Light Engine releases Light Tracer Render 2.6
Check out the new features in the physically based GPU renderer. You can use it for free in a web browser.
Friday, March 17th, 2023
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U-Render releases U-Render 2022.4 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering toolset, SSGI and multi-materials.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
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
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
e-on software ships Vue and PlantFactory 2021.1
Digital nature tools get USD export, support for native Arnold materials, revamped Cinema 4D integrations.
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
Get finalRender for free
New free edition of the 3ds Max production renderer lacks hybrid CPU/GPU and network rendering, but can be used commercially.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Soft8Soft releases Verge3D 2.13 for Blender and 3ds Max
Tool for turning Blender scenes into 3D web apps gets support for Eevee shadows, Matcap materials, toon shading effects.
Monday, July 15th, 2019
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to ZBrush
Updated to cover ZBrush 2019: Master digital sculpting with Madeleine Spencer's detailed 21-hour training video.
Monday, May 27th, 2019
PSOFT releases Pencil+ 4 for Maya
Try the new Maya edition of the Japanese cel shading plugin, as used on Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
Monday, October 29th, 2018
Solid Angle ships Arnold 5.1
Big update to the renderer adds toon shader, adaptive sampling, two denoising systems, progressive rendering, native Alembic support.
Friday, April 6th, 2018
PSOFT ships Pencil+ 4
Popular 3ds Max cel-shading plugin gets support for material transparency; now works with XRefs and the Nitrous viewport.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
NewTek previews LightWave Next
Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave.
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Point Render recreates Dürer and Doré in Houdini
Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.
Saturday, July 9th, 2016