Pixar ships RenderMan 21
Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
RenderMan
Review: Iray for 3ds Max
Jason Lewis benchmarks the new, more powerful plugin version of Nvidia's GPU-based renderer with a range of real-world graphics cards.
Thursday, July 14th, 2016
Ephere releases Ornatrix for Maya
Popular 3ds Max hair plugin now out for Maya. Supports Nucleus physics and Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and RenderMan rendering.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016
Get the new Substance plugin for Houdini
Allegorithmic's free add-on lets users edit textures in Substance format using Houdini's native tools.
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Side Effects Software ships Houdini 15.5
Update adds new modelling, retopo and UV options, Delta Mush system, better crowd animation, VR camera.
Friday, May 20th, 2016
Houdini Indie to get support for third-party renderers
Arnold, RenderMan and Octane coming with Houdini 15.5 next month; V-Ray and Redshift to follow.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
Pixar unveils RenderMan 21
'Game-changing' update to renderer will feature GPU-accelerated Denoise, OSL support, new materials and lighting workflows.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
Get free Maya shader library building tool BlissLib
Download TD Einar Gabbassov's free framework for building custom libraries of Maya, mental ray and RenderMan shaders.
Friday, November 20th, 2015
Review: HP ZBook 17 G2 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0
Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.
Thursday, October 15th, 2015
Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2
Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Google relaunches Zync render service in beta
VFX-friendly online service now available on Google Cloud Platform. Sign up to get $800 in free credits.
Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
Massive Software announces Massive 8.0
Update will let users simulate 20,000 AI-driven crowd characters in real time. New 3ds Max plugin coming too.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015