Rowan Karrer
Website redesign / re-code
If you're seeing this then you're already on my refreshed portfolio website. I ran into an interesting (yet inevitable) problem as I...
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Rowan Karrer
- Aug 12, 2017
VRay benchmark
There's probably a lot that I could say about hardware here, and maybe one day I will. To summarise though, I'd say it's incredibly...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jul 27, 2017
Sprinklr - Mighty Nice
http://www.cgsociety.org/news/article/3421/square-peg I stumbled upon this article about a job I worked on at Mighty Nice. I was...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jul 25, 2017
Chaos Group's response
In the interest of fairness I thought I would share the outcome of my enquiry to Chaos Group. "Thanks for the reply. Actually the...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jun 20, 2017
VRay announces hybrid rendering
https://labs.chaosgroup.com/index.php/rendering-rd/understanding-v-ray-hybrid-rendering/ ChaosGroup have released through the ChaosGroup...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jun 4, 2017
Formula 1 and an 'ancient' camera
https://airows.com/adventure-and-sport/photographer-uses-a-104-year-old-camera-to-beautifully-shoot-formula-1 I think it's fair to say...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jun 2, 2017
Architecture Sketch
https://graphicriver.net/item/architecture-sketch-photoshop-action/19131895?s_rank=2 I'm half posting this here for myself, for later...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jun 1, 2017
DOF Pro
http://richardrosenman.com/shop/dof-pro/ This is a proprietary plugin for replicating depth of field in Photoshop. I have some qualms...
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Rowan Karrer
- Feb 1, 2017
Panigale - Teaser
Here is a test frame from a personal project I have just sent off to render on my (very humble) render farm. The project is titled,...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jan 23, 2017
Zippy Painter - for placing many objects dynamically
This will undoubtedly be a useful tool for 3D artists in just about any field of computer graphics. I've seen in various presentations...
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Rowan Karrer
- Jan 17, 2017
Pixar on raytracing
Check out this interesting article from FxGuide on Pixar's short film, Piper. For those of us who are very used to using raytracers most...
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Rowan Karrer
- Dec 7, 2016
Resumable Rendering in VRay 3.5
http://www.evermotion.org/tutorials/show/10467/v-ray-3-5-understanding-resumable-rendering?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_cam...
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Rowan Karrer
- Oct 30, 2016
ChaosGroup announce "vrscans"
https://www.chaosgroup.com/vrscans?utm_medium=social-unpaid&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=vrscans-library-launch&utm_content=announcem...
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Rowan Karrer
- Oct 14, 2016
Ian Spriggs on 'Portrait of Neill Blomkamp'
http://www.cgsociety.org/news/article/2702/portrait-of-neill-blomkamp-an-interview-with-ian-spriggs A small insight into an incredible 3D...
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Rowan Karrer
- Oct 13, 2016
Anders Langlands' alSurfaceShader
https://labs.chaosgroup.com/index.php/rendering-rd/v-rays-implementation-of-the-anders-langlands-alsurface-shader/ For those wanting to...
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Rowan Karrer
- Oct 13, 2016
Corona Renderer 1.5 release
https://corona-renderer.com/blog/corona-renderer-1-5-released/ Loving the look of that interactive light mix...
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Rowan Karrer
- Oct 13, 2016
Chaos Group guide to stochastic rendering
https://www.fxguide.com/quicktakes/v-rays-practical-stochastic-rendering-of-spec-y-things/?utm_source=fxguide+web+form&utm_campaign=3eeeb...
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Rowan Karrer
- Sep 14, 2016
Radeon - ProRender
Another day, another unbiased raytracer... Or so it would seem. Although this one has been out for a while, under the nomenclature of...
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Rowan Karrer
- Aug 31, 2016
Using 3DConnexion Space Navigator with Max & Maya
These little things are pretty handy. If you haven't had a chance to use one and, most importantly, get used to it, you don't even...
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Rowan Karrer
- Aug 24, 2016
Quixel Megascans
Check out the incredible material and geometry library from Quixel! https://megascans.se/ If the subscription model pricing seems a bit...
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