3ds Max 9 is the first release since Autodesk acquired Alias and its flagship, Maya. I’ve been wondering how the two programs will start to meld into one. I’ve already seen it in Maya — baby steps toward uniformity.Most of the time, I take a cursory glance at a new release and if something doesn’t scream “change,” I’ll have to pull up the hood and start poking around to find the new stuff. In the case of Max 9, even after some deep poking, I found that it doesn’t have enormous changes in the tool set. It almost feels like a point upgrade. EXCEPT … Max 9 is available in a 64-bit form as well as 32-bit. So, if you happen to be using Windows 64 on a 64-bit processor, you will see pretty substantial speed increases simply based on the fact that the software and processor can handle larger chunks of data at one time, not to mention raising the RAM limit to 8GB. To really benefit from this upgrade, it’s going to require updating your hardware as well. But, let’s take a look at the nice new tools that are common to both 64- and 32-bit programs.
3ds max 9 review from Digital Producer
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