Chaos releases Corona 14 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Architectural renderer gets new procedural night sky system, support for 3D Gaussian Splatting, and new AI material generator.
Monday, November 17th, 2025
price increase
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
Price of paid Unity subscriptions to rise, but free subs extended
Price of Pro and Enterprise plans to rise by 5% in 2026, but all users will get unlimited free cloud seats for Unity Version Control.
Monday, November 10th, 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
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2025.1
Big update to the GPU-based terrain generator adds new biome and object scattering systems. See all of the changes, and the new pricing.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2026.1
Check out the changes to the character animation and mocap-editing software, including updates to Relations constraints.
Friday, September 12th, 2025
Chaos adds AI Material Generator to V-Ray 7.1.2 for SketchUp
Experimental cloud-based tool generates PBR materials and texture maps from real-world reference photos. Find more details here.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.1
Check out the changes to the 3D scanning app, including new Auto Tiling and Fold Removal filters, and the option to flatten material layers.
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.3
Check out the new features in the renderer, including an Inference imager for applying machine learning models to stylize output.
Saturday, July 26th, 2025
Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2025.5
Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered motion estimation mode for auto-tracking tricky shots.
Saturday, July 19th, 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
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.5
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including support for rendering USDZ files, and support for point clouds in Blender.
Thursday, June 19th, 2025