ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR 1.0

New open shading model intended to supersede both Adobe and Autodesk's standard materials reaches its milestone 1.0 release.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 6.0

Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.

Monday, June 29th, 2026

Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 12.1

Update to the 3D texture painting software for games and VFX reworks baking and UV unwrapping. Check out all of the new features.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

Maxon adds hex tiling for textures to Redshift 2026.6

Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.

Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Maxon releases Redshift 2026.5

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 16.0

Latest major update to the material authoring software adds new 3D Shape Splatter node, SDF shape creation tools, OpenPBR support.

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2026.1

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.

Friday, March 27th, 2026

Maya 2027 is out: discover its new features

Read our rundown of the changes to the 3D modeling and animation app, from new AI features to Skin Tools and surface tension in Bifrost.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Maxon adds real-time renderer Redshift Live to Redshift 2026.4

New real-time engine replaces Redshift RT, and was developed in parallel with the new Vectorworks edition of the renderer.

Thursday, March 19th, 2026

See the 2026 Blender development roadmap

Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.1

Big update to the GPU renderer adds meshlet streaming for dense geometry, and support for 3DGS data, MaterialX and OpenPBR.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2025.3

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR and Cryptomatte and is now 'up to 50% faster' on AMD GPUs.

Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.4

Check out the changes to the production renderer, including updates to hair shading, bloom effects, and Global Light Sampling.

Thursday, November 13th, 2025