See mental ray render a million mechs on the GPU
Check out an neat video of Nvidia's upcoming GPU-based progressive ambient occlusion system.
Monday, December 1st, 2014
GPU-accelerated
Alexandra Institute releases Elementacular 1.2
Turn any model into an relightable cloud and render it as a 32-bit HDR with this neat Maya plugin.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
The Foundry details new features of Nuke 9, NukeX 9
New native flipbook panel replaces FrameCycler, plus big speed boosts, particularly to EXR workflow.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Try new Maya-style menus in Blender 2.72
Now officially released: update adds optional Hotbox-style pie menus, improved texture-painting system.
Monday, October 6th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.1
GPU-based renderer gets option to export render passes, new undo system, up to 30% speed boost.
Friday, September 26th, 2014
The Foundry launches Colorway
Updated: New tool iterates colour, lighting and materials in 3D renders. Now for C4D as well as Modo.
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Solid Angle to preview GPU version of Arnold
OpenCL-based 'GPU prototype' of the VFX industry-standard renderer to demo on AMD's booth at Siggraph.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
PTGui 10 gets GPU-based image stitching engine
Create panoramas up to 10x faster with New House Internet Services' popular image-stitching tool.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014
RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Flex 5 for After Effects
Morphing and warping plugin gets GPU acceleration. It's OpenCL-based, so you can use most cards.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 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
AAA studio releases FurryBall for Cinema 4D
Version 4.8 of GPU-based renderer adds new Cinema 4D plugin alongside Maya, 3ds Max versions.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
Adobe rolls out Photoshop CC 2014
Big new update adds Focus Mask tool, new blur types, and better, OpenCL-based GPU acceleration.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014