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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...

Rowan Karrer
Aug 13, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Aug 12, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jul 27, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jul 25, 2017


VRay announces hybrid rendering
https://labs.chaosgroup.com/index.php/rendering-rd/understanding-v-ray-hybrid-rendering/ ChaosGroup have released through the ChaosGroup...

Rowan Karrer
Jun 20, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jun 4, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jun 2, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jun 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,...

Rowan Karrer
Feb 1, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jan 23, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Jan 17, 2017


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...

Rowan Karrer
Dec 7, 2016


ChaosGroup announce "vrscans"
https://www.chaosgroup.com/vrscans?utm_medium=social-unpaid&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=vrscans-library-launch&utm_content=announcem...

Rowan Karrer
Oct 30, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Oct 14, 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...

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...

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...

Rowan Karrer
Oct 13, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Sep 14, 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...

Rowan Karrer
Aug 31, 2016


Quixel Megascans
Check out the incredible material and geometry library from Quixel! https://megascans.se/ If the subscription model pricing seems a bit...

Rowan Karrer
Aug 24, 2016
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