Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.0
Update to GPU-based renderer adds displacement, per-object motion blur; speeds up hair renders 20 times.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
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RandomControl ships Arion for 3ds Max 2.70
Big update to unbiased renderer boosts speed, ups maximum render size, adds new relighting workflow.
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 1.5
Updated: Renderer gets Alembic support and real-time animation scrubbing with motion blur. Neat.
Friday, March 21st, 2014
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1311
Affordable match-moving tool gets 3D planar tracker, better scripting support. Pricing cut still further.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Act-3D unveils Lumion 4.0
Real-time architectural rendering tool to get animated vegetation, better water, physical camera effects.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
RandomControl releases Arion 2.0
Physically accurate hybrid renderer gets major update - but it's now mainly for Max and Softimage users.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012
Sneak peek: depth of field and motion blur in iray
Speed difference between iray and mental ray in 3ds Max 2013 is 'amazing', claims artist Juan Gea.
Thursday, April 5th, 2012
MBL PRO: create custom motion blur in Photoshop
Create complex multi-strength, multi-directional blur effects with Richard Rosenman's new plug-in.
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
AAA Studio releases FurryBall 2.1 for Maya
Production-proven GPU-accelerated renderer gains support for real-time DoF, Bokeh effects, motion blur.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Mootzoid ships emRPC 4.0
Point cloud renderer for Softimage gains GI, AO, DoF, motion blur. Check out the new 'Cloudalypse' demo above.
Monday, April 4th, 2011
mental ray 3.9 released
Updated renderer adds native particle rendering, plus improved hair rendering and motion blur.
Monday, March 28th, 2011