Knald Technologies releases Lys in open beta
Cool new tool converts HDR files between formats and generates specular and irradiance textures.
Thursday, September 4th, 2014
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Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Modo, Nuke and Katana
New versions for The Foundry's core tools increase the renderer's penetration into the VFX market.
Tuesday, August 12th, 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
CoreCG halves price of MentalCore 1.7 for Maya
Cost of the new version of the mental ray rendering toolkit cut to $99 for a node-locked licence.
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
e-on ships Vue xStream 2014.5 and Infinite 2014.5
Free update to pro editions of natural environment software adds new options for lighting interior scenes.
Thursday, May 22nd, 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
Pixar announces RenderMan for Katana
New free plugin gives users access to RenderMan Pro Server features within the lighting and look dev tool.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
Lightmap ships LightWave plugin for HDR Light Studio
LightWave3D Live Connection lets users create HDRIs in real time, and see the results in LightWave's VPR.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014
Get Vertex 2: 300 pages of free games art training
Art By Papercut's free eBook offers tips and tutorials on everything from concept art to facial animation.
Monday, January 27th, 2014
Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
PS3 versus PS4 graphics: the new Tomb Raider trailer
Teaser for Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition details the effects of those drip maps, SSS and hair physics.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
See Unreal Engine 4 run on Nvidia's new Tegra K1
New 192-core mobile GPU beats last-gen consoles, brings high-end PC graphics to tablets, claims Nvidia.
Monday, January 6th, 2014