What’s New in V3.1? Spot Emitters This emitter type projects a conical light beam, mimicking the spotlights used by photographers and cinematographers. You can control the shape of the beam by adjusting the cone angle and the falloff of its borders. They can also work as image projectors, projecting the map you input just like … Read more
Form•Z v8.0.2 has been released. Updates are available for form•Z pro, form•Z jr, form•Z free and the form•Z Student Edition. You can update your software by selecting Check for Updates in the Help Menu in form•Z and following the prompts for downloading and patching. Details on what’s new in this version can be found here.
A new V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max update is available for download. This update contains important bug fixes and includes: Fixed 3ds Max 2015 SP3/Extension2 crash on remote hosts with Distributed Rendering V-Ray RT GPU now supports VRayDirt V-Ray RT GPU supports VertexColor texture VRayMetaball supports Maxscript vertex color source VRayProxy disables Force first map channel … Read more
With the most recent update from Maxon (16.029), bugs (OSX noise etc) that caused issues between V-Ray and Cinema 4D R16 have now been fixed. Users should now be able to render without any problems.
The Maxwell Render V3.1 early build is now available now for testing! Full release will be within the next few weeks and the update is free for all V3 users. To access the early build area you must be signed into the forum first, then go to www.maxwellrender.com/betas. What’s new in V3.1? Spotlight emitters to mimic … Read more
A new update to V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino is now available. In addition to other refinements, Chaos have made code optimisations to improve the general performance of V-Ray for Rhino. Refinements include: Performance improvements that speed up DR renders Relative paths are now supported for bitmap textures Improved batch render tool for easier use Sun Modify Light … Read more
V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp SP 3 is now available. SketchUp 2015 now has a 64 bit version that this V-Ray service pack fully supports on both Windows and Mac. Even if you haven’t made the leap yet to SketchUp 2015, this is a worthwhile update. Download the latest version of V-Ray 2.0 for SketchUp here.
Following the release of SketchUp 2015, ArtVPS have now announced the release of a Shaderlight update that fully supports both 32 and 64 bit options of SketchUp. If you are an existing Shaderlight 2014 customer then you will be able to download the update for free. Simply install the latest version and your existing license will activate the new … Read more
At the time of writing (6th Nov. 2014), the current version of V-Ray for SketchUp does not officially support SketchUp 2015. However, Chaos are in the final testing phases of an update which will include support for the new version including a 64bit version of V-Ray for SketchUp to match the new 64bit version of SketchUp. Although we … Read more
V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Chaos Group Downloads page. This is a free update for all current V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino users. What’s New in V-Ray 2.0 for Rhino SP1? • Batch Render: Easily queue up files and specific views to be rendered in a batch process. … Read more