Otoy unveils the Octane 2024 product roadmap
Check out the features due in the GPU renderer in 2024, including MaterialX support, new AI assistant OctaneGPT, and light field baking.
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
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Otoy releases first public preview of OctaneRender 2024.1
New version of the GPU renderer adds long-awaited option to mix Macs with Windows and Linux machines in render networks.
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
Pixar and partners launch Alliance for OpenUSD
New industry body aims to make USD an international standard for more than just visual effects work.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Apple unveils 2023 Mac Pro
See how the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro workstation stacks up against old Intel models in After Effects, Maya, Houdini and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Apple unveils the M2 Ultra
See how 'the world’s most powerful chip ever created for a personal computer' performs with CG apps like Maya, Octane and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Blender gets new Metal viewport
Open-source app's GPU rendering backend now boosts frame rates in the Eevee renderer by up to 5x.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Boris FX releases Silhouette 2022.5
Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022
DaVinci Resolve and Octane X coming to iPad this year
Tablet editions of the video editing and colour grading tool and the GPU renderer due later in 2022.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
Intel unveils Arc Pro A-Series A50, A40 and A30m GPUs
Check out the key specs of the three new discrete GPUs, aimed at professional CG and video work.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.2
Material authoring app gets native M1 support. See what else is new, and what has been deprecated.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2022
Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Apple unveils new M2 chip
Discover how the first second-gen Apple Silicon processor performs in CG software like Photoshop, Affinity Photo and Final Cut Pro.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022