With the 3ds Max 2012 release, Autodesk introduced a new 3d viewport technology (OGS) to support the improved graphics hardware available. Back then, i quickly realized that this technology can be used to generate snapshots and playblasts of viewport content at better quality than the 3ds Max build-in tools. So PowerPreview was born.

Please Note:
I actively worked on PowerPreview until about 10 years ago ( Feb. 2015 ), but did not update the code since then. Because of that, there are some incompatibilities with current 3ds Max versions. Basic functionality is there, but you will run into bugs sooner or later. But it will not destroy your scene or anything like that :).

So here is the most recent, previously unreleased version