3DS MAX 5 Sreenshots!!!

[rendermonkey23]

dang site isn't working :(

[David Lightbown]

Same here... did anyone manage to save them, or saw them and can find them in their Internet Cache ? If so, can you post them here ?

[johnny_riptide]

Here, I managed to snag this one. I had to resize to meet the 50000 byte max for an attachment

[johnny_riptide]

Not too exciting, but here's the splashscreen they had.

[David Lightbown]

OK, looks like nothing much has changed on the surface from what I can see here.

Snap tools have been copied up to the top, they Animate section has changed a little (big Key button, little buttons under the drop down box...) The Render to Texture dialog box thats up must be a "texture baking" kind deal, whilst the other one that says "Global Raytrace Settings" speaks for itself.

HOWEVER there's one small weird thing I noticed:

Look at the top, the "contour selection" box is toggled on... but at the bottom the "contour selection" is toggled off...

and whats that button at the top left ? Looks like a little box, to the left of the Undo button...

Also notice that the Array dropdown is no longer between the Align and Mirror buttons... perhaps its been put in with the align tools... who knows.

Noticed the "Character" menu at the top between Modifiers and Animation ... ?

Then again, this whole thing may be fake or a work in progress GUI...

[David Lightbown]

On the splashscreen:

hmph, I wonder what the keyboard layout on the splash screen is all about.

[Chris]

some of the settings there seem to be exactly the same as FinalRender (reflect/refract material ID & most of the texture baking things) - I wonder if some of the fR raytracing code is being used...

[xynaria]

Well I guess we know what the code name is for this then now and that it more than likely wasn't with Discreets blessing :p :)

[Phobia4]

c'mon guys! am I really the only one who thinks these are fakes???
Just look at that splash, it's such a cheap ripoff from the current one, and as chris said, these settings look exactly like FR settings.

[David Lightbown]

I alluded to the fact that it may be a fake:

Originally posted by David Lightbown

HOWEVER there's one small weird thing I noticed:

Look at the top, the "contour selection" box is toggled on... but at the bottom the "contour selection" is toggled off...

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Then again, this whole thing may be fake or a work in progress GUI...

Also, max3d.com has posted the rest of the screens since the russian site is down...

What I really want to know is... in the upper right hand corner of the screens, something has been erased with a size 5 white photoshop brush... I wonder whats being blocked out here... could be any number of things.

[Martin-K-]

from what i remember. max always looked a bit different than the previous one. from the icon toolbar. to the extra buttons. and other interface changes. this doesnt really look any different than 4.0.
and 5 ...from what i heard will be a huge jump.

[luigi]

Not very nice Photoshop work!!
It´s so clear that IS NOT 3DSMAX 5 !!!

Do you think Max5 will have the same start picture than max 4 but with a rotten dam keyboard?
Remember that max 4.2 allready has a different start up picture!!

Discreet takes care of it´s image more than that!!!

:D :D :D :D

[David Lightbown]

There's no doubt that they may be fakes and discreet definately takes better care of its image, but as I said, these could be work in progress screens without the new interface. I hope we're all wrong and that these are in fact fakes, because I'm as excited as everyone else to see something completely new, like A|W PA to Maya, or LW 5 to 6, or Soft3D to SoftXSI... instead of having everything shuffled around (even if that kind of jump is supposed to be for Max 6... new versions like that breed instability, and I can't see Max getting any less stable, in my opinion... I hope thats one thing they worked on for Max 5).

[Phobia4]

Yeah i also heard the "big jump" will come in MAX 6.
I did hear max 5 will switch to flexlm licensing.......(like maya & xsi)

[johnny_riptide]

Is it a genuine MAX 5 screenshot? It's anybodys guess. In software developement, I know that many times the first build of a new version of software is the last build of the previous version - a starting point. If it is in fact for real, this would be my explanation for it looking so similar to MAX 4 - a very early version of MAX5

[xynaria]

"Also, max3d.com has posted the rest of the screens since the russian site is down... "


Well.. seems not any more.. all I get is a date of Wednesday [12/31/69]

and



"No related news items available "


:)

[David Lightbown]

Maybe that means discreet has told max3d that they're hoaxes ? They were up on a polish site this morning, but now they're gone.

[ToddD]

This thread s@cked! Even if this were an actual screen shot, who cares, it's not giving any indication of the improvements that matter. :p

[edaddy]

shit's fake.............looks like max 4.2 w/ 'msn messenger' chubby blue borders going around it - and the splash screen would DEFINITELY be different

[johnny_riptide]

I don't know about MSN messenger's chubby blue borders, but for some reason it reminds me more of MAX 4 on Windows XP

[rendermonkey23]

OK, I found out that all this was just a hoax.

THESE are the real deal :)

Click HERE (http://alshaheen.net/artists/rendermonkey23/max5-the-real-deal.jpg)

Mua ha ha huaaa

[Chris]

BLASPHEMY!

You Die... You Die, & You go to hell... :D

[JuRrAsStOiL]

I'm missing the "Asskicking Stuff"-Button in
the Geometry Menu on the right.
And where is the announced "Make
an impressive Scene"-Menu on the top?!

[rendermonkey23]

hehe, hopefully they will get right on that.

[SheepFactory]

LOL ,

they put the make art and imagination button at last!!!

i am switching to max

:D

A|i

[David Lightbown]

We could have a fake Max screenshot contest... :)

That would rock :D

If I find a spare minute tonite, I think I will whip up something...

I get the feeling like I'm going to start something here... hehe

[rendermonkey23]

HAHAHAHA, that actually sounds like a cool idea. I only spent like 5 min on this one (didn't even try and find the right font :) ).

"Maybe" we could have a little contest for creating a UI for max and everyone could choose a winner, then we could show it to Discreet in hopes they might use it. Talk about being a "what the industry wants" kinda thing. :)

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