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Open Shading Language

Updated: Latest beta release adds new distributed rendering, subsurface scattering and proxy functionality.

Monday, November 4th, 2013

Next release to boost brute force raytracing and much more, VRay.info reports from End User Event 2013.

Monday, July 1st, 2013

New fire and smoke tools, plus support for Imageworks' Open Shading Language.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new workflows for creating more complex forms for buildings.

Monday, December 8th, 2025

Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Check out the new AI technologies in the standalone app and Photoshop plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Create a portfolio-worthy matte painting in Photoshop, Nuke and Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Saturday, December 6th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.

Friday, December 5th, 2025