OpenPBR

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.4

Check out the changes to the production renderer, including updates to hair shading, bloom effects, and Global Light Sampling.

Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Chaos releases V-Ray 7.1 for Blender

First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.

Tuesday, August 26th, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.0

Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.1

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and visualization software, including the new Attribute Transfer modifier..

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

Maxon releases Redshift 2025.4

Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026

Check out the latest changes to the 3D modeling and rendering app, including updates to retopology, shading and animation.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Maya

Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.

Wednesday, January 29th, 2025