May 30, 2014
Unrestricted free version due this summer. Price of commercial version cut to just $495, effective now. Read More »
March 24, 2014
Maya crowd simulation system gets better support for deforming terrain - and option to render out in 3ds Max. Read More »
December 13, 2013 | 1 comment
Maya crowd simulator adds support for compound bone systems, more advanced actor interactions. Read More »
November 20, 2013
Maya version of the renderer gets improved relighting workflow, geometric area lights, better SSS. Read More »
July 24, 2013
Plugin expands into full 'modular VFX framework', including particles, fluids and volumetric modelling. Read More »
July 23, 2013
Immediate result: copies of Katana now come with a free licence of RenderMan Pro Server. Read More »
June 28, 2013
New features include path tracing for faster re-rendering, geometric area lights, Beam Diffusion SSS. Read More »
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 »
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