Review: Dell Precision M6600 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis used to be a sceptic about mobile workstations - until he tried this sleek, unflashy workhorse.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
3ds max
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
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 3.0 for 3ds Max
Update to gaseous fluid simulator adds per-voxel controls, new space warps. Maya version due this year.
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
Nvidia stops shipping mental mill
Retail distribution discontinued for MetaSL shader authoring tool bundled with Autodesk software.
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 1.5 for Rhino
Update adds features familiar from V-Ray for 3ds Max, including V-Ray RT renderer and VRayDirt shader.
Friday, March 30th, 2012
Gnomon releases new Environment Sculpting DVD
Create detailed CG environments with David Lesperance's (literally) ground-breaking masterclass.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Sneak peek: CAT tools and Bokeh effects in 3ds Max
See character animation controllers in use on non-character objects, and funky viewport depth of field effects.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
e-on software ships Ozone 6
Atmospheric plugin for all major DCC apps gains new cloud-editing tools and improved render speed.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Review: HP Z210 workstation
HP′s entry-level pro workstation is a powerful beast in its own right, as Jason Lewis's benchmarks reveal.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Viz-People releases six free models of sofas
In MAX format, V-Ray compatible, and ready for use in your commercial visualisation work.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Cloud services firm Otoy buys Refractive Software
Deal will not change roadmap or licence terms for offline version of Octane Render, says developer.
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's updated Nitrous viewport
See the Grab Viewport command outperforming a software render when creating a preview animation.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Sneak peek: 3ds Max's new MassFX physics system
New video shows real-time simulation of rigid bodies and mCloth - but is it GPU-accelerated?
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012