Redshift devs release Redshift for Houdini
New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
GPU-accelerated
Chaos Group ships V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max
Big update adds new Adaptive Lights system, resumable renders, greatly extends GPU rendering.
Friday, February 10th, 2017
Bleank ships Black Ink 0.3
Code your own super-customised brushes with the GPU-accelerated digital painting software's unique new shader editor.
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Agisoft ships PhotoScan 1.3
Popular image-based modelling software adds support for GPU accelerated image matching via CUDA or OpenCL.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Sneak peek: V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max
New video: New features will include resumable rendering and major updates to V-Ray RT GPU.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
Alexandra Institute releases Elementacular 1.5
Maya cloud-creation plugin gets OpenVDB export for rendering in Arnold, V-Ray and RenderMan.
Monday, December 19th, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 12.5.4
Free update to grading app adds Touch Bar support on MacBook Pros; improves HDR workflow.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
Imagineer Systems releases mocha Pro 5.2
Planar tracker gets new floating and $99 render licence types; GPU tracking supports 32-bit footage.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Andrey Kozlov ships FStormRender for 3ds Max
Check out the ex-OctaneRender dev's promising unbiased renderer, designed for Nvidia gaming GPUs.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Next Limit ships RealFlow 10
Now shipping: big update to the fluid simulator adds multiphysics solver, new Particle Skinner daemon. New pricing confirmed.
Thursday, December 1st, 2016
Check out cool new roto and compositing system Flowbox
Now shipping: New tool promises intuitive stroke-based workflow and some neat time-saving features.
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
Insydium ships Cycles 4D
Promising new plugin implements Blender's powerful GPU-based renderer and node-based materials inside Cinema 4D.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016