Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.4
Check out the changes in the latest update to the GPU production renderer, including support for macOS Tahoe in Octane X.
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Apple Silicon
Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXus
Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.
Friday, October 17th, 2025
Apple unveils its new M5 chip
Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8
Big update to the natural media painting software adds new Bristle Brushes, environment lighting for thick paint, and better PSD support.
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Pixar unveils the new features of RenderMan 27
Check out the changes coming in the 'most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight renderer for animation and VFX.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 4 for Houdini
Latest update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver improves collisions between smoke and surrounding objects.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
JangaFX releases IlluGen 1.0
Interesting new tool for creating VFX for games generates both 2D and 3D assets for FX like magic and energy from a single node graph.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
JangaFX releases GeoGen 0.5
Latest beta build makes the real-time terrain- and planet-generation tool available for macOS, as well as Windows and Linux.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Check out streamlined free 3D modeling tool SDF Modeler
Promising new SDF modeling tool provides a quick, intuitive way to explore shapes for concept designs and hard surface assets.
Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
Free UV packing tool Packer-IO 1.3 now integrates directly in Blender
Check out the new features in the free standalone UV packing app, including support for texel density, and the Blender integration plugin.
Friday, July 4th, 2025
Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.
Monday, June 30th, 2025
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.15
Check out the new features in the open-source release of DreamWorks Animation's renderer. used on movies like The Wild Robot.
Sunday, June 15th, 2025
LuxCoreRender and BlendLuxCore 2.10 have been released
Development of the open-source CPU/GPU renderer and its Blender plugin now 'back on track' after three years. See what's new.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025