Corona Renderer Alpha6 Released!

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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.

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SketchUP 2014 Released

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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.

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Venice, Here I Come!

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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!

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State of Art Academy / Master Class #6

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With recent news about SOA’s Academy Day #4 and the completion of MasterClass #6 I thought it will be nice to feature the great work of the students of class #6 and what they think and feel about their experience. I came to know SOA back in early 2010 seeing Roberto’s ‘Maison Hermes’ visual and since then I’ve been in constant contact with Gianpiero & Roberto and attended Academy Days #2 & #3 and loved every minute of it! Taking my online acquaintance with them to a personal level I can say (as we do In my family) they are True Mensch! I will not miss Academy Day #4 and hope to see you there too.

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