Create outline renders in Blender with the free Octane Edge Tools

Create customisable anime-style outline renders in Blender and OctaneRender using Lino Grandi's neat new free add-on.

Tuesday, June 24th, 2025

Chaos releases Corona 13 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

Architectural renderer gets new toon shading system, support for animation in Vantage Live Link, and integration with Chaos AI Enhancer.

Tuesday, June 17th, 2025

DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.15

Check out the new features in the open-source release of DreamWorks Animation's renderer. used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage

New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.

Friday, April 11th, 2025

Tutorial: Creating Production-Ready Hero Assets Using Mari

Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

Sunday, March 9th, 2025

Free add-on Paint System 'turns Blender into Photoshop'

Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025

Topaz Labs releases Gigapixel 8.2

Updated: AI app for upresing photos and 3D renders gets generative AI-based upscaling model; option to batch process images in the cloud.

Monday, February 10th, 2025

DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Thursday, December 26th, 2024

Terragen Sky now lets you paint clouds into the sky directly

Check out the neat new Sky Paint tools in the December 2024 update to the sky-creation tool for VFX, visualization and games work.

Friday, December 20th, 2024

Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

Check out Blender's experimental anime rendering builds

New non-photorealistic rendering branch of the open-source 3D app is being developed with input from anime firm DillonGoo Studios.

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.1 in beta

Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.

Saturday, December 14th, 2024

Maxon releases Redshift 2025.2

GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.

Thursday, December 5th, 2024