V-Ray 5 for Maya available now
Find out how V-Ray 5 for Maya will reinvigorate your rendering pipeline with Light Path Expressions, an all-new V-Ray Proxy, Layered Compositing and much more.
Interview with Skyup Academy founder, Mauro Baldissera
Freelance 3D artist and Skyup Academy founder, Mauro Baldissera, shares what inspires him, his top work-from-home tips, and why he loves V-Ray for Maya for VFX.
Join the V-Ray 5 for Maya beta
Your chance to try the latest V-Ray features, including a redesigned V-Ray Frame Buffer with light mixing and compositing, plus an all-new V-Ray Proxy node.
How to use the new features in Phoenix FD 4 — Part 1
Phoenix FD 4 offers more control for realistic fluid simulations. Get to know Active Bodies, Standalone Previewer and the Particle Tuner in our features guide.
How to use the new features in Phoenix FD 4 — Part 2
With Voxel Tuner, TexUVW and thinkingParticles integration, you can take your Phoenix FD 4 simulations to the next level. Find out how in part 2 of our guide.
Why Ian Spriggs uses V-Ray GPU rendering for 3D portraits
Masterly CG artist Ian Spriggs is reinventing himself in more ways than one: Experimenting with a new self-portrait and switching to V-Ray GPU rendering in Maya.
Making of Jjahawa: Part 3 — lighting and rendering in V-Ray
In the final part of Taj Nabhani’s making of Jjahawa, he discusses how to light and render great-looking 3D character designs using V-Ray for Maya.
Making of Jjahawa: Part 2 — using V-Ray materials & shaders
In Part 2 of the making of Jjahawa, Taj Nabhani details how he created the eyes and used the VRayHairNext and VRayAlSurface shaders for convincing 3D hair and skin.
Making of Jjahawa: Part 1 — 3D character modeling tips
Taj Nabhani reveals the making of Jjahawa, a 3D character based on a concept by Roman Kupriianov. Part 1 details the modeling, 3D cloth and model optimizations.
Movie villain lairs in real-time with V-Ray for Unreal
playard’s architectural rendering project recreates some of cinema’s most infamous sets for a book, trailer and VR via V-Ray for Maya and V-Ray for Unreal.
See our student rendering competition winners!
Matteo Morana’s overgrown vision of earth picks up first prize. Find out more and discover other incredible work submitted to our “Undiscovered” competition.
The secrets under the skin of the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer
Goodbye Kansas's Cyberpunk 2077 teaser features cities, cyborgs — and Keanu Reeves. Go behind the scenes and learn how to create great skin with V-Ray for Maya.
V-Ray GPU Adds Support for NVIDIA RTX
RTX acceleration brings a speed boost to new V-Ray Next updates
How Saddington Baynes renders high-quality product designs
Visualizing a luxury watch spearheads a new direction for esteemed London creative production studio Saddington Baynes. We ask the team for their top CGI tips.
See the GPU rendering videos of Ian Spriggs’ new digidouble
Ian Spriggs has created a 3D portrait of Chaos Group’s CG Labs Director and CG Garage host Chris Nichols — and we can’t believe our eyes. See the BTS shots.
Test drive the Phoenix FD 4 beta right now
Strap in for the ride of your life and experience new features, including Voxel and Particle Tuners, Active Bodies and Tex UVW, ahead of everyone else.
How to render your dragon (with Chaos Cloud!)
In “Dragon Recipes,” a young witch conjures something unexpected. Director Maria Pavlou shares how V-Ray for Maya and Chaos Cloud helped make this cute short.
Master V-Ray Next for Maya with this 4-part practical guide
Unlock the many powerful features available in V-Ray Next for Maya in this comprehensive series of video tutorials packed with tips by VFX artist Rusty Hazelden.
Move over, Minions! Barababor’s madcap mariners are here
Your kids will love these conquistadors' slapstick antics — and so will you. We chat to Oscar-winning director Laurent Witz about creating this hilarious series.
Rendering the Game of Thrones title sequence in V-Ray Next
Learn how Elastic took their creative — and their rendering — to a new level with V-Ray Next for Maya for the final season of Game of Thrones.
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.
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.
The secrets of Ian Spriggs’ 3D portraits
Ian Spriggs takes attention to detail to the Next level. Go behind the scenes of his recent works to see how a master tells story through composition and detail.
Keeping it simple: Rendering with V-Ray Next for Maya
V-Ray Next for Maya is considerably faster and more efficient than 3.6. Maya expert Stephen DeLalla reveals how he’s taken his workflow to the Next level.