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Pixar

Cool tech video shows OptiX-based system preview sets from Monsters University in near-real time.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2013

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

ILM, Pixar and Blizzard artists to speak at world's best-named CG event in Portugal this September.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2013

Immediate result: copies of Katana now come with a free licence of RenderMan Pro Server.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013

Change of licence type makes Pixar's in-house subdivision surface modeling tech compatible with Blender.

Monday, July 15th, 2013

New features include path tracing for faster re-rendering, geometric area lights, Beam Diffusion SSS.

Friday, June 28th, 2013

Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.

Friday, May 17th, 2013

Upcoming releases of the figure tools to add Bullet physics, Pixar sub-Ds, interactive raytrace preview.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Speakers at the event, held in LA from 27-28 April, range from Iain McCaig to Pixar's Mike Makarewicz.

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Both feature improved instancing, photon mapping and volumetrics; price of Studio edition cut by $700.

Monday, October 8th, 2012

Handy new plugin offers more controllable semi-sharp creases, based on Pixar's subdivision tech.

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Version 4.0 to be merged with RenderMan for Maya, forming a single $1,300 embedded renderer.

Friday, June 15th, 2012

Possibly-not-strictly-official tech featurettes have popped up on YouTube. Watch 'em while you can.

Monday, June 4th, 2012