5 key features in Blender 3.6

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 2.1

Scene layout and rendering tool's new AI-based GPU denoiser cuts rendering times by 'up to 99%'.

Friday, June 23rd, 2023

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Houdini Update 2

Check out the latest changes to the Houdini edition of V-Ray, including a new unified installer, and updates to the Hydra render delegate for Solaris.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2023

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for SketchUp Update 1

Check out the new features in the SketchUp edition of renderer, like cutaway rendering in V-Ray GPU.

Thursday, June 1st, 2023

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D Update 1

C4D edition of the renderer gets V-Ray Toon material, Chaos Scatter, and improved MoGraph support.

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2023

F3D 2.0 is a free, lightweight ray traced 3D model viewer

Neat open-source tool displays 3D models or point clouds in common formats on Windows, Linux, macOS.

Thursday, May 4th, 2023

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.1

Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 1

Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the renderer, including USD export.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.13

Update makes Intel's OIDN denoiser and Cinema 4D's Brick and Tile shaders available to all of the renderer's host applications.

Thursday, February 9th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.12

Sizeable update to the renderer adds support for Intel's OIDN for render denoising, plus multi-scattering in volumes like clouds.

Monday, December 12th, 2022

Maxon releases Red Giant 2023.1 product updates

Updated: See what's new in Maxon's suites of effects plugins, now including Universe 2023.1.

Saturday, December 10th, 2022

Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.3 in beta

Major update to Omniverse's scene layout app adds new physics features and support for MaterialX.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022

cebas releases finalRender Drop 6 for 3ds Max

GPU-accelerated spectral renderer gets new dedicated smoke and fire material, plus temporal denoising.

Monday, September 19th, 2022