Video: see Vulkan, OpenGL's replacement, in action
Watch an early alpha demo of the next-gen graphics API running on a PowerVR Rogue mobile GPU.
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
OpenCL
RE:Vision Effects releases DE:Noise 3
Newly GPU-accelerated tool fixes artefacts in film and video footage, and even GI flicker in 3D renders.
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
Glare Technologies ships Indigo Renderer 3.8
Unbiased renderer gets object scattering, big speed boosts. Pure GPU rendering coming in version 4.
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
Video Copilot releases Element 3D V2
Now shipping: update to After Effects 3D rendering plugin adds PBR, SSS, raytraced shadows, and more.
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014
Solid Iris Technologies unveils Thea Render 1.4
Hybrid renderer to support motion blur, displacement, render channels on GPU. New OpenCL port soon.
Monday, November 17th, 2014
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Solid Angle to preview GPU version of Arnold
OpenCL-based 'GPU prototype' of the VFX industry-standard renderer to demo on AMD's booth at Siggraph.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Flex 5 for After Effects
Morphing and warping plugin gets GPU acceleration. It's OpenCL-based, so you can use most cards.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Adobe rolls out Photoshop CC 2014
Big new update adds Focus Mask tool, new blur types, and better, OpenCL-based GPU acceleration.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Knald Technologies releases Knald
Updated: New GPU-accelerated tool generates games texture maps from photographic source images.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
Adobe announces Adobe Anywhere
New streaming tech lets Premiere Pro and After Effects users work on files from anywhere in the world.
Monday, September 10th, 2012
The Foundry announces Nuke 7.0
Major update to the industry-standard compositor adds GPU acceleration, new 2D tracker, new modelling tools.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Adobe unveils Production Premium CS6 product suite
Premiere Pro gets new UI, OpenCL support; After Effects gains 3D tracker and raytrace render engine.
Friday, April 13th, 2012