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Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1
Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2024.1
3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.
Thursday, September 19th, 2024
ZibraVDB: real-time volumetric rendering in virtual production
[Sponsored] Discover how Zibra AI aims to revolutionize CGI with its volumetric compression technology for Unreal Engine and Houdini
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation and motion graphics app. Redshift GPU renderer now bundled with every subscription.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Zibra AI unveils ZibraVDB
Now officially released: new AI tech compresses offline smoke and fire sims "up to 100x" for rendering in real time in Unreal Engine 5.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
NVIDIA unveils fVDB
New deep learning framework built on OpenVDB is intended to enable developers and researchers to build city-scale generative AI models.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
JangaFX releases EmberGen 1.2
Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
tyFlow 1.111 integrates Stable Diffusion into 3ds Max
Multiphysics add-on's tyDiffusion module generates AI renders and animations matching 3ds Max scenes. Included in the free edition.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Check out 3ds Max multiphysics simulation plugin Aquarius 1.0
MagicPictures Software's node-based, GPU-accelerated tool can simulate smoke, liquids, sand, snow and mud. The Lite edition is free.
Friday, June 21st, 2024
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3.2
Check out the new features in Autodesk's production renderer, including new controls for tonemapping toon-shaded renders.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024