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Nvidia previews new Light Path Expressions in iray

New feature works like AOVs in other software for 'instant relighting' and stylised render effects.

Monday, December 10th, 2012

Tech focus: Modo's new mPath render engine

Modo's new path tracer promises faster, more flexible renders than the default CPU engine. Discover how it works.

Tuesday, November 12th, 2019

AMD releases new beta of Radeon ProRender 2.0

Open-source physically based GPU render engine gets support for Light Path Expressions, MaterialX.

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 4.0 SP5

Shot layout and look dev tool gets new firefly filtering system, better handling of Light Path Expressions.

Friday, December 27th, 2019

Isotropix releases Clarisse 3.5

Big update to layout and look dev tool adds object scattering, support for Light Path Expressions and Cryptomatte, new PBR material.

Monday, July 31st, 2017

Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Houdini

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

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Maya

Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0

Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.

Wednesday, May 5th, 2021

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini

See all the new features in the Houdini edition of renderer, from ACEScg to updates to VRayDirt.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D

Long-awaited rewrite of the C4D renderer adds built-in compositing and new GPU rendering features.

Friday, December 11th, 2020

Pixar ships RenderMan 23.5

Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020

Autodesk ships Arnold 6.1

Renderer gets new post effects framework, physically correct nested dielectrics, improvements to USD support and Arnold GPU.

Thursday, October 29th, 2020

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