Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Houdini
Houdini edition of the renderer gets support for relighting Gaussian splats, better volume rendering, tighter integration with Solaris.
Sunday, July 12th, 2026
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Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Maya
Maya edition of the renderer gets support for AMD GPU rendering, and better support for Bifrost and rendering 3D Gaussian Splats.
Friday, July 10th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.4
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to 3D Gaussian Splatting and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.1
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
Get versions of the free Thinkbox tools that work with 3ds Max 2027
Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.
Monday, July 6th, 2026
Mixos lets you paint PBR textures in your web browser
New online tool lets you paint textures directly onto 3D models, or create new PBR materials by remixing a library of CC0 assets.
Friday, July 3rd, 2026
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.12
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the option to stack objects vertically when laying out scenes.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
JangaFX just made effects tool VectorayGen available free
Get the real-time effects specialist's free app for generating vector fields to control particle simulations for games, motion graphics and VFX.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 6.0
Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Epic Games releases RealityScan 2.2 with AMD GPU support
Pro photogrammetry tool can now use both AMD consumer and workstation GPUs to speed up processing. Free to indie artists.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
New motion graphics tool Caddis puts a node graph in every layer
Updated: check out motion designer Mike Gaynor's neat After Effects alternative, currently free in beta - and now available for Windows.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Reallusion releases free animation tool iClone Personal
New free edition of the real-time animation software can be used indefinitely, including on commercial projects - but there are limitations.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.2 with 3D Gaussian Splatting
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including the option to relight and render imported 3D Gaussian Splats.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026