September 1, 2020
Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation. Read More »
August 25, 2020
Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini. Read More »
August 10, 2020
Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders. Read More »
August 8, 2020
Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free. Read More »
August 6, 2020
Big update cuts render times on modern multi-core CPUs; adds new IPR window for 3ds Max users, and new Cinema 4D scattering system. Read More »
July 2, 2020
Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset. Read More »
June 16, 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. Read More »
May 20, 2020
Update to the renderer's checkpointing system lets users resume interrupted frames from regular intervals in their render history. Read More »
May 6, 2020
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support. Read More »
April 3, 2020
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur. Read More »
December 15, 2019
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from landscape editing to 3D text. Read More »
December 12, 2019
Long-awaited GPU rendering system Arnold GPU now out of beta and ready for production use. Subs prices down for single users. Read More »
August 1, 2019
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer. Read More »
June 4, 2019
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders. Read More »
May 9, 2019
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten". Read More »
April 17, 2019
Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising. Read More »
March 27, 2019
Proposed features include new procedural layout tools, animation retargeting, automated retopology. Read More »
March 19, 2019
USD-based 'open collaboration' platform for visual effects and animation production aims to be 'the Google Docs of 3D design'. Read More »
November 17, 2018
OpenCL-based GPU renderer gets updated materials library. Blender version gets procedural UV mapping. Read More »
May 3, 2017
Look dev and lighting tool gets new API to lay groundwork for native viewer based on Pixar's Hydra real-time rendering architecture. Read More »
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