Autodesk 3D Studio release 1 was released in October of 1990. This is a video showing the operation of the earliest prototype for which we have a backup copy, from November 1988. This video shows that the general layout of the software, while being similar in appearance to the final release version, evolved significantly between this prototype and the final version.
We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the 3D Studio software and I thought…
This is a remastered version of my 1990 promotional animation for 3D Studio DOS release 1.
"Corner Stone" tells the simple story of a building cornerstone who dreams of getting out and going to the beach. Only one thing stands in his way -- He's holding up a 40-story building!
Created in a week on a single 20mHz 80386 computer, Corner Stone is a very simple animation. Read about the creation of the short, the loss and recovery of the data files…
A brief reel of sequences contributed by 3ds max beta testers for exhibition at NAB just prior to the product launch. The sequences here represent the first 3ds max animation seen by the public.
[WARNING: Raw - unedited footage]
Steve Speer, Gary Yost and Jamie Clay put in the hours to make one of the first production videos with 3D Studio.
Note, this is were the 'render farm' was born.
Keep in mind the collection of computers you see here were not networked, so when we set out to render a sequence it was all done manually. That and that I wore coveralls often (though not in this video), gave birth to the farming comparison.
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Just think about it… What if you were trapped under something heavy and the mouse was out of your reach? Scary, right? That's exactly why we have these keyboard shortcuts so you can still use Vimeo until the help arrives.
