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Rendering at 12 meters in Modo

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Randall Newton

3D artist commissioned to recreate Hadrian’s Wall as a massive banner image. A small museum in Northern England needed a ...

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Luxology Ships Modo for SolidWorks Kit

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Randall Newton

The new kit simplifies the importation of SolidWorks models into Modo while maintaining user interface conventions familiar to SolidWorks users. ...

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An overview of SolidWorks rendering options

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Randall Newton

Five rendering products were on display at SolidWorks World 2011. What’s behind each pretty picture? At this week’s SolidWorks World ...

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DCC in review: The “dive to the bottom” in 2011

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Randall Newton

January 2011 finds us in the middle of “a long massive shakeout” in Digital Content Creation, says Kathleen Maher. By ...

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Chaos Group rolls out V-Ray 2.0

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Kathleen Maher

The newest version of the popular rendering engine for Autodesk 3ds Max includes support for Nvidia GPUs and improved 3D ...

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Quadrillions and Quadrillions of Cycles

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Randall Newton

In computer graphics, too much is not enough. Jon Peddie does some simple math on the ridiculous amount of computer ...

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E-on Expands Its World-Building Capabilities

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Kathleen Maher

Software from natural image digital content specialist E-on is used just about everywhere digital greenery is required. This summer E-on ...

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SolidWorks Decision Highlights Competitive Angst Between Luxology and Mental Images

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Randall Newton

The latest release of SolidWorks dumps PhotoWorks, based on Mental Images technology, for PhotoView 360, based on Luxology technology. Contributing ...

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Bunkspeed Shot debuts as first Iray end-user application

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Steve Wolfe

On July 26, Bunkspeed released Shot, an application for making realistic renderings quickly. It’s the first end-user application of mental images Iray interactive realistic rendering technology. Mental images became a subsidiary of graphics-chip maker Nvidia in December 2007.

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Alibre goes with Luxion

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Kathleen Maher

3D CAD/CAM vendor Alibre has announced a new bundle deal for Luxion KeyShot rendering and Alibre’s Design Expert and Alibre ...