Substance 3D Designer to get new Hydra viewport

Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

AMD releases USD Hydra plugin for Blender 1.1

Free plugin for composing and rendering USD scenes in Blender can now export animated USD files.

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

Download AMD's free USD Hydra plugin for Blender

Now officially shipping: new plugin lets users import, compose and render USD scenes in Blender.

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

5 key features in Blender 4.0

Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

Discover the key features of Houdini 20

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR

Now publicly released: new sub-project of MaterialX will let artists transfer materials seamlessly between Adobe and Autodesk apps.

Monday, November 6th, 2023

Open-source VFX pipeline builder Prism 2.0 is now available

Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

Foundry releases Katana 7.0

Heavyweight lighting and look dev software gets new Native USD framework to power up USD workflows. Live Rendering now 'up to twice as fast'.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Sneak peek: Houdini 20

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

QuiltiX: a new open-source MaterialX material editor

Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.

Thursday, August 3rd, 2023

Chaos releases V-Ray for Houdini Update 1

Check out the new features in the Houdini edition of V-Ray, like the TexBump2Glossiness node for materails like skin.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1

3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.

Wednesday, May 17th, 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