Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Katana
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5
Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
Chaos discontinues V-Ray for Modo and Katana
Sales of the Modo and Katana editions of the renderer have ended, but support continues until December 2022.
Friday, January 21st, 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
Foundry ships Katana 5.0
Lighting and look dev software gets new Nuke Bridge for live linking to Nuke comps, updates to the Hydra Viewer and Foresight+ rendering.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio & Nuke Indie 13.1
New features in the compositing app include a live link to Unreal Engine and new machine learning options in NukeX.
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021
Golaem ships Golaem 8.0
Major update to the Maya crowd simulation software lets users interact with Golaem simulations inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0
Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Discover how to create a lighting template in Katana
Get started with the lighting and look dev software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.
Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Redshift gets new 'Easy' UI
Redshift 3.0.51 update streamlines the GPU renderer's user interface. Blender plugin gets support for OSL shaders and UDIM textures.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Get the free RenderMan for Substance Painter 24.1 plugin
Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Download the free edition of RenderMan 24
Get the latest Non-Commercial edition of Pixar's renderer for personal use and plugin creation.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Pixar ships RenderMan for Blender
New RenderMan integration places the open-source 3D app on the same footing as Maya or Houdini.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021