CG Channel

discontinued

Free iOS and Android app generates 3D scans of entire environments for use in games and AR experiences.

Monday, February 3rd, 2020

Free 3D character generator will not be updated for macOS 10.15 next month, and all downloads will be removed in September 2020.

Tuesday, September 17th, 2019

Online asset store will officially not be resurrected following the 2017 cyber attack that took it offline.

Thursday, September 5th, 2019

Users of the digital sketching app have until 31 December to obtain a permanent activation key or retrieve files from the old website.

Friday, August 30th, 2019

Compositing app gets revamped UI and more GPU acceleration, but the free edition has been dropped.

Thursday, August 8th, 2019

Fans offer support for open-source character creation tool in wake of dev's decision to stop further work.

Monday, November 12th, 2018

GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D now discontinued, but still available for a "symbolic price" of €29/year.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Chaos Group 'did a far better job' with V-Ray for SketchUp, admits firm of its now-defunct alpha builds.

Monday, February 5th, 2018

Floating licences of the 2D/3D renderer down $299. Command line edition CRender discontinued.

Friday, December 22nd, 2017

Sales of the game engine to stop on 7 January 2018, but the last release will still be bundled with Maya LT 'for now'.

Friday, December 15th, 2017

Sales of the standalone renderer and the 3ds Max and Maya plugins stop today. Work on Iray continues via Nvidia's development partners.

Monday, November 20th, 2017

Old free desktop edition of the software replaced by new browser-based version. Check out the differences here.

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

Firm stops work on much-praised framework for developing custom tools for VFX and games pipelines.

Saturday, October 28th, 2017