Foundry to integrate AMD's Radeon ProRender into Modo
Native version of the physically based GPU renderer in beta this year. New open-source 'Baikal' edition out now.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
Cinema 4D
Redshift team releases Redshift 2.5
GPU renderer gets better sampling, firefly removal, Mac support, Cinema 4D and Katana plugins.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Luxion ships KeyShot 7
Renderer gets new VR camera, support for animated mesh deformations and video maps, better material and HDRI editing.
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2017
Next Limit ships RealFlow | Cinema 4D 2.0
Integrated version of RealFlow for C4D gets Dyverso multiphysics solver, support for interacting fluids.
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017
ftrack announces ftrack Studio and ftrack Review
Cloud-based production tracking system gets new name and a new entry-level edition for shot review.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
e-on software to can Carbon Scatter, CloudFactory Ozone
2017 editions of the scattering and cloud-creation plugins, now on 'pre-release', will be the last to ship.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
WTools3D ships LWCAD Lite for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Now out of beta. New version of modelling plugin gives C4D, Max users key tools from the LW edition.
Monday, July 10th, 2017
AMD releases Radeon ProRender for Blender
Free, physically accurate GPU renderer now available for Blender, as well as Max, Maya, SolidWorks.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Redshift gets new GPU benchmarking utility
See how current Nvidia workstation and gaming GPUs compare in this real-world render benchmark test.
Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Paste models between 3D apps with this neat free tool
Paste geometry and UV maps between 3D packages with Oliver Hotz's OD_CopyPasteExternal.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
Alexey Vanzhula releases Flux HDA for Houdini
Updated: Create complex real-time Booleans with this neat new tool. Also works in Maya and Cinema 4D via Houdini Engine.
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5
Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available.
Friday, April 21st, 2017
SideFX cuts price of Houdini Engine
Cost of monthly rentals down from $195/month to $100/month; new $35/week option added.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2017