LuxCoreRender 2.3 and BlendLuxCore 2.3 ship

Open-source renderer gets support for glTF export, triplanar mapping. Blender plugin supports some Cycles light settings.

Monday, March 23rd, 2020

Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.6

VR sculpting tool's new Snake Hook mode makes it possible to create ultra-wiggly organic forms. Check out the other new features here.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

Sneak peek: Corona 10

Check out the new features due in the next major update to the renderer - including proper support for the camera inside volumes.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

Render Legion ships Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D Beta 2

Update adds node-based material editor, new skin and hair shaders, automated conversion of C4D and V-Ray materials.

Monday, November 5th, 2018

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Modo

New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for Maya

Maya edition of the renderer gets feature parity with 3ds Max; speed boosts of 20-50% on 'most scenes'.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for 3ds Max

Sizeable update boosts render speed by up to 50% and adds over 25 new and updated features.

Friday, December 18th, 2015

Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0

Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.

Monday, October 14th, 2024

Chaos releases Corona 10 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

New features in the renderer include updates to Corona Decal and improved volume rendering.

Friday, June 23rd, 2023

RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio

Both GPU renderers get new options for rendering animations, plus a free GPU benchmarking tool.

Monday, November 9th, 2020

Discover 10 key artist features in V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max

Read our pick of the features in the public beta, from the new LightMix system to out-of-core rendering.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

Radeon ProRender updated for 3ds Max, Maya and Blender

OpenCL-based GPU renderer gets updated materials library. Blender version gets procedural UV mapping.

Saturday, November 17th, 2018

Luxion ships KeyShot 7

Renderer gets new VR camera, support for animated mesh deformations and video maps, better material and HDRI editing.

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017