Intel releases Open Image Denoise 2

Popular open-source render denoiser now runs on AMD, Intel and Nvidia GPUs as well as CPUs.

Monday, July 3rd, 2023

RenderMan 25 to feature the AI denoiser used on Lightyear

Next big update to the renderer to feature Pixar's AI-trained denoiser on its release later on this year.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

Open Image Denoise now runs on GPU as well as CPU

Open-source render denoiser used in Arnold. Blender and V-Ray now supports AMD, Intel & Nvidia GPUs.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Intel releases Open Image Denoise 1.4

Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.

Monday, May 24th, 2021

Intel releases open-source denoiser Open Image Denoise

New render denoising system is CPU-based, AI-driven, hardware-agnostic. See it in action here.

Thursday, January 31st, 2019

Check out the new machine learning tools in Silhouette 2024.5

Roto and paint software gets new 'single-click' AI tool for generating masks from source footage, plus new annotation tools.

Saturday, September 14th, 2024

Pixar releases RenderMan 26.2

Check out the latest update to the production renderer, including a new advanced configuration for the denoiser, and EL9 Linux builds.

Saturday, August 24th, 2024

Boris FX releases Continuum 2024.5

Check out the new AI-based video retiming and face detection tools in the set of effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps.

Friday, June 21st, 2024

Autodesk releases Maya 2025.1

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from updates to LookdevX to a sneak peek at character rigging in Bifrost.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Download the free edition of RenderMan 26.2

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

Enscape releases Enscape 4,0

Real-time visualization software gets improvements to GPU ray tracing, new V-Ray Scene Exporter and support for Intel Arc GPUs.

Thursday, March 28th, 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

5 key features in Blender 4.1

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024