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
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DreamWorks open-sources its MoonRay renderer
Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.
Wednesday, March 15th, 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
Inkscape 1.2 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets batch image export, support for multi-page documents, plus a lot of workflow improvements.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Discover expert techniques for building 3D environments
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial provides time-saving tricks for Clarisse, Houdini and SpeedTree.
Friday, October 8th, 2021
Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0
Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.
Wednesday, May 5th, 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
Pixar ships RenderMan 23.5
Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020
Autodesk ships Arnold 6.1
Renderer gets new post effects framework, physically correct nested dielectrics, improvements to USD support and Arnold GPU.
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
AMD ships Radeon ProRender 2.5 for Blender in beta
Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets neat 'target frame rate' setting for viewport renders.
Monday, August 24th, 2020
AMD releases new beta of Radeon ProRender 2.0
Open-source physically based GPU render engine gets support for Light Path Expressions, MaterialX.
Monday, August 24th, 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya
Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 5
The next generation of V-Ray is now out of beta, and available to buy. Check out the new features in Chaos Group's powerful renderer.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020