Next Limit releases Maxwell 4.1

Physically based renderer gets new image-denoising system, support for MERL and AxF materials, plus new readymade lighting assets.

Thursday, June 8th, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for Rhino

Latest Rhino edition of the renderer gets 500 readymade materials; V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.

Sunday, April 9th, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3 for SketchUp

Update adds new UI, new library of 200 physically based materials, V-Ray Swarm distributed rendering.

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.5 for Nuke

Nuke edition of the renderer gets support for volumetrics, render denoising, Adaptive Lights system.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max

Big update adds new Adaptive Lights system, resumable renders, greatly extends GPU rendering.

Friday, February 10th, 2017

Natron 2.2 ships

Sizeable update to the open source compositor adds 16 new plugins, including keying, retiming, blur, denoise and colour correction.

Monday, January 16th, 2017

cebas ships psd-manager 4.0 for 3ds Max

Major update to multi-layer PSD exporter adds support for adjustment layers, PSB files, export from Corona.

Wednesday, December 28th, 2016

Pixar releases RenderMan 21 Non-Commercial

Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Red Giant releases Magic Bullet Suite 13

Suite of colour correction tools gets extended GPU support, new Renoiser plugin. Price up $100.

Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Eye candy: Pixar's RenderMan 21 feature reel

See the renderer's new features illustrated via a series of beautiful clips from Piper and FInding Dory.

Monday, October 24th, 2016

The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Pixar ships RenderMan 21

Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Modo

New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016