Red Giant Software releases Trapcode Mir
Peder Norrby's After Effects plugin creates fast-rendering abstract 3D geometry that reacts to AE's lights.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
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Thinkbox Software announces Draft
New plugin for the Deadline render manager automates creation of contact sheets and QuickTimes.
Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Nuke and Katana
Details to follow at Siggraph, along with news of Alembic and deep image support in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
Thinkbox Software announces Deadline 6.0
Popular renderfarm management solution to get support for cloud render services, new standard GUI.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Video Copilot releases Element 3D for After Effects
'Greatest After Effects plugin known to mankind' renders 3D models in real time, with motion blur and DoF.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
ArtVPS adds cloud rendering to Shaderlight 2.2
Send jobs to the cloud directly from within SketchUp with the plugin's new one-click online rendering system.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
RevUp Render starts V-Ray cloud rendering service
Render 3ds Max or Maya scenes in a fraction of the time taken on your desktop via this new online service.
Sunday, July 1st, 2012
Meet Felix: Maxwell Render rendering in the cloud
Interesting online service lets users create physically accurate renders from a low-spec Windows laptop.
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
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
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