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

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

Imagination unveils Caustic Visualizer for Maya

New plugin based on the PowerVR Brazil SDK provides interactive raytraced previews inside Maya.

Thursday, August 16th, 2012

Peregrine Labs ships Yeti: new fur plugin for Maya

Powerful new tool offers topology and texture UV-independent grooming for use in VFX pipelines.

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Maxon announces feature list for Cinema 4D R13

Major update adds physically based renderer, stereoscopic toolset and new rigging and animation tools.

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Review: V-Ray 2.0

Jason Lewis takes the 3ds Max plug-in renderer's new materials, stereo options and GPU-accelerated preview for a test drive.

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011