New CG software you may have missed: 20 September 2026
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like animation library builder Animcraft, game engine Unigine, and OctaneRender.
Sunday, September 20th, 2026
GPU rendering
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.9
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to new real-time render engine Redshift Live.
Thursday, September 10th, 2026
Apple unveils new M5 Ultra and M6 processors
Check out the specs for Apple's 'most powerful chip ever', and see how it performs in CG applications like Nuke and Redshift.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
RandomControl releases Maverick Studio and Maverick Indie 2026.2
See the the new features in the physically based GPU renderers, including a new cutaway render system and fSpy camera matching.
Friday, July 31st, 2026
Pixar releases RenderMan 27.3
See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2027.1 in alpha
Updated for Alpha 2: next major version of the GPU renderer adds neat options for recreating iridescent and ultra-reflective materials.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.8
Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.
Friday, July 24th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.3
Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Sisir is a promising new free standalone hair grooming tool
Neat tool provides an interactive guide-based workflow for creating grooms for use in apps like Blender, Maya and UE5. For commercial use.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Blender
New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Blender 5.2 LTS is here: discover its 5 key features
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from cloth physics in Geometry Nodes to a big change to Cycles.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Maya
Maya edition of the renderer gets support for AMD GPU rendering, and better support for Bifrost and rendering 3D Gaussian Splats.
Friday, July 10th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.4
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to 3D Gaussian Splatting and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026