Mercenaries Engineering releases Guerilla 2.2
Production renderer and look dev suite gets OpenColorIO support, USD export, Open Image Denoise.
Friday, March 27th, 2020
interactive rendering
Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0
Long-awaited GPU rendering system Arnold GPU now out of beta and ready for production use. Subs prices down for single users.
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Appleseed team releases appleseed 2.1
Open-source physically based renderer gets Cryptomatte support. neat new sampling control system.
Monday, September 16th, 2019
See 10 great VFX breakdowns from the 2019 V-Ray showreel
See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.
Monday, August 12th, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Corona Renderer 4 ships for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Updated - C4D edition shipping: renderer gets fast new caustics system, more denoising options, fisheye camera.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2
Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Sneak peek: Corona Renderer 4 for 3ds Max
Next update to add Intel's CPU-based, AI-driven render denoising technology and improved caustics.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
iToo Software ships Forest Pack 6.3 for 3ds Max
Scattering plugin adds option to edit distribution and colour of objects during interactive renders.
Friday, February 1st, 2019
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 3 for Cinema 4D
Popular renderer now officially available for C4D as well as Max, after four years in development.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.3
Update adds interactive rendering in the ActiveShade viewport, plus better OSL and Alembic support.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 1
Update improves IPR performance in the 3ds Max renderer, and adds support for GPU bucket rendering.
Friday, November 30th, 2018
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 3 for 3ds Max
Renderer gets support for GPU-based render denoising, better displacement, reduced RAM use.
Friday, November 23rd, 2018