Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 4
Innovative real-time image-based lighting tool enables users to 'paint' highlights directly onto 3D models.
Monday, September 24th, 2012
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Act-3D releases free student version of Lumion
Get the visualisation tool without paying a cent - and unlike the trial version, there are no watermarks.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Gnomon releases five-hour DVD on making 'Archetype'
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Gnomon releases two-hour Pixar lighting masterclass
New DVD sees Pixar Lighting TD Jeremy Vickery reveal the principles behind Efficient Cinematic Lighting.
Monday, May 7th, 2012
Video: Digital Domain's Real Steel V-Ray tricks
See lighting lead Blake Sweeney reveal the movie's render workflow in this new eight-minute interview.
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Jupiter Jazz releases AtomKraft for Nuke for free
Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
CoreCG ships MentalCore rendering plugin for Maya
Updated: shading and lighting tool now officially shipping and updated for improved Maya Hair support.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 3.0
New version of real-time custom HDR design tool gains new blending modes and falloff controls.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Act-3D ships Lumion 2.0
Update to the real-time visualisation tool adds "magical" new interior and night-time lighting options, plus improved animation support.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Q&A: Jeremy Vickery, Pixar lighting guru
The Brave veteran sets out to demystify cinematic lighting for his upcoming Gnomon Master Class.
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
The Foundry releases Katana 1.0
Former Imageworks in-house technology ships as commercial look dev tool: ILM among first users.
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Cool tech demo: match 3D models into archive photos
No need for scene data or multiple images: just draw round the light sources in the photo, and bingo.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
HDR Light Studio Pro gets new KeyShot plug-in
Design lighting set-ups inside KeyShot in real time, then export the results as a custom HDR file.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011