The Foundry gets new CEO

UK TV executive Alex Mahon takes over from Bill Collis, who remains full-time as the firm's president.

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2

Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Fabric Software, MPC unveil Fabric for RenderMan

Graphics tools dev framework to get new link to RenderMan. More news on upcoming open-source rigging system Kraken, too.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Group test: Nvidia professional GPUs 2015

Jason Lewis puts three of Nvidia's top-of-the-range Quadro cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Monday, July 6th, 2015

AlphaVFX releases BulletFX for 3ds Max

New plugin offers 'highly optimised' GPU-accelerated version of the popular Bullet physics library in Max.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2015

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 5

Big update readies real-time image-based lighting design tool for serious VFX work, including Alembic and FBX support.

Thursday, May 14th, 2015

Eye candy: Next Limit's new Maxwell Render reel

See a 150-second run-down of the best new architectural stills created using the physically based renderer.

Friday, April 17th, 2015

Eye candy: The Foundry's 2015 showreel

See a cool three-minute compilation of work created with Nuke, Mari et al, plus brief breakdowns of key shots.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2015

Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use

Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

Get Ten24's free hi-res 3D scan of a human head

Supplied in OBJ format with textures, plus a render-ready Modo scene, including an SSS shader set-up.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Solid Iris Technologies unveils Thea Render 1.4

Hybrid renderer to support motion blur, displacement, render channels on GPU. New OpenCL port soon.

Monday, November 17th, 2014