This annual competition, which is sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and MAXON Computer GmbH, recognizes today’s top architects and designers from around the world, and their abilities to visually render Vectorworks® models with Renderworks® or CINEMA 4D. Professional and student designers can submit entries to the 2012 Inspired Visions Global Rendering Competition. Submissions will be … Read more
Pixologic recently published another great example of just how important ZBrush is to the design workflow within a live action film and an amazing effects studio. Kevin Hudson talks to Pixologic about how he and his team at Double Negative use ZBrush to create the fantastic characters in the recent sci-fi fantasy film, John Carter. … Read more
V-Ray for Rhino 1.5 Has Landed Chaos Group announced today the widely anticipated release of V-Ray for Rhino 1.5. The release builds on the proven success of the previous version whilst introducing further enhancements to provide even greater functionality, performance and ease of use. Possibly the most eagerly anticipated feature is realtime rendering (RT). … Read more
In this new update Luxion introduces all new time-saving features and improvements. This includes unique metallic paint material, material templates that allow 3D professionals to ‘auto-paint’ their models, interactive HDR editing that allows real-time editing of the lighting environments, network rendering to queue render jobs and spread them across multiple computers, improved animation interaction, Maya … Read more
Chaos Group are looking for more V-ray for Rhino beta testers for final evaluation of the latest V-ray for Rhino release. To download beta versions register at Chaos Group and go to the downloads page.
Vray for Softimage is the latest addition to Chaos Groups suite of rendering solutions. Some major features of this are: ICE support Complex mesh support using V-Ray Proxy objects Versatile shaders with V-Ray materials Quick and accurate global illumination. Others include: Shading with V-Ray for Softimage Create materials quickly and easily using V-Ray Materials, and … Read more
E-on Software have released a new version of LumenRT. LumenRT is e-on software’s revolutionary 3D technology for the interactive visualization of architectural projects. Create high quality real-time visualizations of your models and explore them with your mouse! With its new real-time engine, LumenRT 2 has a number of new features and enhancements, including: – Complete … Read more
CAD Software Direct are proud to announce that we are now official UK Resellers of Maxwell Render. Maxwell Render is a recognised standard in architectural visualisation, product design, interior design, film/animation production, engineering and other markets that require the highest render standards. The technology behind Maxwell Render enables users to create materials, set lights and … Read more
The recent TV commercial for Becks Vier’s new square necked bottle was produced using a combination of key 3D packages. The ad was created by Zeitguised, with production company Blinkink for Mother. The 20 second ad features a completely self-designed environment, incorporating original models, textures and lighting. The Becks Vier bottle was modelled in … Read more
E-on software have now released Vue 10 Infinite and Vue 10 xStream and have also announced that it will release the new versions of the Vue product range such as, Pioneer & Theme-packs, Frontier, Esprit, Studio and Complete in mid November 2011. Vue 10 adds a number of new and extended features such as: … Read more