EnRich Pro recently released RichDirt for 3ds Max 2010,2011,2012 and mental ray. An advanced dirt shader that looks pretty robust – the results are certainly amazing. Matthias Senz, the fellow behind EnRich Pro notes that the plugin will be developed for other platforms as well including V-Ray, Maya, Maxwell, and even Cinema 4D. Check out the post on RichDirt from Jamie Cardoso’s Mental Ray Blog. Also, check out the features and examples, plus a demo download from enRichPro.

RichDirt is currently designed for Max/ mental ray only. However, since users can efficiently output its effects as multiple elements (i.e. rendered passes); it is possible to overlay the elements in post, whilst using other rendering engines (i.e. VrayMaxwellFPrime; etc). It is also worth mentioning that it’s currently being developedspecifically for VrayMayaMaxwellCinema4D; etc.). So keep an eye out for it.