Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.15

Significant update to the production renderer adds beta support for AMD graphics cards, plus a new Distortion Utility shader.

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

Blender's simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6

Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.

Friday, May 5th, 2023

MaterialX 1.38.7 adds graph editor, native Metal support

Check out the changes to the open standard for materials and look dev data, widely used in VFX software.

Tuesday, April 25th, 2023

Download the free edition of RenderMan 25.2

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Now includes RenderMan XPU.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Pixar releases RenderMan 25

Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Zoo Tools Pro's latest tool puts ChatGPT inside Maya

Handy add-on Zoo Chat GPT lets you use the AI chatbot to control Maya with simple text commands.

Wednesday, April 12th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.14

Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Autodesk releases Maya 2024

Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

These free scripts put ChatGPT inside CG software

Use the AI chatbot to write custom scripts inside After Effects, Blender, Nuke and Unity with these add-ons.

Friday, March 24th, 2023

DreamWorks open-sources its MoonRay renderer

Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.1

Free GPU renderer gets support for new bevel shader, better viewport rendering, support for light linking.

Monday, March 13th, 2023

Review: Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED laptop

Find out how this Nvidia Studio laptop fares in real-world tests with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5.

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023