Chaos Czech ships Corona 8 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Major update to the renderer adds new object scattering, decal and cutaway systems, plus new pricing.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
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[Free] 3d-io ships Exr-IO 2.06 for Photoshop
Free Photoshop plugin for editing multi-layer EXR files gets support for Smart Objects and file linking.
Friday, March 4th, 2022
5 tools updates you may have missed in December 2021
Including support for hair rendering in Redshift RT, plus ArtEngine, HitFilm and ftrack Studio updates.
Monday, January 3rd, 2022
Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for SketchUp Update 2
SketchUp renderer gets new scattering and decal systems, big update to real-time render mode V-Ray Vision.
Friday, November 5th, 2021
Discover 5 key new features from Blender 2.93 LTS
See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Discover 10 key new features from Blender 2.92
Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
Foundry ships Modo 14.2
3D modelling and rendering app gets intuitive new Rig Clay system for posing characters, plus support for Cryptomatte and USD export.
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Adobe ships After Effects 17.0
Compositing software gets more fluid playback of cached previews, faster Content-Aware fill, better EXR import, Cryptomatte support.
Monday, November 4th, 2019
Appleseed team releases appleseed 2.1
Open-source physically based renderer gets Cryptomatte support. neat new sampling control system.
Monday, September 16th, 2019
Autodesk ships Flame 2020
Now shipping: compositing software gets AI-driven depth and normal map generators, support for Cryptomatte and OFX plugins.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
Cycles 4D gets principled shading, Cryptomatte support
Check out the new features in Insydium's Cinema 4D version of Blender's Cycles render engine.
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.2.1
Update to the renderer adds a Modo-style Round Corners shader and normal map blending; further speeds up adaptive subdivision.
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
fnord ships ProEXR 2.0 in beta
Free plugin suite for handling multi-channel EXRs in After Effects, Photoshop or Premiere Pro gets support for Cryptomatte in AE.
Tuesday, June 19th, 2018