Chaos Group on V-Ray Next and the future of rendering
V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
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CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 7.5
3D clothing design tool gets new UV editor, transform controls for add-ons like props and buttons.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
Rizom-Lab ships RizomUV 2018 VS and RizomUV 2018 RS
UV tools formerly known as Unfold3D get new automated unwrapping system and texel density controls.
Thursday, May 24th, 2018
Chaos Group launches V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Now shipping: Next big update to the renderer officially launches. See the key features and price changes here.
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 1.15
Promising new crowd-simulation tool for Maya and Houdini gets support for cloth and dynamic fur.
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.14
Free game engine gets support for morph targets, new wind and force volumes, volumetric cloud system, visual scripting improvements.
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
LuxRender reborn as LuxCoreRender 2.0
Open-source renderer gets faster hybrid and spectral rendering, support for resumable renders.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
Appleseed team releases appleseed 1.9
Open-source renderer adds image denoising, random walk SSS, neat camera shutter curve and light path recording systems.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.3
Check out the newly updated Maya soft tissue plugin, then download this free 'jellyphant' test character.
Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Esri ships CityEngine 2018.0
Procedural 3D city-generation tool gets greater integration with Unreal Studio for VR work, new option to distribute geometry along curves.
Friday, May 11th, 2018
Download Hitfilm Express 8.0 for free
All-in-one editing, compositing and FX app gets new motion graphics tools, improved editorial workflow.
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Boomer Labs and JokerMartini release Vexus 3.0
3ds Max scene assembly tool adds support for multiple cameras, XRefs, new Python interpreter.
Saturday, May 5th, 2018
Sneak peek: V-Ray Next for Maya
Video: see the new toon shader coming up in the next major update to the Maya edition of the renderer.
Friday, May 4th, 2018