Chaos Group held its 2nd “V-Ray Architecture Day” on May, 29th in Paris. On this occasion, they introduced the new release of their software: V-ray Next. Yana Andreeva, a 3D artist, was in charge of the presentation. The day program was composed of a variety of demos and customers’ testimonials. This…
Pierre Fenaillon has worked for 14 years as a passionate and deeply involved architect. His domain of action was public call for tenders: from their designs to the creation of graphic art pieces. In 2010, Pierre (with the help of Poissonnier/Ferran architects) delivered his last building: the “La Marie” nursing…
Splash! Let's talk about fluids simulation, a subject which still stands for wonder in the world of 3D computer generated imagery. Whatever the scale (large, like for the sea or a waterfall or small like for shampoo or a cream whirlpool), these images often generate a "wow! effect". Several software…
Vincent Bachmatiuk is a specialist in sciences and technology dedicated to the digital media field, and in particular for 3D and predictive physically-based rendering. He has made his skills available for 3D industry for a few years. What are the challenges concerning spectral spectral physically-based rendering (PBR) for a…
What’s new in 3ds Max 2019? The major innovation that has made headlines was the OSL support. What is this? OSL means Open Shading Language, this shading description language has been developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was already implemented in Blender and compatible with Arnold and Vray. Hence,…
Dax Pandhi is the co-founder of QuadSpinner and the creator of environment design software Gaea, GeoGlyph, and Helios. He has contributed to a variety of AAA titles for film and games, and is co-recipient of the 2014 IAWTV award for best visual effects. CG programmer, artist, and educator,…
Since 2006, Ranch Computing, a French renderfarm located in Paris, has imposed itself in Europe as one of the major actors in the calculation of computer generated images and animations, mostly for the architectural, animation and cinema or product design VFX. After having doubled its CPU calculation capacity at the…
Requests for virtual reality increase more and more everyday so it seemed important to me to take a glimpse at it. Nowadays, some customers wish to have VR renderings in addition to still images and animation. What tools can we use in order to unify as much as possible all…
Alwyn Hunt has a background in fine arts and has been in the industry for over ten years. He has been working for some of the most prestigious VFX studios worldwide (including Sony Imageworks, Double Negative or Weta Digital) and has also launched The Rookies International Awards for young…
Using a HDR image in order to enlight your scene is often a guarantee for success. The principle of HDR (High Dynamic Range) image lays on capturing a large width of the darkest and the brightest values. Then the image stores the details of low and high lights. It is…