Luxology unveils Modo 701

Upcoming release to feature new particle engine, audio tools, "up to 175x" speed boost - and new price.

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

The Foundry releases HieroPlayer

New lightweight VFX review and playback tool is designed to work seamlessly with Nuke and Hiero.

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013

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: Cinema 4D R14

The sculpting tools made headlines, but it's R14's camera tools that really help daily work, says Rob Redman.

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Pixar ships RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and Studio 4.0

Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Tandent Vision Science releases Lightbrush

Cool new software breaks photos into lighting and surface colour components, for editing separately.

Friday, August 31st, 2012

Imagination kills off Brazil r/s 2 for 3ds Max

Developer stops work on renderer and advises users to look for other solutions, but new SDK unaffected.

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

Imagination Technologies ships PowerVR Brazil SDK

Much-loved 3ds Max renderer now available as toolkit for developers to add raytracing to their software.

Friday, April 20th, 2012

iPi Soft announces iPi Motion Capture 2.0

Next generation of markerless mocap software tools to support Kinect for Windows, Asus Xtion.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Q&A: Jon Noorlander, Senior Artist, Prime Focus

We quiz the veteran of the UK commercials scene on the art of creating award-winning idents.

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

The making of Origami Digital's VFX for Bunraku

The LA studio discusses its inventive visuals for the Eastern-inspired Josh Hartnett crime thriller.

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Review: Professional GPUs - Nvidia vs AMD 2011

Jason Lewis puts Nvidia and AMD's latest professional graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Bakery to release free viewer and comp toolkit

Developer to release playback and compositing tools for its Relight interactive relighting software.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011