Kolor Autopano Video 1.0 – stitch and create 360° videos
France-based Kolor announced the release of Autopano Video, a software that lets you assemble several videos into a single one...
Thinkbox's SIGGRAPH 2013 video
Autodesk has posted a video recorded at SIGGRAPH in which Thinkbox Software demos the latest versions of its tools, including...
Adnan Hussain's TD reel 2013
Adnan has been working as a TD for years at Max houses in LA, as well as Sony Pictures Imageworks...
An approximation of reality – area lights vs. fully modeled lights
The Iray Dev blog takes a look at the pros and cons of approximating lighting using area lights vs. fully...
Autodesk’s 3DS Max head of development contacts Tom Hudson
Autodesk's Chris Young, head of development for 3DS Max, has posted a message in the "old-timers' thread" contacting Tom Hudson...
Contre Temps short film
A very nice short that mixes clocks with submerged visuals by Supinfocom Arles students Jérémi Boutelet, Thibaud Clergue, Tristan Ménard,...
3DS Max 2014 Service Pack 2
Autodesk has released a service pack for 3DS Max/Design 2014 with two bug fixes. More on Autodesk's website. (3DS Max|3DS...
Maxwell Render 3 announced
Next Limit have posted a teaser image announcing the upcoming release of v3 of their renderer. More on Maxwell Render's...
Arion 2.5 preview – improved physical sky
RandomControl are showing some improvements they made to the physical sky model in their renderer, which help eliminate fireflies and...
FinalRender 4 GPU call for beta testers
Cebas has disclosed more information on FinalRender 4 GPU, including its TrueHybrid (GPU+CPU) mode. The renderer will be entering beta...
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