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
GPU-based
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
Redshift team to make Redshift available on Macs
Popular GPU-based renderer coming to OS X. Maya version to ship first, with Cinema 4D and Houdini to follow.
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
Sneak peek: Arnold 5
See new features due in the next release of the renderer, including a physically based hair shader, better volumetrics, and support for OSL.
Friday, March 31st, 2017
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
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
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