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V-Ray

Mads Drøschler's handy 3ds Max add-on converts V-Ray and Corona scenes to Arnold for rendering.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019

Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

Rhino edition of the renderer gets new Cryptomatte render element, expanded support for Grasshopper.

Friday, September 27th, 2019

Discover how to recreate real-world studio lighting set-ups to render compelling character art.

Monday, August 26th, 2019

Sizeable update to the Maya fur and feathers plugin adds support for Alembic and OpenColorIO, plus new volumetric hair guide model.

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.

Monday, August 12th, 2019

Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

'Complete rewrite' of the free Maya Substance plugin adds support for 8K textures, numerical output, Python scripting.

Friday, July 19th, 2019

Rendering and compositing tool for graphic designers gets new widget for aligning objects automatically, option to publish scenes online.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019

Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.

Monday, July 8th, 2019

Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019