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V-Ray Summer Bundle

This summer, starting at SIGGRAPH V-Ray will be coming in a special bundle package.
The Three In One bundle is available from July 27th till August 27th 2010 and it includes V-Ray for 3ds Max, V-Ray RT for 3ds Max and PdPlayer.

For more information visit here

Chaos Group team is kicking off final preparations for a great SIGGRAPH show

It is again this time of the year and Chaos Group is ready to astonish all of you coming to SIGGRAPH with impressive technology developments and distinguished events.  Stop by our booth (612) and witness presentations on how the V-Ray rendering engine was employed by one of the leading studios around the world. Kevin Margo from Blur, Christopher Nichols from Digital Domain and Oliver Heijmans from Mr. X are only some of the names joining us at SIGGRAPH.

At the Chaos Group booth you can also see demonstrations of the latest on V-Ray for Rhino and SketchUp presented by Corey Rubadue, CEO ASGVIS, as well as the new web based rendering solution by Mackevision: F_BOX picture shooter. Exclusive V-Ray training class and a public event are some of the highlights of our participation at SIGGRAPH this year.

Check out all we have prepared for SIGGRAPH and become a part of the V-Ray experience!

Chaos Group to present new developments at
SIGGRAPH 2010

We are excited to announce that the Chaos Group will be in full force this year at SIGGRAPH with a bigger team and a number of impressive new developments. This year you can join us and become a part of the following events:

The Chaos Group is ready to show its fresh new additions for 2010, including V-Ray RT for Maya and Phoenix FD, an outstanding new grid based simulator for smoke and fire. The hype this year is clearly the GPU rendering, and not to miss the mark, a demonstration of V-Ray RT on GPUs will amaze with unprecedented speed, unmatched interactivity and flawless workflow.
Check out what we are preparing for the show and choose your way to become part of the Chaos Group trendsetting technology.

Chaos Group Booth 612

SIGGRAPH Exhibition floor 27^th-29^th of July, 9.30-6.00 pm

Live demonstrations by well known artists and real-world V-Ray production workflow discussions by experts in the Film and VFX , Architectural and Automotive industries are just some of the highlights at this year's Chaos Group booth.

Visit our booth to get a sneak peek into the latest from V-Ray and V-Ray RT for 3ds Max and Maya, Phoenix FD, and Pdplayer. Expect to witness interesting presentations on V-Ray for Rhino and Sketch up. New web based rendering solution by Mackevision will also be a part of the demonstrations. F_BOX picture shooter allows users aided by the web based application fast and easily to create high end 3D images.

The emphasis this year will be V-Ray RT GPUs. Developed on the basis of the V-Ray RT this outstanding technology inherits the great interactivity and flexibility of the RT engine and brings it into the GPUs to achieve 15-20 times faster rendering process and lighting and shading set up.

V-Ray RT on GPUs will be presented on the new 3DBOXX Extreme Edition with 4 GPUs provided with the kind of support of BOXX Technologies.

Chaos Group Public Event

SIGGRAPH, Room 518, 2^nd floor: 29 July, 3:30pm to 6:30pm

Following the tradition of previous years, we will host our SIGGRAPH Public Event again for all V-Ray fans, users, resellers and partners. Our team has prepared special presentations on:

V-Ray RT on GPUs
V-Ray Pipelines - demonstration on how the V-Ray rendering engine can be successfully integrated with post production tools to create powerful and reliable pipelines
V-Ray for Rhino and Sketch up - latest developments and new features
Pdplayer-the professional image sequence player and viewer for the 3D, CG and VFX industry
Phoenix FD – the grid based simulator for smoke, fire and haze
F_BOX picture shooter- High end 3D made easy. Web easy

Click here, reserve your seat now and become a part of the V-Ray experience!

The Best of V-Ray: An Exclusive 8-hour Live Training Event at SIGGRAPH 2010

SIGGRAPH Room 518, 2^nd floor: 28th July, 10:00am to 6:00pm
Brought to you by the Chaos Group and the CGschool.

For the first time ever, and in partnership with CGschool, the Chaos Group presents a one of a kind V-Ray training workshop for anyone interested to get acquainted with the fast, reliable and renown rendering engine.

Everyone who attends gets a free copy of 3DATS's Ispirato book. Plus a chance to win "One Project" and "Advanced to Expert" books, V-Ray T-shirts, pins, notepads, pens and V-Ray RT licenses.

Course Description
This course starts with a fast but thorough look at the algorithms working behind the scenes of all the critical settings so users know exactly how to maximize speed and quality, rather than just guessing at what might work. During this discussion, the instructor provides an in-depth analysis of the most common issues that plague even veteran users – speed, detail, and noise. After this, the instructor creates numerous real-world materials from scratch while discussing the methodology behind their creation. Next, a thorough look at all the different animation techniques available are analyzed for static scenes and scenes with moving objects. During the next 90 minutes, the instructor presents numerous V-Ray features that can be considered as ‘Power Tools’.These include tools such as proxies, displacement, the V-Ray Physical camera, and render elements. The class ends with 2 hours of practical lighting of exterior and interior scenes, including troubleshooting techniques to ensure the best mixture of speed and quality.

This class will be fast and furious, yet suitable for users of all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Most files for this course will be provided in 3ds Max 2010 format, however, you can still benefit from this course if you use V-Ray on other 3D software, as the vast majority of all the concepts will be the same. Students must bring their own laptop if they wish to follow along with the exercises. Support files provided in mostly 3ds Max 2010 format.

Click here to enroll in the course and pricing information.

V-Ray for 3ds Max installations will be provided on site for participants without personal license..

Join the V-Ray team and prepare yourself for a wonderful show!

Greetings from all of us at Chaos Group and see you soon in Los Angeles

Chaos Group is privileged to provide a full commercial V-Ray license for the 1st place winner

Outstanding works have been submitted for the annual Evermotion competition. The jury just recently announced the winners. To take a look at all works awarded and enjoy the great images, please click, here.

Chaos Group will continue to support this great initiative and encourage artist to expose their impressive 3D projects.

Consistent Software Distribution CJSC is becoming a leading distributor for Russian Federation and CIS for all Chaos Group products.

CSD, the leading Russian value-added distributor in the CAD, GIS and the Media and Entertainment markets, and Chaos Group, the developer of trendsetting rendering solutions for architectural, VFX, film, media and entertainment, automotive design, television and other industries, have signed an agreement on strategic partnership.

Beginning 18th June 2010, CSD is official exclusive distributor of the Chaos Group products in Russian Federation and CIS. The first outcome of this agreement will be the distribution of such worldwide recognized solutions as V-Ray for Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray RT for Autodesk 3ds Max, V-Ray for Autodesk Maya and Pdplayer in Russia throughout CSD’s dealer network. Within the nearest 6 months CSD is planning an expansion of its resellers’ channel by joining the territories of Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan and Middle Asia countries to its affected area.

Chaos Group’s current valuable partners will continue to serve their V-Ray customers. ProVideo Systems and Softline Group will work in a close collaboration with CSD on all of the Chaos Group products.

CSD is dedicating a special person, Mr.Vladimir Kazakevich responsible for the development of the V-Ray resellers’ network.

Contact information:

Mr.Vladimir Kazakevich
bob@consistent.ru
Consistent Software Distribution CJSC
Ostrovnaya St., 2, Moscow 121552
Telephone: + 7 (495) 642-6848
http://www.consistent.ru

Great news for all V-Ray for Maya followers: the first update after its initial release in September 2009 is a fact. V-Ray for Maya 1.5 SP1 is now available for download, review and testing.

The new optimized version comes with numerous new features, significant improvements and modifications. The list with new features as well as bug fixes and requests is outstanding. It works with Maya 2011 and is free for all current users.
 
Some of the new things in V-Ray for Maya: support for V- Ray Fur and Maya Hair, also the V- Ray Light Dome texture and environment textures are now visible in Maya's viewport. V-Ray for Maya now supports reflection occlusion in V-Ray Dirt texture. These are only some of the new and exciting features Chaos Group has to offer to all V-Ray for Maya fans.

V-Ray for Maya 1.50 SP1 is available for download from the download section on our web site.

Read in details about the features and bugs fixed of V-Ray for Maya 1.5 SP1 >>

Pdplayer Beta for Linux and Mac OS is now ready for download and testing! Do not loose time and become a beta tester to experience the capabilities and the great features Pdplayer can offer you. Register on our website if you want to get the application of the beta program. The website registration will also provide you with unlimited access to all the demo versions from Chaos Group portfolio:  V-Ray for 3ds Max, V-Ray for Maya, V-Ray RT and Pdplayer.

If you want to take a look at the features and advantages of Pdplayer and also to read some recent reviews/testimonials, feel free to check the Pdplayer product page.

Find out more about the installation process and other details, here.

Chaos Group London Tour 2010

Chaos Group is in London again for a two week tour 21st June - 2nd July 2010

This year our visit will include many personal meetings with customers and partners, a public event to present the latest developments and a training session for all V-Ray for 3ds Max users.

Together with two of our UK partners, Bluegfx and Escape studios, we are glad to invite the British 3D community to join us for an Open Public Event and experience the latest trends and innovations in the rendering technology.

Chaos Group Public Event, July 1st 2010, 4.00-6.30 pm

For the first time in the UK our team will present V-Ray for Maya, V-Ray RT for Maya, the new fluid dynamics system Phoenix FD, and the hype for 2010, V-Ray RT on GPUs. Special session during the event will be devoted to V-Ray pipelines: Post-production, Stereoscopy, GPUs and beyond.

Register for the Chaos Group public event and be among the first to take a look at these revolutionary rendering solutions.

The Event will take place on the 1st of July 2010. We will be glad to be your host at the Great Hall of the Hellenic Center, 4.00-6.30 pm.

V-Ray for 3ds Max Trainings with Vlado Koylazov

Chaos Group and its partners  Escape Studios and Bluegfx will conduct two sessions of full day in depth trainings for all V-Ray for 3ds Max users. Please, contact our partners for more information on the training and registrations.

June 25th 2010, 10.00-5.00 pm with Bluegfx

July 2nd 2010, 10.00-5.00 pm with Escape Studios

Read more information here.

V-Ray RT for 3ds Max 1.50.SP2 is now available for immediate download from our website download section.The full list of additions and bug fixes is listed below.

New Features
Options to turn on/off rendering of proxy objects, X-Ref scenes and particles;
Support for stereoscopic rendering with different preview types (anaglyph, interlaced, checker, dual-window);
Adaptive sampling support with the ability to stop the RT once noise has cleared to some level;

Feature Requests
Support for the offset parameters of the physical camera;
Support for mesh lights;
Support for VRayAmbientLight;
Support for bitmaps in the Gradient Ramp texture;
MaxScript callback when a frame is complete;

Bug Fixes
Different result when there is a missing map in the enviroment slot;
Errors when there is a Bitmap texture without a file name specified;
horizontal shift for physical camera not working properly;
Differences with the production renderer when texture filtering is "None" and "Blur" is other than 1.0;
Animation of materials and textures is not updated in the ActiveShade window;
Animation of physical camera properties (focus distance, focal length) is not updated in the ActiveShade window

Chaos Group and CGschool have joined forces to a live webinar on June 8th. The 3D instructor Brian Smith from CGschool will be teaching V-Ray Intermediate webinar broadcasted directly from Chaos Group office in real time.

CGschool is a training center providing online and in-person on-site training for architects, artists, and designers in a variety of industry standard software platforms. CGschool online classes are webinar based, which allows the instructor and student to see each other screens and speak through computer microphone and speakers.

Join us for the V-Ray live webinar with Brian to learn more about V-Ray rendering engine in real time!