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   Price per Licence: $299.00 (limited time offer)

Don't just Animate, Simulate!

Create Destruction and Deformation Animations in less time while increasing quality.

Now you can use the same advanced simulation technology that high-end visual effects studios use to bring your artistic creations to life.

The DMM Plug-in is fully integrated with Maya and 3D Studio Max and can take advantage of features such as fields as well as keyed kinematic movement.

Imagine building a character rig that has DMM flesh that moves in response to kinematically driven bones, or a railroad trestle where the timbers flex and crack under the weight of a passing train. Use your imagination to create animations with DMM with subtle effects that are impossible through manual animation or simple fracture/shatter scripts.

Simulation-Driven Animation with DMM is creating a revolution in visual effects. Read what the Moving Picture Company has to say about it here. See the latest on how DMM was used in Cinefex 125. Watch the amazing destruction sequences in "Sucker Punch", "Source Code" and "X-Men First Class" to see what DMM can do for your production.

To the right, you will find links to Windows versions for earlier versions of Maya and Max. A full-feature version of the DMM Plug-In with simulation limits is now included in Maya 2012 for all platforms. You can upgrade this version to the unlimited version with no simulation limits for only $299. This price is available for a limited time, so act now!

Complete Tutorials with videos and assets are available in our Support area.

Pipeine Integration is also available. Utilizing command line or library versions of the DMM toolchain, Pixelux can fully integrate DMM technology into your production pipeline. Please contact us for details.

(for earlier versions of Maya. A limited version of DMM is included in Maya 2012 and may be upgraded by purchasing a license with the "Buy Now" Button. Your license will activate DMM for any supported platform on the machine it is installed on). Linux 64-bit only on Maya 2012. Maya 2011 Linux version available upon request.

 

 
 
 
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Target 32 bit:
Maya 8.5 SP1, Maya 2008, Maya 2008 SP1, Maya 2009, Maya 2009 SP1, Maya 2010,
Maya 2011 and Maya 2012
 
Target 64 bit:
Maya 2008, Maya 2008 SP1, Maya 2009, Maya 2009 SP1, Maya 2010, Maya 2011, Maya 2012
     
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Target 32 bit:
3DS Max 2010, 2009, 2008, 2010, 2011 Design
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Target 64 bit:
3DS Max 2010, 2009, 2008, 2010, 2011 Design
2009 Design

Gallery

Examples of how the DMM Plug-In can be used to create simulation-driven animations.

Terminix Flying Monster. from VANDO on Vimeo.

 

  

Structure Destruction

A TV commercial by Vando Studio, with DMM destruction work by VFX artist Marco Rossi. The houses destroyed in this animation are all made with DMM.

 

  

Terminix Beams from VANDO on Vimeo.

 

  

Wood Simulation

Another great piece by Vando Studio with DMM destruction done by Marco Rossi. Here, we see a giant termite chewing on a DMM wooden beam which splinters and cracks. The wood simulation is achieved by stretching the tetrahedral elements, allowing for anisotropic material properties.

 

  

R&D | DESTRUCTION WITH DMM | PIRATES from Sylvain Nouveau on Vimeo.

  

DMM R&D Deconstruction

Sylvain Nouveau used DMM for his destruction effects for an amusement ride. You can see here how he experimented with different materials, splinters and tet counts to achieve his result.

 

  

VFX BREAKDOWN | PIRATE | 030_0140 from Sylvain Nouveau on Vimeo.

  

VFX Deconstruction: Pirates

More work by Sylvain Nouveau for the Pirates amusement park ride. Using DMM for the cannonball impact. You can see how the DMM shot was augmented with particles and other effects passes.

 

  

VFX BREAKDOWN | PIRATES | 030_0130 from Sylvain Nouveau on Vimeo.

 

  

Tet Density Studies

Here, Sylvain shows how a shot is created by using progressively denser DMM tesselations. Splinters and increased DMM density are added only when you are satisfied with the movement you are trying to achieve.

 

  

VFX_commercials_shots from Jean-Francois Macé on Vimeo.

  

DMM Landslide

A commercial for the Samsung Galaxy S with DMM Dynamics work by Jean-Francois Macé. DMM is used for the giant black thumb-mountain. Particles are combined with a high frame rate to get a mountain landslide effect.

 

  

DMM Destruction in "Source Code"

A shot by MPC for the movie "Source Code". The brick wall is made of DMM and is destroyed as the train skids off the tracks. There are actually 2 walls, one parallel to the tracks and one perpendicular. DMM takes care of the nuances destruction, freeing the artists to focus on lighting and cinematics.

  

 

  

DMM Tet-Splitting Technology

An even higher fidelity fracture technology, tet-splitting creates entirely new geometry based on stress, providing incredible realism. DMM with tet-splitting is available only to our pipeline integration customers.