Golaem ships Golaem 6
Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Redshift
Foundry partners J Cube to distribute Multiverse Studio
Foundry to resell the high-performance USD/Alembic data-transfer framework used on Logan and Doctor Strange.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2017
Redshift gets new GPU benchmarking utility
See how current Nvidia workstation and gaming GPUs compare in this real-world render benchmark test.
Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Basefount ships Miarmy 5.5
Simulate large scenes up to 20x faster with the Maya crowd tool's new intelligent instancing system. Redshift support also now added.
Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Nvidia releases Mental Ray for 3ds Max
New plugin version of Mental Ray is the first for 3ds Max 2018. Use it for free, if not for network renders.
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
Redshift team to make Redshift available on Macs
Popular GPU-based renderer coming to OS X. Maya version to ship first, with Cinema 4D and Houdini to follow.
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Boomer Labs and JokerMartini release Vexus 2.0
3ds Max scene and render pass manager gets Deadline integration, 'universal render engine support'.
Friday, March 17th, 2017
DGDM releases VPR for Redshift 2.10
Handy Maya plugin for streamlining look dev workflow can now control Redshift lens shaders from within the VPR window.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Redshift devs release Redshift for Houdini
New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
DGDM releases SLiB Leuchtkraft 1.6 for Maya
Updated: Nifty Maya lighting design plugin gets support for dome lights, option to import custom HDRIs.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Golaem ships Golaem PLE
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
DGDM releases SLiB | Browser Pro 2.0 for Maya
Free update to Maya shader manager adds support for metadata, multiple shader libraries.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Nvidia is releasing Mental Ray for Maya for free
For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016