March 25, 2020
Games-friendly update to 3ds Max adds new PBR features, support for Substance .sbsar files, and makes Arnold the default render engine. Read More »
March 23, 2020
Open-source renderer gets support for glTF export, triplanar mapping. Blender plugin supports some Cycles light settings. Read More »
February 6, 2020
Updated: Version 1.1 of TD Florian Croquet's tool for converting XGen hair to hair cards now works for feathers as well. Read More »
January 13, 2020
Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity. Read More »
December 19, 2019
Material-authoring software to get new colour management tools, new curvature baker, and UX updates. Read More »
December 18, 2019
Big update to the 3D painting app adds support for Photoshop .abr brushes, automatic UV unwrapping. Read More »
December 13, 2019
Vue gets automated real-world terrain data import; PlantFactory gets 3ds Max and Maya plugins. Read More »
July 29, 2019
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering. Read More »
July 26, 2019
Texture painting software gets support for RTX-accelerated texture baking on Nvidia GPUs. Read More »
May 10, 2019
Intriguing update to the material authoring tool lets users 'go beyond PBR texture maps' when creating Substances. Read More »
April 10, 2019
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new Python callbacks to help with writing live link plugins, better stability when baking textures. Read More »
April 10, 2019
3ds Max renderer adds Intel's CPU-based Open Image Denoise system, plus support for Nvidia RTX cards in the OptiX GPU denoiser. Read More »
October 23, 2018
Update to the renderer adds a Modo-style Round Corners shader and normal map blending; further speeds up adaptive subdivision. Read More »
September 29, 2018
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new texture baking features, better antialiasing of texture maps, plus two new microsurface shaders. Read More »
August 22, 2018
Video: Intriguing 'augmented digital material creation' tool will blend hand painting, parametric editing and AI workflows. Read More »
March 30, 2018
3ds Max production renderer adds support for Nvidia's AI-based OptiX denoising system, hybrid CPU/GPU texture baking, adaptive sampling. Read More »
March 12, 2018
Big VFX-focused update to the material authoring tool adds UDIM workflow, 30% speed boost when opening large assets. Read More »
February 15, 2017
Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking. Read More »
November 25, 2016
Now shipping: Big update to the rendering toolkit adds animation support, real-time GI, texture baking, and Unity and UE4 export. Read More »
July 22, 2016
Neat new material layering system lets users visualise complex composite materials accurately within the software. Read More »
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