Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3.2

Check out the new features in Autodesk's production renderer, including new controls for tonemapping toon-shaded renders.

Thursday, May 23rd, 2024

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3

Check out the changes in the compatibility-breaking update to the renderer, including better denoising and progressive rendering.

Thursday, March 28th, 2024

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.4

Check out the latest changes to renderer, including better toon shading and faster rendering of mesh lights.

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.

Thursday, August 10th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2

Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.

Thursday, June 8th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.1.4

New version of the renderer adds native Apple Silicon support and improves USD workflow. 3ds Max, C4D and Maya plugins updated.

Monday, November 21st, 2022

Tutorial: Creating Creature Fur Using XGen & Arnold

Create production-quality grooms with Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Monday, October 24th, 2022

Download BtoA: the free Arnold plugin for Blender

Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.

Friday, July 15th, 2022

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0

Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021

Arnold and V-Ray win Engineering Emmy Awards

Renderers win primetime Emmy Awards alongside crowd simulation tools Massive and Golaem Crowd.

Monday, October 11th, 2021

Master character look dev in Maya and Arnold

Discover how to light and shade a photorealistic human character with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Sunday, July 25th, 2021

Master procedural shading in Houdini and Arnold

Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2021