Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0
Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
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Isotropix unveils Angie
Updated, new demo: Check out the FAQs for Clarisse iFX's next-gen CPU/GPU render engine, and see how it performs on gaming GPUs.
Friday, September 17th, 2021
Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT
New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Redshift gets new 'Easy' UI
Redshift 3.0.51 update streamlines the GPU renderer's user interface. Blender plugin gets support for OSL shaders and UDIM textures.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Maxon, Tangent Animation join Academy Software Foundation
Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.
Monday, August 2nd, 2021
Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX
Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.
Friday, July 16th, 2021
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Soft8Soft ships Verge3D 3.7
Turn your Blender, 3ds Max and Maya scenes into browser-based 3D apps - and now, into native iOS, Android or desktop apps as well.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Download free parallax maps from wParallax
Add fake 3D interiors to buildings with these 1K and 3K EXR textures for 3ds Max, C4D and Blender. Commercial use.
Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Otoy unveils OctaneRender 2020.2 and 2021
See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
Download the first public demo of Redshift 3.0
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.2
Latest Max update adds new Smart Extrude system and Spline Chamfer modifier, nine more OSL shaders.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
Unity to pay $120,000/year to fund Blender development
Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020