Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Modo edition of the renderer gets new scene intelligence features, faster GPU rendering, new rolling shutter effect.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
3ds Max renderer adds Intel's CPU-based Open Image Denoise system, plus support for Nvidia RTX cards in the OptiX GPU denoiser.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Major update to the 3D software adds new GPU render engine, animation layers, first step towards Houdini-like procedural workflows.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
See the updated feature lists for versions 2019.1 and 2019.2 of the GPU renderer. First preview of 2019.1 available now.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Next update to add Intel's CPU-based, AI-driven render denoising technology and improved caustics.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
GPU renderer gets new procedural systems Vectron and Spectron; Cryptomatte and NVLink support.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
New render denoising system is CPU-based, AI-driven, hardware-agnostic. See it in action here.
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
Fastest major update in LightWave history adds multi-user bridge to UE4, new digital sculpting tools, nodal editing of OpenVDB volumes.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Popular renderer now officially available for C4D as well as Max, after four years in development.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
Neat add-on uses Nvidia's AI-based OptiX tech to denoise renders, baked textures - and even photos.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
Update to 3ds Max renderer improves path tracing speed, adds new 'biasHybrid' render mode, HDRI denoising, random walk SSS.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018