Solid Angle releases Arnold 4.2.9

Core renderer gets support for refractive dispersion, better volumetrics. Maya plugin gets initial support for Bifrost.

Monday, September 21st, 2015

Blackcore releases ExplosiaFX for Softimage

New plugin lets users create voxel-based gaseous fluid effects using Softimage's ICE toolset.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2015

Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana

KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.

Friday, August 7th, 2015

Next Limit releases RealFlow 2015

Fluid simulator gets new GPU based solvers, better OpenVDB support, new artist and TD tools.

Friday, July 31st, 2015

Sneak peek: see the new features in RealFlow 2015

Updated: Watch videos of all the key features, including the new GPU-accelerated Dyverso solvers and OpenVDB meshing.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2015

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for 3ds Max 3.20

New video: Service pack adds new VR cameras, GPU-based texture baking, option to render fluid sims.

Tuesday, June 9th, 2015

The Foundry reveals entire feature set of Modo 901

Videos: see the key features of this major update, including the new Advanced Viewport and FX tools.

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 2.0

Updated, now shipping: Big update to next-gen 2D/3D tool adds new layout, look dev & rendering options.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.3

Production-proven look dev and rendering system gets big update. One seat free for commercial use.

Friday, April 3rd, 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

Next Limit releases Maxwell Render 3.1

Physically based renderer adds spotlights, OpenVDB and UDIM support, smart selective sampling.

Thursday, January 29th, 2015

Bullet and Naiad creators win Academy Awards

This year's Sci-Tech 'Oscars' reward advances in destruction physics, voxel data and digital vegetation.

Wednesday, January 14th, 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