{"id":29098,"date":"2026-04-23T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.staging.psoft.co.jp\/en\/?p=29098"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:23:24","slug":"release-of-psoft-pencil-4-for-3ds-max-4-2-7-compatible-with-3ds-max-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/news\/20260423-3dsmax2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Release of \"PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max\" 4.2.7 Compatible With 3ds Max 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We released version 4.2.7 of \"<strong><a href=\"\/en\/product\/pencil\/3dsmax\/\">PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max<\/a><\/strong>\", our non-photorealistic rendering plugin which can reproduce the appearance of animation cels in 3D graphics.<\/p>\r\n<p>This update adds support for 3ds Max 2027 and includes minor adjustments. The update is free for registered users of this product.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Changes Since The Previous Version<\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>[New features]<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2027.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>[Modifications]<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The manual that used to be included in the installer has been changed to an online manual.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Minor bug fixes.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<h2>Utility Plugins<\/h2>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/download\/pencil\/?id=bridge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"400\" src=\"\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Setup_utility.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8550 img-fluid\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Setup_utility.png 710w, https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Setup_utility-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Setup_utility-360x203.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>We updated the Pencil+ 4 utility plugins to support 3ds Max 2027.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Pencil+ 4 Bridge for 3ds Max 1.0.8<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pencil+ 4 Converter for 3ds Max 4.1.1<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>* Due to a bug in the 3ds Max library, Pencil+ 4 Spreadsheet does not currently support 3ds Max 2027.0. We will look into supporting it once the bug has been fixed.<\/p>\r\n<h2>Supported Versions of 3ds Max<\/h2>\r\n<h5>Pencil+ 4 \/ Bridge \/ Converter<\/h5>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Autodesk 3ds Max 2024 \/ 2025 \/ 2026 \/ 2027<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Update Procedure<\/h2>\r\n<p>\"Pencil+ 4\" and \"Pencil+ 4 Bridge\" can be downloaded from the \"Download\" section of the PSOFT User Page.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"\/user\/en\/\">PSOFT User Page<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\"Pencil+ 4 Converter\" can be downloaded from the Download page.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/download\/\">Download Page<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Product Prices<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/store\/?id=pencil\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The prices of all PSOFT products are available on the Store page.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Free Demo Versions<\/h2>\r\n<p><span>Free demo versions of all PSOFT products are available so you can try out our products before you decide to buy them. Please take this opportunity to check out our plugins directly in your own 3ds Max environment. The free demo versions are introduced on the following page:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"\/en\/download\/\">Download Page<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We released version 4.2.7 of &#8220;PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max&#8221;, our non-photorealistic rendering plugin which can reproduce the appearance of animation cels in 3D graphics. This update adds support for 3ds Max 2027 and includes minor adjustments. The update is free for registered users of this product. Changes Since The Previous Version [New features] Adds compatibility with 3ds Max 2027. [Modifications] The manual that used to be included in the installer has been changed to an online manual. Minor bug fixes. &nbsp; Utility Plugins We updated the Pencil+ 4 utility plugins to support 3ds Max 2027. Pencil+ 4 Bridge for 3ds Max 1.0.8 Pencil+ 4 Converter for 3ds Max [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product","category-pencil"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp.png",1920,1008,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-190x100.png",190,100,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-360x189.png",360,189,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-768x403.png",640,336,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-1024x538.png",640,336,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-1536x806.png",1536,806,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp.png",1920,1008,false],"sow-carousel-default":["https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/pencil4-3dsmax-ogp-272x182.png",272,182,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"leedawoon","author_link":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/news\/author\/author2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"We released version 4.2.7 of \"PSOFT Pencil+ 4 for 3ds Max\", our non-photorealistic rendering plugin which can reproduce the appearance of animation cels in 3D graphics. This update adds support for 3ds Max 2027 and includes minor adjustments. The update is free for registered users of this product. Changes Since The Previous Version [New features]&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29129,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29098\/revisions\/29129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psoft.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}