June 23, 2017
Simulate large scenes up to 20x faster with the Maya crowd tool's new intelligent instancing system. Redshift support also now added. Read More »
June 5, 2017
Standalone render denoising tool gets new firefly-removal system; image tiling makes it possible to denoise larger renders on the GPU. Read More »
May 5, 2017
Big update to layout and look dev tool adds object scattering, support for Light Path Expressions and Cryptomatte, new PBR material. Read More »
January 25, 2017
Updated: Nifty Maya lighting design plugin gets support for dome lights, option to import custom HDRIs. Read More »
December 12, 2016
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added. Read More »
November 28, 2016
New apps added to online render service alongside Maya and Nuke. GPU compute coming next year? Read More »
November 16, 2016
For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering. Read More »
November 16, 2016
Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development. Read More »
October 24, 2016
See the renderer's new features illustrated via a series of beautiful clips from Piper and FInding Dory. Read More »
August 3, 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins. Read More »
August 3, 2016
Now shipping: Katana 2.5 makes powerful look dev tool available to non-Linux users for the first time. Read More »
July 20, 2016
Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL. Read More »
July 14, 2016 | 3 comments
Jason Lewis benchmarks the new, more powerful plugin version of Nvidia's GPU-based renderer with a range of real-world graphics cards. Read More »
July 12, 2016
Popular 3ds Max hair plugin now out for Maya. Supports Nucleus physics and Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and RenderMan rendering. Read More »
May 26, 2016
Allegorithmic's free add-on lets users edit textures in Substance format using Houdini's native tools. Read More »
May 20, 2016 | 2 comments
Update adds new modelling, retopo and UV options, Delta Mush system, better crowd animation, VR camera. Read More »
April 26, 2016
Arnold, RenderMan and Octane coming with Houdini 15.5 next month; V-Ray and Redshift to follow. Read More »
February 23, 2016
'Game-changing' update to renderer will feature GPU-accelerated Denoise, OSL support, new materials and lighting workflows. Read More »
November 20, 2015
Download TD Einar Gabbassov's free framework for building custom libraries of Maya, mental ray and RenderMan shaders. Read More »
November 10, 2015 | 1 comment
Jason Lewis puts HP's top-of-the-range pro mobile system through a battery of real-world tests. Read More »
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