May 1, 2013
Free collection of 3Delight and RenderMan shaders simplifies the process of lighting hair and fur. Read More »
April 25, 2013
Peter Aversten's texturing and look dev training blog includes videos on Maya, RenderMan... and yep, Mari. Read More »
October 8, 2012
Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700. Read More »
August 28, 2012 | 5 comments
Still pining for Naiad? This highly scalable, Alembic-supporting tool could be exactly what you need. Read More »
August 15, 2012
Updated with neat new demo video: sub-$1,000 crowd simulator now batch renders jobs much faster. Read More »
July 4, 2012
Crowd simulator now shows your actors directly within the Maya render window, rather than baking geometry. Read More »
June 18, 2012
Render an image using the HDR environment map provided and win RenderMan Shader Pro Kits. Read More »
April 26, 2012
Promising new fur-and-feathers generation plugin adds support for the Arnold and V-Ray renderers. Read More »
March 15, 2012
Artist-friendly Maya crowd simulator gains support for mental ray rendering, new instancing tools. Read More »
March 9, 2012
Free patch adds new Cinema 4D plugin, plus support for RenderMan volumetrics. Updated: now shipping! Read More »
January 20, 2012
Take the strain off your render farm by uploading RenderMan rendering jobs to the cloud. Read More »
December 29, 2011
Celebrate the latest updates to the RenderMan shader library with your chance to win two of your choice. Read More »
November 28, 2011 | 1 comment
Powerful new tool offers topology and texture UV-independent grooming for use in VFX pipelines. Read More »
August 5, 2011
Download the new choppy ocean and skin subsurface scatter shaders from its online library. Read More »
December 20, 2010
Version 6.2 of leading compositing package out today. Nuke also updated; gets new Dope Sheet. Read More »