Gnomon releases five-hour DVD on making 'Archetype'
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
rendering
Luxion ships KeyShot 3.2
Update to real-time rendering tool improves materials workflow, adds support for Maya 2013 scenes.
Thursday, May 24th, 2012
CoreCG releases MentalCore 1.3
Update to Maya/mental ray toolkit adds new colour bleed SSS shader, support for SprayTrace renderer.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
Video: Digital Domain's Real Steel V-Ray tricks
See lighting lead Blake Sweeney reveal the movie's render workflow in this new eight-minute interview.
Monday, April 30th, 2012
Renderfarm.fi adds support for Cycles
Free distributed online rendering service adds support for Blender's new raytrace render engine.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
Jupiter Jazz releases AtomKraft for Nuke for free
Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Autodesk announces new features of Maya 2013
Lots of new animation tools, better interoperability with MotionBuilder, and nHair sims - but no iray just yet.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
e-on software ships Ozone 6
Atmospheric plugin for all major DCC apps gains new cloud-editing tools and improved render speed.
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Act-3D ships Quest3D 5.0
Luxion developer's tool for creating real-time 3D demos adds improved render framework, Newton physics.
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Next Limit announces RealFlow RenderKit 2.5
Free patch adds new Cinema 4D plugin, plus support for RenderMan volumetrics. Updated: now shipping!
Friday, March 9th, 2012
Luxology ships modo 601
'Most significant update ever' adds over 50 major new features, including character animation tools.
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
Luxion unveils KeyShot 3.1
Update to the real-time rendering tool to add new metallic paint material, interactive HDR editing.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
E-on ships LumenRT 2 Review for SketchUp
Real-time visualisation tool gains physically accurate lighting and low-quality mode for slower computers.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012