May 4, 2018
Video: see the new toon shader coming up in the next major update to the Maya edition of the renderer. Read More »
April 6, 2018
Big update to the renderer adds toon shader, adaptive sampling, two denoising systems, progressive rendering, native Alembic support. Read More »
January 1, 2018
Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack. Read More »
December 24, 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest. Read More »
November 8, 2017
Real-time visualisation tool gets new Styles option for generating render variants, new Sky Light and soft shadows, support for 4K video. Read More »
May 2, 2017
Popular 3ds Max cel-shading plugin gets support for material transparency; now works with XRefs and the Nitrous viewport. Read More »
March 16, 2017
Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave. Read More »
July 9, 2016
Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles. Read More »
May 22, 2013
Our pick of the best CG research covers hair capture, smoke sims - and even fixes for bad handwriting. Read More »
August 30, 2012
Updated: Cool non-photorealistic rendering add-on for modo now shipping at a special rate of $149. Read More »