October 6, 2020
New plugin merges images into HDRIs inside OpenFX compositing apps. Free for resolutions up to 2K. Read More »
October 5, 2020
Big update to the standalone fluid simulation tool adds new smoke solver, option to upres sims, and 'complete procedural VDB toolkit'. Read More »
September 30, 2020
New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available. Read More »
September 15, 2020
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user. Read More »
August 28, 2020
Read Jason Lewis's in-depth review of Nvidia's Quadro RTX and AMD's Radeon Pro workstation GPUs. Read More »
July 30, 2020
Open-source renderer gets faster GPU rendering, plus support for Blender's mantaflow smoke sims. Read More »
July 28, 2020
Videos: see the GPU renderer's powerful real-time hybrid render engine and new Blender plugin. Read More »
July 20, 2020
Long-awaited Metal-native version of OctaneRender now available to Mac users with Otoy subscriptions. Read More »
July 20, 2020
Sizeable update to the free AAA game engine introduces new UI, plus white box testing and node-based landscape authoring tools. Read More »
May 27, 2020
Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer. Read More »
April 28, 2020
Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading. Read More »
March 25, 2020
Games-friendly update to 3ds Max adds new PBR features, support for Substance .sbsar files, and makes Arnold the default render engine. Read More »
March 24, 2020
Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application. Read More »
March 19, 2020
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers. Read More »
March 14, 2020
3ds Max renderer gets support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia RTX graphics cards, plus GPU memory sharing via NVLink. Read More »
February 21, 2020
Controversial macOS Catalina update recommended for anyone wanting to use Cinema 4D R22. Read More »
February 6, 2020
See how Nvidia's top-of-the-range gaming GPU performs in our real-world 3D and GPU rendering tests. Read More »
January 21, 2020
Optimised version of Blender's Cycles engine makes rendering "up to 4x faster" on Nvidia RTX GPUs. Read More »
January 2, 2020
Otoy's new Metal-based version of OctaneRender to run on the Intel chips in MacBook Pros as well as the AMD GPUs in Mac desktops. Read More »
December 3, 2019
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support. Read More »
