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

AlphaVFX ships BulletFX 3.0 for 3ds Max

Updated: New extension release gives the multiphysics plugin support for variable viscosity fluids and a new foam solver.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2016 Extension 2

Video: See the updates to the Max Creation Graph and new real-time decals workflow for the TextPlus tool.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015

Download Houdini Engine for 3ds Max

Get the binaries of Hideki Suzuki's free plugin for importing and editing Houdini content inside 3ds Max.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 4.0 for 3ds Max

First update to top gaseous fluid simulator in three years boosts speed, adds new tools for art directing sims.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2015

Pixar launches RenderMan for Houdini

New bridge plugin ships out of the box with Houdini 15, and supports RenderMan's advanced features.

Friday, October 16th, 2015