Cool tech demo: match 3D models into archive photos
No need for scene data or multiple images: just draw round the light sources in the photo, and bingo.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
rendering
Autodesk launches Cloud services for design users
Subscription customers to get free file storage plus online rendering, collaboration and analyis tools.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
ARTVPS releases Shaderlight 2 for SketchUp
Interactive rendering plug-in gains animation support and option to swap out billboards for 3D models.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
DNA Research cuts price of 3Delight for Maya
Version 6 of the RenderMan-compliant renderer drops the cost of a quad-core licence to just $400.
Thursday, September 1st, 2011
Autodesk buys Numenus raytracing technology
Company acquires staff and code from the developer of the RenderGin NURBS rendering software.
Friday, August 26th, 2011
New Augmented Reality edition of Substance Classic
Splice 3D creations into webcam footage in real time with the new AR edition of the organic art tool.
Thursday, July 7th, 2011
Video: Indigo Renderer 3.0 goes GPU-accelerated
Unbiased renderer to support CUDA and OpenCL-powered real-time materials and camera editing.
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
Q&A: Erwan Maigret, director, The Bakery
We quiz the co-founder of the Tech Oscar-winning firm on its innovative new relighting and shading tools.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
fmx 2011: Tuesday's news
In the first of our reports from Europe's premier CG show, we move from the magic of ILM to the future of lighting pipelines.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Free update adds 64-bit support to Terragen
Version 2.3 also adds new colour picker, option to render simple animations created in other apps.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Get AE Render Manager: free render-control utility
Motion design studio Monologue releases fuss-free GUI for After Effects command-line renders.
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Video: Nvidia talks new GPUs, iray, cloud computing
Nvidia, Autodesk, mental images demo cloud rendering in iray during GTC keynote.
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010