GPU rendering

Pixar releases RenderMan 25

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.1

Free GPU renderer gets support for new bevel shader, better viewport rendering, support for light linking.

Monday, March 13th, 2023

Foundry ships Modo 16.1

Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and rendering software, including interesting new workflows for applying decals.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2023

Blender gets new Metal viewport

Open-source app's GPU rendering backend now boosts frame rates in the Eevee renderer by up to 5x.

Thursday, January 19th, 2023