After releasing an update to V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max, the Chaos Group team also announced an update to V-Ray 2.0 for Maya, offering new hair and fur capabilities, V-Ray RT GPU enhancements, and tighter Maya integration. New Hair and Fur Capabilities bring extra attributes to apply materials to Maya’s native hair and also allow rendering hair and fur with unprecedented control, quality, and speed. V-Ray RT GPU now supports texture-mapped rectangle and mesh lights, simple light portals, and the VrayBlendMtl. 

The Maxwell Render Suite software package provides a complete solution for those who want maximum image quality and full control of the Maxwell Render™ technology. The technology behind Maxwell Render™ enables users to create materials, set lights and cameras, and render 3D scenes, all in a stunningly realistic and intuitive way, resulting in images that are indistinguishable from photographs. Maxwell Render Suite 2.6.10 brings many improvements e.g. improved Subsurface scattering, added camera multi step motionblur or speed optimization in some render channels. 

It’s Super Bowl weekend and that means the DT team has football (American football) on our minds. Whether you’re a Giants fan, Patriots fan, watch for the commercials or just wait for the Puppy Bowl at halftime, Digital-Tutors offer a free CINEMA 4D tutorial inspired by the pigskin pastime free for the CG and VFX community. In this tutorial viewers will learn first how to model a 3d football, the process of creating all of the broadcast elements and then create an entire animated broadcast opener using Mograph in CINEMA 4D. 

New issue of 3D World magazine is coming out. This issue discover how to get amazing results from your lighting every time, as Rob Redman shows you how to use techniques inspired by professional photographers. We also can learn how to customise pre-built models to create unique art as Alexandru Banuta explains how to make the most of the complete 3D female figure on the coverdisc, provided by Daz Productions . 3D World show us how to use the powerful sculpting features available in ZBrush 4R2 to create Titouan Olive’s cartoon creature. (This tutorial is accompanied by over 80 minutes of video tutorial on the coverdisc.).