Tutorial: Large-Scale Water FX in Houdini
Master production-scale fluid simulation with ILM artist Miguel Perez Senent's detailed tutorial.
Saturday, July 8th, 2023
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NewTek ships LightWave 2018
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.
Monday, January 1st, 2018
New Gnomon video: Multi Pass Rendering and Compositing
Master advanced workflows like deep compositing with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's detailed four-hour tutorial.
Sunday, March 19th, 2017
VFX techniques: how to build a photorealistic 3D city
Past Rodeo FX environment lead Jeremy Boissinot breaks down his workflow on Jack the Giant Slayer.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
PixelSquid releases new free Photoshop plugin
Browse the site's library of 3D models, position them directly in Photoshop comps, then download the render passes free.
Friday, October 2nd, 2015
LuxRender 1.5 ships
Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.0 for Maya
Now shipping: Speed boosts, new progressive renderer, plus new option to render Bifrost meshes.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX
Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.1
GPU-based renderer gets option to export render passes, new undo system, up to 30% speed boost.
Friday, September 26th, 2014
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Tutorial: Post-production in 3ds Max and Photoshop
Master core post-production skills to improve your interior renders with Jamie Cardoso's exclusive tutorial.
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
RandomControl previews relighting in Arion 2.4
Physically based hybrid CPU/GPU renderer to export new 'LightMixer' layers without raising render times.
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Siggraph 2011: videos of the upcoming 3ds Max update
Check out State Sets and iray running in an ActiveShade window - both due in the new Advantage Pack.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2011