ThinkingParticles 6.10

ThinkingParticles 6.10: Learning Rendering

finalRender and thinkingParticles the new Powerhouse

Countless blockbuster movies and projects depend on thinkingParticles' limitless ability to recreate advanced physics-based particle effects fully procedural and rule-based. The release of thinkingParticles Subscription Drop 10 represents a massive step towards better and faster Visual Effects all done in 3ds Max. Once again, simulation robustness with outstanding fluid solver stability and enhanced soft body dynamics offer a uniquely rounded overall Visual Effects experience for every 3ds Max user. Besides some serious housekeeping, new advanced Visual Effects operators have been added to the tool chest. Find below a short summary of new functions and features found in thinkingParticles Subscription Drop 10.

NanoVDB & finalRender - Free with thinkingParticles

NanoVDB is a highly optimized subset of OpenVDB, optimized to leverage the power of massive parallel processing units. Such processing power is usually found in modern CPUs and GPUs. However, while NanoVDB really shines on modern high performance GPUs, it does also render remarkably well on modern multicore CPUs. GPU accelerated NanoVDB functionality, in thinkingParticles, is offered through the use of the fastest and most advanced Unbiased Physically Based Spectral renderer available for 3ds Max: finalRender. It is the only renderer offering trueHybrid™ rendering technology, delivering to you the best of both worlds. CPU, GPU or both of the devices can be used, leveraging the full potential and rendering power of your Workstation.

thinkingParticles 6.10 - adding Value with every Drop

thinkingParticles just got upgraded in value - Big Time! With its latest release, thinkingParticles now comes integrated with the fastest and most affordable Physically Based Spectral Path Tracing renderer for 3ds Max: finalRender. Yes, you read that right - for the first time in thinkingParticles release history we are able to offer a true continuous OpenVDB workflow on 3ds Max. Start to finish - all in one place - all in one tool!
No longer is there any need to switch tools or break workflows. Wwork with massive OpenVDB operations inside of 3ds Max - and thanks to thinkingParticles Subscription Drop 10 - those massive data sets can easily be handled and visualized. Set up Your visual effects and render - it's that simple!
With the addition of OpenVDB PointDataGrid support, and highly efficient GPU accelerated NanoVDB rendering through finalRender at no extra cost, the 3ds Max VFX Powerhouse just became elevated to new heights.

Compatibility

3ds Max 2022
2021
2020 (earlier versions till 2016
ok to use
support nil)

Subscription Drop 10 New Feature

Point Rendering

Drop 10 brings to You: Unlimited point rendering through NanoVDB! Experience GPU-Power like never before or embark on trueHybrid™ rendering: add the power of your CPU to the mix and do lightning fast renderings, even with 100 million points!

OpenVDB 7.2

Drop 10 uses now OpenVDB 7.2 the latest and greatest version with immense speedups and new features. Multithreading has been enhanced throughout, many bugfixes and general workflow and performance enhancements have been done as well.

DirectVolumeRendering

DirectVolumeRendering- a feature unique to thinkingParticles, allows you to render OpenVDB volumes and points without exporting or doing any weird dances. It is a first in 3ds Max, use OpenVDB volumes like native 3ds Max effects!

SmokeSolver

Cleaning house and dusting off - actually it got us Fuming :) SmokeSolver in Drop 10 delivers faster and better whirls and vortices - like never before! Enjoy a more predictable and stable version of SmokeSolver, the fastest solution for dust and fumes.

Flow 6.10

Flow Solver 6.10, the evolution continues - faster, more stable and easier to setup than before. It was never simpler to get splashier fluid simulationswith full control of volume. Meet the fastest and best SPH Particle based fluid solver for 3ds Max Flow 6.10.

Power of OpenVDB

thinkingParticles offers the most advanced OpenVDB integrations into 3ds Max. Now, thinkingParticles 6.10 natively supports volume Point Data, thanks to NanoVDB, rendering Points or Volumes on GPU and CPU happens at lightning fast speeds.