CG Channel

V-Ray

Updated, now shipping: Games texturing toolkit gets powerful 3D painting and map baking options. See the new features in action here.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

We round up 50 seasonal deals on CG tools, including Modo, Corona, LightWave, Painter and Poser Pro.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests.

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

Intriguing new tool denoises Arnold, V-Ray, Corona and Redshift renders, generating clean images 2-9x faster.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2015

First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Updated: Handy add-on offers a simple way to browse shaders. New Pro edition lets you export them, too.

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015

VFX-friendly online service now available on Google Cloud Platform. Sign up to get $800 in free credits.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

Both Allegorithmic texturing tools get export presets for V-Ray, Arnold, Redshift and Corona; new viewport display options.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

See nearly four minutes of gorgeous work created using the renderer, from Guardians of the Galaxy to game cinematics.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Edit V-Ray lights, materials and render properties directly inside Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

Free plugin lets Max users render full-size crowd simulations created using Golaem Crowd for Maya.

Friday, July 10th, 2015

Now shipping: Major rewrite of GPU-based Maya renderer boosts speed, but temporarily removes 3ds Max and C4D support.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Jason Lewis puts three of Nvidia's top-of-the-range Quadro cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Monday, July 6th, 2015