Editor's Choice: Great Plug-in Deals For Great Modelers

Modeling 3D objects is hard work (unless I'm writing an article on getting into modeling, then it's suddenly very easy), and artists would appreciate every break they can get. But there are ways to make their life easier - and no, it's not "lowering standards." To the great joy of creatives everywhere, plug-ins, which are like software's beneficent symbionts, exist! They latch onto specific programs - Vray, for example - to bring functionality that was not provided by the developer. So now you can reap the benefits of faster workflow and lesser headaches!

That's why we at the CGTrader have collected a few special deals for you! These are all good plug-ins for your soft, and CGTrader is offering ways to get deals on them! Read on to find out how!

RayFire

Developer: Ray Fire Studio

Software: 3ds Max 2013-2017

Special CGTrader pricing (save 10%): $347 USD

Built for 3ds Max 2013-2017, this plug-in will take care of your shattering, splintering, breaking and crumbling needs. If you have an object that has to suddenly disintegrate because it was hit by a car or an orbital cannon, RayFire is your friend. It comes with NVidia PhysX Rigid Body simulation support and creates dynamic simulation and demolishes objects accordingly to their material and collision strength. It supports voronoi and brick modifiers, trace and cluster objects, even bomb helper. It features several type of fragments, and asperity modifiers to make your geometry more detailed and realistic. Slice modifiers, crack modifiers voxel modifiers - the only thing that RayFire doesn't support is your singing career.

You can try out the demo here.

How to buy with discount?

Email us at eduardas@cgtrader.com with your request and we will then agree on payment details and send you software license within a day.

FurryBall

Developer: AAA Studio

Software: Maya, Cinema 4D, 3ds MAX (beta)

Special CGTrader pricing (save 10%): 36$-$323 (Permanent or rental licence options available)

FurryBall brings rendering back to where it belongs: the GPU. It’s 3-15 times faster than CPU rendering, and it can be scaled up by using multiple GPUs on a single computer. Using 3-15 times less rendering units than CPU, it is cheaper while also lessening heat and energy consumption. Real-time preview in Maya, 3Ds Max or Cinema 4D window lets you see the results much faster!

How to get the discount?

Choose your FurryBall options on the developer's website and email us at eduardas@cgtrader.com with the details (permanent or any of the 3 rental options) and we will then agree on payment details and send you software license within a day.

130 scripts for Modeling UV

Developer: deniseich

Software: Maya

Price: $40

Now you have the chance to get 130 scripts for Maya, written by our (community’s) own deniseich! They will automate some of the work and each of them comes with their own, easily accessible tutorial!

How to buy?

Visit CGT product page and get it straight away!

KM-3D

Developer: KM-3d

Software: 3ds Max 2013-2017

Price: $4-$22

• FoldFx is a 3Ds Max tool for motion animation and poly folding. $22
• Break and Fold 2.0 is a script allows you to break an object into pieces and form this object again by manipulating the position, scale and rotation of each piece.Instead of object pieces you can work with elements – or any mesh object that you want. $6
• Fill My Shelves is the friend of interior artists as it’s a script that helps them fill shelves with books in a natural-looking way. $4
• Light Painter is a 3Ds Max tool that lets you fiddle with the lighting of a scene. You can play with lights and select places where reflections should go. $8
• Random Master is a tool for 3Ds Max that, like the name implies, is for randomizing various objects. $11

How to buy?

Visit CGT user profile and get any of those immediately.

Muster 8

Developer: VVertex

Software: Maya, Cinema 4D, 3Ds Max, etc. (check full list here)

Special CGTrader pricing (save 10%): $73-$2.160

Muster is render farm management system for film production, game development, and visual effect industry. It monitors usage, recovers from faults, powers-off unused racks and do all sorts of managed stuff like adding hosts without interrupting the rendering process. Muster assigns tasks on the fly, so the work is never interrupted.

How to get the discount?

Choose your product at VVertex store, email us at eduardas@cgtrader.com the details of product you chose and we will then agree on payment details and send you software license within a day.

VIZPARK

Developer: VIZPARK

Software: various

Special CGTrader pricing: $32.53-$559.82 (depending on the product) + 1 free sale on CGTrader

VIZPARK offers quite a few plug-ins that makes the life of 3Ds Max users easier, and you can get the deal for any of them:

• Color Extract extracts up to 100 colors from any image and randomly assigns them to objects, object elements or even procedural maps (you have some choice in just what kind of randomness do you want!). $32.53
• Crossmap is a 3Ds Max shader similar in its function to Color Extract. It takes bitmaps from a folder and distributes them on geometry (faces, etc.). This gives you more variety in leaves, brick walls and similar objects! $54.97
• Walls & Tiles is an another 3Ds Max plug in. It’s a material that creates procedural walls and floors by randomizing bitmaps. The result is a wall that looks more natural instead of a Clone Tool accident. $88.63
• Automap (comes with Automaterial) is a set of plug ins that helps creating materials from photographs by using several extraction algorithms to extract height maps, specular maps, diffuse maps and normal maps. $54.97
• Mosaic brings easy mosaic making to 3Ds Max. You take a source bitmap or 3Ds Map and load several bitmaps from the included library or your own resources. Then you select the bond type, mosaic resolution, randomness and hit enter! $88.63
• Omnitiles lets you design new patterns to be created in 3Ds Max. Works well in conjunction with Crossmap, which then randomizes the bitmap! $111.07

How to get a discount?

Buying any of VIZPARK plugins following this link, you can get a free sale on CGTrader. Does not apply to free VIZPARK products!