Liquid Dream Solutions ships ButterflyNetRender 6

Multi-application network rendering controller now fully compatible with OS X as well as Windows.

Thursday, March 26th, 2015

Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use

Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

DNA Research ships 3Delight for 3ds Max 2.0

RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free.

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Insydium releases X-Particles 3

Updated, now shipping: Cinema 4D particle tool gets new FLIP fluid solver, particle-based dynamics.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015

VFX breakdowns of the month: February 2015

Check out the month's best tech demos, including some stunning work from The Mill and Blur Studio.

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

VFX breakdowns of the month: January 2015

Check out the month's best tech demos, including Tippett Studio, Unit Image and RealtimeUK.

Saturday, January 31st, 2015

Download 60 free UE4 materials and 220 textures

Get a massive set of free assets used to create Unreal demo scene The Monolith. For commercial use.

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Otoy unveils four new versions of OctaneRender

Updated: New video shows the GPU renderer inside Houdini. Nuke, MotionBuilder and UE4 to come.

Monday, January 19th, 2015

Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Next Limit releases RealFlow RenderKit 2014

Free RF tool for meshing particles at render time gets better Arnold support, system for surface spray.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

ButterflyNetRender 5.15 ships

Updated: Versatile network render controller gets new render wizards, supports OS X as well as Windows.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

Mootzoid releases emPolygonizer 5

Softimage particle meshing plugin comes to Maya, Modo and Fabric Engine. The demo reel is amazing.

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Solid Angle to preview GPU version of Arnold

OpenCL-based 'GPU prototype' of the VFX industry-standard renderer to demo on AMD's booth at Siggraph.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014