May 9, 2019
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten". Read More »
April 9, 2019
Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists. Read More »
March 19, 2019
Diversified tech firm to buy Nuke and Modo developer from current owner Hg in £410 million deal. Read More »
January 25, 2019
Heavyweight tool is based on Sony Pictures Imageworks' in-house tech and backed by Google Cloud. Read More »
December 27, 2018
Houdini edition of the renderer gets support for texture baking, and Nvidia's OptiX denoising in interactive renders. Read More »
November 29, 2018
Update to look dev tool extends the Hydra viewport and 3Delight render plugin; supports the VFX Reference Platform 2017 standard. Read More »
October 23, 2018
Update to the renderer adds a Modo-style Round Corners shader and normal map blending; further speeds up adaptive subdivision. Read More »
October 9, 2018
New Education Collective bundles also provide ongoing discounts on Nuke, Mari, Modo and Katana. Read More »
September 10, 2018
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco. Read More »
August 8, 2018
Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool gets big render speed boost, new behaviour modules, Python plugins system. Read More »
July 20, 2018
Powerful Maya fur and feathers plugin gets new Braids geometry type, support for layered grooms, option to scatter points on fibres. Read More »
May 16, 2018
Promising new crowd-simulation tool for Maya and Houdini gets support for cloth and dynamic fur. Read More »
April 30, 2018
Updated: new service aims to let users run a full VFX studio via a web browser. Pricing now revealed. Read More »
April 11, 2018
Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0. Read More »
January 17, 2018
We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool. Read More »
January 16, 2018
Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets support for Alembic and USD sequences, AR content in USDZ format. Read More »
December 1, 2017
See the best work created with Nuke and Mari, from Rogue One and Doctor Strange to ads and VR. Read More »
August 18, 2017
Free educational licences now available. Price of commercial subscriptions halved when renting in blocks of five. Read More »
August 3, 2017
GPU renderer gets better sampling, firefly removal, Mac support, Cinema 4D and Katana plugins. Read More »
August 1, 2017
Powerful RenderMan-compliant renderer will be available as free interactive rendering plugin when Katana 3.0 ships. Read More »
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