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Foundry releases Katana 9.0

Heavyweight lighting and look development tool gets a new 'UsdSuperLayer' and a preview of Hydra 2.0 rendering.

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026

UVPackmaster 4 for Blender is out

Popular GPU-accelerated UV packing add on gets new Dynamic Tiles system and more texel density controls. See all the changes.

Monday, January 19th, 2026

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 9.3

Check out the latest features in the real-time lighting design tool, including energy-conserving light scaling, and support for OCIO 2.5.

Thursday, January 15th, 2026

Foundry releases Mari 7.5

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

Pixar releases RenderMan 27

'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.

Friday, November 14th, 2025

Autodesk releases Flame 2026.2

New AutoMatte AI model in the VFX and finishing software automatically creates mattes for the hero object in a shot. See the other new features.

Thursday, November 6th, 2025

Trimble releases SketchUp 2026.0

Check out the latest features in the architectural modeling software, including new collaboration options and updates to PBR materials.

Thursday, October 9th, 2025