Polygonflow releases Dash 1.8
Promising Unreal Engine 5 world building toolset gets new UI, new PureRef-style image organizer and improved scatter tools.
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
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Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.6
Check out the new AI features in the GPU-based ray tracing renderer, including automatic atmosphere and texture generation.
Friday, December 15th, 2023
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D Update 2
Cinema 4D renderer gets bridge to Enscape, live link to Vantage, support for MaterialX materials, and updates to V-Ray GPU.
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for SketchUp Update 2
Check out the latest features in the renderer, including major updates to object scattering and support for Enmesh in V-Ray GPU.
Monday, December 11th, 2023
Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 2
Sizeable update to the production renderer adds MaterialX support, new Enscape bridge, and updates to V-Ray GPU and Chaos Scatter.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Discover the key features of Houdini 20
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
Maxon ships Forger 2023.4
iPad sculpting app gets hierarchy system, new Sketch Sculpt brush, support for Area and IES lights. Free for up to three active files.
Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.1
Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Light Engine releases Light Tracer Render 2.6
Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.
Friday, March 17th, 2023
AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.5 for Blender
Free GPU renderer gets new bevel shader, better interactive rendering. New Maya and Houdini versions also available.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5 Lighting Fundamentals
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out all of UE5's key lighting tools, from Lightmass to Lumen.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
Discover five key features for CG artists in Unity 2022.1
See Unity's new tools for material variants and splines, and updates to 2D art and virtual production.
Friday, May 13th, 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