March 15, 2023
Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence. Read More »
March 7, 2023
Find out how this Nvidia Studio laptop fares in real-world tests with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5. Read More »
February 22, 2023
Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and rendering software, including interesting new workflows for applying decals. Read More »
February 8, 2023
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on. Read More »
December 27, 2022
Check out the new features in the GPU renderers, including options for motion-graphics-style effects. Read More »
December 21, 2022
Next major update to the GPU renderer to feature Nanite-like 'meshlet streaming' system, long-awaited Brigade spectral kernel. Read More »
November 29, 2022
First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material. Read More »
November 9, 2022
Download the source code for the latest version of the real-time physics SDK, along with smoke and fire simulation system Flow 2.0. Read More »
October 28, 2022
Big update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver adds native support for CUDA, Metal and Apple Silicon. Read More »
September 19, 2022
GPU-accelerated spectral renderer gets new dedicated smoke and fire material, plus temporal denoising. Read More »
July 16, 2022
NMKD Software's neat tool retimes video - but you can also use it speed up 3D animation workflow. Read More »
July 8, 2022
OpenVDB-based meshing plugin gets new GPU-accelerated, network-capable FLIP/PIC solver. Read More »
June 27, 2022
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS. Read More »
May 28, 2022
Suite of effects plugins gets more lens flares and light leaks; multi-GPU support in DaVinci Resolve. Read More »
May 26, 2022
Standalone granular fluid, liquid and smoke simulation tool now supports cloth and soft bodies. Read More »
March 26, 2022
Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset. Read More »
March 9, 2022
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes. Read More »
January 24, 2022
See how the $229 hardware-accelerated ray tracing-capable GPU performs with CG apps like Photoshop and Rhino. Read More »
December 21, 2021
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system. Read More »
November 30, 2021
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build. Read More »