About This Blog 

Welcome to my blog which is all about tools for 3D professionals mainly in the architectural visualizations business.

I have been working as a professional since 2000 working for Animedia - A local firm from Tel Aviv. They have since moved to London and are now called "The Visualiser".

In 2001 I started my own firm ORVATSEL (Light and Shadow in hebrew).

My purpose here in this blog of mine is to tell you about the tools I use and those that I don't - Tools that I bought but decided that they were not as usefull to me as I thought.

I am working in 3ds MAX 2016. I started with Maya but with time I realized that 3ds max is  much more oriented to building architectural models than Maya so When Max 8 was released - There was I and have been using it since.

In addition to many 3D tools I will wlso write about some general utilities that will save you time and money. When I talk to other people that make their income working in front of a computer I am amazed at how little they know about the ways to save time just using cheap and free little programs.

So how do I know about those tools ? Everyday I scan Facebook and visit www.MaxPlugins.de and sometimes ScriptSpot.  I have joind many 3D related facebook pages of 3ds max plugins makers and also other tools such as ZBrush etc. so when a new tool is published - I am aware of it.

My reviews will not be review - more like me telling about them and wether I find them usefull. Some of them are so important that if the developer decides to stop - our business - as I see it - will really be in trouble.

 So here is a list (definitely live and not complete) of plugins and tools that I will write about:

3ds max Plugins and scripts:

Vray

Forest Pack Pro

RailClone Pro

Walls and Tiles

 Miauu tools

Rappa Tools

Siger 

Kinematic Lab

TerrainAxe

 Aviz Tools

CG-Source

SplineLand

AutoGrass

Joker Martini's Olugins

PSD Manager

GrowFX

ZooKeeper

RichDirt 

IVY Generator

Ghost Town

Create Stairs

Catalyst

ACME Brick Generator

SolidRocks

Roof Designer

QuadChamfer

PolyUnwrapper

PolygonMap

Gradient Edge

ParametricArray

MaxGrass

External programs:

AutoCAD

Photoshop

Substance Designer 

Substance Painter

Zbrush

3D-Coat

Knald

Quixel 

iClone

PixPlant

StarFilter

ShaderMap

3D Libraries and Texutres: 

Evermotions

CG-Axis

3D Mentor

Xfrog

Maxtree

VizPeople

RDT

AsileFX

General Purpose Utilities:

Total Commander

Listary

SnagIT

Power Director

Multiplicity

VentaFax

JAlbum

Clipmate

Tutorials

VizCorbel