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Houdini

Perpetual licences of the GPU renderer discontinued in favour of subscription plans. See the prices for individuals and teams here.

Tuesday, August 31st, 2021

New cloud service to provide studios of all sizes with access to the Academy Award-winning VFX facility's in-house Houdini tools.

Saturday, August 28th, 2021

Redshift 3.0.51 update streamlines the GPU renderer's user interface. Blender plugin gets support for OSL shaders and UDIM textures.

Thursday, August 12th, 2021

Learn to style digital hair and fur with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to current VFX workflows.

Monday, August 9th, 2021

New early access plugins set up Instant Terra terrains in Houdini and Unreal Engine in a couple of clicks.

Monday, August 9th, 2021

Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021

Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Versatile modelling toolkit gets neat new tools for retopologising high-res ZBrush character sculpts.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Get the latest Non-Commercial edition of Pixar's renderer for personal use and plugin creation.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

New RenderMan integration places the open-source 3D app on the same footing as Maya or Houdini.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Houdini and Maya gets new OCIO 2-based colour management system, including ACEScg support.

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021