LAUBLab releases V-RayforC4D 3.4

Huge update moves Cinema 4D edition of renderer to same core technology as the 3ds Max edition.

Friday, December 16th, 2016

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017.1

Update adds support for Blended Box mapping, versatile new Data Channel modifier. Arnold plugin and Asset Library also updated.

Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Unity Technologies reveals 2017 Unity product roadmap

See all the new features due in Unity 5.6 and beyond - including a free integration of OctaneRender.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

VortechsFX unveils Eddy for Nuke

Videos: Nifty new GPU-based software puts gaseous fluid solver and renderer inside Nuke.

Monday, October 24th, 2016

Get Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max or Maya

Updated: Maya version of AMD's free, physically accurate OpenCL based GPU renderer now available.

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

AlphaVFX ships BulletFX 4

Fast-evolving 3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets revamped FLIP fluid, cloth and FEM solvers, better V-Ray support, plus more streamlined UI.

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Redshift 2.0 ships: new 3ds Max version also available

Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking.

Tuesday, July 5th, 2016

AMD releases FireRender for 3ds Max

Updated: free OpenCL-based GPU-accelerated path tracing renderer now available in beta.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

Otoy releases OctaneRender 3.0

Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Otoy reveals its roadmap to OctaneRender 4.0

Support for CPU rendering, skinned characters and Brigade path tracing - plus OctaneImager, an entire new compositing app.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

Blender 2.77 ships

Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets support for OpenVDB volumetrics, better sculpting and Boolean tools.

Monday, March 21st, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.3 for Maya

Maya edition of the renderer gets feature parity with 3ds Max; speed boosts of 20-50% on 'most scenes'.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

See the hottest Blender tools in progress for 2016

Check out Blender.org's list of code branches to watch this year, from this nifty new fracture modifier to OpenVDB support.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2016