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"With Hercules, we finally got a powerful toolset to help us achieve 'perfect' character deformations. The power of Hercules resides not only in its wide range of features but in its logical implementation and extremely intuitive interface."

Ben Girard
 Two-time VES and Five-Time Emmy Award Winner
President of Digital Dimension
 

So you want to know more about the features Hercules offers to 3ds max animators, the question everyone is asking is "How does Hercules compare with ACT Pro ?", here is a comparison charts, see for yourself the real power beneath Hercules.

Function

  Hercules

  ACT Pro 1.6
      
Muscles    
 Resolution Independent Parametric Object Yes Yes
 Automatic Squash and Stretch Yes Yes
 Unlimited number of CrossSections No Yes
 Parametric Muscles Flattening Yes No
 Offset Controls Yes No
 Bending Controls Yes No
 Base Level Render Value Yes No
 Profile Bezier Curve Editor Yes No
 
Muscle Dynamics    
 Build-in Dynamics Yes Yes
 Multiple Dynamics Engines No Yes
 Gravity Space-Warp Support Yes Yes
 Support Fast Moving object Yes Yes
 Support Network Rendering Yes No
 Support Object Motion Blur Yes No
 Can be turned Off in viewports only Yes No
 Build-In Cache Optimization for FAST playback Yes No
     
Deformations    
 Topology Independent Yes No
 Unlimited Deformations within one modifier Yes Yes
 UV Based No Yes
 Multiple Deformations Engines No Yes
 Adaptive Sub-Division Surface Support Yes No
 User-Defined Smoothing Yes No
     
Extras    
 En Masse editing tool Yes No
 Mirror Tools Yes No
 Procedural Muscle Texture Map Yes No
 CrossSection Editor No Yes
 MaxScript Support Yes Yes
 Floating License Yes Yes
     
 Pricing 599 $ 495 $

 

 
Price : $599 USD