Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.19
Check out the new features in the production renderer, and its Blender, Cinema 4D and Houdini plugins.
Thursday, September 14th, 2023
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Maxon releases Cinebench 2024
Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
Eye candy: Chaos's 2023 V-Ray VFX & Animation showreel
See the best new visual effects and motion graphics rendered with V-Ray - then check out technical breakdowns of the key projects.
Friday, September 1st, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs launches D5 for Teams
New suite of collaboration features for users of D5 Render include simultaneous multi-user editing.
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
Ynput launches free VFX and animation pipeline Ayon
Updated, now in beta: open-source framework connects VFX tools into a coherent USD-ready pipeline.
Friday, August 25th, 2023
Mahmood Hasanzadeh ships Ivy Generator 2 for Maya
Generate 3D ivy over surfaces in your scenes with this handy procedural add-on. Version 1 is available for free.
Monday, August 21st, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps
Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.5 for 3ds Max and Maya
3ds Max edition now available: check out the new features in the shattering and dynamics plugin.
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.17
Release 'lays the foundation' for non-photorealistic rendering in the GPU/CPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
Get Poliigon's 100+ free 3D models, textures and HDRIs
Download 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and SketchUp models, plus PBR texture sets and 18K HDRIs.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Check out cloud-based real-time ray tracer Felix Render
Online platform lets artists render even complex architectural scenes on laptops and low-end machines.
Monday, July 17th, 2023