Special offer on upgrades to Autodesk 3ds Max 7 announced

Autodesk has announced a special offer for upgrades to the latest version of its award-winning professional 3D animation software, Autodesk 3ds Max 7, for users of versions 4, 5 and 6.
From now until July 21, the cost of upgrading is reduced by 30% when purchased with subscription. From July 22 to September 15, the discount will be 20%. Similar offers are available for Autodesk VIZ users upgrading to VIZ 2006. VIZ users who wish to cross-grade to 3ds Max 7 will also qualify for the 3ds Max 7 upgrade promotion.
Subscription is the cheapest way of keeping 3ds Max software up to date and provides exclusive access to feature-rich downloadable product extensions such as Cloth Extension and the recently announced 3ds max 7.5. Future releases of 3ds Max are shipped automatically once customers are signed up to Subscription.
3ds Max 7.5 provides a built-in hair and fur system, the most current version of mental ray 3.4 from mental images and integrated design visualisation features. Cloth extension is a sophisticated cloth simulation system for creating realistic, film-quality clothing for 3D characters. 3ds Max 7 incorporates the advanced character motion toolset, Character Studio, as well as a whole host of ground-breaking features such as Normal Mapping, a workflow accelerator for gaming and Edit Poly Modifier, which is designed to improve ease of use and speed of animation.
With over 280,000 registered users worldwide, 3ds Max is the most popular professional 3D modelling and animation application available today.
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