Instant Animated Presentations!
** Beta Test applications are closed. **
Description
Showcaser is a powerful and versatile tool for quickly creating animated project presentations in 3ds Max. Give life and dynamism to your scenes, models, products, or characters in just seconds, without the need for animation knowledge.
With a simple and intuitive interface, Showcaser offers you several alternatives so that, starting from a static scene or a series of 3D models, you can easily create incredible professional animations in no time.
It works this way: you provide the objects you want to animate, set the animation order, adjust a few of parameters, and press Build Animation.
If you use the Scene animation mode, the plugin instantly creates an animated sequence in which the scene is progressively assembled, object by object, until it is complete.
If you use the Model/s animation mode (to make a presentation of models, products, or characters), Showcaser sequentially exposes the elements on screen, one at a time, with an entry and exit animation. You can also set a turntable animaion.
The plugin automatically creates all the necessary keyframes on the position, rotation, and scale tracks for each object in 3ds Max. If you want to make modifications, you can regenerate the animation with different settings, or you can manually edit the animations without needing to use the plugin, with 3ds Max native tools. Showcaser technically functions as a script, so it does not create plugin dependency.
This tool is aimed to all kinds of 3dsMax users, with or without previous knowledge of animation, in the various fields of 3D design, 3D modeling, CGI, architectural visualization, motion graphics, game art, and industrial design.
Features
- Create multiple animated sequences for a single scene.
- Define sets of objects and establish the animation order for them.
- Handy tools for automatically ordering the elements by name, size or position. Or set a custom order.
- Different options to load objects from scene: by manual selection, by name, by layer, by group.
- Automatic creation of object sets for animation from layers or 3dsmax groups.
- Choose from 2 versatile animation methods: showcase your entire scene or focus on presenting individual models.
- Animation sequences can be made up of up to 3 stages: 1) entry animation, 2) turntable animation, 3) exit animation.
- Animation types (combineable): movement, rotation, scale, abrupt appearance/disappearance.
- Easing options: linear, ease in, ease out, ease in/out, spring (semi-cartoon inertia).
- Turntable animation. Automatically create a parametric turntable object or load a custom model.
- Option to animate certain groups of objects together, at the same time, according to different criteria: by size, by layer, by instance condition, by user-defined sets, by quantity (every n elements).
- Configure start and end times of each animated sequence / duration of entry and exit animation / overlapping between object animations.
- Configure a special pivot position to use for every element, exclusively for the animation.
- Support for geometry, groups, hierarchies and root helpers.
- Includes a collection of handy presets for instant parameter settings.
- Ability to load and save custom presets.
- Options to edit, save, delete, and select animated elements.
- Tools for manage animated sequences.
- Allows manual editing of animation keyframes with native 3ds Max tools.
- Easily restore the initial scene/elements state.
- Custom undo function.
- No plugin dependency.
- Simple drag & drop installation.
Videotutorials / Documentation
BETA TEST
We are currently beta-testing the product. If you want to participate in the process and get some benefits, please read the information bellow and fill in the Application Form (at the bottom of the page).
Beta testers can write us and provide feedback either in English or Spanish.
Requirements
- have Autodesk 3dsMax version 2015 – 2024 installed in your computer
- have at least 1 year of experience working with 3dsMax software
- commit to follow the rules of the beta test and provide the required feedback
Beta Test Schedule
End of call for testers: April 2, 2024
Length of Beta Test: 10 days (maximum)
Closing date: April 12, 2024
Benefits of participating
- 1 free Showcaser lifetime license
- 50% off coupon for SplineDynamics’ shop, valid for 1 year (*)
- Direct contact with the plugin’s author
(*) not combinable with other promos.
Application Form
After submission, you will get a confirmation email and we will contact you in the next 1-2 days. If you don’t get any email, please write us through this Contact form.