SIGERSHADERS™
The Siger Studio's XSMP for 3ds Max is a continuation of well-known plugins family: V-Ray Material Presets Pro (VMPP), Corona Material Presets Pro (CMPP) and Material Repository Pro (MRP).
But at the same time it's a completely new software created from scratch. Therefore versions of the program are started over again from 1.0.0.
The idea of the software dates back to 2006 - the first free material manager written with MaxScript (had only a few free material libraries). The history of the commercial plugin began in 2009 (C# and MaxScript).
Nowadays - written in C# / C++ and has hundreds of material presets, fast and convenient material manager, material lab for testing your materials.
XSMPmax comes in several editions: Repo, Professional and Studio. Compare the features of each edition to select the one that meets your requirements.
XS MATERIAL PRESETS
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The XSMP is integrated directly in 3ds Max and therefore does not need additional modules for communication with the host software.
XSMP PRESETS LIBRARY
Pre-built Material Presets are included only into XSMP Professional and Studio editions. Professional editions have a Material Presets library only for one rendering engine:
- Pro V-Ray
- – material presets library for V-Ray
- Pro Corona
- – material presets library for Corona Renderer
- Studio Edition
- – contains all (now for a V-Ray and Corona Renderer) libraries
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XSMP MATERIAL MANAGER
The Material Manager is integrated in all XSMP editions.
If you look for material, you no longer need to waste time, loading/searching through several material libraries in the 3ds Max material browser.
For a faster and more efficient way of browsing materials, XSMP Material Manager has the convenient features of showing you all materials contained in a categories and/or folders.
Materials are organized into libraries, categories and folders, with a search/filtering capability.
The XSMP Material Manager can render preview images for materials, using the integrated studios. Also you can import up to 3 additional preview images per material, which can be enlarged for better viewing.
Material can be directly obtained/assigned to the 3ds Max Material Editor (in Compact/Advanced(Slate ME) mode) or from/to the selected object.
XSMP MATERIAL LAB
The XSMP Material Lab contain scenes (divided into different sizes (cm/inches, Real-World Scale) and types) for testing shaders.
Material Lab is integrated into all XSMPmax editions.
- Pro V-Ray
- – lab scenes for V-Ray
- Pro Corona
- – lab scenes for Corona Renderer
- Repo / Studio
- – contains all (now for a V-Ray and Corona Renderer) lab scenes
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