March 23, 2020
Open-source renderer gets support for glTF export, triplanar mapping. Blender plugin supports some Cycles light settings. Read More »
November 28, 2019
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system, improves rendering of caustics. Read More »
November 6, 2019
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system and new hair materials to the renderer. Read More »
October 2, 2019
Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80. Read More »
June 18, 2019
Updated - C4D edition shipping: renderer gets fast new caustics system, more denoising options, fisheye camera. Read More »
May 17, 2019
Renderer's fast, intuitive new system aims to make caustics a 'mainstream effect' in production. Read More »
March 22, 2019
Next update to add Intel's CPU-based, AI-driven render denoising technology and improved caustics. Read More »
October 19, 2018
Sub-$100 Mac-only 3D software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, new dark UI theme. Read More »
September 10, 2018
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco. Read More »
July 21, 2017
VFX-friendly paint package gets new watercolour media, improved render engine and foliage painting. Read More »
June 29, 2017
Free, physically accurate GPU renderer now available for Blender, as well as Max, Maya, SolidWorks. Read More »
March 17, 2017
VFX-friendly paint app gets new roto tools, updates to the Puppy Ray renderer. Price now under $50. Read More »
November 19, 2015
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition. Read More »
November 17, 2014
Hybrid renderer to support motion blur, displacement, render channels on GPU. New OpenCL port soon. Read More »
November 3, 2014
Master key techniques with Frederic Durand's Global Illumination and Caustics in Maya & mental ray. Read More »
March 17, 2014
Frederic Durand's Direct Illumination in Maya and mental ray offers an advanced guide to CG lighting tools. Read More »
January 9, 2014
New image-generator plugin for VFX work creates caustics and organic effects quickly and interactively. Read More »
September 30, 2013
Now shipping: update also boosts raytracing speed, maximum render size, adds link to HDR Light Studio. Read More »
May 28, 2013
Intuitive standalone renderer to get caustics, procedural materials and a rather cool-looking new toon shader. Read More »
September 29, 2012
Updated: 'album' of lighting plugins provides production-ready shortcuts for complex tasks. Beta out now. Read More »
