Holomatix ships SprayTrace mental ray viewer for Maya
Updated: new plugin provides interactive preview of a mental ray scene - now with Mac OS X support.
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
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Refractive Software releases OctaneRender for Maya
New plugin embeds the GPU-accelerated physically based renderer directly within Maya.
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 1.5
Crowd simulator now shows your actors directly within the Maya render window, rather than baking geometry.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Next Limit releases Maxwell Render Learning Edition
Pay $195, and you get to use it for life, minus network rendering or export at resolutions above HD.
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Speed up your V-Ray renders by up to 30%
But only if you're running on an Intel x64 CPU, thanks to Chaos Group's neat new VRayEmbree helper tool.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 2.7
Free update to physically based renderer adds new grass generator, fluid blending, better bokeh effects.
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Pixar to slash price of RenderMan Studio
Version 4.0 to be merged with RenderMan for Maya, forming a single $1,300 embedded renderer.
Friday, June 15th, 2012
Abvent ships Artlantis 4.1
Free update to architectural renderer adds ISO controls, HDRI backdrops and new link to Maxwell Render.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
AAA Studio releases FurryBall 3.0
GPU-based Maya renderer gains new Car Paint and Cartoon shaders, support for area lights and particles.
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Isotropix announces Clarisse iFX
New hybrid renderer, compositor and animation package 'reinvents' how artists create final images.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Thinkbox releases 70 minutes of Krakatoa training
See seven new videos showing off more efficient workflows in the 3ds Max volumetric particle renderer.
Monday, May 28th, 2012
One to try: appleseed
It may be yet another open source physically based renderer - but it's being written specifically with production in mind.
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.2
Latest update to physically based render engine adds Sun & Sky system, direct link to Cinema 4D.
Thursday, April 26th, 2012