Intel unveils HdOSPRay and OpenVKL
New open-source tech to support interactive previews of USD files, and speed up volumetric renders.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
OpenVDB
Academy Software Foundation to host OpenEXR, OpenCue
Industry open-source initiative to 'support and drive collaboration' around OpenCue render manager.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Luxion ships KeyShot 8.2
Latest update to the renderer adds the option to pause offline renders, better support for Alembic files, and network rendering on Linux.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
NewTek ships LightWave 2019
Fastest major update in LightWave history adds multi-user bridge to UE4, new digital sculpting tools, nodal editing of OpenVDB volumes.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019
Next Limit releases RealFlow | Maya 1.1
First update to the Maya edition of RealFlow adds Visualizer daemon to preview forces in the viewport.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
thinkingParticles 6.7 ships
Big update to the 3ds Max particle plugin's fluid simulation tools adds new options for generating waves, water levels and diffusion effects.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R20
Now available: Update adds node based material system, volume modelling, MoGraph fields, and multi-pass rendering on the GPU.
Monday, September 3rd, 2018
Otoy previews OctaneRender 2018.1's Vectron and Spectron
Next update to GPU renderer to add new procedural 'uberprimitive' and volumetric lighting system.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Eye candy: Foam Studio's beautiful C4D R20 demo short
See everyday objects twisted into strange and colourful forms with Cinema 4D R20's fields system.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer 2 for 3ds Max
New features include OpenVDB, FumeFX and Phoenix FD support, better interoperability with V-Ray.
Tuesday, June 26th, 2018
Online documentation for V-Ray Next for Max goes live
Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.
Friday, May 4th, 2018
Sneak peek: 3Delight integration in Katana 3.0
Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.6
3ds Max particle tool gets neat new 'All Purpose Fields' to help art direct simulations, OpenVDB support.
Thursday, February 8th, 2018