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model+model released a new volume of Kitchen Accessories 3D Models to help you spice up those interiors you are working on! You’ll have over 180 single models in 35 sets ready to go with V-Ray & Mental Ray supporting LWF and Arch&Design Mats too.
After 9 months of development, A new public version of Corona Renderer is being released today, called Alpha v6. The new features include support for distributed rendering, new robust API, ability to save and resume rendering later, improved light solver and motion blur, physically based camera, exposure and lights, and more. Because it is still in development, the plugin is free to use and can be downloaded at the official website after registering at the forum. It has no restrictions like limited resolution or watermarks, and can be used for commercial work. Commercial versions with artist-friendly pricing are planned for the future.
Konstantin Kims 3DMentor has released a new HQ Plant collection of high-definition, carefully groomed, 3D Trees ready for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D supporting Mental Ray, V-Ray and Advanced Render.
My favorite 3d modeling software has been upgraded! SketchUP 2014 hit the market today, and although the core SketchUP Pro features did not change that much, I like the fact Trimble keeps a steady update cycle with a great beta testing program. I just wish they focused on SketchUP just as much as Layout. 2013 was mainly a Layout upgrade, with 2014 they overhauled the 3d warehouse and more Layout upgrades… Trimble – Make 2015 a SketchUP Pro core upgrade only please! it is long overdue. I guess that bottom-line, the most valuable update in this release is the introduction of Ruby 2.0 for 3rd party developers.
October is here and so is the State of Art Academy Day #4. A year sure went by fast, and I’m happy to take off to Venice and meet old and new ArchVIZ friends in this great gathering organised by Gianpiero & Roberto from SOA. Speakers this year include Bertrand Benoit, Vlado Koylazov (Chaosgroup), Nick Bently (Unifrom), Christopher Malheiros (Luxigon), Paul Roberts (iToo Software), Dario Lanza (Next Limit), Peter Jaworowski & Marcin Molskiand (Ars Thanea) and Peter Guthrie with a bonus lecture. It’s going to be fun!
iToo Software announce today the release of Forest Pack 4.1.2 Lite & Pro. The new version is V-Ray 3.0 compatible, adds the ability to use density and scale falloffs with surface areas (Finally!), support for Laubwerk Plant Kits and Octane / Thea render engines materials for the presets library.
