CG Channel

Arnold

Free update to Maya shader manager adds support for metadata, multiple shader libraries.

Friday, December 9th, 2016

New apps added to online render service alongside Maya and Nuke. GPU compute coming next year?

Monday, November 28th, 2016

New video reveals professional Maya and Arnold workflows for integrating CG with live action.

Friday, November 25th, 2016

Update adds support for Blended Box mapping, versatile new Data Channel modifier. Arnold plugin and Asset Library also updated.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Eric Keller's 18-hour training video provides a complete guide to professional workflows in Maya.

Friday, November 11th, 2016

Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya.

Sunday, October 9th, 2016

GPU-based renderer gets new toon shader, support for Arnold's Ai Standard shader - and the 3ds Max edition is back.

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Now shipping: Katana 2.5 makes powerful look dev tool available to non-Linux users for the first time.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.

Monday, July 25th, 2016

Jason Lewis benchmarks the new, more powerful plugin version of Nvidia's GPU-based renderer with a range of real-world graphics cards.

Thursday, July 14th, 2016