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Updated: Free GPU renderer's new hybrid rasterised/ray traced mode now works on AMD Polaris GPUs on Windows.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2019

Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

This week's 10.2 release of CUDA Toolkit, used by many GPU render engines, is the last to run on Macs.

Friday, November 22nd, 2019

Free GPU renderer gets new 'full spectrum rendering' mode for hybrid rasterised/ray traced viewport previews.

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

3D modelling and animation tool gets new mPath render engine, new Planar IK solver for character rigging, new Edge Chamfer tool.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

Which Nvidia GPU is best for DCC work? Jason Lewis benchmarks the firm's new Turing graphics cards.

Friday, October 11th, 2019

Release scraps the four lower-end editions of the software and introduces new subscription plans. See all of the new features here.

Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019

It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format.

Friday, August 16th, 2019

AMD ships new version of the free GPU renderer for Blender 2.80, plus update to the Maya plugin.

Saturday, August 3rd, 2019

Jason Lewis puts this powerful 3D workstation through a battery of real-world DCC benchmark tests.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

Major update to the 3D software adds new GPU render engine, animation layers, first step towards Houdini-like procedural workflows.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019