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Major update rewrites 3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation tool 'from scratch'; adds new WYSIWG editor and greater range of controls.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016

Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Acquisition of Arnold renderer will help drive a 'more aggressive' move to the cloud, firm tells CG Channel.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Firm unveils two new editions of its GPU-based rendering technology designed for virtual reality work.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

Posted on Autodesk's AREA forum, but not confirmed officially yet. Some information about new features too.

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Neat script converts all the materials in a 3ds Max scene into their V-Ray, mental ray, Iray, Corona equivalents.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Figure software gets new live link to Daz's online store with 'some measure of DRM', updates to built-in Iray and 3Delight render engines.

Monday, January 25th, 2016

Share physically based materials between host apps or mental ray with the plugins' new MDL format.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

Version 5.3 of the texturing tool adds Nvidia's GPU-accelerated renderer, complete with Yebis post effects.

Friday, October 2nd, 2015

Jason Lewis puts three of Nvidia's top-of-the-range Quadro cards through a battery of real-world tests.

Monday, July 6th, 2015

Popular stock figure gets new facial rig, plus OpenSubdiv and UDIM support to increase compatibility with other 3D apps.

Thursday, June 25th, 2015

New GI engine, AO pass, support for deep compositing and UDIM - and updatable separately to your 3D app.

Friday, April 17th, 2015

Strong update adds node-based tool-authoring system, new physical camera, improved Alembic and OpenSubdiv support.

Monday, April 13th, 2015