Chaos releases Vantage 2.0

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer aims to make the software 'as powerful for VFX as it is for architectural visualization'.

Thursday, June 29th, 2023

5 key features in Blender 3.6

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

Group test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs

Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Monday, June 26th, 2023

DreamWorks open-sources its MoonRay renderer

Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.13

Update makes Intel's OIDN denoiser and Cinema 4D's Brick and Tile shaders available to all of the renderer's host applications.

Thursday, February 9th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.12

Sizeable update to the renderer adds support for Intel's OIDN for render denoising, plus multi-scattering in volumes like clouds.

Monday, December 12th, 2022

cebas releases finalRender Drop 6 for 3ds Max

GPU-accelerated spectral renderer gets new dedicated smoke and fire material, plus temporal denoising.

Monday, September 19th, 2022

Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 5 R9

Check out the new features in this major update to the bonus tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting app.

Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Chaos releases Chaos Vantage 1.8

Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta

Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.

Monday, June 27th, 2022

Open Image Denoise now runs on GPU as well as CPU

Open-source render denoiser used in Arnold. Blender and V-Ray now supports AMD, Intel & Nvidia GPUs.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.04

Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.

Wednesday, May 4th, 2022

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2023

3D modelling and rendering software gets glTF support, plus updates to the Physical Material, retopology tools and auto-backup.

Wednesday, March 30th, 2022