Boris FX releases Optics 2026 with AI-powered facial masking
Check out the new AI technologies in the standalone app and Photoshop plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images.
Sunday, December 7th, 2025
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Pixar releases RenderMan 27
'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.
Friday, November 14th, 2025
Boris FX releases Continuum 2026
Check out the changes to the VFX plugins for compositing and video editing apps, including AI masking tools and revamped chromakeying.
Monday, November 3rd, 2025
Boris FX adds new AI tools to Continuum 2025.5
Effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps get new AI tools for generating masks and depth maps, and fixing glitches. Prices up.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Boris FX releases Continuum 2025
Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.
Friday, November 1st, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.9
GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2024.1
Discover the new features in the latest version of the GPU renderer - and which features are now scheduled for future releases.
Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 3.6.04
3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D and Maya renderer gets motion-graphics-friendly new Distance shader, plus updates to Redshift RT.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Boris FX releases Continuum 2024.5
Check out the new AI-based video retiming and face detection tools in the set of effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps.
Friday, June 21st, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.0.2
Shot layout and rendering app gets Firefly AI-based Generative Background system and improved real-time rendering.
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3.2
Check out the new features in Autodesk's production renderer, including new controls for tonemapping toon-shaded renders.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024