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Bokeh

Check out the new features in the next major production version of the GPU renderer, including new decal and lens effects systems.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.

Thursday, April 11th, 2024

See the new features in the suite of effects plugins, including Magic Bullet 2024.1, Trapcode 2024.1, Universe 2024.1 and VFX 2024.1.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

$99/year lens simulation plugin will be integrated into the compositing app for free - including Nuke Indie.

Friday, December 2nd, 2022

Physically based 'really real-time' renderer gets new Sheen effect to mimic the look of real-world fabrics.

Thursday, September 16th, 2021

Wide-ranging update to the open-source renderer and its Blender plugin adds RTX acceleration, new stereo cameras.

Monday, April 12th, 2021

New After Effects edition brings the popular Photoshop motion blur tool to VFX and motion graphics work.

Tuesday, October 27th, 2020

Material-authoring tool gets new keyboard shortcut editor, revamped PBR render node, MaterialX plugin.

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

Production renderer and look dev suite gets OpenColorIO support, USD export, Open Image Denoise.

Friday, March 27th, 2020

Update adds new GPU-based lens blur filter with more realistic Bokeh, plus the option to perform multiple Content-Aware Fills in one go.

Friday, February 21st, 2020

Open-source 2D animation tool gets new text generator effect, plus touchscreen support on Windows.

Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

Update adds node-based material editor, new skin and hair shaders, automated conversion of C4D and V-Ray materials.

Monday, November 5th, 2018