The tool includes font previews tracking, kerning and leading control character-level text editing and a built-in editor for creating custom bevel effects. In addition, both packages get a new 3D text tool: 3D Type in the case of Maya, TextPlus in the case of 3ds Max, described in the video above as a “bona fide typography tool”.

The live link is a key selling point for Stingray, which faces stiff competition from extablished engines like Unity and Unreal Engine, but Autodesk has also streamlined its games export functionality in general.ģds Max gets a new Game Exporter, enabling users to create presets for exporting assets and to preview takes Maya now includes screen height percentage for better LoD support when changing lens length or field of view. The extensions will go on show at Siggraph 2015.ģds Max and Maya: Live link to the Stingray game engineīoth applications get a live link to Autodesk’s Stingray game engine, due to be released next week, enabling artists to edit geometry, cameras and animations and see updates in the engine in real time.ģds Max also gets a new PBR DirectX shader intended to replicate that in Stingray, shown in the video above. In addition, Max users get new skin weighting tools and Max Creation Graph functionality, while Maya gets SVG support and further new nodes in the Hypershade. Autodesk has announced the subscriber-only Extension 1 updates to 3ds Max and Maya 2016, both adding a live link to the company’s new Stingray game engine, improved games export workflows, and a new 3D text tool.

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