SolidAngle releases Arnold for Houdini
New Houdini to Arnold plugin now available to download alongside the Maya and Softimage versions.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
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Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Evermotion releases NOX renderer as open source
Unbiased renderer for 3ds Max, Blender and Cinema 4D now available to integrate into other apps.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2014
Eye candy: the Maxwell Render 2014 client reel
See two minutes of beautifully rendered CG, from photorealistic liquid simulations to kids' cartoons.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Modo, Nuke and Katana
New versions for The Foundry's core tools increase the renderer's penetration into the VFX market.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Arnold 4.2 and new Houdini and C4D plugins due soon
Performance gains of up to 50% for the core renderer; plugins due out at Siggraph and by the end of this year.
Sunday, August 3rd, 2014
AAA studio releases FurryBall for Cinema 4D
Version 4.8 of GPU-based renderer adds new Cinema 4D plugin alongside Maya, 3ds Max versions.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
Five technologies to watch: Mitsuba
An open-source renderer on the bleeding edge of graphics research, for budding programmers and TDs.
Friday, June 27th, 2014
Five technologies to watch: appleseed
Today, a production-ready physically based renderer with one of the most beautiful demo shorts ever created.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
Five technologies to watch: Redshift
Our week of cool tools kicks off with a 'ludicrously fast' GPU-based renderer for Maya and Softimage.
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
CG Channel is on holiday this week
Normal news coverage resumes on Monday 30 June. Find out what will be happening on the site until then.
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
RandomControl unveils Arion for 3ds Max 3
Hybrid physically based renderer gets support for hair and fur. Now available in open beta.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2.0
Update to GPU-based renderer adds displacement, per-object motion blur; speeds up hair renders 20 times.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014