3ds Max
by: Brian Chapman
What’s New: 3DS Max 2023 T
his month, we’ll talk about what’s new for 3DS Max professionals and why these developments matter.
First, let us review updates to retopology. In the past few years, a rumor spread that “polygons just don’t matter anymore.” Countless creators, entrepreneurs, artists, and teams dove in to push the boundaries based on this. What have they found out; you ask? Polygons matter, always. Why? Simply because mobile devices rule the world. Setting aside complexities, for anyone working in 3D, mobile devices are the primary target. Twenty-five years ago, professors at universities taught people the basics of computers because many people had never used one. Though it sounds unbelievable today, students are arriving at universities never having used a computer. That is because phones and tablets have advanced incredibly, becoming a lifeline for so much daily activity. That also means that the primary market for digital content worldwide is quite literally the phone in your hand. So, let’s break things down. Yes, render and engine technology has developed to allow for an extraordinary number of polygons to be displayed on a device. However, the data to generate those polygons can be extraordinarily heavy. Meaning: polygons make file sizes massive. To display those polygons on a device, they need to
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