Hash Animation:Master

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3D printing

The maker says users can create 3D-printable objects and export them to STL format.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Animation

Animation features include nonlinear animation, IK/FK constraints, weighted bone animation, pose and expression animation, and cloth, rigid-body, and hair simulation.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Intended users

The maker describes A:M as designed to make 3D animation accessible to both animation experts and people new to animation.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Materials

The software offers projection- and UV-based materials, a UV editor, procedural materials, particle systems, and surface baking with automatic UV creation.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Modeling

Its modeling tools include patch-based modeling, 3-, 4-, and 5-point patches, lofting, extrusion, mirroring, and retopology.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

NetRender

A:M includes the GUI-based NetRender application for batch rendering with multiple computers; the page says 8 nodes are included in its feature description.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Performance limit

The maker says A:M is not fully optimized for multiple cores, though NetRender and OpenMP use multiple cores for rendering and some operations.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Purpose

Animation:Master is a 3D animation package for creating still illustrations, animation shorts, product designs, architectural visualizations, special effects, and feature-length films.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Rendering

Rendering features include global illumination, radiosity, caustics, ambient occlusion, subsurface scattering, and multipass HDRI input and output.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Support

The A:M forum is described as a place for technical support and sharing tips and ideas, and its guidelines say it is moderated by technical support representatives.forums.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Supported systems

The page lists Windows 11, 10, 8.x, 7, and Vista, and Mac OS X 10.13.6 or earlier; it says the Mac version is 32-bit only.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

Third-party tools

The forum lists a Blender exporter that converts polygonal meshes to Animation:Master's patch-based MDL format, with some rigging relationships not exported.forums.animationmaster.com · read 8 Oct 2026

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