Vray Scatter

Vray scatter is an awesome tool that helps you to scatter proxies around your scene (as many as you want) while randomly scaling, rotating, etc.

I have seen it used to create an animation of a 1 billion polygon forest. It can make for some really awesome scenes. If you don't know about it yet, here is some info:

http://www.vray.com/news/2009/02/21/vray-scatter-v2-released/

and here is the download site:

http://www.rendering.ru/

Awesome Renders, and some Useful Scripts (3ds max)

Check out this guys webpage and portfolio. Pretty cool stuff done using Max (and I think Vray). There is a cool script on his homepage that turns lights up and down universally for your scenes so you can easily change from day time to night time etc.

Another Plugin You Cant Live Without

Here is another plugin I use every day (for Max). It is the glue tool. All it does is glue any spline to any mesh. It is extremely valuable for building sites and terrains. Check it out here.

Guru Ivy Generator - Greatest 3ds Plugin Ever!

If you use Max you will love this plugin. It is probably the coolest thing in all of 3d to see at work. Entire vines of ivy growing right in front of your eyes. SO COOL! Oh...and it is free and easy to use.

Have you seen all that awesome looking ivy in peoples images lately and wondered how they do it. This is it! So easy, and so awesome! I can't believe it is free.

Download here on this page.