Pixar releases RenderMan 27

'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.

Friday, November 14th, 2025

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.3

3D software for architectural visualization and VFX gets updates to the Conform Modifier, Material Switcher and USD workflows.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Autodesk releases Maya 2026.3 and Maya Creative 2026.3

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Das Element 2.2 uses AI to sort your 2D and 3D VFX assets

Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organized asset library. Update adds new media type for MaterialX and Substance materials.

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Chaos releases Vantage 3.0

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

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Download 350+ free KitBash3D assets with Cargo 2.0

Check out the changes to the kitbash asset library's browser app, plus the free 3D vehicles, models and materials available through it.

Sunday, September 21st, 2025

ASWF adopts ACES

Movie industry standard for color management becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.

Friday, September 5th, 2025

SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features

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

Autodesk releases Maya 2026.2 and Maya Creative 2026.2

Check out the changes to the 3D animation app, including updates to LookdevX and new generative animation system MotionMaker.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2025

Sneak peek: Houdini 21

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

Animation studio Laika joins the Academy Software Foundation

Oscar-nominated studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings joins industry body promoting open-source tech.

Saturday, August 2nd, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.0

Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

Blender 4.5 LTS is out: check out its 5 key features

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