Mir Vadim ships RayFire 1.62 for 3ds Max
And the demos of the destruction plugin's new voxelisation and clustering tools are pure eye candy.
Thursday, July 4th, 2013
3ds max
One to bookmark: Syncronia
Browse hundreds of free models of real furniture, fixtures and fittings on this architectural resources site.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
Motiva ships Colimo 1.7
Free update to clever tool for relighting rendered images in real time includes native V-Ray support.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2013
Sneak peek: the new features in V-Ray 3.0
Next release to boost brute force raytracing and much more, VRay.info reports from End User Event 2013.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Otoy ships Octane Render 1.2
Big update to GPU-based renderer adds volume fog, bokeh effects; better multi-threaded performance.
Friday, June 28th, 2013
Video: new R&D work in Autodesk's Project Geppetto
Watch characters interacting automatically with chairs and stairs in 3ds Max's crowd-animation system.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
Solid Iris Technologies ships Thea Render 1.2
Hybrid biased/unbiased renderer gets final-quality GPU-based engine, new 'field mapping' technology.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Review: HP EliteBook 8770w mobile workstation
For the graphics pro on the go, HP’s mid-range portable system is a solid, if unshowy, performer.
Friday, June 21st, 2013
Animators' Toolkit for 3ds Max "creates cool stuff, faster"
$25 suite of scripts created by two VFX veterans boosts common rigging and animation tasks.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013
Download 150 new Xfrog plant models for free
Get 38 common species in a wide range of standard formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
Sitni Sati ships FumeFX for Maya
Leading gaseous fluid simulator now available for Maya as well as Max. Runs on Windows and Linux.
Monday, May 27th, 2013
See 3ds Max 'running' on a MacBook Pro
Demo of Otoy's ORBX technology shows Max being streamed from the cloud to Firefox on a Mac laptop.
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Tutorial: Post-production in 3ds Max and Photoshop
Master core post-production skills to improve your interior renders with Jamie Cardoso's exclusive tutorial.
Thursday, May 9th, 2013