Boris FX adds AI-powered masking to Sapphire 2025.5
Big update to the effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps adds AI matte generation and GPU acceleration on AMD hardware.
Friday, May 2nd, 2025
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Boris FX releases Sapphire 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 25
Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
Get the free RenderMan for Substance Painter 24.1 plugin
Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Red Giant releases Magic Bullet Suite 14.0
Suite of colour grading plugins gets its first major update in four years. Check out the new features here.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2020
Updated: Sapphire 2020 ships. Release adds OpenColorIO support, new lens whacking effect.
Thursday, November 21st, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 12.2
Update adds render denoising, Workbenches system for custom UI layouts, more improvements to modelling, UVs and tech animation.
Friday, November 16th, 2018
Foundry ships Modo 11.2
Videos: See the new Principled BRDF shader and procedural modelling tools in action. Lots of UV workflow improvements, too.
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017