cebas Visual Technology Inc.

cebas Visual Technology Inc. makes plugins that add rendering, effects and simulation tools to 3ds Max. Its products are used for animation, games, architectural visualisation, landscape and industrial design work, and are sold on subscription or as full licences, with student options.

What cebas Visual Technology Inc. offers

• thinkingParticles — its main procedural effects plugin for particle systems, volumetric effects and physically based destruction, also available as a learning edition.
• finalRender — a renderer for lifelike light simulation and image output.
• finalFluid — GPU-based fire and fluid simulation.
• maxMP4 — an MP4 video codec for 3ds Max that runs on GPU or CPU.
• psd-manager — exports renders to layered PSD files, with support for render elements, masks, HDR, V-Ray and animation.
• Other tools — finalToon, volumeBreaker, pyroCluster and scalpelMax, plus product bundles.

Who it works with

Its users are 3D and VFX artists, including architectural visualisation artists such as Andres Merlo from Argentina. The company also offers tutorials and trial versions of its plugins.

Key facts

• Platform: Autodesk 3ds Max, including 3ds Max 2027
• Licensing: Subscription, full version, upgrades and student licences