Understanding metalness
The importance of metalness and why we’ve added the Metalness parameter to the V-Ray standard material to better support a PBR workflow in V-Ray Next.
Rocket science: Meet Nate Shaw, the CG supervisor behind the furry fan favorite
Wise-cracking trash panda Rocket Raccoon has become a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We talked to Method’s Nate Shaw about wrangling the character into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Avengers: Infinity War.
What does the new NVIDIA RTX hardware mean for ray tracing, GPU rendering & V-Ray?
With the big announcement of new GPU ray-tracing hardware, Vlado explains what this breakthrough means for the future of rendering.
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.
Butterfly Effects
Graduation project When John Goes Outside is a short film with a big message. We talk to the students who created it.
The Stairway to VR Heaven with V-Ray for Unreal
Follow these 3 easy steps to go from static images to an interactive experience with V-Ray for Unreal
V-Ray for Grasshopper Explained
With V-Ray for Grasshopper, included in the latest version of V-Ray for Rhino, users can create photorealistic imagery from within Grasshopper. We asked Imago Design founder Jan Kokol to explain what’s new, and how it’s going to change his workflow.
Finding Ningyo
VFX duo’s kickstarted film about the quest to discover a mythical creature catches Hollywood’s attention, with a little help from V-Ray.
Tim Miller and Joseph Kosinski
Celebratory 100th episode with legendary directors Tim Miller and Joseph Kosinski.
Igor Knezevic
Chris meets a Renaissance man who’s travelled the world.
Tristan and Matthieu - Nozon
Tristan Salome and Matthieu Labeau of Nozon talk about creating VR pre-rendered content with 6 degrees of freedom with Presenz and V-Ray
Michael Wilken - Saatchi & Saatchi 3D
How Saatchi & Saatchi is the driving force behind car advertisements
Bryan Grill - Scanline
Bryan Grill of Scanline VFX, talks to us, and we learn how he build and worked on his incredible career.
Lisa Beroud
Lisa Beroud, a former Executive Producer at Digital Domain, talks to us about the art of production.
Jonas Skoog - Bläck Studios
Jonas Skoog of Bläck Studios tells us about working with a coalition ff VFX studios in Stockholm as well as his passion for digital humans
Janelle Croshaw - Digital Domain
Janelle Croshaw talks about her career in VFX including many of it's challenges.
Jeff Mottle - CG Architecture
Jeff Mottle and Chris Nichols get back together a year later to talk about what has changed in ArchViz and Technology since the last GTC
Stephen Parker
Stephen Parker talks about his past, computer graphics, digital humans, GTC 2016, and more.
Eric Barba
Eric Barba discusses his career which lead him to be a new Creative Director at Industrial Light and Magic in Vancouver.
Chaos Group Balitmore
Brian Russell, Fernando Rentas, and Ted Vitale talk V-Ray and the design world.
Bottleship VFX
Hristo Velev and Martin Naydenski talk about starting Bottleship VFX
Joy Lea and Devon Fay
Joy Lea and Devon Fay talk to us about life as artists in the gaming world.
Lele on V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds max
Lele and Chris talk about the big SP3 update to V-Ray
Year in Review 2015
Lon, David, and Chris discuss what happened in 2015