Total Chaos: Day two recap
Total Chaos’s last day was a cornucopia of cool CG content covering everything from the world’s biggest buildings to the universe’s biggest bad guys.
Total Chaos: Day one recap
Ian Spriggs exclusively unveils his latest portrait, Vlado on new V-Ray Next for 3ds Max features, women in tech panel plus more from Chaos Group's conference.
Total Chaos: The Masterclasses recap
Ahead of the main conference, Chaos Group hosted a series of tutorials hosted by industry pros from Pixar, WeWork and many more. Find out how it went down.
“Chaos Cloud has saved me incredible amounts of time”
Architect Joël Legault creates his own studio-quality renders with V-Ray for Rhino and Chaos Cloud. Discover how he works, plus his tips for that lived-in look.
What’s Next: Isaac Zuren on building Mexico City 2086
The public winner of our student rendering competition offers a dramatic depiction of Mexico’s capital. Isaac Zuren takes us behind the scenes of his vision.
What’s Next: breaking down “Capsule”
The atmospheric and characterful nature of “Capsule” helped John Jak Pagan win our student rendering competition. Here, he reveals how he mastered the scene.
RealtimeUK rebuilds “Game of Thrones” characters for “Winter is Coming”
How do you create photorealistic versions of the world’s most well-known TV stars from scratch? We asked RealtimeUK to break down its epic video game cinematic.
A new perspective on “Watering”
Marton Zoltan Toth has remade Mednyánszky’s classic painting with a sci-fi twist. Find out how this arch viz artist used V-Ray to take his talents back in time.
Controlled demolition: tips from Bottleship VFX
With The Wandering Earth rocking the Chinese box office, we ask Bottleship VFX’s Hristo Velev how he unleashes destruction while keeping his business on track.
How this Norwegian studio crafts subsea visualizations
Who knew deep sea machinery could be this hypnotic? Rendering.no shows us a pipeline for pipelines and talks us through creating a stormy ocean in Phoenix FD.
Blowing up the house
Gnomon student Weiyo Sha blew us away with his explosive animation of an old house. Here’s how he used V-Ray and Phoenix FD as his weapons of CG destruction.
Rising Talent: Students Create Epic Cinematic in Just 10 Weeks
Good and evil clash in tense short film The Dark Is Rising. Find out how the latest tech helped its creators at Gnomon School create powerful visuals and hit tight deadlines.
Faster, more dramatic large-scale water sims with Phoenix FD and V-Ray Cloud
CG Artist Jonas Ussing shares his tips for cinematic splashes via this animation of Tokyo's flood defense system in operation.
Cloudbuster: Manuel Mousiol’s Maserati montage pushes V-Ray Cloud to its limits
See a day in the life of a Maserati in 33 seconds, and find out how it was created with V-Ray for 3ds Max, VRscans and V-Ray Cloud.
Amazing Manes, Bedazzling Beards and Photorealistic Fur with V-Ray Next for Maya
Andrew Krivulya shares his tricks for luscious CG locks — and reveals how V-Ray Cloud has boosted his workflow.
Rocket science: Meet the CG supervisor behind the furry fan favorite
We talk to Method's Nate Shaw about wrangling Rocket Raccoon into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Avengers: Infinity War.
You won't see another arch viz movie like Landmark anytime soon
Architectural communication studio Beauty and The Bit unleashed its inner Kubrick for this atmospheric short film. Watch it here, and find out how director Victor Bonafonte took advantage of V-Ray Cloud.
Bloated Motors: INK gives the 70s’ unloved autos a helium injection
What began as an in-house experiment has ballooned into a viral phenomenon. We talk to the minds behind this playful reimagining of the cars that style forgot.
How easy is it to render on the Chaos Cloud? TILTPIXEL puts it to the test
Award-winning arch viz studio TILTPIXEL taps into the power of Chaos Cloud to render an animation of the world-famous Harbin Opera House.
Claws and effect: How The Blues Crab could change the tune of the VFX industry
Director Ari Rubenstein invents a new way to create short films using a small team, V-Ray for Nuke, and YellowDog’s cloud rendering service. Discover how he overcame the pinch points of conventional pipelines.
Shooting for the Moon: How Lunar Animation Built a VFX Pipeline for the Future
With an impressive CG portfolio that's racked up over 350 million hits on Youtube, VFX studio Lunar Animation does it all — from cartoon cats to VR space battles.
ScanlineVFX takes Black Panther visuals over the edge
For Black Panther's most climactic moments, ScanlineVFX turned to Flowline and V-Ray to simulate and render the perilous backdrop of Wakanda's Warrior Falls.
2017 Architectural Visualization Technology Report
We surveyed more than 5500 architects and artists from over 70 countries to get their take on the latest technology and trends.
Follow the Rabbit into an Airbnb VR Experience by Bipolar Studio
Find out how they made that incredible rabbit, and the role V-Ray played in making virtual apartments look real.