Hybrid GPU/CPU Interactive Path Tracer GPU rendering comes to VUE with the new Path Tracer renderer. This renderer naturally and automatically simulates real-life lighting, and automatically calculates many effects that have to be specifically set with other methods, such as soft shadows, depth of field, caustics, ambient occlusion, and indirect lighting. Path tracing in VUE … Read more VUE 2016 Leaks #1: Interactive Path Tracer
The new 3.40.03 build for V-Ray for Maya is now available to download here. Bug fixes include: V-Ray Fixed image sequences with an index out of the sequence range not rendering Fixed crashes on old Maya versions on virtual machines and old GPUs Fixed wrong result with material environment override Fixed set driven keys not … Read more V-Ray for Maya Update Available
With new features like Interior Lighting, the new Material Graph and Path Animation, KeyShot 6 brings speed and workflow enhancements to the visual creation process. The KeyShot 6.2 release is focused on stability and improvements, with updated importers, more software support, and improvements to network rendering, animation and workflow. KeyShot 6.2 is a free update and is recommended … Read more KeyShot 6.2 Now Available
The latest update for V-Ray for 3DS Max is now available. Update now. Modified Features VRayDenoiser Prevent the Denoiser Render Elements from saving as separate files VRayOSLMtl / VRayOSLTex Speed up texture sampling vdenoise.exe Add “-abortOnOpenCLError” to stop hardware accelerated denoising on errors Add “-frames” option that allows to specify the frames to process Add … Read more V-Ray for 3ds Max Update
In the last few days, Keyshot 6.1 has been released and many plugins have been updated. Please read on for more information.. HDRI Editor On the news of Luxion’s patent award for HDR Image editing technology, users of KeyShot Pro gain improvements to the real-time viewing and creation of HDRI environment lighting. The HDRI … Read more Keyshot 6.1 Released – Plus Updated Plugins
An update will be released tomorrow (25th Nov) which will include full support for SketchUp 2016. This is a free update for all existing V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp users and will be available from the downloads section in your Chaos account. The update will include improvements to animation, batch rendering and support for Skatter and ArchVision RPCs. Keep an eye … Read more Is V-Ray 2.0 Compatible with SketchUp 2016?
Purchase or upgrade to V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp today and get a free upgrade to V-Ray 3.0 for SketchUp when it releases early next year. Users who have purchased a license from 1st November will be eligible for the free upgrade. Chaos will also be releasing a free update tomorrow (25th Nov.) for all V-Ray for SketchUp users which … Read more Get A Free Upgrade to V-Ray 3.0 for SketchUp..
A new service has been released for Thea for SketchUp which includes support for SketchUp 2016. This is a free update for all licensed users and can be downloaded here. Thea for SketchUp v1.5.04.356.1413 (21st November 2015) New: SketchUp 2016 support Improved: Significantly improved Animation export speed when it has more then 300 frames Improved: [Win] Double-click TheaTool top bar … Read more Thea for SketchUp Now Supports SketchUp 2016
With the Vectorworks 2016 release, much has been improved. In addition to the underlying code being improved for the latest generation of operating systems, there are some seriously useful feature upgrades that will not only improve productivity but can probably reduce the need for, and cost of, other external software. New Features Marionette Subdivision Surfaces … Read more New Features in Vectorworks 2016
To celebrate the release of V-Ray 3.2 for 3ds Max, all V-Ray 1.5 for 3ds Max customers can upgrade to version 3.2 at a significant discount for a limited time. With the release of V-Ray 3.2 Chaos can no longer offer support for V-Ray 1.5 for 3ds Max so now is the time to upgrade! Purchase today … Read more 40% Off V-Ray for 3DS Max 1.5 Upgrades