Turbo Squid, the New Orleans-based outfit offering royalty-free 3D assets, today announced a new 3ds Max plug-in for creating hair and fur named Hairtrix. The new tool is the result of a joint collaboration with Dimension dESIGN Animation Group (the developers of hairfx), EPHERE (the developers of Ornatrix) and Turbo Squid (the publisher and worldwide distributor for the Autodesk certified animation program).
According to Turbo Squid, Hairtrix offers a sophisticated melding of two of the most popular technologies available for 3ds Max and takes advantage of years of dedicated research in improving hair and fur technologies. Hairtrix offers users two hair and fur solutions in one integrated products, superior rendering times, finalRender Stage-1 and Mental ray support, the ability to style hair directly from the 3ds Max viewports instead of using separate windows, and deep interoperability between the two component products
"The goal of our collaboration is to create truly realistic hair and fur that is fast and easy to use," says Beau Perschall, Turbo Squid’s VP of publishing. "We were fortunate to have two of the best selling products to start with. The developers share a common passion to bring the best technology to 3ds Max, and I’m thrilled to see what they have come up with between them.
Hairtrix can be seen at SIGGRAPH over at the Turbo Squid/Ballistic Media booth #1051. Pricing is $595 for the full version. Current users of hairfx may upgrade to Hairtrix for $150. Users of Ornatrix may upgrade to Hairtrix for $250. Hairtrix is available from Turbo Squid at www.turbosquid.com as well as 3ds Max resellers around the worlds.
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