render3d

31. December: A last small update for this year. Arion renderer has updated their renderer to version 1.6 and add a Plugin version for softimage.

26. December: Added an impressive rendering system VRED. Added as well a new RnD section where I will place some links that does not fit into any other category, the first entry is intels raytracing framework Embree.

25. December: Added an impressive renderer plugin for maya. It is a CPU preview renderer for mentalray renderings: SprayTrace. Have a look at it, its great! Udated information about the new version of Krakatoa MX 2.0 as well as Deadline from the same company. I added a new mentalray link in the mentalray links page for the elementalray blog. This is a really great source of high end information. Updated information about Lumion 2.0. Updated Blender information about the new release 2.61. Arion released a new version 1.5.1 with a whole bunch of new features. I added a new CPU based interactive progressive renderer - okay its not new but for me its new - called Luxion KeyShot. Updated infos for the new maxwell version 2.6. Updated infos for Vue esprit 10 and added the Autodesk render cloud to renderfarms.

20. October: Appleseed released a new version, alpha-9. It now supports albembic file format and different shapes for bokeh effects.

19. October: GPU renderer developers of Machstudio closed its doors. Added a new renderer for achtitectural visualization, Artlantis. It offers an interactive free player for its scene files.

09. October: Added a GPU point cloud renderer for softimage and maya called Fury from exocortex. Moved the free sunflow renderer to the graveyard because I got the information that the developer is too busy to continue the work on it.

03. October: Moved some renderers to the graveyard. A new version of mayaToMantra is out, release 0.07. It now supports standins and geometry lights.

02. October: Added a new renderer submenu called Renderer Graveyard. There I collect all dead renderers. I updated some renderer entries like AIR, Cinema4d and others to be up to date.

13. September: New version of the free Appleseed renderer with an experimental Blender support.

12. September: Added some information about RendermanForMaya 5.0. Started to comment renderers with MPO's (My Personal Opinion).

11. September: New release of mayaToMantra renderer interface. It took some time to update it, but there was a lot of work to do.

04. September: Lumion releases a limited free version of thier impressive realtime rendering system. Cebas presented a hybrid GPU/CPU apporach for their finalRender system.

03. September: 3Delight releases version 6.0 of their 3delight for maya plugin.

09. August: New release of mayaToMantra. Now it supports displacement shaders and the houdini environment light.

08. August: Updated some pages like Furryball with its new release 2.1. Terragen offers 64 support with release 2.3. The Renderrocket renderfarm offers an API for implementation into your own workflow. Added the famous krakatoa volumetic renderer plugin, they announced a standalone version for fall 2011.