Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Houdini
Apple unveils 2023 Mac Pro
See how the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro workstation stacks up against old Intel models in After Effects, Maya, Houdini and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Apple unveils the M2 Ultra
See how 'the world’s most powerful chip ever created for a personal computer' performs with CG apps like Maya, Octane and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
The twisted tale of The Voice in the Hollow
Discover the novel real-time workflow that powers Gnomon's award-winning animated short.
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.15
Significant update to the production renderer adds beta support for AMD graphics cards, plus a new Distortion Utility shader.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Free tool: Stable Houdini puts Stable Diffusion in Houdini
Use generative AI inside Houdini to create matte paintings or concept art based on simple 3D scenes.
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Blender's simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6
Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8
Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
MaterialX 1.38.7 adds graph editor, native Metal support
Check out the changes to the open standard for materials and look dev data, widely used in VFX software.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
Tutorial: Create a Waterwheel Simulation in Houdini
Master procedural modeling and fluid simulation with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
Download the free edition of RenderMan 25.2
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Now includes RenderMan XPU.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
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
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.14
Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023