Pixar releases RenderMan 27.3
See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Katana
Download the free edition of RenderMan 27.3
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.8
Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.
Friday, July 24th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.3
Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.2 with 3D Gaussian Splatting
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including the option to relight and render imported 3D Gaussian Splats.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.7
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to hex tiling, and support for DoF in real-time renderer Redshift Live.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 21.0
Now out of beta: 3D compositing app gets new motion graphics tools and updates to deep compositing, USD and lens correction workflows.
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
10 expert tips for building production-ready lighting macros
Industrial Light & Magic lighting TD Jonathan Wai reveals how to build Katana macros that hold up in real-world movie and TV productions.
Friday, May 15th, 2026
Maxon adds hex tiling for textures to Redshift 2026.6
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.5
Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.1 with free cloud rendering
New version of the production renderer includes 40 free hours per month on the tech preview of cloud rendering service Flow Render.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Maxon adds real-time renderer Redshift Live to Redshift 2026.4
New real-time engine replaces Redshift RT, and was developed in parallel with the new Vectorworks edition of the renderer.
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Pixar releases RenderMan 27.2
See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including new Stylized Looks nodes for artistic lighting and hatching effects.
Saturday, February 28th, 2026