SideFX releases Houdini 19.5
Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.
Thursday, July 21st, 2022
MaterialX
Sneak peek: Houdini 19.5
See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya
Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
Autodesk ships Maya 2023.1
3D animation software gets updates to Boolean modelling, vertex painting and HumanIK, plus new C++ SDK in Bifrost for Maya.
Thursday, June 16th, 2022
AMD releases USD Hydra plugin for Blender 1.1
Free plugin for composing and rendering USD scenes in Blender can now export animated USD files.
Friday, June 3rd, 2022
Download AMD's free USD Hydra plugin for Blender
Now officially shipping: new plugin lets users import, compose and render USD scenes in Blender.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Isotropix releases Angie in early access
Clarisse's much-anticipated hybrid CPU/GPU renderer available via early access builds of Clarisse 5.5.
Thursday, December 9th, 2021
5 tools updates you may have missed in November 2021
See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2021
Otoy unveils Octane 2022
Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap
See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 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
Isotropix unveils Angie
Updated, new demo: Check out the FAQs for Clarisse iFX's next-gen CPU/GPU render engine, and see how it performs on gaming GPUs.
Friday, September 17th, 2021