Dimension 5 Techs launches D5 for Teams
New suite of collaboration features for users of D5 Render include simultaneous multi-user editing.
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
GPU rendering
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Nvidia unveils RTX 4000, 4500 and 5000 GPUs
New Ada Generation workstation cards include the 'most powerful single-slot GPU on the planet'.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Inkscape 1.3 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets new Shape Builder for creating complex forms, '2-4x' speed boosts on multi-core CPUs.
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
Otoy joins the Academy Software Foundation
OctaneRender developer joins VFX and movie industry body alongside CoreWeave and Bolt Graphics.
Friday, July 7th, 2023
Pixar ships RenderMan 25.2
Check out the new features in the heavyweight production renderer, including new compositing modes in the Stylized Looks NPR toolset.
Friday, June 30th, 2023
Chaos releases Vantage 2.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer aims to make the software 'as powerful for VFX as it is for architectural visualization'.
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
Group test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Monday, June 26th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.6 for Blender
GPU renderer switches from OpenCL to HIP for final-quality output. Maya and Houdini editions also updated.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Apple unveils the M2 Ultra
See how 'the world’s most powerful chip ever created for a personal computer' performs with CG apps like Maya, Octane and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for SketchUp Update 1
Check out the new features in the SketchUp edition of renderer, like cutaway rendering in V-Ray GPU.
Thursday, June 1st, 2023
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D Update 1
C4D edition of the renderer gets V-Ray Toon material, Chaos Scatter, and improved MoGraph support.
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023