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

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

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

Friday, June 3rd, 2022

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

Tuesday, December 21st, 2021

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

First update to the heavyweight open-source image viewer in five years adds support for OpenTimelineIO and USD.

Sunday, July 20th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

Check out the new features in the open-source release of DreamWorks Animation's renderer. used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.

Friday, April 11th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including toon shading on GPU, and new HTML viewer for render statistics.

Friday, March 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Thursday, December 26th, 2024

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