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Clarisse's much-anticipated hybrid CPU/GPU renderer available via early access builds of Clarisse 5.5.

Thursday, December 9th, 2021

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

Interesting new driver feature raises viewport frame rate in apps like 3ds Max and Twinmotion when running on AMD's latest pro GPUs.

Saturday, June 19th, 2021

Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs.

Friday, April 23rd, 2021

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

Check out the new snapping options in the lighting and look dev tool, and the new toon shading system in its 3Delight NSI renderer.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2020

Nice workflow update gives the open-source image editor Photoshop-like tool groups, faster PSD import, new 3D Transform tool.

Monday, March 2nd, 2020

Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system, improves rendering of caustics.

Thursday, November 28th, 2019

Update adds RTX-accelerated GPU ray tracing, new animation-friendly light cache and deep EXR output.

Wednesday, November 27th, 2019

Rendering on current Nvidia GPUs now 'about 40%' faster, thanks to new support for RTX acceleration.

Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

Gaseous fluid simulator gets new multiview option for the GPU viewport, more controls for Turbulence Noise.

Friday, August 9th, 2019

Gaseous fluid simulator can now use 3ds Max 2020.1's detachable viewports as floating previews.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

Major update to the digital painting software adds GPU support, plus a built-in Brush Accelerator utility, and revamps the colour picker.

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019