Model and render in stunning 3D.
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3ds Max® professional 3D modeling, rendering, and animation software enables you to create expansive worlds and premium designs.
Breathe life into environments and landscapes with robust modeling tools.
Create finely detailed designs and props with intuitive texturing and shading tools.
Iterate and produce professional-grade renders with full artistic control.
3ds Max overview (video: 4:48 min.)
Hiking in 2077 (video: 45 sec.) Video courtesy of Jody Sargent
Underwater environment scene created with 3ds Max
Environmental concept art of a black hole
Design visualization of a home in a cliff
Environment art created by Masayuki Koyama
Fuel the imagination with worldbuilding and asset creation tools.
Automate repetitive, time-consuming tasks so you meet deadlines.
Stay in the creative flow with tools in an artist-friendly UI.
Whether you’re building expansive gaming worlds or visualizing intricate architectural designs, 3ds Max has the modeling toolset you need to bring your 3D assets to life.
From light mixing to color correction, the built-in Arnold renderer provides a rich experience and handles your most complex characters, scenes, and effects.
—Jon Formento, Founder, Creative Director, and 3D Designer, jformento.
—Dan Wulczynski, Lead Technical Artist, Playground Games
— Jakub Vlček, CEO, Punctum Images
— Sara Moheimani, 3D Artist
3D generalist Thomas Berg breaks down VFX scenes from his work on Olav and two war documentaries.
Discover how support for glTF allows users to open, create, and edit large amounts of 3D data with ease.
Edstudios details how to import geometry and particle simulations from 3ds Max and TyFlow to Omniverse Create.
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Create breathtaking scenes and characters for film, TV, and games.
Enjoy all the creative tools you need to build a powerful, scalable 3D animation pipeline for complex simulations, effects, and rendering.
