Editing Autodesk 3ds Max (section)

{{Short description|3D computer graphics program}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Autodesk 3ds Max
| logo = Autodesk 3D Studio Max Icon from 2022 rebrand.jpg
| logo_size = 150px
| screenshot = 
| developer = [[Autodesk]]
| released = {{start date and age|1996|4}}<ref name=NGen35>{{cite magazine |title=Toolbox |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=35|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=November 1997|page=27}}</ref> (as 3D Studio MAX)
| latest release version = 2026<ref>[https://help.autodesk.com/view/3DSMAX/2026/ENU/?guid=3dsMax_ReleaseNotes_3dsmax_2026_releasenotes_html 3ds Max 2026 Help | 3ds Max 2026 Update Release Notes | Autodesk]</ref>
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|03|26}}
| operating system = Windows
| replaces = [[#History|3D Studio]]
| language = English, German, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean
| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], and [[Python (programming language)|Python]]
| genre = [[3D computer graphics]]
| license = [[Software as a service]], [[Trialware]]
| website = {{url|https://www.autodesk.com/products/3ds-max/overview}}
}}

'''Autodesk 3ds Max''', formerly '''3D Studio''' and '''3D Studio Max''', is a professional [[3D computer graphics software|3D computer graphics program]] for making [[3D animations]], [[3D models|models]], [[3D computer game|games]] and [[3D rendering|images]]. It is developed and produced by [[Autodesk Media and Entertainment]].<ref>[http://www.autodesk.com/ "Autodesk | 3D Design, Engineering & Entertainment Software"]' November 21, 2013</ref> It has modeling capabilities and a flexible [[Plug-in (computing)|plugin]] architecture and must be used on the [[Microsoft Windows]] platform. It is frequently used by [[video game developer]]s, many [[TV Commercial|TV commercial]] studios, and [[architectural visualization]] studios. It is also used for [[Special effect|movie effects]] and movie [[Previsualization|pre-visualization]]. 3ds Max features [[shaders]] (such as [[ambient occlusion]] and [[subsurface scattering]]), [[dynamic simulation]], [[particle systems]], [[Radiosity (3D computer graphics)|radiosity]], [[Normal mapping|normal map]] creation and rendering, [[global illumination]], a customizable [[user interface]], and its own [[scripting language]].<ref>[http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13567426 "Autodesk 3ds Max — Detailed Features"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219110238/http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=13567426 |date=February 19, 2011 }}, March 25, 2008</ref>