Read the thread at CGTalk.

Powered by Pixel Strings, a GPU-based motion estimation engine developed by Cinnafilm, Relativity offers interactive control of grain and noise levels. Artists can now control image texture, mixing and matching the grain of film and digital media in an integrated, fully visualized DI environment. More at ARRI.de.

ArtVPS has released Shaderlight v0.1, a new physically based raytrace renderer for Max that enables users to change key image attributes at any stage of the rendering process, even on production quality images, without having to restart the render. When objects or camera angles are altered images are rendered with progressive refinement, but the renderer also allows to make interactive changes to materials, environments, lights and textures on full quality 3D images. Shaderlight also includes a new approach to global illumination, which enables light, color and intensity to be updated on screen without the need to re-render. Shaderlight v0.1 is available as a free download for a limited time. More at ArtVPS.com.

Christian Bloch reviews HDR PhotoStudio: " ... If you're preparing HDRIs for 3D lighting, texture, or matte painting, HDR Photostudio is actually outperforming Photoshop CS4 when it comes to White Balance, Color Adjustments and Noise Reduction."

The move seems aimed at competing with Vue, and we're bound to see more in the future coming from both companies. Read the details at Planetside's website.

Well, no, not quite yet. The exposures are there, but the final output is still a normal JPG. A contradiction? You bet. Find out more about the new Pentax K-7 at HDRLabs.com. Still, this is a signal that HDR cameras are on their way.

Two interesting articles showing what's cooking behind the doors at the W3C, one at Webmonkey and another at Ars Technica.

From ZBrushCentral: "With a single click of a button, GoZ lets you quickly transfer your geometry back and forth between ZBrush and other 3D application (sic) (...) we will be releasing the first version of GoZ with the next Mac OSX update in June, Windows users will be able to take advantage of GoZ along with all of the new features that have been added to ZBrush 4 when it is released this August."