Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.1
Physically based renderer adds spotlights, OpenVDB and UDIM support, smart selective sampling.
Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Maxwell Render
Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
Next Limit unveils Maxwell Render 3.1
VFX-friendly release to add support for OpenVDB, Mari's UDIM textures, improved skin rendering system.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
Eye candy: the Maxwell Render 2014 client reel
See two minutes of beautifully rendered CG, from photorealistic liquid simulations to kids' cartoons.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Next Limit ships Maxwell Render 3
Sizeable update to the physically based renderer adds new tools for for suns, seas and surface scattering.
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Next Limit announces new tools in Maxwell Render 3
Discover a new feature a day every day this week on the mini-site for the physically based renderer.
Monday, November 18th, 2013
Eye candy: the 2013 Maxwell Render demo reel
The focus is on animation, not ultra-realistic still images, but Next Limit's new reel remains a thing of beauty.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Review: HP EliteBook 8770w mobile workstation
For the graphics pro on the go, HP’s mid-range portable system is a solid, if unshowy, performer.
Friday, June 21st, 2013
iToo Software ships Forest Pack 4 for 3ds Max
Vegetation scattering plugin now compatible with V-Ray, Maxwell, Arion, Octane and Thea Render.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Cyber Radiance releases Hair Farm 2.0
Popular 3ds Max hair solution now supports Maxwell Render; support for V-Ray and finalRender improved.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Review: HP Z820 workstation
HP's top-of-the-range Z820 is a beast, particularly for rendering. Jason Lewis benchmarks it here.
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
Eye candy: the new Maxwell Render demo reel
Mainly technical tests this time round, but there is some lovely work from Dvein and the late Fuel VFX.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Meet Felix: Maxwell Render rendering in the cloud
Interesting online service lets users create physically accurate renders from a low-spec Windows laptop.
Thursday, June 28th, 2012