Maxon ships Cinema 4D R19
Now shipping. See videos of the new LoD system, motion graphics tools and media core; and the Radeon ProRender render engine.
Friday, September 1st, 2017
GPU-based
Nurulize unveils Atom View and Nu Design
Amazing new VR toolset lets artists stream complex VFX assets into game engines via point clouds.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
Pixar unveils RenderMan 22 and RenderMan XPU
Heavyweight renderer to get new live link to compatible DCC apps, new hybrid CPU/GPU render tech.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
Foundry to integrate AMD's Radeon ProRender into Modo
Native version of the physically based GPU renderer in beta this year. New open-source 'Baikal' edition out now.
Monday, August 7th, 2017
Redshift team releases Redshift 2.5
GPU renderer gets better sampling, firefly removal, Mac support, Cinema 4D and Katana plugins.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 11.1
VFX-friendly paint package gets new watercolour media, improved render engine and foliage painting.
Friday, July 21st, 2017
AMD updates Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max, Maya
Free GPU-based renderer now supports interactive viewport rendering and V-Ray materials.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
AMD releases Radeon ProRender for Blender
Free, physically accurate GPU renderer now available for Blender, as well as Max, Maya, SolidWorks.
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
Next Limit releases Maxwell 4.1
Physically based renderer gets new image-denoising system, support for MERL and AxF materials, plus new readymade lighting assets.
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Foundry releases Mari 3.3
3D painting package gets option to edit paint already committed to a model, plus new 'individual subscription' licensing system.
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Next Limit ships RealFlow 10.1
Videos: sizeable free update to fluid simulator adds new viscous and viscoelastic Dyverso materials; neat new fluid masking system.
Friday, May 19th, 2017
Nvidia releases Mental Ray for 3ds Max
New plugin version of Mental Ray is the first for 3ds Max 2018. Use it for free, if not for network renders.
Thursday, May 11th, 2017
Moka Studio ships Mosketch
Pose characters by drawing limb positions and lines of action directly onto the viewport with Moka Studio's intriguing new tool.
Friday, May 5th, 2017