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

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.4 for 3ds Max and Maya

Update to the renderer adds neat interactive denoising system, improved GI and GPU rendering.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

innoBright halves price of Altus 1.3

Updated: Tool for denoising images generated in renderers like Arnold and V-Ray now starts at $20/month.

Monday, March 28th, 2016

Pixar unveils RenderMan 21

'Game-changing' update to renderer will feature GPU-accelerated Denoise, OSL support, new materials and lighting workflows.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016

Render Legion previews Corona 1.4 for 3ds Max

Next version of renderer to add adaptive image sampling, new denoising system. Cinema 4D version due this year.

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016