering,
global illumination, a customizable
user interface, and its own
scripting language.