Intel unveils HdOSPRay and OpenVKL

New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders.

Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

Sneak peek: Corona's neat new 'one click' caustics system

Renderer's fast, intuitive new system aims to make caustics a 'mainstream effect' in production.

Friday, May 17th, 2019

Chaos Group releases V-Ray Next for Modo

Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Unity 2019.1 ships

Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

InnoBright ships Altus Studio 2.4 and Altus ServerPro 2.4

Updated: Standalone render denoising tools get new integration plugins for Houdini and Clarisse.

Monday, April 15th, 2019

cebas ships finalRender Drop 3

3ds Max renderer adds Intel's CPU-based Open Image Denoise system, plus support for Nvidia RTX cards in the OptiX GPU denoiser.

Wednesday, April 10th, 2019

Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.2

3D app for graphic designers gets support for cloud rendering and Substance materials, but the old V-Ray render engine has gone.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

Otoy reveals OctaneRender 2019 product roadmap

See the updated feature lists for versions 2019.1 and 2019.2 of the GPU renderer. First preview of 2019.1 available now.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Sneak peek: Corona Renderer 4 for 3ds Max

Next update to add Intel's CPU-based, AI-driven render denoising technology and improved caustics.

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Sneak peek: V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2

See the renderer's improved light cache GI engine in action on a scene with 5,000 light sources.

Friday, February 15th, 2019

Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 4.0

Big update reworks the layout and rendering tool's lighting pipeline and adds USD support. See the key features and pricing changes here.

Friday, February 1st, 2019

LuxCoreRender 2.1 ships

Open-source physically based renderer gets new denoiser, plus option to pause and resume renders via the Blender plugin.

Monday, January 21st, 2019

Download the free D-NOISE plugin for Blender

Neat add-on uses Nvidia's AI-based OptiX tech to denoise renders, baked textures - and even photos.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2018