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Lua

Long-awaited update to the open-source image editor adds non-destructive layer effects and better interoperability with Photoshop.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2025

Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

UV unwrapping tools for DCC work and product design now run on Linux as well as Windows, macOS.

Friday, December 6th, 2019

Production tracking system gets Calculated Fields to automate data processing; new graphing options.

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018

Now shipping: Long-awaited update to GPU renderer to add volumetrics, support for deep pixel compositing.

Tuesday, May 24th, 2016

Big update to UV unwrapping tool adds neat brush-based workflows for optimising UVs; UDIM support and Lua scripting.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2015

Heavyweight lighting & look dev tool gets new public API, support for Lua scripting, improved performance.

Friday, May 15th, 2015

Production-proven look dev and rendering system gets big update. One seat free for commercial use.

Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Updated: Versatile network render controller gets new render wizards, supports OS X as well as Windows.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2014

GPU-based renderer gets option to export render passes, new undo system, up to 30% speed boost.

Friday, September 26th, 2014

First full update to the compositing package in five years throws in the $995 Dimension stereo tools for free.

Thursday, June 12th, 2014

Updated: Renderer gets Alembic support and real-time animation scrubbing with motion blur. Neat.

Friday, March 21st, 2014

New release of VR content-creation plug-in for 3ds Max adds custom atmosphere system, Lua scripting.

Friday, October 14th, 2011