Render_autosave saves Max renders in progress
Take the sting out of crashes with this free script to save and resume long mental ray and V-Ray renders.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013
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3ds Max sneak peek: image-based lighting in mental ray
New Skylight Illumination from IBL option lets mental ray render scenes using an environment map properly
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5
Real-time mental ray viewer for Maya gets new render snapshot system, material and lighting overrides.
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.5 for Maya
Mental ray rendering toolkit gets new Light Select and Diagnostic passes, better architectural light shader.
Thursday, February 14th, 2013
Tutorials: better lighting effects in 3ds Max
Read Jamie Cardoso's guides to creating custom IES light webs and fixing glitches with self-illumination.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Review: Dell Precision T5600 workstation
Dell's mid-range pro workstation packs a punch. Jason Lewis tests it alongside HP's high-end Z820.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 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
Sneak peek: Colimo 1.5
See the upcoming DoF and stereo tools in Motiva's innovative software for manipulating rendered images.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012
Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 1.5 for Maya
Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012
Holomatix ships SprayTrace mental ray viewer for Maya
Updated: new plugin provides interactive preview of a mental ray scene - now with Mac OS X support.
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
Gnomon releases four-DVD Alex Alvarez Maya tutorial
Mammoth new release features nine hours of training on Creating Plants in Maya/Mental Ray.
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012