Autodesk ships Maya 2023.2

3D modelling and animation app gets faster viewport animation playback, plus updates to the rigging and Blue Pencil toolsets.

Thursday, September 15th, 2022

SideFX releases Houdini 19.5

Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.4 for Blender and Maya

Free physically based renderer gets new Atmosphere and Fog system, shadow override controls.

Thursday, June 9th, 2022

Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio, Nuke Indie 13.2

Compositing and editorial tools get support for NDI, OpenTimelineIO and new machine learning features.

Thursday, April 14th, 2022

Chaos Czech ships Corona 8 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

Major update to the renderer adds new object scattering, decal and cutaway systems, plus new pricing.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

[Free] 3d-io ships Exr-IO 2.06 for Photoshop

Free Photoshop plugin for editing multi-layer EXR files gets support for Smart Objects and file linking.

Friday, March 4th, 2022

5 tools updates you may have missed in November 2021

See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.

Thursday, December 2nd, 2021

Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio & Nuke Indie 13.1

New features in the compositing app include a live link to Unreal Engine and new machine learning options in NukeX.

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Maya Update 2

Renderer gets new decal system, support for USD lights, access to the Chaos Cosmos asset library.

Friday, November 12th, 2021

Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for SketchUp Update 2

SketchUp renderer gets new scattering and decal systems, big update to real-time render mode V-Ray Vision.

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2021.1

GPU production renderer gets new USD importer, Boolean clipping material, volumetric light linking.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.2 for Blender and Maya

Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.

Monday, July 12th, 2021