3ds Max provides an extensive and flexible toolset to give users full artistic control. Its centralized creative tools allow for quick and easy light mixing, color correction, and lens effects on rendered images. Additionally, 3ds Max can automatically optimize the geometry of high-resolution models to create a clean, quad-based mesh geometry. It also has a built-in weighted normal calculator that can be directly applied to 3D models, allowing for more precise designs. Finally, 3ds Max's procedural animation and character rigging features (including CAT, biped, and crowd animation tools) make it a powerful tool for animators.
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