Houdini

Maxon releases Redshift 2025

New version of the GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Houdini and Maya features updates to caustics and non-photorealistic rendering.

Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

OpenFX 1.5 has been released

First update to the open standard for VFX plugins in almost a decade improves color management, and widens CPU and GPU support.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Pixar releases RenderMan 26.2

Check out the latest update to the production renderer, including a new advanced configuration for the denoiser, and EL9 Linux builds.

Saturday, August 24th, 2024

OpenUSD now supports Vulkan

Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

Esri releases CityEngine 2024.0

Build CG cities by dragging and dropping nodes with the procedural city-generation software's new Visual CGA Editor.

Monday, August 5th, 2024

QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.0

Check out the new features in this major update to the terrain design tool, and its new integration plugins for Houdini and Unreal Engine.

Thursday, August 1st, 2024