Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.5
Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including zoom and aspherical lens support in Real Lens Flares.
Saturday, July 25th, 2026
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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
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
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.3
3D animation and motion graphics software gets a new, completely redesigned UV Editor and UV tools. Check out all of the changes here.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Motion design tool Autograph is now free to studios
Both individual artists and studios can now use Maxon's USD-based motion design and VFX software on commercial projects for free.
Thursday, May 7th, 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
Canva makes motion graphics and animation app Cavalry free
Full Pro version of the 2D animation and motion design tool for Windows and macOS is now free to individual artists for commercial use.
Friday, April 17th, 2026
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2026.2, unveils Cinema 4D for iPad beta
Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Maxon releases ZBrush 2026.2 and ZBrush for iPad 2026.2
Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software and its iPad edition, including support for ARM processors on Windows.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Maxon releases motion graphics software Autograph for free
USD-based, responsive-design-friendly motion graphics and VFX tool is publicly available again - and is free to individual artists.
Wednesday, April 15th, 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
Cinema 4D to get iPad edition - and new generative AI features
Maxon to partner with Tencent to integrate the HY 3D generative 3D engine into the upcoming Cinema 4D for iPad. Read our FAQs.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026