Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.6

Landscape generation software can now export clouds to other DCC apps in OpenVDB format.

Friday, November 4th, 2022

Polygoniq ships botaniq Maya

Popular Blender library of ready-to-use 3D trees now also available for Maya. Includes controls to adjust tree colour and seasonal state.

Monday, September 5th, 2022

5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022

Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

Check out neat real-time Godot rendering demo Myra

Android tech demo shows what can be achieved in mobile games using the open-source engine.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

5 industry stories you may have missed in January 2022

See news of Autodesk's latest acquisition, Blender's latest backer, and a free glossary of virtual production terms.

Tuesday, February 1st, 2022

GraphN lets you create custom tools for Maya and Unreal

Updated: New visual programming system for Maya and Unreal Engine now free for non-commercial use.

Wednesday, January 26th, 2022

Otoy unveils Octane 2022

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2021.1

GPU production renderer gets new USD importer, Boolean clipping material, volumetric light linking.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25

3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT

New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

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

D5 Render 1.9 ships

Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.

Friday, May 28th, 2021