This is an example of writing I’ve done for Rayvision.

When 3D animators use the phrase “CPU verses GPU,” they aren’t talking about college football rivals. These are acronyms for the Central Processing Unit on a motherboard and the Graphics Processing Unit, usually located on a video card. For years, most 3D rendering software utilized the CPU exclusively. The speed and number of cores in a processor made all the difference for render times. But, a new breed of renderers that utilize GPUs are changing the 3D industry. Continue reading →

This is an example of writing I’ve done for Rayvision.

When we think of 3D animation, we imagine an artist sitting at a work station plugging away in software like 3DS Max or Cinema 4D. We think of pushing polygons around, adjusting UVs and key frames. We imagine the beautifully rendered final output. What we don’t often think about is the hardware it takes to render our art. Continue reading →