Damien Bataille releases DeeX VRay Arsenal 1.5
Updated: VFX Lighting TD's new plugin speeds up common tasks for rendering Maya scenes in V-Ray.
Friday, January 24th, 2014
V-Ray
Basefount releases Miarmy 2.7
Maya crowd simulator adds support for compound bone systems, more advanced actor interactions.
Friday, December 13th, 2013
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino
Update adds V-Ray RT GPU, plus bonus add-on with 200 readymade material and lighting set-ups.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Eye candy: Chaos Group's V-Ray feature films showreel
Get a taste of the movies rendered in V-Ray, including Star Trek: Into Darkness, Ted and Ghost Rider 2.
Friday, November 29th, 2013
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs 2013
Jason Lewis puts 11 of the leading current workstation graphics cards through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, November 7th, 2013
V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max now available in beta
Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.
Monday, November 4th, 2013
Exocortex launches Clara.io in open beta
Online tool aims to put the power of desktop 3D software in your web browser - including V-Ray rendering.
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
Eye candy: the new V-Ray VFX and cinematics reel
Watch five minutes of V-Ray-based visual delights, including work from Pixomondo, Platige, Blur Studio.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp
V-Ray for SketchUp 1.6 beta becomes full-point release, adding proxies, V-Ray RT, need for dongle.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2013 V-Ray showreels
There are - count 'em - four of them, from advertising to automotive work, and they're all absolutely gorgeous.
Monday, September 2nd, 2013
Motiva releases Exposure Control plugin for V-Ray
Handy free plugin lets 3ds Max users simulate real-life film stocks and bleach bypass effects.
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
The Lone Ranger: the best VFX you never noticed?
Forget the plot: the backdrops are out of this world. ILM explains how it created the film's CG environments.
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Navié releases Effex 2.0 for Cinema 4D
Plugin expands into full 'modular VFX framework', including particles, fluids and volumetric modelling.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013