Pixar releases RenderMan 27.2
See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including new Stylized Looks nodes for artistic lighting and hatching effects.
Saturday, February 28th, 2026
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Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.5
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including new shaders for non-photorealistic and motion graphics-style effects.
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.2 with Nanite support
Major update to the real-time visualization app adds support for Nanite and the Unreal VCam virtual camera app. Free to indie artists.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Pixar releases RenderMan 25
Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Creation Effects releases Creation Art Effects
New After Effects template mimics natural media and print effects, from ink and paint to pencil scribble.
Friday, March 27th, 2015