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C haos has launched its V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, update 2. The new version of this VFX solution adds support for file standards, including MaterialX, allowing users to complete their universal screen description (USD) pipeline. V-Ray 6 enables more efficient workflows with one-click submit via Chaos Cloud and 20x faster exports. It also improves rendering, scattering and buffering, with additional settings for chromatic aberration, background colour and more. V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, update 2 is now available for 3ds Max versions 2019-2024, though V-Ray subscriptions work for all supported host applications, such as Houdini, Maya and Unreal. CHAOS V-RAY 6 FOR 3DS MAX, UPDATE 2
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M atthews Studio Equipment has released the Mini Boom Rolling Kit, a lighting package which combines Matthews’ Runway Base, 40in C+ Riser, Mini Matthboom and 4.5kg/10lb Boa Bag. The impressive system promises to make for quicker, easier repositioning of the key light during a shoot. The Matthews kit includes pins, brakes and locks to ensure a steady mount and strong three-point contact, as well as threaded collars, shot bag wraps and a rear-mounted hook on the boom. It also supports straight tracking, multi-direction locking and non-marking Tente casters. Components are all interchangeable and removable, usable individually or as a complete set. MATTHEWS MINI BOOM ROLLING KIT
CINEFLARES
S till in its beta version, Cineflares is an online, interactive lens flare testing tool. Visitors can compare hundreds of cine lenses – from vintage to modern, wide open to stopped down – via high- resolution shots from award-winning German cinematographer Markus Förderer ASC, BVK. The website is meant as a resource for all types of visual creatives – and Cineflares can help artists discover how different lenses respond to light. Each lens in Cineflares’ vast library has been combined with a large format camera under controlled conditions to capture the distinctive look of a given model. Cineflares are able to “serve as a collaborative companion all the way from pre-production through to post-production,” according to Förderer. Cinematographers like Erik Messerschmidt ASC and Seamus
McGarvey ASC, BSC are among those already touting the service for its simplicity and value. Cineflares’ complete library will be available in 2024.
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