Tom Hudson (programmer)

Tom Hudson is an American programmer best known for co-creating the 3D modeling and animation package 3D Studio (which became 3D Studio Max, then Autodesk 3ds Max) as well as developing its precursor, CAD-3D for the Atari ST.

He began his career as a technical editor and programmer for Atari 8-bit computer magazine ANALOG Computing, where he wrote video games and utilities as type-in programs, including his first 3D rendering program, and tutorial columns for Atari BASIC and 6502 assembly language. He developed the software for the magazine's custom bulletin board system which ran on Atari 8-bit hardware. After the release of the Atari ST in 1985, he left ANALOG to create the bitmap paint program DEGAS, published by Batteries Included, and an enhanced version, Degas Elite.

Hudson drew the sample images for DEGAS and created the animated short, "Cornerstone", that shipped with 3D Studio.