Rendercore announced that RenMan client 2.64 is supporting three new Autodesk products: Autodesk VIZ 2006, 3ds Max 6&7 Service Pack 1 and 3ds Max V-Ray 1.47.03.
Autodesk VIZ 2006 features include:* mental ray 3.3 The latest improvements to the most powerful rendering system are included.* Global illumination It automatically captures subtle lighting effects that add depth and realism to images.* Real-world lighting Viz 2006 supports physically based lighting in your scenes.
3ds Max 6 & 7 Service Pack 1 benefit features include:* AVI and MOV files now network render correctly.* Stability improvements to Mental Ray and rapid motion blur.* mental ray SSS shaders will render with Backburner or on the command line.
To download 3ds Max Service Pack 1 go to: www.discreet.com.
3ds Max V-Ray 1.47.03 modified features include:* Proxy objects are treated as bitmaps so that they can be exported along with the rest of the scene.* Blur GI is added to the Irradiance mapso it will reduce flickering of GI in animations with moving objects.
Founded in Hollywood in 2002, Rendercore (www.rendercore.com) offers seamless remote rendering solution services with 400+ Intel Xeon 3.0X GHZ CPUs providing significant computing capacity for its cutting edge render farm infrastructure. The company developed industry's first remote rendering solutions software, and provides on-demand super-computing services and related consulting services such as 3D computer graphics rendering, implementation of customized render farms graphics and on-demand remote rendering services.
Founded in 1982, Autodesk Inc. (www.autodesk.com) is headquartered in San Rafael, California. The company recently renamed Discreet to Autodesk Media and Ent. The division best known for 3ds max and other digital imaging software will continue to service the film, video, gaming and related media and entertainment markets. This renaming ensures that the creative toolset from Autodesk Media and Ent. will stay on the leading edge of product innovation.
Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.
