Next Limit ships Maxwell 5.2
Physically based renderer gets GPU support for Multilight, including Nvidia's Ampere GPUs. Now loads Substance .sbsar files.
Friday, March 12th, 2021
GPU-accelerated
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 17.1
Free update to the compositing app adds new tools for retiming animations, 2D vector shapes for motion graphics.
Monday, March 1st, 2021
Uppercut releases U-Render 2020.9 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer gets new color correction filter. Now fully integrated into the C4D viewport.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.10
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer finalRender now bundled with the 3ds Max particle plugin for free.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
Agisoft ships Metashape 1.7
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data.
Friday, January 8th, 2021
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.5
Landscape-generation software gets OpenColorIO support, plus better support for PBR workflows.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D
Long-awaited rewrite of the C4D renderer adds built-in compositing and new GPU rendering features.
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Red Giant releases Magic Bullet Suite 14.0
Suite of colour grading plugins gets its first major update in four years. Check out the new features here.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio
Both GPU renderers get new options for rendering animations, plus a free GPU benchmarking tool.
Monday, November 9th, 2020
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Adobe ships Substance Designer 2020.2
Material authoring software now updated to Substance Engine 8. Check out the new tools it brings.
Tuesday, October 13th, 2020
Check out fast 3ds Max cloth simulation plugin Dynamo
Deform Dynamics' real-time cloth simulation tool performs '10-100x faster' than Max's Cloth modifier.
Friday, October 9th, 2020
MakeHDR creates HDRIs inside Nuke, Fusion or Natron
New plugin merges images into HDRIs inside OpenFX compositing apps. Free for resolutions up to 2K.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020