November 7, 2019
All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch. Read More »
August 29, 2019
Lighting and look dev tool gets new material node graph system; better hair shading and multi-camera rendering in its 3Delight renderer. Read More »
August 13, 2019
Maya and Houdini crowd animation system gets new physics features, new UE4 plugin. Now free if you earn under $30k/year. Read More »
July 31, 2019
Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways. Read More »
July 29, 2019
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering. Read More »
May 31, 2019
GPU renderer gets RTX support, higher trace depths, better AOVs. First experimental builds out now. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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