OctaneRender standalone

First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material.

Tuesday, November 29th, 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

See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal.

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020

Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019

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Master professional hair and fur grooming techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Sunday, October 13th, 2024

Maya's multiphysics plugin gets experimental new modular rigging toolset, plus the option to generate variant simulations in the cloud.

Saturday, October 12th, 2024

Browser-based text-to-animation generative AI tool can now be used to create seamless animation cycles, and to retarget animation.

Saturday, October 12th, 2024

3D texture painting app gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals without leaving the software .

Friday, October 11th, 2024

Now in beta: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Thursday, October 10th, 2024

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