Pixar ships RenderMan 19
Featuring the new RIS raytracing architecture and costing just $495. Free version now due early 2015.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
GI
Download Nvidia's Maxwell Apollo 11 demo scene
Check out Nvidia's new voxel GI tech demo - and test whether the moon landings were faked in the process.
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
Gnomon ships full guide to GI in Maya and mental ray
Master key techniques with Frederic Durand's Global Illumination and Caustics in Maya & mental ray.
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.3
Update to game engine adds subtle GI, AO and shadow translucency effects, improved collision geometry.
Thursday, July 10th, 2014
Try out GPU-accelerated GI in mental ray
Discover how to unlock the new engine built into 3ds Max and Maya 2015 to send Nvidia your feedback.
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Openconcept3d releases XSR 3.0 for Modo
Seth Richardson's 'extremely simple rendering' plugin collapses Modo's settings into just two quality sliders.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014
Gnomon ships five-hour Maya lighting masterclass
Frederic Durand's Direct Illumination in Maya and mental ray offers an advanced guide to CG lighting tools.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Videos: Nvidia's multi-physics, volumetrics and GI tools
Check out impressive demos of the developer's new FLEX, Flame Works and GI Works real-time technologies.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
AAA Studio ships FurryBall 4
Updated: GPU-accelerated renderer gets physically based GI, multi-GPU support, new 3ds Max edition.
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R15
Updated and now shipping: New release features better GI, AO and network rendering - and even architectural grass.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Project Dogwaffle team announces Howler 9
VFX-friendly digital paint package adds GI render engine, side-by-side filter display, Linux support via Wine.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013
Planetside ships Terragen 3
Updated: landscape generator gets better GI, Linux render nodes. Both commercial editions now shipping.
Friday, August 16th, 2013