Golaem ships Golaem PLE
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Redshift
DGDM releases SLiB | Browser Pro 2.0 for Maya
Free update to Maya shader manager adds support for metadata, multiple shader libraries.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Nvidia is releasing Mental Ray for Maya for free
For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Watch a free one-hour Redshift training workshop
Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse explains how to use the renderer in production at Gnomon tomorrow. Watch free online.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
Gnomon ships Introduction to Redshift for Maya
Get up and running with the GPU based renderer with Christophe Desse's complete four-hour video.
Monday, October 10th, 2016
PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.9
Renderfarm manager adds support for Redshift and Katana; new option to pay for extra licences on a per minute basis during crunch periods.
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Shoran Software releases RenderPal V2 2.14
Renderfarm management system adds support for Redshift, option to set defaults individually for renderers.
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Redshift devs announce Redshift for Katana
GPU-based production renderer to get native integration with The Foundry's look development tool.
Thursday, August 25th, 2016
DGDM ships SLiB VPR 2.0 for Redshift
Newly updated $15 Maya plugin streamlines scene debugging and look dev using the Redshift renderer.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Ephere releases Ornatrix for Maya
Popular 3ds Max hair plugin now out for Maya. Supports Nucleus physics and Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and RenderMan rendering.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2016
Redshift 2.0 ships: new 3ds Max version also available
Hotly tipped biased GPU-based renderer gets new PBR material, support for volumetrics and baking.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
Houdini Indie to get support for third-party renderers
Arnold, RenderMan and Octane coming with Houdini 15.5 next month; V-Ray and Redshift to follow.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2016