Foundry releases Nuke 15.0, NukeX 15.0, Nuke Studio 15.0
Check out the new features in the compositing and editorial software, including native Apple Silicon and OpenAssetIO support.
Friday, October 13th, 2023
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Chaos Czech ships Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system and new hair materials to the renderer.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
LuxCoreRender 2.2 ships
Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019
Corona Renderer 4 ships for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Updated - C4D edition shipping: renderer gets fast new caustics system, more denoising options, fisheye camera.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
InnoBright ships Altus Studio 2.4 and Altus ServerPro 2.4
Updated: Standalone render denoising tools get new integration plugins for Houdini and Clarisse.
Monday, April 15th, 2019
LuxCoreRender 2.1 ships
Open-source physically based renderer gets new denoiser, plus option to pause and resume renders via the Blender plugin.
Monday, January 21st, 2019
Otoy ships OctaneRender 4.0
Long-awaited major update to the GPU renderer adds the Brigade path tracing engine, AI denoising, light linking, new ubermaterial.
Thursday, November 22nd, 2018
LuxRender reborn as LuxCoreRender 2.0
Open-source renderer gets faster hybrid and spectral rendering, support for resumable renders.
Monday, May 14th, 2018
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.1
Big update to the renderer adds toon shader, adaptive sampling, two denoising systems, progressive rendering, native Alembic support.
Friday, April 6th, 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
Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D moves into free beta
Beta 1 release adds support for interactive rendering, the Corona Image Editor, and material layering.
Monday, February 5th, 2018
Chaos Group releases Beta 1 of V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Updated: Find more info on the new light cache analysis-based 'smart features' like auto exposure.
Monday, January 22nd, 2018
innoBright ships Altus 1.9
Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.
Friday, November 3rd, 2017