By far one of the most frequent calls we get to the support team here at Escape is about the installation of Chaos Group’s V-Ray. In this post I’ll give you a step-by-step guide to installing V-Ray.

Get ready to grab a bargain during The Foundry’s Black Friday sale exclusively on MODO and MARI licenses. This is a fantastic opportunity to save up to 40% - but hurry it’s for a limited time only.

Mellanox released the 100GB Spectrum ethernet switch - a product we’re pretty excited about.

Our latest Creative Rooms has just happened and, at the risk of sounding egotistical, it was awesome.

Escape Technology is pleased to announce the recruitment of Neil Parmar to its business development team.

Holding onto their title of being the top manufacturers in performance SSDs, Samsung have released the 850 Pro 2TB, which is the world’s first drive based on 3D V-NAND flash, offering exceptional read/write performance, reliability and power management efficiency. The 850 Pro delivers up to 2x the speed, density and endurance of conventional flash.

On 16 September we were joined by the BorisFX-Imagineer team for a demo of new features in mocha Pro 5 and Boris Continuum Complete 10. Special guest, Mike Griggs, joined the demo team to show off some C4D tips and give a preview of MochaBlend for C4D. Nick Mathews caught up with him for a quick chat.

Aardman have announced their acquisition of the well respected New York based animation company, Nathan Love forming what’s to be known as - Aardman Nathan Love. The partnering of these two exciting animation studios gives Aardman the solid base they need in the US as they continue to grow the company’s commitment to advertising business.

We've teamed up with Adobe and Computers Unlimited for our Mobile Photography Competition. There are some great prizes on offer and it's super simple to enter.

1st Prize: A year's subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud
2nd Prize: A Wacom Intuos Art Tablet
3rd Prize: A year's subscription to Digital Photographer magazine

Just take a new photo on your mobile device of choice focussing on the theme of colour, edit it using mobile apps like Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop Express, then submit it using the form below. You can enter as many times as you like.

All entries will be judged on composition, editing, and use of colour.

Don't forget to check the terms and conditions.

Technicolor (a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector) have announced their acquisition of The Mill, the world’s largest visual effects and content creation studio for advertising. 

Escape Technology has announced it has joined the Google Cloud Platform Partner program.

Escape Technology is delighted to announce our opening in the German market. Today, Escape Technology GmbH opens its doors with a head office in Munich.

Sheila Wickens is head of 2D at Lipsync. When Shahin Toosi joined the team Lipsync took part in beta testing V-Ray for NUKE. We sent Nick Matthews to have a chat.

Since 1974 Siggraph has been the launching pad for interactive technologies used in engineering, graphics, motion picture and gaming industries. This years conference continued this long standing tradition and here’s a quick round up of what our technology partners got up to.

Good news for the British film and TV industry, as the EU approve Osborne’s plan to extend tax breaks in the UK.

Monday nights in Soho are fun. Especially when you’re invited to a private screening of Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Autodesk have announced the latest extension releases to Maya and 3ds Max.

Last day at SIGGRAPH and if you’ve not yet visited booth #312, drop by today and meet the Boris FX and Imagineer Systems team - where they’ll be showcasing the latest versions of their flagship solutions Boris Continuum Complete (BCC) and mocha Pro. They also have daily software prizes to giveaway.

So the day has come, after 20 years in the media business and the last 18 months with the amazing team at Escape Technology its time for me to fulfil a long held ambition to train and mentor people for a living.

Cloud-based rendering is a big theme at SIGGRAPH this year and Google are showcasing their Cloud Platform with creative partners Chaos Group, The Foundry, Pixar, Avere and Thinkbox Software.

Lots of great announcements coming from SIGGRAPH this year and The Foundry are up there with the best of them. MARI 3.0 has been announced which will deliver greater potential for pipeline integration and productivity-enhancing workflows that support 3D paint artists to iterate faster, manage complex jobs better and ultimately produce the best possible results.