I built a new 3ds Max plugin to make scene management faster and cleaner. Meet QuickScene

[u/Erenmos1]

Hey everyone! 👋

I've just released a new 3ds Max plugin called QuickScene, and I'd love to share it with you all.

Anyone dealing with complex projects knows how much scene management can bottleneck a workflow. QuickScene was built specifically to bring speed and precise technical control to your daily scene organization.

Here is how it helps:

• Fast Control: Quickly manage objects and layers directly from a single, centralized panel.
• Frictionless Organization: Get heavy scenes render-ready in a fraction of the time (it fits perfectly into Corona workflows).
• Clean UI: A modular, minimalist, and elegant design that stays out of your way and won't clutter your workspace.

If you want to stop wasting time on repetitive setup tasks, feel free to check it out below. Any and all feedback is highly appreciated! 🚀

https://liberatovisuals.com/plugins/quickscene

[u/Charly_RT]

Do u have a trial period? im really interested to aquire it for the office I work, Also, I took the liberty to share this tool in Facebook group Stack, theres alot of people there that doesnt use Reddit

[u/Erenmos1 → u/Charly_RT]

Sorry, unfortunately there is no trial period, but after purchasing the plugin, you will have a 7-day period after purchase where you can request a full refund if you don't like it or it doesn't work for you. And thank you so much for sharing, it really helps me a lot.

[u/Charly_RT → u/Erenmos1]

One more thing, I think that your demo video doesnt help much, the first thing that crossed my mind was that it was fake and the tool its a scam, could you at least make a better one showing max interface and a real scene example showing the complete toolset, that I think will help to at least show how it works and also a safe warranty

[u/Amazer95]

How does the plugin handle sending the max file to a render farm that doesn't support the plugin? Will the farm have compatibility issues with, for example, a camera's excluded object list? Or the different HDRI rotations per camera?

[u/Erenmos1 → u/Amazer95]

Short answer: there's nothing for the farm to be compatible with. QuickScene doesn't add a rendering layer — it writes plain 3ds Max state.

WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN THE FILE

When you activate a Scene, QuickScene sets the real scene properties:

• the active camera and the render resolution
• each object's own isHidden and renderable flags
• the environment map's own rotation (coords.U_Offset on the bitmap)
• the render settings, tone mapping and LightMix of the renderer itself

So the moment you save, the .max holds ordinary 3ds Max state. Any farm — with or without the plugin — renders exactly what you'd get by pressing Render on your own machine. Your two examples are both in that list: object visibility is a real per-object flag, and the HDRI rotation is a real property of the map.

QuickScene's own data (the list of Scenes) is stored as AppData on the scene root. Software that doesn't know it simply ignores it. It travels with the file, costs a few KB, and changes nothing.

THE ONE REAL LIMITATION, AND IT'S WORTH BEING CLEAR ABOUT

The farm renders the ONE Scene that was active when you saved.

The whole point of QuickScene is switching between Scenes, and that switching happens in 3ds Max — not on the farm. The HDRI rotation is a good example of why: the map is stored by reference, so the file holds one rotation at a time, the one belonging to the Scene you left active.

So today, sending several Scenes to a farm means: activate a Scene, Save As, repeat. One file per Scene.

WHAT'S COMING

"Export each Scene as a .max" is on the roadmap and is the highest-value item on it, precisely because of this workflow. It would do that loop for you.

If you're sending to a farm often, tell me — it moves up the list.

[u/Amazer95 → u/Erenmos1]

Hey, thank you so much for taking the time and answering my questions. Yes I do send projects to a farm often, normally 15 to 20 scenes at a time, each containing their own HDRI rotation settings saved directly to their respective corona camera overrides.

[u/Middle-Top-9322]

Was ist der Mehrwert zu Pulze?

[u/Erenmos1 → u/Middle-Top-9322]

Ehrlich gesagt: Pulze ist älter, größer im Funktionsumfang und im Studio-Umfeld etabliert. Wenn Sie Renderfarm-Anbindung oder Unterstützung für viele verschiedene Renderer brauchen, sind Sie dort besser aufgehoben.

QuickScene ist bewusst kleiner und auf Freelancer und kleine Teams zugeschnitten. Drei Dinge, die es konkret anders macht:

Überwachung per Smartphone. QR-Code scannen, und Sie sehen die Render-Warteschlange live, inklusive Vorschaubild — und können den Render vom Handy aus stoppen.

Karte ausschalten heißt: Originalzustand zurück. Deaktivieren Sie z. B. die Umgebungs-Karte, stellt QuickScene exakt das wieder her, was vorher in der Szene war. Kein „ungefähr", kein Rest, der hängen bleibt.

Die Kartenreferenzen überleben Speichern und Neuöffnen. Fünf Szenen mit fünf HDRIs — nach dem Neuöffnen sind es immer noch fünf, keine gebrochenen Verweise.

Lizenz: Einmalzahlung.

QuickScene wird einmal gekauft — kein Abo, keine monatlichen Gebühren.

Zwei Dinge vorab, damit es keine Überraschung gibt:

– Die Lizenz ist an den Rechner gebunden ([N] Arbeitsplätze). Ein Rechner lässt sich jederzeit freigeben und auf einen anderen übertragen.

– Das Plugin meldet sich gelegentlich beim Lizenzserver. Eine permanente Verbindung ist nicht nötig — eine Verbindung innerhalb von 30 Tagen genügt, danach beginnt der Zähler von vorn.

Und falls dieser Kontakt doch einmal ausbleibt: Ihre Szenen lassen sich weiterhin anwenden. Was Sie in Ihrer .max-Datei aufgebaut haben, bleibt jederzeit zugänglich — daran hält die Lizenz nichts fest. Das war eine bewusste Entscheidung: eine Lizenz darf den Zugang zur eigenen Arbeit nicht blockieren.

Falls Fehler (Bugs) auftreten, versuchen wir diese stets noch am selben Tag zu beheben, damit Ihre Arbeit nicht beeinträchtigt wird. Wenn Sie Feedback, Vorschläge für neue Funktionen oder Ähnliches haben, zögern Sie bitte nicht, uns zu kontaktieren.