Otoy releases OctaneRender 2018.1
GPU renderer gets new procedural systems Vectron and Spectron; Cryptomatte and NVLink support.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
Cryptomatte
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 1
Update improves IPR performance in the 3ds Max renderer, and adds support for GPU bucket rendering.
Friday, November 30th, 2018
Blender 2.80 is now in beta. See the top 5 features here
Videos: See five things to love about the open-source 3D app, from the new UI to rendering and 2D animation tools.
Friday, November 30th, 2018
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.2.1
Update to the renderer adds a Modo-style Round Corners shader and normal map blending; further speeds up adaptive subdivision.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Chaos Group releases Beta 3 of V-Ray Next for Maya
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
fnord ships ProEXR 2.0 in beta
Free plugin suite for handling multi-channel EXRs in After Effects, Photoshop or Premiere Pro gets support for Cryptomatte in AE.
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.7 for Nuke
Nuke edition of V-Ray gets support for progressive rendering and the V-Ray hair shader and sampler.
Friday, April 27th, 2018
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.6 for Modo
Modo edition of the renderer gets hybrid CPU/GPU rendering, V-Ray Fur and support for Cryptomatte.
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
Sneak peek: see Arnold's new toon shader in action
New video also shows other features due in the renderer, like support for USD and MaterialX.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Chaos Group releases Beta 2 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Latest beta adds Nvidia's AI-based OptiX render denoising system, GPU volume rendering, updates to the hair shader.
Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
SideFX releases Houdini 16.5
Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.6 for Maya
Big update adds hybrid CPU/GPU rendering; V-Ray materials and lights work directly in Viewport 2.0.
Thursday, September 14th, 2017